by Editorial Staff Last night, a drone attack hit the US military in Jordan, killing three soldiers and wounding 25 others, CNN reported. It is the first time that casualties have been recorded among US forces in the Middle East since the start of the war in Gaza. The […]
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by Editorial Staff During the air strikes conducted by Iran, explosions in the province of Baluchistan in Pakistan have raised concerns and tensions, as the two countries share a border of almost a thousand kilometers in this region. Although Islamabad's official statement does not specify the precise location of the attack, unofficial reports from social media [...]
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by Editorial Staff Yesterday US military forces were attacked four times in Iraq and Syria with rockets and armed drones. One of the military spokesmen told Reuters that the attacks caused no casualties or damage to infrastructure. The official said that US and international forces were attacked in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) NATO changes its skin, from a purely defensive alliance, under the dictates of art. 5, to a more modern, cooperative and reactive version that directs its attention towards crises, on a global level, capable of destabilizing the peace and security of the allied countries. The Secretary General of NATO, Jean Stoltenberg, in the press conference [...]
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“The political and military lessons identified for Afghanistan will serve for the new scenarios of operations in Africa. It is necessary to resort to history and its teachings, such as those inherited from the Roman Empire, which obtained security from threats from the south by strengthening the countries of North Africa “. Thus, on Formiche.net, General Pasquale PREZIOSA, former head of state [...]
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In a recent video message, the new head of the Islamic State defines COVID-19 as a "great torment" by Allah against non-believers and swears that "not a single day will pass without bloodshed". The 39-minute video is titled "The Crusaders Will Know Who Will Win in the End" and has started to circulate [...]
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EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic will be in Ankara today and tomorrow for high-level meetings "with the Turkish authorities and to discuss the escalation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, humanitarian consequences for the population, and the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It [...]
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The British newspaper "The Guardian" quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as confirming that about 2000 rebels would be transferred to Libya from the Syrian city of Idlib to reinforce Fayez al-Serraj's troops. The New York Times, on the other hand, reported the news that the forces belonging to the Tripoli Protection Force have [...]
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Europe: "now or never". The message launched in the book of General Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo
Massimiliano Cannata on Eurispes.it did a wonderful review on the book; "The defense of Europe", by Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. Today more than ever we need Europe, we need to believe in and pursue concrete actions to find a true and credible European identity, an identity which, in the light of the latest events in the Middle East - [...]
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Ali Ahmed on the Libia.it website reported that the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), represented by Fayez al-Serraj, has warned local and international journalists of legal action if they dare to publish videos of the Syrian rebels who arrived in Tripoli with the support of Turkey. The Presidential Council stated that the films [...]
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In these days in London the NATO summit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing that sanctioned the constitution. A summit that promised to be red-hot due to the recent utterances of French President Macron: "NATO is in a kind of brain death" and due to the fierce attitude of Donald Trump who [...]
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On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]
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We are close to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of NATO and the tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states who will meet in London on 3-4 December are not abating. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. He wants it to spend at least 2014 per cent of GDP by 2 on [...]
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Yesterday a bolt from the blue. French President Emmanuel Macron used very harsh words about NATO: "he is in a state of brain death". The criticisms leveled at NATO by French President Emmanuel Macron are "an unnecessary broadside". This is what Chancellor Angela Merkel declared during the press conference with the NATO secretary general, [...]
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American intelligence agencies are analyzing up to seven terabytes of data that was found by special operations forces during last week's night raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. Washington officials told the New York Times Monday that Delta Force commando kidnapped [...]
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La Stampa interviewed NATO Secretary General Jean Stoltenberg who illustrated the situation of the International Organization in the face of emerging and future challenges, with a detailed focus on Russia and China. Prudent about the Turkish intervention in Syria but determined to denounce Russian interference in Europe and to ask the allies for greater efforts to deal with [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte absolutely rejects any accusation of hypocrisy by President Tayyp Erdogan. Conte himself said this during the press conference after the European Council, responding to those who spoke to him about the accusations of hypocrisy that Erdogan launched against Western leaders who in the past few days have [...]
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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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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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According to a report by some analysts, al Qaeda has shifted its strategic focus from Yemen to Syria, but continues to pursue a globalist agenda by seeking ways to attack Western targets. Following the rise of the Islamic State in 2014, al-Qaeda has encountered certain difficulties in maintaining its leadership as the representative of the Sunni insurgency in all [...]
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About 1.000 Islamic State fighters have returned to Iraq in recent months and are waging a low-level uprising that threatens to destabilize rural areas and could be the harbinger of a new war, an expert warned. Thousands of fighters belonging to the Islamic State - also known as the Islamic State of Iraq [...]
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According to a new report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Islamic state is able to return to the Middle East much faster and more devastatingly than in 2014, when the group quickly conquered territory the size of the Great Britain, The Washington think tank report is based on the most [...]
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The work of the Information and External Security Agency made it possible to bring a fellow citizen back to Italy, which demonstrates the capabilities of the #Services that operate with dedication and a spirit of sacrifice, far from the spotlight and from the news. A praise goes to them for the important results achieved; an all-Italian ability demonstrated and recognized in the world that of [...]
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Documents acquired by retreating Islamic State fighters in Syria show that the militant group is reportedly planning a series of high-profile attacks in Europe and the Middle East, using newly established sleeper cell units. The information was revealed over the weekend by the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The newspaper […]
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As reported by Nova, the president of Syria, Bashar al Assad, received the chiefs of staff of Iran and Iraq, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri and Othman al Ghanimi respectively, at the head of two large military delegations. During the meeting, which was also attended by Syrian Defense Minister Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, [...]
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Tayyip Erdogan, during an interview with CNN Turk, said that any security zone along the Turkish border with Syria must be under Turkish control. “If there is to be a safe zone along our border, then it must be under our control. Because that's my border, "he said [...]
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Sara Sanders, spokeswoman for the White House, announced that, after the withdrawal is completed in the spring, the United States will leave about 200 soldiers in Syria "as a small group for peacekeeping operations", without specifying where these troops will be stationed, what they will be actually their task and how long they will remain, limiting themselves to talking about [...]
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The Isis perched around Baghuz is about to capitulate and the US, once the dirty work is over, will leave Syria. The Washington Post, which cites US sources and other countries involved in the area, highlights the Franco-British position towards Donald Trump. British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt had already pointed out: “There is no prospect for [...]
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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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US President Donald Trump reiterated his intention to withdraw US forces engaged in wars defined as "interminable" in Syria and Afghanistan, while keeping them in Iraq in an anti-Iranian key. Trump during an interview with the US television broadcaster CBS, against the backdrop of the ongoing negotiations in Qatar between the states [...]
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According to the NewYork Times, it was a "security illusion" that caused the deaths of four US service members operating in northern Syria last week after a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant, killing at least 19. 'deadly attack took place in Manbij, a small town with a Kurdish majority near the [...]
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An Israeli attack hit Iranian forces in Syria believed to be responsible for launching a missile at Israel. Netanyahu himself said: "We are working against Iran and against the Syrian forces that favor the aggression of Iran". According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Israeli attack would have caused the deaths of at least 11 people [...]
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Yesterday PRP Channel extensively dealt with NATO in an editorial in the light of the new global strategy of the US and the difficulty in relating to Turkey, considered by analysts to be "bivalent". It was a coincidence that during the same day Donald Trump, in reference to the Turkish aims on the Syrian Kurds of the Ypg, flooded the [...]
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Syrian air defenses shot down a series of missiles last night. This was reported by the Syrian news agency "Sana", citing military sources, which accuse Israel of the attack. According to the source, the majority of missiles fired by Israel have been intercepted. Only one warehouse at Damascus International Airport was hit. HELP PRP Channel - click [...]
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The Units for the Protection of Peoples (YPG), a Syrian Kurdish militia, today announced the death of the Italian citizen Giovanni Francesco Asperti, a native of Bergamo. This was reported by the Italian news agency Nova. The man of about 50, known by the battle name of "Hiwa Bosco", was "martyred in an unfortunate accident while he was in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Since the US primacy in the world, as a global police force, is fading or is no longer what it once was, the international order is today more than ever in chaos. World leaders are increasingly tempted to test the limits of international law to strengthen their influence and [...]
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Israel will not tolerate any attempt by Iran to install itself militarily in Syria. This was reiterated by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, after the new series of raids by the Jewish state conducted in the night on the outskirts of Damascus. "We are not ready to accept an Iranian military strengthening in Syria, which is directed against us - he wrote [...]
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The US-led international coalition bombed the city of Hayín, Syria, in the province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday 13, with bombs of white phosphorus, prohibited by international conventions, the SANA agency informed. The sources cited by the agency indicated that the coalition has launched air strikes in various areas of this city with the [...]
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According to what Putin said yesterday, speaking at the Valdai Forum, in Sochi, the ISIS terrorists have taken hostage almost 700 European and American citizens in areas of Syria controlled by pro-American forces. The Russian president added that the terrorists would have launched an ultimatum - without specifying its content - threatening to kill [...]
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In Syria in Idiib there is the last pocket of opposition to the Bashar al Assad regime. The final attack is ready, however Turkey has reached an agreement for a truce that many swear will not be lasting. Almost three million civilians live in the Idiib area and who may be victims of the last part of a conflict [...]
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Benyamin Netanyahu's departure for New York is scheduled for today, where he will speak at the UN General Assembly next Thursday. On the sidelines of the assembly, Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump, and probably also the Egyptian leader Sisi. There were many topics that could be discussed in the meeting with Trump, one of them being the dossier relating to the American peace plan and [...]
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A Russian aircraft, an IL-20 of the Air Force, which disappeared from the radar while flying over the Mediterranean on the evening of September 17, was shot down by the Syrian anti-aircraft. The news was confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry which specified that the plane with 15 people on board, including the crew, was hit by an S-200 missile of [...]
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Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, in an interview reported by the "New York Times" declares that the United States should reconsider its alliances in Syria in view of the military operation that the Damascus regime intends to launch against the last stronghold of the rebels in Idlib, in the northwest of the country. According to the head of Turkish diplomacy, [...]
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Syria, the bombing began in the province of Idlib
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Great expectations for the results of the meeting of the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey scheduled for today, gathered to discuss the fate of Syria. Iranian President Hassan Rohani, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will meet in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria and the possibility of intervening with a Russian-Iranian-government ground military offensive on [...]
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After the statement by the Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid Muallem, who announced an imminent trilateral summit between Russia, Iran and Turkey on 7 September, American President Donald Trump intervened, with threatening tones, by posting a message on Twitter : “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must not recklessly attack the province of Idlib. [...]
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According to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, a delegation of senior US government officials secretly met with the heads of Syrian intelligence agencies in an attempt to define the terms of a possible agreement between Washington and Damascus. Relations between the United States and Syria have been strained since the end of the years [...]
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The Tasnim news agency reports that Iranian defense minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defense and military officials. During the meeting, Hatami told Assad that "relations between the two countries are strong and stable ... The Iranian forces supported Assad [...]
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The Islamic State has as many as 30.000 members engaged in Iraq and Syria, according to a United Nations report. Last month, the Iraqi government announced that the war against the group, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), had been won. The statement was taken up by the President of the States [...]
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One of Syria's leading pro-government newspapers reported that Israel was behind the explosion of a bomb in Hama province that killed a scientist working for the country's missile program. Reportedly, Aziz Azbar was research director at the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center, known as [...]
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According to reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 56 are the victims of the attacks that hit the southern Syrian province of Sweida. The dynamics of the attack are not yet clear. According to the Observatory, there are three suicide bombers who have gone into action. The official "Sana" news agency specified that an attacker blew himself up in the area [...]
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Israel used its new air defense system on the Syrian border, where Russian-backed forces from Damascus brought rebels together. Moscow has asked for an "urgent" meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has planned to meet the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and his boss [...]
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The Israeli Air Force bombed a military research center in Masyaf, in the province of Hama. The military installation had already been hit in September last year and is suspected by Mossad and Western intelligence to be one of the chemical weapons production centers of the al Assad regime. The planes passed over Lebanon, [...]
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An Israeli military spokesman said last night the Israeli air force hit three Syrian army positions in retaliation following the infiltration of a Syrian military drone yesterday. The spokesman then added "We will continue to act with determination against any attempt to undermine our sovereignty or the safety of our citizens". [...]
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Damascus points the finger at Israel held responsible for the attack launched in the night on the Syrian base T4, by some fighter-bombers who would have entered Syrian airspace from the Al-Tanf crossing area, under American control. According to SANA, the Syrian state news agency, the Syrian defenses have sensed the presence of enemy planes from Jordan and [...]
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A Syrian human rights organization said Iranian military forces and Hezbollah were preparing to withdraw from southern Syria. London also confirmed that the aforementioned military forces will soon leave the governorates of Daraa and Quneitra, which are adjacent to the border with Israel. However, a senior Syrian official vehemently denied this [...]
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Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, yesterday launched a new appeal calling for an "immediate end" to military operations in southwestern Syria, where government forces have launched an offensive against the rebels. In a statement released by Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary general, we read that Guterres is "deeply alarmed by the military offensive in [...]
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(by Roberta Preziosa) Last June 12, the forces of the Inerent Resolve coalition, which are fighting the Syrian-Iraqi Islamic state in Syria, declared (US Department of Defense) that they had destroyed a drug depot belonging to ISIS. The facts date back to May 31, when in southern Syria, 34 miles from At Tanf, during the [...]
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun said again today that Syrian refugees return immediately to their country of origin. The capabilities of Lebanon do not allow them to stay, due to repercussions of all kinds that are occurring in Lebanon. Aoun reported this to the UN coordinator in the country, Pernille [...]
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The French President, Emmanuel Macron, begins a two-day visit to St. Petersburg from today, where he will meet Vladimir Putin, and will participate in the International Economic Forum as a guest of honor together with the Japanese premier, Shinzo Abe. The French press reports, explaining that at the center of the talks between the two heads of state there will be [...]
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The international conference on Syria is underway with the aim of mobilizing humanitarian aid for the victims of the conflict. The conference "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" will last two days and will be chaired by the European Union and the United Nations and will see the participation of 85 countries, non-governmental organizations and [...]
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According to what was communicated by General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the Joint Operations Commando, 36 terrorists were killed during the air raids carried out in recent days. “Iraqi air strikes, conducted by several F-16s in Syria on April 19, targeted Isis terrorists who posed a threat to Iraq. According to our [...]
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Today, a team of inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site in Douma, Syria, to collect samples and try to determine if such weapons were used there on April 7. In a statement, the OPCW said it will also consider whether the team should do a second [...]
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Two of the 103 missiles were found by the Syrian military, are in good condition, and were transferred to the Russian military and flown to Russia. On the morning of April 14, US warships, as well as French and UK air forces, hit military targets in Syria. The defense ministry of Russia provided [...]
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir, during a press conference held in Riyadh together with Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, reiterated the kingdom's willingness to deploy troops in Syria as part of US-led efforts to stabilize the country torn apart by seven years of conflict. [...]
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The inspectors of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPAC) will enter Duma tomorrow, east of Damascus. This was reported today by the Syrian newspaper close to the “Watan” government. It had been days that the start of the mission to Duma of experts who had arrived in Damascus already last Friday was expected. Their mandate: "to verify the validity of [...]
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The United States accused Russia yesterday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said Russians or Syrians may have tampered with evidence on the ground. Moscow denied the accusation and justified the delay due to the attacks of [...]
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During the recording of 'Eight and a half' on La7, Luigi Di Maio, leader of the 5 Star Movement, reiterated the country's loyalty to NATO allies. “Italy, as stated in article 11 of the Constitution, must always pursue peace. Gentiloni did well in the Syrian crisis, but nobody takes the pretext for [...]
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US President Donald Trump wants to get the troops out of Syria as soon as possible, the White House said, but not before their goals have been met. Earlier, the French president said he convinced Trump that the troops had to stay. "The US mission does not [...]
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(Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) Of the 105 missiles launched against chemical weapons research and storage facilities in Syria, about 70 were launched from naval platforms, of which, an extremely interesting aspect, only one located in the Mediterranean, while the others launched from Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Of the remaining 35 missiles: 19 [...]
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"The US mission hasn't changed, the president is clear that he wants US forces home as soon as possible." This was stated by White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, in an indirect response to French President Emmanuel Macron who, during an interview broadcast last night on French TV, had [...]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that further Western attacks in Syria would wreak havoc on the business world as Washington threatened to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions. In a telephone conversation with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani, he agreed that the Western attack had damaged the odds [...]
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a group of Russian lawmakers on Sunday that the Western missile attacks in his country were an act of aggression, Russian news agencies reported. Russian lawmakers met Assad after the United States, France and Britain launched attacks [...]
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Russia wanted an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday April 14, proposing a Resolution to condemn the aggression against Syria, but the motion was not approved. The document, circulated by Russia among the members of the UN body shortly before the meeting, denounced "the aggression against Syria by [...]
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According to the international press, the urgent session of the Security Council will be held in about an hour at the United Nations building in New York following the bombings of Syria carried out by the United States, United Kingdom and France. Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the bombing of Syria [...]
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We have taken a series of news items from the Russian press, to allow for balanced information, that is to know what and how the Syria affair is seen on the other side. For our readers, below is an excerpt of what has been said. Most of the rockets launched in Syria by the United Kingdom, the United States and France were [...]
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After the first political reactions to the missile attack carried out last night in Syria, to provide his authoritative more purely military point of view is the former Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, who in a note states: "From a military point of view, the attack appeared [...]
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Seven US aircraft carried out a reconnaissance mission in the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Syria, not far from the Russian air base of Khmeymim and the logistics center of the Russian Federal Navy in Tartus. It emerges from the monitoring data of military flights published on the Twitter page of Mil Radar, reported by the Russian media. [...]
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Tense calm reigns in Damascus this morning just hours after the joint US, French and British missile attacks on military targets near the capital and Homs in central Syria. According to the Syrian government agency Sana, Damascus woke up "in a normal situation", and rumors of the deployment of armored vehicles in the streets of [...]
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The United States and its allies launched more than 100 missiles into Syria tonight in a single wave, according to reports from the Pentagon, following evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was found responsible for a chemical weapons attack. towards civilians, using chlorine gas. The Secretary […]
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President Donald Trump, announcing the launch of a military attack on Syria, specified that the operation is being conducted jointly with France and the United Kingdom. The American president has pointed the finger at Russia and Iran. "I ask Iran and Russia: what kind of nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of [...]
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The latest developments in Syria were at the center of the telephone conversation that took place late yesterday, April 11, between the heads of state of Turkey and the US, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump. This was reported by the Turkish news agency "Anadolu". Erdogan and Trump discussed "the current crisis in Syria" and agreed to [...]
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While Europe remains in suspense fearing an escalation of the crisis in Syria, a glimmer comes from the statements of Vladimir Shamanov, chairman of the Defense Committee of the Duma, who believes that the United States will ultimately decide not to attack Syria. Responding to a question posed by an Interfax journalist who asked the [...]
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Trump administration officials have consulted with global allies about a possible joint military response to Syria's alleged chemical attack, while President Donald Trump has canceled a trip overseas to handle a crisis that is testing his vote. to face Syrian President Bashar Assad. Trump has [...]
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The Syrian government tracked and killed American journalist Marie Colvin to prevent her from reporting on the Syrian civil war, according to a Syrian intelligence officer who defected to Europe. Colvin was a seasoned war correspondent who worked for the Sunday Times. The British newspaper sent it to Syria shortly after the [...]
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According to information received, from sources that cannot be independently verified, the toll of the air raid that took place during the night conducted by unidentified aircraft in the district of Wadi Nassim is at least 19 civilian victims, including women and children. According to civil protection and medical sources in the area, the victims would belong to three different [...]
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Donald Trump has scheduled a meeting with military leaders to make a decision on the US response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria. The president himself would have announced it to reporters "We will make a decision tonight or shortly after - said Trump -. We cannot allow this to happen in our world, especially [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The apparent American lack of interest in the Middle East has for some time been favoring new processes of strategic influence of new / old international players. Syria is an area that in this regard is demonstrating how the triumvirate Russia, Turkey, Iran is doing good and bad weather in a perspective that is anything but pacifying, to the detriment, above all, of the civilian population [...]
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPAC) will open an investigation into the alleged chemical attack that took place in Duma, the last stronghold of the rebels in eastern Ghouta, Syria. Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of Opac, in a statement, expressed "grave concern" over the news of the alleged chemical attack in Syria, announcing that the organization "carried out a preliminary analysis [...]
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According to the official agency Sana, a Syrian government military base was hit today at dawn in the province of Homs by a missile launch, which killed at least 14 people, including Iranian soldiers. "Our air defense countered a missile attack against the T4 military airport", the agency reported, citing a military source [...]
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According to a statement from the charitable union of medical assistance and relief organizations (UOSSM), "well over 100" are the victims of the alleged chemical attack carried out in the Syrian city of Douma. “Many of the victims were women and children and had symptoms consistent with inhaling toxic gas. Some of the victims presented [...]
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According to Aleksandr Lavrentyev, special representative of the president of the Russian Federation, the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey will discuss today, in Ankara, the prospects for the solution of the Syrian conflict, which can be considered "positive" also in relation to good results obtained in eastern Ghouta. "It will be discussed, the official said - the whole [...]
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US troops, leading the anti-Isis coalition, will leave Syria "very soon". This was announced by President Donald Trump himself during a meeting that the president of the United States held in Richfield, Ohio, to promote the infrastructure plan in particular. “We are bringing down ISIS. We will be leaving the Sira very soon. Let them be [...]
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The negotiations started between the Damascus government and a rebel armed group active in the city of Douma, the most important pocket of resistance left in the eastern Ghouta region, are in a stalemate. This was reported by Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, according to whom "the negotiations are continuing [...]
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According to reports from the Syrian NGO, at least 37 civilians were killed during a raid carried out by the Syrian regime's aviation that hit a refuge in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel enclave on the outskirts of Damascus, the scene since last February 18 of a violent offensive air and land of government troops, which cost the lives of hundreds of [...]
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According to reports from the Syrian state agency "Sana, Syrian rebel fighters, together with their families, began this morning to leave the city of Harasta, in the west of eastern Ghouta, as part of the agreement between the Islamist group Ahrar al -Sham and the Damascus regime. At least 810 people, including at least 253 men, 157 women, 218 children and 182 [...]
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The talks between the military leaders of Russia and America continue. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian Chief of Staff, Valery Gerasimov and the President of the United States General Staff, Joseph Dunford, spoke again yesterday on the phone to discuss the situation in Syria Syria, as well as other issues [ ...]
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Eight years have passed since the start of the bloody conflict in Syria that began in March 2011 when the first protests against Bashar al-Assad erupted in the Arab country. Syrian troops and their allies continue to advance in eastern Ghouta, which is particularly marked by air raids and artillery. The loyalists, according to the Syrian Observatory for Rights [...]
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Antonio Tajani, opening the extraordinary session in Strasbourg, on behalf of the European Parliament called for the "Rapid implementation of the UN Security Council resolution, and a lasting ceasefire" in Syria. "There is an urgent need to ensure the protection of civilians - said Tajani - to evacuate the wounded and [...]
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In Douma, children are often in the dark because every night they experience tragedy: the signal that the fighters are returning and that more people will die. Thus the largest city in the Ghouta territory, on the outskirts of Damascus, has been living for several weeks. "They don't stop bombing us, we have a few hours of respite to try to [...]
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According to reports from the Human Rights Observatory, the death toll of civilians in the last 900 days during the Syrian army offensive in “al Ghouta”, a rebel-controlled suburb located east of Damascus, has risen to about 18. According to the data reported by the Observatory, nearly 40 percent of civilians have been killed since the end of [...]
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On March 16, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey will discuss the Syrian crisis agreement in Astana as promoters of the peace process in Syria. The news was announced in a press release by the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. "According to the information received from the states guaranteeing the [...]
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On the sidelines of the opening of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ignazio Cassis, Swiss Foreign Minister, told the media that "Switzerland does its part" and is part of those states that are committed to humanitarian aid by supporting "totally "The resolution of the UN Security Council which called for a truce of 30 days [...]
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Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union, called for the “immediate” application of the ceasefire requested by the UN Security Council. Mogherini called the decision at the UN "a necessary and encouraging step", but added that it must be followed by concrete actions. "Now that resolution must be applied immediately, with monitoring mechanisms." Currently […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says it is "the best time to stop this hell on earth" in Syria's eastern Ghouta region. Guterres also appealed to the warring parties to respect a 30-day ceasefire, a resolution adopted unanimously by the 15 members of the Security Council [...]
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The bombings in Syria continue despite yesterday the UN Security Council voted to adopt "without delay" a 30-day truce for humanitarian operations in areas severely affected by military operations against anti-Assad rebels. According to what was reported by the rebels, at least one child died and another thirteen people were injured, [...]
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution for a one-month ceasefire in Syria. The vote took place yesterday evening, February 24th. The text approved by the Security Council invites all parties to the conflict to stop fighting on Syrian territory and join [...]
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Six days when the Syrian regime's planes dropped bombs and barrel bombs on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, which UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called "hell on earth". According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 468 civilians, including 108 children, have died in air raids and [...]
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The spokesperson for the American State Department, Heather Nauert, in a briefing with reporters pointed the finger at Russia accusing it of "particular responsibility" for what is happening in eastern Ghouta, where the raids of the Damascus regime have provoked since last Sunday over 400 dead. "Without Russia's support for Syria [...]
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The death toll involved in the Syrian regime's operations against the rebel enclave near Damascus continues to rise. According to reports from the Human Rights Observatory, at least 100 civilians, including 20 children, were killed during the bombing carried out yesterday by the Syrian air forces on eastern Ghouta, adding that [...]
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Israel is as if it were by now at war and has begun to hit military targets of the regime but also of "Iranians". It lost one of its jets during the most serious escalation of tensions that has involved the three countries in years. An Israeli pilot was seriously injured. The current tension is the most [...]
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Israeli planes attacked Iranian targets in Syria on Saturday after intercepting an Iranian unmanned aircraft (UAV), and after an Israeli fighter jet was shot down from Syria. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the launch components of Iranian aircraft in Syrian territory, the IDF said in a [...]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria and called for the Security Council unit to bring those responsible to justice. “We learned with great concern the reports on the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria, including Idlib” (governorate). The secretary general still condemns one [...]
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According to the Nova agency, the party of the Democratic Union (Pyd), a group of Syrian Kurds part of the opposition to the government of Damascus, must not participate in the Constitutional Commission for Syria, established at the Congress of Sochi on 30 January last. . Turkey asks the UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, as reported today [...]
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Emmanuel Macron, speaking with "le Figaro", warns Turkey of the risks of an "invasion" which would constitute a "real problem" because "it would not see Syrian sovereignty respected and announces that he will call his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Recep Erdogan, which seems determined to widen its offensive to eradicate the positions of the Kurds in the north [...]
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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 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian archaeologist Maamoun Abdelkarim reported that airstrikes launched by Turkey in northern Syria damaged a 3.000-year-old Hittite temple The Ain Dara temple, which dates back to between 1.300 and 700 BC, is located in the enclave of Afrin, target by [...]
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The Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue will be held on 29-30 January 2018 in Sochi, dedicated to resolving the situation in Syria and "promoting the Geneva process". As Askanews learns from the Russian side, the initiative "was initiated by Moscow, which maintains contacts both with the government of Syria and with a wide spectrum of forces [...]
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Telephone talks between the United States and Turkey continue. According to the Turkish presidency, the national security adviser of the American president, HR McMaster, and the spokesman of the Turkish president, Ibrahim Kalin, spoke to each other on Friday evening, in the wake of the telephone conversation a few days ago between Donald Trump and Recep [...]
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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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The Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria announced, with a note, that on January 24, a Syrian military patrol, during a reconnaissance action, killed five terrorists near the "buffer zone" of At-Tanf and destroyed two vehicles equipped with weapons. "While patrolling the perimeter of the buffer zone in the area [...]
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The crisis situation in Syria, where more than 2011 people have lost their lives since March 340, is becoming increasingly critical. After the eight rounds of talks attempted by the UN in Geneva - most recently the one in December where the parties in conflict - the Damascus regime and the rebels - failed to reach an agreement [...]
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According to reports by the Turkish governor, Mehmet Tekin Arslan, two rockets fired from the Kurdish-Syrian enclave of Afrin and, which fell on the border town of Kilis, hit a mosque, causing at least one victim and 13 injured, some of whom would be in life threatening. The Turkish media attribute the launch to the Kurdish fighters of the YPG, accused, [...]
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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on Saturday the start of operations by the Ankara army and the allied Syrian militias (FSA) in Afrin and, subsequently, in Manbij, against the positions of the Ypg, party militias of the Democratic Union (Pyd), a Syrian Kurdish formation that is part of the opposition to the government of Damascus. The operation, called "Olive Branch", [...]
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Continue the Turkish offensive to conquer the territories occupied by the Syrian Kurds. As reported by the Turkish media, the operation "Olive Branch" hosted by Turkey to escape the enclave of Afrin to Syrian Kurds in northwest Syria is now in its third day. The Free Syrian Army, supported by the Ankara military, would take control of eleven [...]
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Turkey has warned the United States of its intention to launch an attack on Syrian territory. Mattis, who called Turkish concerns about its own security legitimate, said: “Turkey was sincere, it warned us before letting its own [...]
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The Turkish land operation against the Afrin Kurds in northern Syria has begun ”. This was stated by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a televised speech in the city of Kutahya, without giving further indications. "Operation Afrin has in fact already started on the ground", he underlined, indicating that "this will be followed by Manbij", another [...]
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According to reports from the Turkish army itself, new attacks have been launched in northern Syria against the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) in view of the announced operation against Afrin, the enclave in the region controlled by the Syrian Kurds. Invoking "legitimate self-defense", the Ankara military hit camps and shelters used by Ypg, in [...]
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that US troops will remain in Syria not only to fight jihadists, but also to fight the power of President Bashar al Assad and his ally Iran. In a speech on US strategy in Syria, Tillerson stressed that the mission of American soldiers is [...]
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Turkey will take all kinds of measures to eliminate the threat posed by Kurdish militias in western Syria and will not allow the creation of an army of terrorists ”. Turkey's main security body, the National Security Council, held a meeting today on the topic of Syrian Kurdish fighters who led [...]
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The United Nations plans to hold new peace talks for Syria in the city of Vienna for the days of 25 and 26 January next. The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, earlier this month, expressed the hope that the UN-led talks on Syria would "reinvigorate" the peace process in [...]
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Mohammed al Golani, leader of the former al Qaeda branch in Syria, with an audio message posted online, has launched an appeal for "a general reconciliation" between all rebel factions. Golani asked them to "close ranks" to face the vast offensive launched in mid-December by the forces of the regime of [...]
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A Unicef report gives the ominous bulletin: in the first 14 days of the year, more than 30 children were killed in an escalation of violence in the eastern area of Ghouta, where it is estimated that 200.000 children have been trapped under siege since 2013. A Idlib, in the north-west of the country, there is talk of serious violence that has occurred in recent weeks, in [...]
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A chlorine gas attack was carried out on an enclave besieged by rebels on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. People in the eastern Ghouta region, which is subject to daily shelling, reported a smell of gas after a missile attack, the BBC learned. Health workers said that six people [...]
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(by Franco Iacch) Syria, here are the drones that attacked the Russians. Official photos show one of 13 fixed-wing drones that took off from the southwestern region of Idlib which attacked two Russian military bases in Syria on 6 January. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack, strange. On the tactical evolution of drones in asymmetrical contexts I [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The defeat of the Islamic state (Isis) in Syria, started the consolidation of alliances to be able to reposition themselves on a geopolitical level The Hezbollah formation, from Lebanon, was heavily involved in the anti-ISIS fighting in support of Bashar's Syria Al Assad. Already at the beginning of last October, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, [...]
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Damascus, with a note drawn up by the Syrian army, denounced an attack conducted in the early hours of today by Israel in Syrian territory with jets and ground-to-ground missiles. In the statement released by the Sana news agency, it is stated that the Israeli attack caused material damage. Damascus claim to have "hit" an Israeli fighter, without providing further details [...]
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Defeated ISIS now we are moving towards Idlib, so the Syrian army has started its campaign against the militias linked to Al Qaeda that still control the area, while thousands of civilians flee towards the Turkish border besieged as well as by weapons , from the bitter cold of these days. He had been the Russian Foreign Minister [...]
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today issued a decree appointing new defense, industry and information ministers, state television reported. He appointed General Ali Abdullah Ayoub as Defense Minister, Mohammed Mazen Ali Yousef as Industry Minister and Imad Abullah Sarah as Information Minister, he reported [...]
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The Syrian authorities found two mass graves with the bodies of dozens of civilians and soldiers who are presumed to have been killed by Isis in the northern region of Raqqa on the border with Turkey. In a statement by the Syrian government civil protection and released by the official agency Sana, it is specified that the discovery took place in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Many think that Isis was defeated in its state form after the battles, neighborhood by neighborhood in two key countries of the region. In Iraq and Syria, the campaign to overthrow the so-called caliphate project that Isis established in June 2014 has largely achieved its goal. After three [...]
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The official ceremony for the decoration of some Russian soldiers who participated in operations in Syria against the self-styled Islamic State took place today. During the ceremony, during his speech, President Putin underlined the "crucial" role played by Russia in the defeat of the jihadists in Syria, where ISIS has lost [...]
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A young woman was blocked at Milan Malpensa airport by the state police on a European arrest warrant. The woman, RM Italo-Moroccan, is accused of criminal association with the purpose of terrorism. Mother of three young children, in spring without her husband's knowledge she left Juan Les Pins in France, where she lives with her family, for [...]
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If that were the case, it is not edifying to know that the US-led coalition would train former ISIS terrorists. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the training would take place in the refugee camp of Al Hasakah, in Syria, as a base for training militiamen, including members of terrorist groups from different areas of the Middle Eastern country. According to [...]
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According to Nova, the Syrian government delegation has abandoned the peace talks conducted by the United Nations in Geneva, stating that it will not attend the sessions scheduled for next week unless the opposition withdraws the statement asking President Bashar al Assad to have no role in the government [...]
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According to media reports close to the Bashar al Assad regime, some Israeli fighters have bombed a military base that Iran is building in Syria, south of Damascus. The raids, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, would have been conducted from Lebanese airspace and the missiles fired by Israeli fighters - five, according to some [...]
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The eighth round of consultations mediated by the United Nations between the Damascus regime and the Syrian opposition begins in Geneva to bring about the end of the crisis underway in Syria since March 2011 which has cost the lives of over 340 thousand people. The participation of the Damascus delegation, which threatened to boycott [...]
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Sochi has been a success and it seems that it has begun a process of reorganizing the situations that have remained hanging, even the historical ones such as the Golan Heights. Bashar Assad said he was ready, after speaking with Vladimir Putin, to discuss the construction of a demilitarized area up to 40 km from the separation line of the territories [...]
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The eighth session of inter-Syrian talks is scheduled to open next Tuesday. Staffan de Mistura, UN special emissary for Syria, set four topics for discussion on the agenda which he presented as “baskets”. Three of these are included in UN Security Council Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015, and the fourth, [...]
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According to what declared today by Mevlut Cavusoglu, head of diplomacy, Turkey expects US President Donald Trump "to keep his word" on the suspension of weapons in Syria to the Syrian Kurdish militias of the Ypg, the People's Defense Unit considered by Ankara as "terrorists". Cavusoglu in a televised statement, speaking from [...]
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Three Syrian fighters who appeared to have been victims of a chemical attack, probably chlorine, were hospitalized in a Galilee hospital. This was reported by the Jerusalem Post, which, however, has so far received no confirmation from the Israeli military spokesman or from the hospital in question. From a spokesman for the rebel forces to President Bashar [...]
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The Syrian army and its allies have expelled the Islamic State from Boukamal, the last city in the hands of the jihadist organization. The Syrian army and allied forces have taken control of the city of Boukamal and are clearing the area of mines and explosives, a regime military source said. The Damascus army had announced, [...]
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Two ISIS figures from nineties who fled Raqqa are accused of having ordered some of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Turkey. This was revealed by sources of Ankara intelligence, cited by Hurriyet, according to which the so-called 'emir' Ilhami Bali and Mustafa Dokumaci would be among the hundreds of jihadists who fled during the siege of the former capital of Isis in [...]
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The United Nations has called on the warring parties in Syria to stop targeting civilians in the capital and its surroundings, where dozens of people have been killed in recent days due to the violent bombings. Damascus is largely controlled by the Bashar al Assad regime. The rebels control the [...]
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The Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers met today in Turkey to discuss Syria, just days before a trilateral summit crucial for the de-escalation process in this country. The Russian Sergei Lavrov, the Iranian Javad Zarif and the Turkish Mevlu Cavusoglu met in Antalya, in southern Turkey, [...]
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The tones between Russia and the United States on the "Syria" question remain on despite the embryonic agreement signed between Putin and Trump. The presidents of Russia and the United States last November 11 published a joint statement on the conflict in Syria, a rare occurrence given the complexity of relations between Washington and Moscow. "No military solution" and [...]
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Russia, for the second time in 24 hours, once again vetoed a resolution by the UN Security Council which provided for the one-month extension of the mandate relating to the joint investigative mechanism of the United Nations and Opac that investigates the attacks chemists in Syria. This is Moscow's second veto [...]
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According to Nova reports, with the defeat of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the strategic areas of the two countries are becoming increasingly the subject of contention between other forces and states in the region. In particular Turkey and Iran both remain strongly interested in some strategic areas of these countries. Sinjar, Kurdish-Yazidi region, located [...]
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In Syria in Ghouta, more than 240 people require urgent medical care, including 29 priority patients, especially children, who are in critical condition and need immediate medical evacuation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. “The lives of hundreds of people are at stake, including many children. If they do not receive the [...]
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According to a report drawn up by the UN on Somalia, a faction of the Islamic State (Isis) active in Somalia has greatly strengthened over the last year, thanks to the funds received from Syria and Iraq. The faction would be led by Sheikh Abdulqader Mumin, and was targeted last week in the first operation carried out [...]
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As reported by the Nova Agency, the Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, had a brief conversation on the second day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which is taking place in Da Nang, Vietnam . During this brief meeting, according to the Russian news agency "Sputnik", the two heads of [...]
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, son of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, killed in an attack on the Beirut waterfront on February 14, 2005 along with 22 other people, resigned. The unexpected announcement came with a statement released on the al-Arabiya satellite channel and broadcast directly from Saudi Arabia, where Hariri arrived yesterday in [...]
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Despite the Syrian troops, with the support of the Russian ones, have wrested the city of Deir Ezzor from Isis, the Sunni jihadists are still active in the province. A few hours ago, in fact, the news of the explosion of a car bomb in the province of Deir Ezzor which caused dozens of deaths among the refugees who lived on the [...]
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According to the NOVA Agency, the situation in Syria and possible developments in cooperation for the stabilization of the local scenario could be the issues at the center of the talks between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, during their next meeting scheduled on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Summit [...]
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The Syrian opposition, formed by a National Coalition supported by Turkey, "will not participate in any negotiations with the regime outside the framework of Geneva (...) and without the patronage of the United Nations". His spokesman Ahmed Ramadan gave the news. The unexpected news was given to communicate that the Coalition will not participate [...]
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A United Nations report blamed the Damascus regime for an attack last April with Sarin gas in Khan Cheikhoun, a town in the northwestern province of Idlib, which killed 83 people. The humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for sanctions against those responsible for these attacks [...]
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A conference on Syria was held yesterday at the council chamber of the Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone, defined at the beginning by the Consultant of the Syrian Ministry of Information, Ouday Ramadan, particularly "courageous" in a context like the current one in which the dominant media circle, it provides "its truth" by passing it off as independent and disinterested information. What […]
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Exclusive, nobody talks about it, 700 Russian mercenaries fight and die in Syria alongside regular troops. Two years after Russia's entry into the war in Syria (30 September 2015), alongside President Bashar al-Assad's army, the Kremlin's narrative of its military operations is studded with successes, few defeats and above all a limited number of […]
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The bombing carried out yesterday by the Israeli air force on a chemical plant in western Syria is a clear signal sent by Israel to Russia and the United States. This was claimed by the Israeli daily “Haaretz”, which stresses that the intensity of the fighting in Syria had significantly decreased following the ceasefire agreement reached last July. With this attack, Israel proves that it does not [...]
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The resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Qatar in recent days will certainly affect regional developments, and in particular the future of Syria. It is no coincidence that Doha's intention to "strengthen bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields" has exacerbated the crisis between the countries of [...]
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Relations between Amman and Damascus have taken a positive turn and Jordan is optimistic that we can continue in this direction. This was stated by the Minister of State for the Media and spokesman for the Hashemite government, Mohammed Al Momani, during an interview reported today by the Jordanian newspaper "Al Ghad". TO […]
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Syria, the Amnestey report, civilians trapped in Raqqa and used as human shields Thousands of civilians are trapped in Raqqa, in northern Syria, subjected to crossfire from all parties involved in the final phase of the battle for control of the city. Amnesty International denounced this at the end of an investigation carried out in the field. The organization [...]
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An Iranian military adviser in Syria, Mohsen Hojajji, was killed and beheaded by the Islamic State, an act of violence that confirms the "brutality" of the jihadist group. This was stated by the Foreign Minister of Tehran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a message on his Instagram page that honors "the sacrifices made by all the councilors [...]
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The CIA will put an end to its support program for Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad. The support program launched four years ago had only a limited impact, particularly after the Russian armed forces entered the conflict alongside troops loyal to the Damascus regime. President Donald [...]
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The Syrian army, backed by strong Russian airstrikes, captured a series of oil wells in the southwestern province of Raqqa yesterday as Islamic State military militants retreat to defend their territory in the country. Ikhbariyah state television quoted a military source as saying that the army had taken control of [...]
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The death toll of the suicide attack that hit the Syrian capital Damascus this morning has risen to 18 dead. This was reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization based in London. At least seven members of the security forces and two civilians would be among the victims. The official Syrian news agency "Sana", which mentions [...]
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The United States intends to stay away from the ongoing civil war in Syria. US Defense Minister Jim Mattis said this, confirming that the American-led coalition aims only to fight Isis: "We do not want, however, to be involved in the civil war", with respect to which "we are only committed to promoting end through [...]
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