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Chances for US-Russian Cooperation in Syria ‘Higher’ Than One Could Imagine

3 September 2016

Russia and the United States are closer to “very limited and goal-oriented,” yet highly efficient cooperation when it comes to resolving the Syrian crisis and tackling global terrorism than it might seem, New York-based political analyst and consultant Nikolay Pakhomov wrote for the National Interest. […]

Turkey’s Syria Op ‘Could Play Major Role’ in Russia, US Securing Aleppo Truce

3 September 2016

Russia and the United States are rumored to be close to reaching an agreement on joint measures to halt fighting in and around Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Turkey’s ground offensive in northern Syria, formally known as Operation Euphrates Shield, “could play a major role […]

Situation on the Ground in Syria ‘Has Begun to Resemble a Global War’

3 September 2016

As the situation in Syria is steadily deteriorating, any kind of breakthrough in the Russo-American negotiations is needed to pave the way for halting the ongoing bloodbath in the region, Swedish journalist Gunilla von Hall writes, adding that events on the ground have begun to […]

US Strategy in Middle East Created a ‘Black Hole’ Leading to Emergence of Daesh

3 September 2016

Brutal murders in Syria and Iraq recently conducted by Daesh terrorists have once again shown the weakness of US President Obama’s doctrine, journalist Oliver Grimm wrote for Austrian newspaper Die Presse. US fighter jets in Syria © Flickr/ U.S. Department of Defense US-Led Coalition Hits […]

Turkey’s president says Kurds have not withdrawn as US says

3 September 2016

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s president denied Friday claims by U.S. officials that Syrian Kurdish rebels fighting Turkish forces in northern Syria have withdrawn east of the Euphrates River. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as he departed for the G20 meeting in China, “they tell us that YPG […]

20 Kurdish rebels, 1 Turkish soldier killed in clashes

3 September 2016

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s state-run news agency says one Turkish soldier was killed and six wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants in the volatile southeast. Anadolu said Friday that 20 Kurdish fighters were also killed during the clashes in the Hakkari province that included Turkish airstrikes. Violence […]

‘We do not trade territories’: Putin on Kuril Islands compromise with Japan

3 September 2016

Although signing a peace treaty with Japan remains a key issue, the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands emerged as a result of WWII and is not subject to revisal, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, warning against opening “Pandora’s box.” “We do not trade territories,” […]

Crise des déchets: réunion de coordination entre Bou Saab et Kanaan

2 September 2016

Le ministre de l’Eduction Elias Bou Saab et le chef de la commission parlementaire de l’Administration et de la Justice Ibrahim Kanaan ont tenu, ce matin, une réunion de coordination portant sur la crise des déchets. M. Bou Saab a ainsi informé M. Kanaan des […]

Syrie: Pourquoi le front al-Nosra et non l’EI, gagnera la guerre?

2 September 2016

Alors que l’État islamique pourrait finir par être vaincu en Syrie et en Irak, nous serons bientôt confrontés à un al-Qaïda mieux armé, mieux financé et plus meurtrier Après que le Front al-Nosra a annoncé le mois dernier sa scission avec al-Qaïda, se renommant « […]

Les soldats israéliens d’origine éthiopienne menacent de boycotter l’armée

2 September 2016

Les soldats israéliens d’origine éthiopienne ont menacé mercredi de ne plus répondre aux convocations des troupes réservistes, en réaction aux propos racistes du chef de la police de l’occupation, Roni Alsheikh, rapporte la chaîne Arutz 10, cité par i24. Des militaires de différentes unités d’élites […]

Michel Temer Sworn In as President of Brazil

2 September 2016

Brazil’s new president has appealed for national unity after lawmakers voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from the office Wednesday. In a speech to the nation, President Michel Temer said the vote in the Senate was open and democratic. He called it a moment of hope […]

The Private Meeting Between British Students and Vladimir Putin

2 September 2016

“He was small in person but not in presence,” one wrote after talking to the Russian president. Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to meet with new British Prime Minister Theresa May, but he did find time for a two-hour sit-down with 11 students from […]