Day: October 1, 2020

‘Jerusalem is our city,’ Turkey’s Erdogan declares

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Addressing lawmakers in Ankara, Turkish president says the Palestinian people have lived in the capital ‘for thousands of years’ By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 9:54 pm  17   Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects a military honor guard at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2020 (Turkish Presidency via AP. Pool) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday […]

Lebanon Agrees to Discuss Maritime Border with Israel

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THE MEDIA LINE STAFF 10/01/2020 A top Lebanese official has publicly confirmed that the country will hold maritime border talks with Israel under the auspices of the United Nations. “This is a framework agreement, not a final one,” Nabih Berri, speaker of Lebanon’s parliament, told reporters in Beirut on Thursday. Earlier this week, Israeli officials […]

Iran’s Other Threat to Civilization

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by Peter Vincent Pry and Peter Huessy October 1, 2020 at 4:00 am The US and its allies need to do everything possible never again to be caught in a state of unpreparedness. The Congressional EMP Commission estimates that, given U.S. current unpreparedness, within one year of an EMP attack that causes a nationwide blackout… […]

Syria demands Israel immediately end its occupation of the Golan Heights

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ByNews Desk2020-10-01 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – The permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Hussameddine Aalla, renewed Damascus’s demand to end the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan. The ambassador said during the 45th session of the Human Rights Council: “Despite repeated calls by the Human […]

Azerbaijan launches heavy overnight attack against Armenian forces: video

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Azerbaijani forces launched another heavy overnight attack against the Armenian forces in the Karabakh region this week. In a video released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, their troops can be seen targeting the Armenian forces in Karabakh, as they fired several missiles and artillery shells towards the latter’s […]

Four rockets strike close to US military base in Erbil, Iraq

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Four rockets strike close to US military base in Erbil, Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government’s anti-terrorism department confirms attack Four rockets struck near a US military base north-east of Erbil, northern Iraq on Wednesday night but did not cause any casualties among American troops. The Kurdistan Regional Government’s anti-terrorism department said six rockets were launched by […]