Middle East 18:46 GMT 27.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107864/20/1078642080_0:148:3377:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_313ac4a335e36d4efb5cb5507b41f026.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003271078733518-russia-urges-turkey-to-continue-real-separation-of-militants-from-opposition-in-idlib/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia expects Turkey to continue work on separating the militants from the opposition in Syria’s Idlib, as a fictitious renaming of terrorist groups is unacceptable, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday. “We hope that the Turkish partners will continue efforts to dissociate the moderates from extremists, and […]
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Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurufi has started consultations to form a government without the Shia parties which rejected his designation, Anadolu reported yesterday. Faleh Al-Ziyadi, an MP from Al-Nasr Alliance which has 42 seats out of 329 in the parliament, told Anadolu that the Shia blocs did not agree on the designation of Al-Zurufi. Al-Nasr Alliance gave Al-Zurufi, its candidate, two choices: open dialogue with all […]
Syrian opposition forces blocked the key M4 highway in the north-western province of Idlib yesterday, in efforts to prevent a joint Turkish-Russian military patrol from being conducted. The strategic highway, which connects the Idlib city of Saraqeb to the coastal city of Latakia in the west, was blocked with large mounds of rocks, dirt and scrap metal gathered together to obstruct the joint patrol from making […]
India 09:34 GMT 10.03.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s opposition Congress Party barely managed to form a government in Madhya Pradesh after the provincial legislature elections in 2018, with Kamal Nath as Chief. But a faction of the legislators, led by Jyotiraditya Scindia was unhappy, with his claim to the leadership ignored by the party. On Tuesday, the crisis-ridden Congress Party received a jolt, when […]
An unnamed “senior Likud minister” has declared that Benjamin Netanyahu cannot form a new government and that the party is headed for the opposition – at least temporarily. While Likud secured the most seats (36) the right-wing bloc of Likud, Yamina, Shas and United Torah Judaism, only managed to reach 58 seats in Monday’s election – three short of a majority. “Netanyahu cannot become prime minister […]
The Syrian opposition retook the Jabal Al-Zawiya area of the south-eastern countryside of the governorate of Idlib, Anadolu reported yesterday. Sources from the opposition told Anadolu that their brigades pushed the Syrian regime army from a number of villages in the area, recapturing the entire region. During three days of fighting, the opposition forces controlled 12 villages in the Idlib governorate. Jabal Al-Zawiya is an important […]
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has retaken the strategically located city of Saraqib from Turkish-backed opposition forces having lost control of the area on Thursday. Saraqib, which is in the province of Idlib, connects the M4 and M5 highways and enables the government to link Aleppo with other government-held towns and cities. Supported by Russian airstrikes and Hezbollah fighters, the SAA managed to enter Saraqib after […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The federal government’s legislative agenda has been put on hold as opposition parties seek to highlight the issue of Delhi’s worst communal violence in decades in which at least 46 people have died. Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), along with opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress of West Bengal state and Congress, has launched an attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party […]
On Sunday, Moderate Syrian opposition forces regained control over nine villages in Idlib, north-western Syria, from Al-Assad’s regime. As part of Operation Spring Shield, the Turkish army and the moderate opposition started a military operation with heavy weapons to regain control over areas that the Syrian regime and its supporters entered in southern Idlib and the countryside of Hama Governorate, according to Anadolu Agency’s correspondent. The […]
India 03:34 GMT 02.03.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): In the wake of three days of riots in the national capital Delhi, the budget session of the Indian Parliament resumed on Monday. The session is likely to remain stormy as issues such as violence and the Citizenship Amendment Act are expected to be presented by opposition parties. Member of parliament belonging to the opposition parties – […]
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has accused the government of trying to murder him, after a masked gunman was photographed at his rally and motorcycle-riding attackers reportedly shot up his motorcade. The incident took place at an opposition rally in the city of Barquisimeto in Venezuela’s northwestern Lara state on Saturday. Though no videos of the confrontation are available, a few photos from the scene were provided […]
Moscow sees its first mass opposition gathering of the year on Saturday, as a rally is held in the Russian capital to commemorate politician Boris Nemtsov, who was killed five years ago. The death of Nemtsov, a veteran critic of the Russian government, is among the unifying points for various opposition groups in the country who are normally at odds with one another. Organizers of the […]
US and Saudi officials met in Riyadh to discuss their mutual support for the Syrian opposition forces in Idlib, American officials said in a tweet. The embassy made the announcement on Twitter saying: “We just finished a productive meeting with our Saudi partners. We discussed the U.S.-#Saudi Arabia partnership and close cooperation in support of the Syrian opposition and in support of a political solution to […]
India 12:19 GMT 28.02.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Violence between two groups that started in parts of northeast Delhi on Sunday over a citizenship law later took a communal turn. Some 42 people have been killed and over 250 injured in the riots. India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday asked the main opposition party Congress to not preach “Raj Dharma” (Ideals of Governance) to […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governing right-wing Likud Party have been acting like “criminals” in a “dark and underhanded” manner, according to a complaint by the opposition Blue and White bloc submitted to the state comptroller, the Jerusalem Post has reported. In the complaint filed today, the bloc is demanding an investigation into financial and political misconduct by Netanyahu and the Likud. They are […]
Syrian opposition forces have recaptured the strategic town of Saraqeb in Idlib governorate, marking a significant retaliation and pushback against the regime’s campaign in the province. “Saraqeb has been liberated completely from Assad’s gangs,” said Naji Mustafa, the spokesman for the opposition National Liberation Front. The liberation of the town, which lies on the strategic M4 and M5 highways linking cities across Syria, comes after it […]
Syrian opposition forces recaptured the key town of Nairab in the country’s northwestern Idlib province yesterday, forcing the regime’s military to retreat and withdraw. The town, which lays on a strategic location at the junction between the M4 and M5 highways, was formerly an opposition stronghold before being seized by the regime forces at the beginning of February. The opposition groups were supported by Turkish artillery […]
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dissolved an upstart opposition political party that has challenged the military establishment, finding it guilty of taking an illegal loan from its billionaire founder. The dissolution of the Future Forward Party comes less than a year after Thailand held a general election to end five years of military rule. The ruling also strengthens the position in parliament of a coalition led […]
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) has shot down two Russian drones as they advance at Idlib’s eastern village of Nairab, local media reported yesterday. “SNA and Turkish forces managed to control large areas in the town of Nairab amid continuing clashes with the Syrian regime forces,” Arabi21 quoted local sources as saying. The sources added that the SNA had managed to destroy two vehicles affiliated to […]