Category: Conflict

Source: Reuters A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has agreed to work with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government towards a “democratic, decentralised Syria” after preliminary talks in Damascus. A delegation of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) – the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance – arrived in Syria’s… Continue reading SYRIA’S KURDS HOPE FOR NEW STATE AND SYSTEM VIA ASSAD TALKS

Source: India Times By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury , India will get a strategic toehold in the South China Sea (SCS) region as its new satellite monitoring station in Vietnam is expected to be activated soon and linked to another existing facility in neighbouring Indonesia, amid China’s growing ambitions in the area. Delhi has set up… Continue reading SATELLITE MONITORING STATION IN VIETNAM TO GINE INDIA ROOM IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Source: Al Masdar News By Leith Aboufadel The U.S. military has delivered more supplies to the Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria recently, despite Turkey’s outspoken disapproval. According to activists from the Syrian Democratic Forces, their troops received new military supplies from the U.S. Army in the northern province of Al-Hasakah. The U.S. Army convoy consisted… Continue reading US DELIVERS NEW MILITARY SUPPLIES TO KURDISH FORCES IN SYRIA DESPITE TURKEY’S DISAPPROVAL

Source: Al Monitor By Rohollah Faghihi Hassan Rouhani’s recent toughening of his posture toward the United States and Israel has led his conservative rivals in Tehran to embrace him and stop their onslaught on the moderate Iranian president. On July 5, Rouhani received an unexpected letter from Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the… Continue reading HOW TRUMP IS UNITING ROUHANI AND IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS

Source: RT.com The Energy Committee of Iran has announced that Tehran will buy goods only from those nations which purchase Iranian oil. This follows the US demand from its allies to stop buying Iranian crude. “We will carry out barter exchange of oil and goods, which means the purchase of goods will depend on the… Continue reading IRAN WILL IMPORT GOODS ONLY FROM COUNTRIES THAT BUY ITS OIL

Source: Economics.Unian.Info Ukrainian monitoring groups have reported seven cases since the evening of Monday, July 2, when coast guards of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) detained foreign ships in the Sea of Azov south of Berdyansk, Ukraine. “At about 20:30 Moscow time on July 2, 2018, the coast guards of the FSB of the Russian… Continue reading RUSSIA’S COAST GUARD DETAIN 7 SHIPS OFF UKRAINE COAST IN SEA OF AZOV

Source: The Aviationist By David Cenciotti CENTCOM has just published some interesting photographs of U.S. assets supporting Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. In particular, the images depict U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J operating from an austere runway at what the official captions refer to as an… Continue reading FIRST PHOTOS FROM NEW U.S AIRFIELD IN NORTHERN SYRIA

Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk It will be called the great betrayal. And it was a long time coming. But the grim message from Washington to the anti-Assad fighters of southern Syria – that they could expect no help from the West in their further struggle against Assad’s regime or the Russians – will… Continue reading THE US HAS GIVEN UP TO OVERTHROW OF ASSAD IN SYRIA

Source: Jerusalem Post By Seth J. Frantzman Artillery and bombs rained down on Syrian rebel-held areas in southern Syria as the Assad regime ramped up its offensive against the rebels after years of relative quiet and cease-fire. On Saturday, the first Russian air strikes in more than a year were carried out against rebel positions.… Continue reading CONCERNS RAISED SOUTHERN SYRIAN REGIME OFFENSIVE MAY SPILL OVER TO ISRAEL

Source: Modern Diplomacy By Shota Tkhelidze While Manbij Roadmap has been agreed on by the historic allies, US and Turkey, the need for developing the similar“roadmap” for Syrian Kurds in Syrian war has become inevitable. No wonder that Kurds havegrown increasingly concerned with possible scenarios and choices that their strategic partner US will have to… Continue reading SYRIAN KURDS NEED THEIR “ROADMAP”