Month: September 2020

Turkey has no interest in peace in the Eastern Med

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Turkey’s misguided vision of Pan-Islamism brings with it a culturally dominant form of political Islam and militant Jihadism EDY COHEN AUGUST 31, 2020 21:10 Turkey’s recent antics in the Eastern Mediterranean are giving serious cause for alarm to both Israel and the wider region’s key powers, as it seeks to outcast itself from any sort […]

Iran nuclear deal parties meet to try to save accord amid US pressure

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Signatories to the agreement will hold talks as Tehran continues to ramp up nuclear activities AgenciesTOI staffToday, 8:57 am The signatories to the faltering Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna on Tuesday as the US is urging international sanctions on the Islamic republic to be reimposed and an arms embargo to be extended. Britain, […]

Russian and Turkish forces carry out first joint military exercise in Syria

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2020-09-01 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that soldiers from Russia and Turkey carried out their first joint exercise in Syria, in which they were trained to target armed groups that reject reconciliation. The director of the Hmeimim Center for Reconciliation in Syria, Major General Alexander Greenkiewicz, said, […]

11 dead in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria – report

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While Syrian officials are accusing Israel of being behind the attack, the IDF has yet to comment or confirm. JERUSALEM POST STAFF SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 10:46 Eleven people were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes near Damascus on Monday night, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles over the […]