More deaths of civilians have been reported from Northern Syria where the Assad regime led Russian fighter planes to attack the Idlib area. Since 2011, anti-government protests have led to deaths of more than 3.7 million people in Syria and displaced millions more. The counts of deaths have gone to …
Read More »MEPs call on Russia to stop illegitimate prosecution of Lithuanian judges
• Russia should end politically motivated prosecutions of Lithuanian judges • Member states and Interpol should ignore Russia’s requests for an arrest warrant • More cooperation and consistency needed across the EU towards Russia Russia should stop illegitimately prosecuting Lithuanian judges and EU countries should refuse any legal assistance, says …
Read More »US Justice Department To Release Report Over 2016 US Election Probe
The U.S. Justice Department has now confirmed that their internal watchdog is going to release the long-awaited report that will spell out origins of investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The report is slated for release by December 09 this year. Justice Department Inspector General …
Read More »Kingdom Signs ‘Riyadh Agreement’ For Political Settlement In Yemen
Addressing the Shoura Council meeting, the Saudi Arabian King Salman has expressed his hopes of now the recently signed agreement with Yemeni people might bring peace to the nation. The legitimate government in Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) recently signed the “Riyadh Agreement” under the auspices of Saudi …
Read More »Russia’s T-14 Tank Can Outshoot America’s by Miles
The T – 14 Armata will kill tanks from three times as far, but does it matter? The Soviet Union’s huge tank fleet was a cornerstone of its power during the Cold War. However, events in the 1991 Gulf War called its superiority into question. On February 26, 1991, a …
Read More »Turkey Has No Intentions Of Clearing Off Syria Unless Others Do- Erdogan
Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan sounded politically correct when he said that Ankara’s intentions to remain in Syria are straight- “unless all other countries pull their support from Syria, we are not leaving.” His other reason for justification is that “we will not let up until every last terrorist leaves …
Read More »Turkey to send foreign Islamic State fighters home
Turkey wants to send Islamic State fighters and their families back to their countries of origin after capturing parts of northeast Syria from the Kurdish forces who have held the prisoners since toppling the so-called caliphate earlier this year. Turkey’s cross-border incursion to fight the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces has …
Read More »US Troops To Guard Syrian Oil Is Perfect Sign For ISIS To Regroup: Joe Biden
In a recent interview with NBC, ex-Vice President of the United States Joe Biden has termed Trump’s decision to leave a chunk of soldiers back in Syria as a ‘sure-shot ISIS training ground.’ In intel which was provided to the US by Kurdish forces, Pentagon was able to eliminate the …
Read More »Islamic State Exacts Revenge On Turkey For Selling Out Al-Baghdadi
A car bomb exploded in northern Syria killing 13 and wounding 20. The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town recently occupied by Turkish-backed militant proxies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast targeted pro-Turkey fighters and civilians were also among the …
Read More »The US Withholds Military Aid To Lebanon On The Behest Of Israel
An aid approval by the Congress for Lebanon has been withheld by the Trump administration on the behest of the Israeli government. Sources have confirmed that the security aid worth $105 million was withheld due to reasons that show conflicting points of view in the White House. Israel has apparently, …
Read More »If Kurds don’t withdraw soon, Turkey will resume Syria operation, President Erdogan says
On Wednesday, Kurdish forces have not yet finished their withdrawal from Syria’s outskirts with Turkey, which means there could be another exercise to oust them, announced President Recep, Tayyip Erdogan. He added that the Syrian Democratic Forces had not pulled back 30 kilometers from the north-eastern Syrian fringe as concurred …
Read More »‘Russian Influencer Operation Might Have Swayed American Voters’-Former CIA Director Brennan
The former Central Investigation Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan has indicated that certain American voters’ decision to vote could have been influenced by Russia’s 2016 election interference operation. This has confirmed the meddling of election numbers, something that has already been confirmed by the official assessments of U.S. intelligence agencies …
Read More »The US Eliminated Baghdadi Using Kurdish Intel
Post a US military raid in Northern Syria, which led to the elimination of the founder of the Islamic State founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the pentagon has confirmed that there is valuable intelligence unearth which lead to further activities of the group. This is declared via an official statement made …
Read More »Turkish soldier killed by Kurdish
One Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded on Sunday (Oct 20) after an attack by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in north-east Syria’s Tel Abyad, the defence ministry said, despite a deal to pause military operations as militants withdraw from the area. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed with …
Read More »ISIS Is Already Rising From the Ashes
Turkey’s Syrian venture is rapidly turning sour from President Erdogan’s point of view. The Turkish advance into the northeast is moving slowly, but Turkey’s military options are becoming increasingly limited as the Syrian army, backed by Russia, moves into Kurdish-held cities and towns that might have been targeted by Turkish …
Read More »Incursion Threat Has Won Erdogan Retraction Of Kurdish Forces
Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to a five-day retreat from the Syrian region, on an American assurance that the Kurdish forces retreat and clear the ‘safe zone’. Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to a five-day retreat from the Syrian region, on an American assurance that the …
Read More »Russia Firms Position In Syria Against Turkey
As the United States recedes with its protective shields from northern Syria and Turkey takes on to offensive insurgence, Russia is the new kid on the block, who has vowed that it will not sit and see Ankara take over the Syrian turf. On Trump’s instructions, the many special operation …
Read More »Trump Plays The Sanction Card On Turkey Over Syrian Offense
With no other resort left, Trump is threatening Turkey’s power financial penalties, if Ankara does not back down from a full-fledged military offensive in Northern Syria. As a precursor, Washington has already raised steel tariffs. American troops started retreating from their various observatory posts, on Trump’s instructions, ending four-year buffer …
Read More »US Troops Retract Support In Syria, Leaving North Open To Turkish Invasion
Preempting America’s turn around, it is being confirmed that the Kurds are trying to ‘cut a deal’ with the Syrian Army and Russia, in an attempt to save themselves, from the mounting threat of a Turkish insurgence. Trump has recently ordered the retracement of US forces from Northern Syria, leaving …
Read More »Turkish Decision To Move Ahead Solo Over Safe Zone May Not Go Well With Washington
Addressing the Parliament’s opening ceremony in Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that Turkey will not wait anymore for its allies and the US to act in the military incursion which is necessary for the establishment of the ‘Safe Zone’. The Turkish plan is to re-home up to 2 million …
Read More »Pompeo Accuses Assad Of Chemical Weapon Attack in UN Session
The government of President Bashir Assad in Syria had been accused of making use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in an attack in May to get a stronghold in Idlib province while battling it out with insurgents. This was communicated by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the …
Read More »Trilateral Meeting Decides Constitutional Committee In Syria
With the aim of restoring peace in the war-torn country of Syria, the trilateral discussions between Turkey, Russia, and Iran concluded over the decision of setting up a constitutional committee. Presided over the leaders of their respective nations, all the three, agreed on showing no support to terrorist factions at …
Read More »Idlib Is the Last Straw In The War For Power
The fate of Syria lies in what happens to Idlib province in the next couple of weeks. And the three major nations that have been playing an important role in that country’s civil war are all determined to find a way out to avoid a humanitarian disaster. It is confirmed …
Read More »Erdogan Wants To Balance US Equation Through Patriot Missile Buy
Turkish PM Erdogan will have a significant agenda at the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting- he will be discussing his intentions of keeping Trump administration happy, as he floats the idea of buying a certain number of Patriots from the United States. The Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defense system …
Read More »Taliban turns to Moscow after Trump pours water on peace talk plans
Taliban reached out to Russia, as the peace talks with US were called off last week by President Donald Trump. The insurgent group’s delegation, headed by Mullah Sher Mohammad Stanikzai, arrived Moscow on Friday, just days after the US talks were cancelled. Stanikzai has been representing the group’s negotiating team …
Read More »Israel Assertions Of West Bank Annexation Is Ridiculous
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the mind to go against the Oslo Accords, International Laws and Norms as well as the Charter of the United Nations to annex large parts of occupied West Bank if re-elected. Netanyahu’s declaration has left many in the international community worried and fearing another …
Read More »Oil Minister Seeks More Participation For Non-OPEC Producers
All eyes are now turned on Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman who becomes the first individual from Saudi royalty to be appointed on a strategic post on the Saudi cabinet as the head of the Oil Ministry. It s a surprising but well thought out move by the current King …
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