India rejects ‘irresponsible’ comments over Delhi violence by foreign leaders
Iran has kept up criticism of India
Turkey
14th round of Astana format talks on Syria concluded with commitment to Syria’s territorial integrity
Iran, Russia, and Turkey categorically rejecting “self-rule initiatives, under the pretext of combating terrorism: and also expressly rejected any separatist agenda, which not only undermined Syria’s territorial integrity and security, but also threatened “the national security of neighboring countries”.
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Macron asks Turkey to clarify ambiguous stance on Islamic State
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey on Tuesday of working with Islamic State proxies and said Ankara’s ambiguity toward the group was detrimental to its NATO allies fighting in Syria and Iraq.
Syria the Survivor
By Aditi Bhaduri Syria the Survivor – the name aptly fits in, after almost a
All you need to know about Hamas’ relation with the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is the closest one to Hamas for many reasons….and today Turkey has become an alternative to Egypt
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Of Lebanon and protests
The financial and monetary situation in Lebanon is on the edge of the abyss due to the fact that public debt is now more than $80 billion, and some say reached the threshold of $100 billion, as well as because of the decline in cash reserves in hard currency in the Central Bank of Lebanon,
“We will not accept any constitution imposed on us”
Syria has been fighting on behalf of the world against terror groups, which include ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al Nusra Front and all the radical fighters.
Anatomy of a raid, and how not everyone is happy with details
Special operations and intelligence veterans fear that President Donald Trump’s announcement of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could imperil future raids as he revealed a slew of sensitive details about the secret military operation.
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“Preventing the emergence of a Kurdish entity in northeastern Syria relieves Ankara on the one hand, and [allows] Syria to regain its sovereignty over this region on the other”
The SDF can return under umbrella of Syrian sovereignty, the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
UN warns of summary executions in north-east Syria
Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the United Nations and their partners are continuing to deliver humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence, UN agencies stressed on Tuesday.
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