➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Idlib Russia, Turkey and Iran express concern about militants in Syria's Idlib Reuters India - by Tamara VaalNUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Russia, Turkey and Iran are concerned about the increased presence of terrorist groups in Syria's Idlib province, the three countries said after talks in Kazakhstan, pledging to
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Libya Erdogan: Turkey and Libya can conduct joint explorations in eastern... Reuters - Reuters EditorialANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and Libya can carry out joint exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean after the two sides signed a deal on maritime boundaries, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East Russian Su-35 jets scrambled to stop Israel over Syria - reports - Jerusalem Post jpost.com - By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iranian and Russian media reported that Russian Su-35s were scrambled from Russia’s Khmeimim air base in Syria to intercept an alleged Israeli attack …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰U.S. Politics What America’s Allies Really Think About Trump’s Syria Decision The Atlantic - Uri FriedmanDuring a few wild weeks in October, U.S. allies watched as their own worst nightmare befell America’s Kurdish partners in Syria. Here’s what that means for America’s standing in the world. There was a
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Aleppo 280-year-old Armenian Cathedral reopens in Aleppo after suffering damage due to war almasdarnews.com - News Desk BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – The Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Mother of Reliefs was reopened on Saturday in the Al-Talal neighborhood in the …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East Several said killed in airstrikes on Iranian-controlled weapons depots in Syria timesofisrael.com - By Judah Ari Gross Unidentified aircraft bombed three Iranian-controlled weapons depots on Saturday night, killing several members of Tehran-supported militias, Syrian …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East Airstrikes target Iranian weapons stores in eastern Syria — report timesofisrael.com - By Judah Ari Gross Unidentified aircraft bombed an Iranian-controlled weapons storehouse in eastern Syria on Wednesday night, causing a massive explosion, a Syrian …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Israel Death by Stealth: Why Syria Lives in Fear of Israel's F35s nationalinterest.org - Kyle Mizokami It's a hell of a weapon.Key Point: Out of all the F35 variants, Israel's, the Adir, is probably the most advanced.For fifty years, the United States …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Russia Look Out America, Russia Just Tested Its S-500 Air Defense System In Syria nationalinterest.org - Mark Episkopos Deployment is coming next year.Key point: The S-500 is not a successor to the S-400, but a different class of air defense system that is designed to …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Global Conflict Three Russian military police injured in bomb attack on Syrian... ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russian military police officers were hurt in a blast from a home-made bomb on Monday as they carried out a routine patrol in Syria near the border with Turkey, the RIA news agency
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰ 'More than 90%' of Russian airstrikes in Syria have not targeted Isis, US says | Syria | The Guardian The Guardian‘More than 90%’ of Russian airstrikes in Syria have not targeted Isis, US says Russia has been aiming at moderate Syrian opposition who are anti-Assad, said State Department in first statement on specific
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Opinion When refugees in Libya are being starved, Europe’s plan is working The Guardian - Kenan MalikA hospital that finds its patients so burdensome that it denies them medical care. A homeless hostel that turfs its residents out on the streets. A refugee agency that refuses to provide food for those
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East Who Are Turkey’s Proxy Fighters in Syria? nybooks.com - Elizabeth Tsurkov A small Turkish flag was standing on the desk of the offices of the Turkish-backed faction in a residential area of Şanlıurfa, in southern Turkey. …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Syria Trump's Big Mistake: He Hasn’t Withdrawn From Syria But Doubled Down nationalinterest.org - Daniel L. Davis Three times in the past eighteen months Trump has announced American troops would be withdrawn from Syria. Three times senior administration figures …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East With Turkey distracted, Syrian regime and Russia pressure Idlib - Middle East - Jerusalem Post jpost.com - By SETH J. FRANTZMAN While Turkey summoned thousands of Syrian opposition fighters to aid its invasion of northeast Syria, the Syrian regime and its Russian backers have …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Syria Russia said negotiating release of Druze prisoner who spied for Syria timesofisrael.com - By TOI staff Russia is negotiating for the release of a Golan Heights resident serving in Israeli jail for spying on IDF positions on behalf of Syria …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Kurdistan Russia warns Syrian Kurds against relying on U.S. support pbs.org - Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is warning Syria’s Kurds that relying on U.S. support “won’t bring them any good.” Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Palestinian Islamic Jihad Israel Demolished Iranian Republican Guard Corps HQs in Syria in Retaliation for Rocket Attack nationalinterest.org - Sebastien Roblin What happens next? Is a Middle East War possible? On November 19, four unguided artillery rockets arced out from Syrian territory into Israeli …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Opinion The Observer view on Isis children stranded in Syria The Guardian - Observer editorialWhat is Priti Patel so afraid of? Is it British children orphaned during the conflict with Islamic State who want to return home? Or is she scared that fellow rightwing Tories may accuse her of being on
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Global Conflict Operations against PKK continue, 5 terrorists killed in northern Iraq dailysabah.com - DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Turkey resumed operations against PKK terrorists on Saturday, in a new operation in the country's east to be run simultaneously with strikes in …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Documentaries FRONTLINE pbs.org In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Middle East Fleeing Syrian Kurds must fear the long arm of Erdogan - Opinion - Jerusalem Post jpost.com - By JUDIT NEURINK A thousand Syrian Kurds per day are arriving at the border with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, totaling more than 15,000 already. They flee the …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Baghdad 4 protesters killed, raising death toll in fierce Baghdad clashes timesofisrael.com - By SAMYA KULLAB and MURTADA FARAJ BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces clashed with anti-government protesters on a historic Baghdad street near a key bridge for the second day on …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰World News Man who filmed beheading of Syrian identified as Russian mercenary The Guardian - Andrew Roth in MoscowA Russian-speaking man who filmed the torture and killing of a prisoner in Syria has been identified as a member of Wagner, a Russian private military company with ties to the Kremlin that has aggressively
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰News Syrian regime targets hospital and refugee camp, killing at least 22 The Guardian - Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondentAt least 22 civilians have died after the Syrian government shelled a displacement camp and hospital, rescue workers and residents have said, as Bashar al-Assad continues to pound the last pocket of opposition-held
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Israeli Air Force Syria reports air defenses intercept ‘hostile targets’ over Damascus timesofisrael.com - By Agencies and TOI staff Syrian air defenses were activated Tuesday night against “hostile targets” over Damascus, state media reported. It was not immediately clear whether …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Politics New Pentagon report says Turkey's Syria incursion is helping ISIS mount a comeback CNN - By Ryan Browne, CNNWashington (CNN) — Turkey's decision to launch a military operation targeting America's Kurdish partners in northern Syria and the Trump administration's subsequent retreat has allowed ISIS to rebuild
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰News Russian troops take command of U.S. airbase in northern Syria CBS News - Charlie D'Agata Northern Syria — Russian troops have taken command of a U.S. airbase in northern Syria — and without firing a shot. Russian state media showed …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰Syria How a Moscow Skyscraper Is Saving Assad From Western Sanctions OZY - Henry Foy,Chloe Cornish On a bend of the Moscow River glitters a glass and steel monument to Russia’s oil and gas-fueled economy and growing global swagger. Dominating the …
