Iranian foreign minister accused the US on Saturday for seeking a regime change in his country, lowering expectations for direct talks between Washington and Tehran. Speaking at a panel session at the Munich Security Conference, Javad Zarif said the possibility of direct negotiations between the US and Iran would depend on President Donald Trump. “Unfortunately the suggestions by Macron, and by Abe, and others…all have fallen [...]
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Syrian rebel fighters have shared the video that probably showed firing the Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), at a Syrian regime Mi-17 military helicopter during fighting in Idlib on Tuesday. The helicopter was shot down on Wednesday AEDT in Nairab, west of Saraqeb, by fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a hardline Islamist group that is the successor of al-Qa’ida in Syria. Although HTS is not officially [...]
Submitted by Joseph Carson, former Chief Economist & Director of Global Economic Research for Alliance Bernstein Price targeting has failed as a monetary policy experiment, forcing policymakers to now consider a new process to achieve its price stability mandate. Policymakers are considering shifting to an “average” inflation rate over a span of years, rather than trying to hit a specific point target every year. But tinkering [...]
US forces killed a Syrian regime fighter and targeted two regime military bases in air strikes in Al-Hasakah, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. “A civilian was killed by the American occupation forces shooting at the residents of Khirbat Amo village, east of Qamishli, who gathered at a Syrian Arab Army checkpoint to prevent US vehicles from passing,” the agency quoted its correspondent in Al-Hasakah [...]
Turkey will not vacate any of its 12 observation posts in Idlib Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said yesterday, adding that Ankara has told its soldiers to retaliate forcefully to Syrian attacks on their military posts. “In the event of any action against them, they have been given instructions to retaliate even more powerfully,” Akar said in an interview with the Associated Press. “In the event anything [...]
Tensions are rising over the upcoming Bolivian general vote as Evo Morales’ Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) is gaining momentum in the country despite the de facto government’s pressure. Alberto Echazu, a journalist from the media platform La Resistencia Bolivia, sheds light on the most recent developments in La Paz. Bolivia saw the ouster of former President Evo Morales in November 2019 amid protracted social turmoil over [...]
For the first time since 2012, Syrian regime forces have regained “complete” control over Syria’s northwestern Aleppo-to-Damascus highway, called M5, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced yesterday. The observatory added that the Syrian forces had taken control over the highway after capturing a western suburb in Aleppo – the last opposition stronghold in Syria – as part of a military operation that was launched [...]
Syrian opposition groups have today downed a Syrian regime helicopter in the “de-escalation zone” in north-west Syria. The helicopter was hit while flying over Al-Naiyrab village west of the town of Saraqib, Anadolu reported. Opposition forces down an Assad regime helicopter south of #Idlib city near the M4 highway. These helicopters are mainly used to drop barrel bombs on random targets and are meant to cause [...]
The deputy spokesman at the German Foreign Ministry, Rainer Breul, condemned on Monday the Syrian regime’s attacks on Idlib. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Breul called on the warring parties to commit to the ceasefire in the area. The German official has welcomed the Turkish-Russian talks to reduce tension in Idlib. “Priority must be given to preventing humanitarian disasters,” he added. “The Assad regime and Russia [...]
Former Iranian diplomat and head of Iran’s Strategic Studies and International Relations, Amir Mousavi, revealed yesterday that some of detained Daesh members joined the Syrian regime forces and participated in their battles. In an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, Mousavi added that these members were captured in Syria and joined the regime forces “after they understood their mistakes”. “Iran Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei has recommended rehabilitating Daesh [...]
Militias loyal to the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad have been filmed desecrating the graves and exhuming the bodies of opposition fighters and those affiliated with them, in a series of clips circulated on social media over the weekend. In one video, the Assadist fighters – reportedly from the infamous Shabiha militias which have fought for the regime since before the Syrian civil war – [...]
The Syrian army is reported to have made strategic progress in the fight against armed rebels in the area around Aleppo, in the north of the country. Army units have taken control of the strategic town of Al-Eis, one of the major locations needed to have full control of the international F5 road, linking Damascus to Aleppo, Sky News has reported. According to the media affiliated [...]
Ignoring the Astana and Sochi agreements, Iran-backed forces of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad regime kept moving in rural areas of Idlib and Aleppo, Anadolu Agency reports. After prolonged clashes since Friday night, 18 more villages and towns crossing the Idlib de-escalation zone, including Tal Bajir, Tal Qaratin, Abad, and Maryuda, were captured by regime forces with Russia’s air support in some regions. READ: Has Idlib killed the Syria [...]
The Trump administration said Wednesday that the United States will soon bolster its year-long campaign to topple socialist Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro with even harsher measures against a Venezuelan government already effectively facing a U.S. embargo. “We have given direction to the entire whole of government ― not just to the Treasury Department, but to the whole of government ― to use all of the tools [...]
Located only 20km (12.4 miles) from China and straddling the banks of the shared Amur River, Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East is especially vulnerable to the new coronavirus sweeping its southern neighbor. So far, however, the city of over 600,000 people has not reported any infections. Nevertheless, officials are not taking any chances. From Monday, a compulsory “mask regime” will be introduced, as a precautionary measure. [...]
Syrian regime jets targeted the Taftanaz military airport in Idlib on Thursday morning, just hours after the Turkish army set up a military base there. A statement from the Foreign Ministry in Ankara made it clear that Turkey expects Russia to stop the Syrian regime’s attacks in Idlib. A Russian delegation will visit Turkey to discuss the situation in Idlib, it added; Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan [...]
Syrian regime forces, backed by Russian warplanes and Iranian troops, yesterday captured the strategic town of Saraqeb along with six other towns in the northwestern Idlib province, Anadolu reported. These forces are currently eight kilometres far from the heart of the last stronghold of Syrian opposition forces. An Anadolu reporter said that the battle between regime forces and opposition fighters continued around Saraqeb in Aleppo’s western and [...]
Scores of Syrians flee the city as the Assad Regime continue to bomb Idlib February 5, 2020 at 3:32 pm READ: Germany urges UK, France to help Turkey support Syria refugees Related Source
The United States yesterday condemned the Syrian regime’s mortar attack against Turkish forces in Idlib province, Anadolu reported. “We stand by our NATO ally Turkey against these actions, send condolences to the Turkish government on the deaths of their people and fully support Turkey’s justified self-defence actions in response,” Anadolu quoted an unnamed State Department spokeswoman saying. “We are consulting with the Turkish government on this [...]
The British and US governments have condemned the Assad regime’s attack on Idlib, a de-escalation zone in Syria. Britain’s Foreign Office Minister Andrew Morrison denounced on Monday an attack on Syria’s Idlib province by forces loyal to the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad in which five Turkish soldiers and three Turkish civilians were killed. At least 13 Syrian civilians were also killed. “I condemn the Assad [...]
Turkish President Erdogan today met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev to discuss improving joint cooperation. Erdogan and Zelenskiy discussed how to “enhance strategic partnership and cooperation in all areas of interaction,” and attended a Ukraine-Turkey business forum. “Turkey is enhancing its strategic cooperation with Ukraine and increasing its geopolitical power through leader-to-leader diplomacy,” Erdogan told reporters after the meeting. Stressing the humanitarian crisis in [...]
At least 161 cases of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances have been conducted in Syria in the first month of 2020, according to a report released yesterday by the UK-based Syrian Human Rights Network (SNHR). In the publication detailing the arrests and extrajudicial detentions in January alone, it was found that 109 of the cases were those of enforced disappearances, classified by when the parties responsible [...]
At least four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine others injured in intense shelling by Bashar al-Assad regime forces in northwestern Syria on Monday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the ministry said the soldiers — who were sent as reinforcements to the region for the purpose of preventing conflicts in Idlib de-escalation zone — were attacked by the regime forces, although their locations [...]
Rebel groups attacked pro-Syrian government forces west of Aleppo with three car bombs on Saturday, rebel and Syrian military sources said to Reuters, in an intensification of fighting in the northwest following Syrian government gains this week. Two of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers with the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham while a third car bomb was set off by remote control, a [...]