Middle East
THE U.S RELATION WITH MEAS”TS REALITY – UPDATE
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Secretary Of State John Kerry said, on Wednesday 06/29/2016, I.S.I.S had begun targeting airports as an act of despair in the face of defeat, hours after the attack that left up to 50 dead in Istanbul, Turkey. It is… Continue reading
THE AMERICAN FORCEPS OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISIS
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In the Southern flank of the US led offensive against the Islamic State the Iraqi military is closing in on the city of Falluja, which has been held for two years by the Islamic State group, several Arab… Continue reading
OVER 140 KILLED IN SYRIA’S ALAWITE STRONGHOLD
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A series of bombings hit two Syrian regime bastion cities on Monday 05/23/2016, killing at least 140 people, state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
Observatory said four blasts, at least one of them a… Continue reading
13 IRANIAN ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD KILLED NEAR ALEPPO
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13 elite Revolutionary Guard troops were killed in a battle with Islamist militants over a village near the Syrian city of Aleppo, Tehran said on Saturday 05/07/2016, in one of Iran’s biggest single-day losses since it sent forces… Continue reading
SYRIAN VIOLENCE SPILLS TO JORDAN – 7 ISIS KILLED
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The state-run Petra news agency said, on Tuesday 03/01/2016, three members of the security forces had been injured. It also said some fighters had been killed and injured in Irbid’s Palestinian refugees camp Early reports say the… Continue reading
THE SUNNI-SHIA CONFLICT – SAUDI ARABIA HALTS $ 3 bn TO LEBANON
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Saudi Arabia said Friday 02/19/2016 it has stopped a $3 billion program for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hizballah, the Shiite militant group fighting in support of Syria’s regime. A move which is a derivative of… Continue reading
THE SUNNI-SHIA WAR – NEXT STAGE
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The recent successes of the Shia coalition in Syria, backed by Russian air force and special operations elements and the recent battle of Ramadi in Iraq, in late 12/2015, where American air power and Army advisers helper the Iraqi… Continue reading
SYRIA: PEACE WITHOUT PARTNERS
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Just few days ago, on 01/14/2016, a “Unity” government deal was struck between the rival Tobruk and Tripoli regimes, backed by the international community, was formed in Libya aimed, first of all, to fight the Islamic… Continue reading
– U.S & RUSSIA TO DEEPEN THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN MEAS”T WARS
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The U.S.-led virtual coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) needs to take back the cities Mosul and Raqqa and will use “boots on the ground” as part of its strategy in doing so, U.S. Defense Secretary… Continue reading
– RUSSIA TO STAY IN SYRIA ‘INDEFINITELY’
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Newly published details, on Sunday 01/17/2016, of the deal, signed on 08/26/2015, before Russian airstrikes in the country began, suggest Moscow may maintain a long term military presence in the Middle East
Details of the agreement regulating… Continue reading