Month: June 2020
Greek PM in Israel says Turkey a ‘threat to regional peace’
Greek PM in Israel says Turkey a ‘threat to regional peace’ Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemns Turkey’s ‘aggressive behavior,’ recent ‘illegal and provocative’ incidents. AFP , 18/06/20 00:45 Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to Israel Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday accused Turkey of being a “threat to regional peace,” […]
Russia, China Put at Risk US Military Space Superiority, Pentagon Says
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States maintains a lead over Russia and China in military space capabilities, but is challenged by the pace of their development, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Stephen Kitay told reporters on Wednesday. “We are still ahead of them, but we are absolutely at risk with the pace that they are […]
Tensions between Iran and Afghanistan rise over police killing of migrants
Tehran has been angered by protests across Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora Tension between the Afghan and Iranian governments escalated on Tuesday as Iran issued a warning to Kabul about the many protests taking place across the country and the Afghan diaspora over the killing of the three Afghan refugees by the Iranian police earlier […]
Turkey Threatens to Unite all Muslim Countries Against Israel
By JNS June 14, 2020 , 11:43 am when all the nations of the earth gather against her. In that day, I will make Yerushalayim a stone for all the peoples to lift; all who lift it shall injure themselves. Zechariah 12:3 (The Israel Bible™) Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends the Munich Security Conference, […]
Nasrallah: Try to take our weapons and we will kill you
Nasrallah fears sectarianism or a return to civil strife. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JUNE 17, 2020 12:21 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech on Tuesday threatening to kill anyone who tries to take away Hezbollah’s weapons. “To anyone who gives us the option of dying with our weapons or of starvation, I say that […]
Turkey in Talks to Use Two Libya Military Bases: Source
ReutersJune 15, 2020 ANKARA — Turkey and Libya’s internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country, a Turkish source said on Monday, teeing up a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean. No final decisions have been made over possible Turkish military use of the Misrata […]
https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/170620201
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A second day of Iranian shelling, as well as Turkish drone flight, was reported over the area of Alana in Erbil province’s Haji Omaran district bordering Iran, local officials and witnesses said on Wednesday, after media outlets close to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Turkey and Iran agreed […]
PMW: Abbas misled ICC with false document
Israel argues that the Oslo Accords prevent the PA from seeking criminal war crimes jurisdiction outside of Israel’s judicial system. YONAH JEREMY BOB JUNE 17, 2020 12:21 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas intentionally misled the International Criminal Court by deleting a potentially incriminating section of a document which the PA recently submitted, Palestinian Media Watch […]
Turkey enters northern Iraq in ground operation against Kurdish rebels
Ankara says its first known airborne-and-land offensive in Iraqi territory is in line with international law following insurgents’ attacks on its military By AP Today, 10:20 am Illustrative: Iraqi and Turkish tanks take part in a military exercise near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan at Silopi district in Sirnak on September 26, 2017. (AFP […]
Jordanian king tells senators annexation plans threaten regional stability
Monarch tells US lawmakers Israeli plans to annex settlements and Jordan Valley are ‘unacceptable,’ voices full commitment to establishment of independent Palestinian state By TOI staff and AP Today, 3:21 am Jordanian King Abdullah II gestures as he delivers a speech at the European Parliament, on January 15, 2020, in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Photo […]
Chinese military suffers casualties in deadly battle with Indian forces
ByNews Desk -2020-06-17 BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The Chinese media reported, citing informed sources, that their army suffered losses in a border clash with Indian soldiers on Monday. The editor-in-chief of the Chinese Global Times said on Tuesday: “The Chinese army has suffered casualties in a border clash with Indian soldiers,” but did not […]
US, China to hold top-level talks on tensions: reports
AFP/File / MANDEL NGAN US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese Politburo member Yang Jiechi shake hands following a meeting in Washington in November 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top Chinese official in Hawaii Wednesday in the powers’ first senior-level talks since tensions skyrocketed over the coronavirus pandemic, reports […]