Middle East

Turkey shells villages, towns in Aleppo, Hasaka countryside

Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:45:06

The Turkish government’s forces perpetrated a new transgression against Syrian sovereignty by shelling with various types of weapons a number of villages and towns in the provinces of Aleppo and Hasaka, injuring 7 civilians and causing considerable damage to houses.

Syrian Army Retakes Control of Key Airbase in Idlib

Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:37:32

The Syrian army managed to retake full control of Abu al-Duhour airbase, one of the key military bases in the northwestern province of Idlib.

Oil exports of Iraqi Kurdistan must be under Baghdad control: PM Abadi

Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:34:40

The Iraqi prime minister has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to stop independent oil exports, saying the crude produced there must be placed under the central government’s control.

US' Pence arrives in Middle East after al-Quds recognition

Sun Jan 21, 2018 08:12:10

US Vice President Mike Pence has met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after starting his Middle East tour amid outrage over President Donald Trump’s globally condemned decision to recognize al-Quds as the capital of the Israeli regime.

Turkish army launches new strikes on Kurdish militia in Syria

Sat Jan 20, 2018 14:43:46

The Turkish army said it launched new strikes Saturday against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting expectations of a cross-border ground operation.

US-led coalition kills about 6000 Syrian,Iraqi civilians in 2017

Sat Jan 20, 2018 13:28:35

UK-based NGO Airwars has offered a reckoning of the 2017 air operations of the US-led coalition against ISIS, involving attacks in both Iraq and Syria.The number of civilians killed increased dramatically, with estimates suggesting that they roughly tripled from 2016.

One year in, Trump’s Middle East policy is imploding

Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:52:49

The New Yorker

Germany to halt weapons exports to Saudi for its "dirty war in Yemen"

Sat Jan 20, 2018 08:41:09

The German government said on Friday that it would "immediately" stop approving arms exports to anyone participating in the war in Yemen. The move would include Saudi Arabia, a major buyer of German weapons.

Syria "does not need a single dollar from US for reconstruction" - Foreign Ministry

Thu Jan 18, 2018 14:13:47

Syria's Foreign Ministry says the U.S. is beyond its rights to intervene in Syrian affairs, one day after the Trump Administration laid out its expansive goals to influence the outcome of Syria's seven-year long war.

Turkey deploys Tomahawk missiles along border with Syria (Video)

Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:36:48

Footage shows Tomahawk (I-Hawk) missiles that are pointed towards Afrin in Syria have been placed along the Turkish border.

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