It is always difficult to justify a war, which brings death to military and civilians. Innocent men, women and children who will bear the signs of conflict throughout their lives, giving rise to feelings of hatred and resentment that will be handed down for generations and which will most likely cause other wars. There is no answer to justify a conflict. [...]
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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the escalation of Turkey in Syria said: “I hope that the European Union can take measures. Italy will ask for international law to be respected, not to put the lives of civilians at risk and an end to all military action ”. Di Maio also hinted that he wanted to [...]
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Tens of thousands of Islamic State supporters, many of them women and children, are radicalizing within vast Kurdish prison camps. In a shocking report published last week, the Washington Post highlighted the dire conditions in the al-Hawl prison camp in northern Syria, which the newspaper [...]
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ISIS leaders have set aside millions of pounds to finance a new wave of attacks on Britain and the West - as the cult of death is on the verge of fading. The news is reported by The Sun. UN experts believe that the group has the availability of at least [...]
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Iraq goes to vote. Five months after declaring victory over the caliphate, Iraq returns to the polls. Forecasts see the Shiites winning, even if divided, the Kurds in difficulty while the Sunnis paralyzed. It is the fourth time that the country has gone to the polls, since the regime of Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003 [...]
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With the two soldiers killed today, the number of Turkish soldiers killed in the offensive launched by Kurdish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Kurdish opponents in Northern Syria rises to 16. The operation against the YPG, the Defense Units of the Kurdish people, called "Olive branch", began last January 20 and cost the [...]
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The “Olive Branch” operation, launched on January 20 by the Turkish Armed Forces against the Kurdish militias of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, is nearing the end of its first week. The Turkish offensive, conducted with the allies of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a group of the opposition to the government of Damascus, is directed against Afrin, Azaz [...]
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The unicameral parliament of Iraq, concluded the first reading of the budget law for 2018. The local sources, stating that the measure will be back in court on January 31 next year. Today's session was boycotted by Kurdish and Sunni deputies, who contest the distribution of resources among the various Iraqi governorates envisaged by [...]
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In an interview with a local television network, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan promised to "clean" Minjab "from YPG fighters and" not to leave even a terrorist as far as the border with Iraq ". The Turkish military offensive could also extend to other Kurdish cities located north of Syria, as part of the "Olive branch" operation launched [...]
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Syria: Kurdish-Arab militia commander, "final assault" on Raqqa will begin tonight According to Nova, the final assault on the last line of defense of the Islamic State in Raqqa, in northeastern Syria, will begin tonight. This was announced by Ardal Raqqa, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the group of Kurdish-Arab militias supported by the US and engaged for months [...]
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Moscow and Ankara have reached an agreement on the supply of Russian-made S-400 anti-missile aircraft to Turkey. The contract has already been signed and a first payment has already been made, as anticipated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The delivery of these devices to Turkey satisfies the geopolitical interests of the Federation [...]
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