Tag: United Nations

GOVERNMENT SOURCE: CANADA TO SEND TROOPS AND HELICOPRTERS TO MALI

Sourced: Reuters By David Ljunggren Canada will send helicopters and support troops, including medical staff, to join a United Nations peace-keeping mission in Mali later this year, a senior Canadian government source said late on Friday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will announce on Monday that Canada plans to send troops and aircraft to Mali… Continue reading GOVERNMENT SOURCE: CANADA TO SEND TROOPS AND HELICOPRTERS TO MALI

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N : ANOTHER MISSILE TEST OF NORTH KOREA COULD PROMPT U.S MILITARY ACTION

Sourced : Politico By Louis Nelson Another ballistic missile test from North Korea could prompt a military reaction from the United States, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday morning. Speaking from Washington, where she and other members of the U.N. Security Council will meet with President Donald Trump later Monday, Haley… Continue reading U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N : ANOTHER MISSILE TEST OF NORTH KOREA COULD PROMPT U.S MILITARY ACTION

ASSAD CONFIRMS READINESS FOR REFERENDUM ON SYRIA’S FUTURE

File Photo. The United States will call for Syria's President Bashar- El Assad to step down. The movie follows attempts to stop El Assad's regime brutality against his people who are seeking democratic reforms. In this Picture Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks to the media after his meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy on Middle East peace process at the Elysee palace, Paris, France on November 13, 2009. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAUSA.COM

Sourced : TASS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has confirmed his readiness to hold a referendum on the future of his country and voiced the conviction that its fate should be determined by the Syrian people. The Syrian leader said as much in an interview with Italian newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano and Avvenir. “The war itself… Continue reading ASSAD CONFIRMS READINESS FOR REFERENDUM ON SYRIA’S FUTURE

TURKEY WANTS JOINT OPERATION WITH USA IN SYRIA, BUT WITHOUT KURDS

Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles took up positions on hills overlooking the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday as shelling by Islamic State insurgents intensified and stray fire hit Turkish soil, a Reuters correspondent said. At least 30 tanks and armoured vehicles, some with their guns pointed towards Syrian territory, were positioned near a Turkish military base just northwest of Kobani. Plumes of smoke rose up as shells hit the eastern and western sides of Kobani and sporadic bursts of machinegun fire rang out. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sourced : Sputniknews Turkey is discussing with the USA a joint special operation in Syria on condition that it does not include Kurdish militia forces, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “If we join forces, they [USA] have their own special forces and we have our special forces,” the minister was quoted as saying by… Continue reading TURKEY WANTS JOINT OPERATION WITH USA IN SYRIA, BUT WITHOUT KURDS

LIBYA OFFICIALS : FRENCH SPECIAL FORCES ON GROUND FIGHTING ISIS

By RAMI MUSA Associated Press French special forces have been helping Libyan troops fight Islamic State militants in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi for two months, two Libyan military officials said Wednesday. The French combat squad, consisting of 15 special forces, carried out four military operations against IS and other militant groups in Benghazi,… Continue reading LIBYA OFFICIALS : FRENCH SPECIAL FORCES ON GROUND FIGHTING ISIS