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France welcomes Turkish military operation in northern Syria
France yesterday welcomed the Turkish military operation near the northern Syrian city of Jarabulus in the fight against Daesh. France welcome the intensification of the efforts of the Turkey, partner of the coalition in the fight against ISIS,” said a spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry at a press briefing, using...
UN Report: Syria and IS Used Chemical Weapons In 2014 And 2015
The Syrian government and Islamic State used chemical weapons during attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015, a UN report has concluded. An international team blamed the government of Bashar al Assad for using chlorine gas in two attacks. Islamic State used mustard gas during another attack, the Organization for the Prohibition of...
IS loses ground as Iraqi forces push back
As the Islamic State (IS) group loses ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strain in their rule over areas they still control, growing more brutal, killing deserters and relying on younger and younger recruits, according to residents who fled battleground territories. The accounts point to the difficulties the...
Islamist pleads guilty at ICC to destroying Timbuktu mausoleums
An Islamist extremist has pleaded guilty at the international criminal court to the destruction of religious monuments in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu in 2012. As his historic ICC trial started in The Hague on Monday, Ahmad al-Mahdi told judges he was entering the guilty plea “with deep regret and great pain”...
Brother of Syrian boy wounded in Aleppo dies
The brother of a wounded Syrian boy who drew the world's attention after haunting footage of his rescue from the aftermath of an airstrike went viral, has died, opposition activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that Ali Daqneesh, 10, died on Saturday from wounds sustained in the...
(Olympics) Singapore firms warned over Schooling ads
SINGAPORE: Singaporean companies trying to cash in on the euphoria over local swimmer Joseph Schooling’s Olympic gold medal have been told to stop unauthorised commercial campaigns. Schooling, who beat legendary US star Michael Phelps and set a new Olympic record in the 100m butterfly last week, has become a national idol...
Russia holds large military exercises In Crimea
Russian military forces are carrying out “logistical exercises” in and around the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian Black Sea region that Russia annexed in 2014. Russia’s state RIA-Novosti agency announced the August 18 drills, noting only that land and naval forces are participating. Tensions have been high in...
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ in Aleppo
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday of an unprecedented “humanitarian catastrophe” in Syria’s Aleppo and urged Russia and the United States to quickly reach a deal on a ceasefire in the city and elsewhere in the country. Fighting for control of Aleppo, split between...
Russia says its edging closer to deal with us on Аleppo
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister says Moscow and Washington are edging closer to an agreement that would help defuse the situation in the besieged Syrian city Aleppo. Sergei Shoigu said in remarks carried Monday by Rossiya 24 television that "step by step, we are nearing an arrangement, I'm talking...
REVEALED: Russia spy planes in Britain’s skies… and UK Government is ASSISTING the jets
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S spy planes are flying over the skies of Britain — and the UK Government have welcomed the Russian jets with open arms. And the relationship between the two super powers appears to be so cosy, that the UK air force personnel will be aboard the spy planes. Russian airmen have been given the green light...
Syria conflict: ‘Families leave’ besieged Aleppo
Dozens of families have left besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says. The civilians boarded buses and were taken to temporary shelters, state news agency Sana said. Some rebels had also surrendered to government forces, the report said. Russia, an ally of the Syrian...
Vladimir Putin reveals new military plan to go head-to-head with NATO
Vladimir Putin reveals new military plan to go head-to-head with NATO RUSSIA has announced they have formed a new military task force to match NATO punch for punch in the Baltic. Four divisions, nine brigades, and 22 regiments have been formed to match the massing of alliance forces along the the disputed region. Two of the new...
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