Sourced : New York Times By Sarah Almukhtar, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Sergio Pecanha and Karen Yourish On Thursday, the United States launched an attack on Al Shayrat airfield in Syria. President Trump said the airbase was targeted for its role in a chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed more than… Continue reading UNITED STATES LAUNCHED A MISSILE ATTACK ON AL SHAYRAT AIRBASE IN SYRIA
Category: Conflict
ERDOGAN : NEXT STAGE OF EUPHRATES SHIELD WILL INCLUDE IRAQ
Sourced : Kom News The next stages of the recently concluded Euphrates Shield Operation will be broader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, suggesting that Turkey will move on areas in Iraq. Speaking in a joint live interview with Turkish TV channels NTV and Star, Erdogan described the Euphrates Shield Operation as the first… Continue reading ERDOGAN : NEXT STAGE OF EUPHRATES SHIELD WILL INCLUDE IRAQ
9 KILLED 20 INJURED AT ST. PETERSBURG METRO TERRORIST ATTACKS
Sourced : Proto Thema At least 9 people are reported killed and 20 injured in an underground explosion that rocked a Metro train in the city of St Petersburg.The explosion occurred between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut Metro stations.The device was reported to have been filled with shrapnel Some reports say there were two separate… Continue reading 9 KILLED 20 INJURED AT ST. PETERSBURG METRO TERRORIST ATTACKS
TURKEY’S WORLWIDE MONITORING OF SUSPECTED GULEN SUPPORTERS
Sourced : Spiegel By Hasnain Kazim The Turkish Embassy in Tokyo took the easier route: In a secret report, it listed 15 schools believed to be associated with Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen. The list included the schools’ names, Japanese addresses, names of the school heads, email addresses, telephone numbers and the dates of their establishment.… Continue reading TURKEY’S WORLWIDE MONITORING OF SUSPECTED GULEN SUPPORTERS
TURKEY CAN NOT OCCUPY NORTHERN SYRIA, CAN NOT WITHDRAW WITHOUT LOSING FACE
Sourced : Sputnik On Wednesday, Turkey’s National Security Council announced the end of Operation Euphrates Shield, or the Turkish military intervention in Syria. The Council emphasized that the campaign had achieved its immediate objectives of ensuring national security, beating back Daesh and seeing the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in and around the… Continue reading TURKEY CAN NOT OCCUPY NORTHERN SYRIA, CAN NOT WITHDRAW WITHOUT LOSING FACE
RUSSIAN AISTRIKES HIT SYRIAN REBEL OUTPOST NEAR TURKISH BORDER
Sourced : Turkish Minute Jets believed to be Russian hit an outpost run by moderate rebel forces in northwestern Syria near a major border crossing with Turkey, Reuters reported on Sunday. According to rebel sources, at least one fighter was killed and several people were wounded after Russian jet raids overnight hit an outpost near… Continue reading RUSSIAN AISTRIKES HIT SYRIAN REBEL OUTPOST NEAR TURKISH BORDER
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN DUMA CONCERNED OVER “A SMALL TURKEY” IN NORTHERN SYRIA
Sourced : Kom News Turkey’s military presence in Syria is worrying Russia, says Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Duma, in a press conference held in Moscow. “We know the situation in Northern Syria,” Slutsky said as quoted by Sputnik. “Turkish troops took al-Bab and they could take more land… Continue reading CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN DUMA CONCERNED OVER “A SMALL TURKEY” IN NORTHERN SYRIA
EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR : “TURKEY HEADED TOWARDS CIVIL CONFLICT, IF NOT CIVIL WAR”
Sourced : Kom News Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon Staff Advisor Michael Rubin said that Turkey is headed towards “a prolonged period of civil conflict if not civil war,” in an interview with Firat News Agency (ANF) published on Wednesday. Answering a question on the 16 April referendum in Turkey,… Continue reading EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR : “TURKEY HEADED TOWARDS CIVIL CONFLICT, IF NOT CIVIL WAR”
GERMANY HAS FOUND EIGHT ALTERNATIVES TO INCIRLIK AIRBASE IN TURKEY
Sourced : Kom News Germany’s efforts to find an alternative to Incirlik airbase in Turkey have resulted in eight candidate bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus, according to a press release reported by German daily Die Welt. “The investigation of alternative locations to the Turkish air base Incirlik has shown that, from a military point… Continue reading GERMANY HAS FOUND EIGHT ALTERNATIVES TO INCIRLIK AIRBASE IN TURKEY
TURKEY’S “EUPHRATES SHIELD” OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA “SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED”
Sourced : Hurriyet A military operation launched by the Turkish military in Syria’s north to secure Turkey’s borders has been successfully completed, the country’s top security board has said. “Euphrates Shield” Operation, launched to secure our country’s border security, prevent [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] DEAŞ threats and attack targeting our country, give… Continue reading TURKEY’S “EUPHRATES SHIELD” OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA “SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED”