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The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it a point to meet up with the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, on the sidelines of his crucial meeting with Turkish President Recap Tayyib Erdogan. Pompeo was visiting Erdogan to negotiate a ceasefire attempt which has resulted in Turkey agreeing to keep …

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 …

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 …

The US President Donald Trump has been busted and criticized for retracting American forces from Syria. It was first the Republicans themselves and the showdown with Democrats made the scene extremely ugly when Trump lashed out verbal abuses at the latter. Trump clearly went against the first formal step lawmakers …

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 …

The UN envoy to Libya is pushing hard for security council resolution that will commit foreign powers to stop an escalating proxy war and also work towards making the arms embargo a reality. Ghassan Salame communicated this before an international conference to be organized in Germany that intends to bring …

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 …

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 …

As Kurds escape risk in the midnight hour, they face another, more dominant adversary than ISIS The trek out of Ras Al Ain kept going into the night, and for some, it was merely one more terrible experience of war. A significant part of the town’s lion’s share Kurdish populace …

On Wednesday, Yemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani pounded Iran for backing the Houthis after Tehran conceded it supports the militia. The Yemeni authority approached the global community to compel the Iranian regime to end all types of help it gives to the Houthi militia and also utilize it as an …

The Iranian backed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and their loyal proxies have found a new foothold into Syria, as they settle themselves I the Golan Heights, east of Israel. Golan Heights has been a bone of contention between the Syrians and Israelis but the equations became a little more defined …

Iraq is declaring a curfew in Baghdad starting early on Thursday until further notice, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced, after two days of nationwide anti-government protests turned violent. At least seven people were killed and more than 400 were injured during two days of nationwide anti-government protests. Curfews were …

An ex-navy hired by a Qatari sheik because his head of security accused the billionaire of ordering him to kill two people in California. Florida security guard Matthew Pittard and California medic Matthew Allende had worked for the Sheikh in Beverly Hills and used to regularly travel with him to …

Saudi-led forces have launched airstrikes north of the Yemen port city of Hodeidah, claiming they were targeting Houthi rebels’ capacity to mount remote-controlled assaults on shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthi rebels, battling Saudi support for the UN-recognised Yemen government for the past five years, claimed the airstrikes on …

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 …

In a candid and clear message, while talking to David Muir after Trump refused to have France as a mediator for talks between Iran and the US, the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani voiced the obvious. He was talking on the sidelines of the 75th UN General Meeting and pointed …

The Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab has taken responsibility regarding the twin attack on a European military convoy and the US airbase. The US military detailed no injuries and told it did two counter-airstrikes. On Monday, Reuter’s columnist saw a damaged armored vehicle carrying a small Italian flag sticker in the …

The United States has sent off a message of imminent war with Iran, as it shifts in the largest military base from off Qatar, breaking a 13-year long association with the rich little notorious Arab country. If Iran was to strike it first, America would be at loss of some …

The fueling war between US and Iran over Iraq is being looked at one major reason why Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s went onto to sack the commander of the troops of the Counter-Terrorism Squad (CTS), without giving him any prior notice. Lt. Gen. Abdulwahab Al-Saadi was shifted to …

Qatar had engaged in dubious PR against its rivals, to be able to win the hosting rights for the forthcoming FIFA 2020 World Cup, various news sources have confirmed. It is confirmed that Qatar employed a secret ‘black operation’ to indulge in paid PR and had engaged former CIA agents …

In an unprecedented move, the United States has shifted its operations from Qatar to South Carolina overnight.  The Al Udeid Air Base seems to have been the only major reason why Trump has gone out of his way to maintain good relations with the wealthy but tiny Arab country. The …

Qatar has been once again embroiled in bribing and corruption conspiracy as Doha had offered $100million to FIFA for hosting rights towards the FIFA 2020 tournament. The prestigious FIFA organization had been asked by the Sports Federation to look into the matter. The deal was supposedly facilitated by Al Jazeera …

After a suspected warning sign given to US diplomats by Houthi spokesperson last week, after their decision to seize attack on the Kingdom, both countries have been beefing up their security net for a further attack from Iran. To show its serious commitment to its largest buyer of defense systems …

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 …

The agency sheds new insight into Operation Jawbreaker – America’s revenge mission on Al Qaeda in the days after the September 11 attacks. Eighteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the al-Qaida organization that carried them out is a shell of its previous self. The global campaign against Osama bin Laden’s …

Like a furious maelstrom, roiled by opposing currents, the crisis in the Gulf gains in intensity and destructive power almost by the day. On Sunday, Donald Trump said the US was “locked and loaded”, ready to respond to attacks on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia, in which it believes …

UN chief said that there is an unprecedented threat from terrorism & intolerance which will affect every country, urging security measures. The UN chief told a Security Council ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders that “the new frontier is cyber-terrorism — the use of …