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Houthis Preparing for Planned Israeli Attack on YemenThere are strong indications that Israel is planning to launch airstrikes against Yemen under the pretext of preventing an Iranian military presence from taking hold, much as it did in Syria and Iraq.
Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday for a highly anticipated genocide case against her regime.
Qatari Emir Rejects Saudi Invitation to Join Persian Gulf Summit in RiyadhQatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has turned down an invitation by Saudi Arabia to attend the annual meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, dampening hopes of reconciliation between the Arab neighbors.
Astana-14 Talks on Syria Kicks OffThe first day of the 14th round of Astana talks on Syria has started in the Kazakh capital with Iranian and Russian delegations holding bilateral negotiations at its sidelines.
Senior Israeli Rabbi Visits Bahrain Amid Normalization BidsShlomo Amar, senior Israeli rabbi, has visited Bahrain under the guise of participation in a religious event and met with the West-backed kingdom’s monarch, as Tel Aviv and its Arab allies accelerate attempts to normalize ties following years of clandestine contacts.
Iran ’Fully Ready’ for Comprehensive Prisoner Swap with US: FMIran’s Foreign Minister said on Monday Tehran was ready to exchange more prisoners with Washington. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks came after Americans freed Iranian stem cell scientist Masoud Soleimani after over one year of imprisonment in the US.
Europe Key Player in Creating Chaos in Syria: President AssadSyrian President Bashar al-Assad criticized European countries as the key players in creating chaos in his country, saying the current refugee crisis in European countries is a consequence of their support for terrorism in the Arab country.
Afghan Locals Complain of Diseases Caused by US ‘Mother of All Bombs’Afghan People living in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, where the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb three years ago, are now complaining that America’s “mother of all bombs” have brought them “many diseases” and affected crop yield in agricultural lands.
25 Percent of Israelis Living in Poverty: ReportMore than one-quarter of Israelis are living in poverty, an Israeli non-profit organization reported, adding that the number of poor children exceeds one million.
Over 3,600 Yemeni Children, 800 Paralyzed Due to Saudi-Led Aggression: ReportMore than 3,600 children Yemeni have been killed, 800 paralyzed and 400,000 others hit with malnutrition 1,700 days after the Saudi-led aggression on the impoverished Arab country, Organization for Women and Children’s Rights reported on Sunday.
Americans Told Inmates I Was Terrorist: Iranian ScientistIranian scientist Masoud Soleimani, who freed from US prison, said his jail wardens had told other prisoners that he was a terrorist with a mission to carry out bombings in the US
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
PKK).
Trump, later however, rowed back on the withdrawal decision, announcing that a continent of US special forces would be left in Syria to control its oil fields.
The Pentagon announced Thursday that the US will deploy troops to protect oil fields in northeast Syria with the hel ...
PKK/YPG terrorists against our elements conducting reconnaissance-surveillance activities in Rasulayn, the area of Operation Peace Spring.https://t.co/Fegmg0OD6O#MSB #TSK pic.twitter.com/M6G4lyB65l
— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) October 27, 2019
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PKK).
Trump, later however, rowed back on the withdrawal decision, announcing that a contingent of US Special Forces would remain in Syria to control its oil fields.
PKK).
France's parliament on Wednesday approved unanimously a resolution condemning the Turkish operation.
The resolution, which also called for an immediate end to the operation in northern Syria reiterated France's unwavering support for the Kurds.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on ...
PKK terrorist group and announced nearly a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
Additionally, on October 29, Congress passed a resolution overwhelmingly recognizing the Armenian genocide which is blamed on Ottoman-era Turkey. Congress called on the administration to sancti ...
PKK) militant group, leading to prosecutions of thousands of its members and some leaders. The HDP denies such links.
On Saturday, the mayors of Mazidag, Savur and Derik in the southeastern province of Mardin were replaced with appointees, while the mayor of the Suruc district in the Sanliurfa prov ...
PKK) that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey.
In a statement on Twitter, the Defense Ministry said the YPG had detonated the car bomb in the Al-Bab bus terminal, killing 10 people.
“Inhumane and uncivilized PKK/YPG terrorists continue to target innocent civilians using the s ...
PKK), which has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region in Turkey since 1984.
On October 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a memorandum of understanding that asserted YPG militants must withdraw from the Turkish-controlled safe zone in no ...
PKK) – regarded both by the US and Turkey as a terrorist organization.
COLLECTIVE DEFENCE
The plan for the Baltic states and Poland, drawn up at their request after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, has no direct bearing on Turkey’s strategy in Syria, but it raises issues abo ...
PKK) militant group, which has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region in the Anatolian country since 1984.
Turkish army forces on October 9 launched a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria in a declared attempt to clear YPG militants from a 32-kilometer “safe zone” ...