The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the arrest of 17 ISIS suspects in the northeastern Hasakah province. The SDF said it arrested 12 ISIS suspects in Hasakah, al-Hol, Tal Hamis, Tal Brak, and Derik in coordination with the International Security Forces (Asayish). They confiscated a large quantity of …
Read More »Russian President Putin To Visit Iran Next Week
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin is going to pay a visit to Iran next week. The Russian leader is expected to travel to Tehran for a trilateral meeting of the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey. Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed hope that the Iran-Russia-Turkey summit …
Read More »New US-Israel Agreement To Prevent Iranian Nuclear Bomb
US President Joe Biden will sign an agreement with Israel this week pledging that both countries will use “all elements of national power” to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. The declaration of a joint stance against Iran’s nuclear program and regional aggression …
Read More »Biden To Walk Political Tightrope Through Israel, Palestine Trip
On the first leg of his trip to the Middle East this week, US President Joe Biden will meet with Israeli leaders and then make a gratuitous stop in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, before heading off to Saudi Arabia for the second leg …
Read More »Biden’s Saudi Visit Is A Return To The Norm, Not A ‘Reorientation’
US President Biden Joe Biden arrives in Saudi Arabia this week at the invitation of King Salman. In Jeddah on Friday he will meet the king and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and attend an extraordinary meeting of the six GCC states plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq. While it is …
Read More »L’euro faible et le rouble en pleine forme: cherchez l’erreur !
L’euro est en train de chuter dangereusement. Il risque d’être bientôt à parité avec le dollar, autrement dit, un euro = un dollar. Pour rappel, en avril 2008, l’euro était à 1,60 dollar, soit son plus haut niveau face au billet vert et qu’en octobre 2000, là c’est exactement le …
Read More »Dolár je za euro. Je to normálne? A čo to bude znamenať?
Domácnostiam v západnej Európe sa znížia príjmy. To poškodí slovenských exportérov i celú našu ekonomiku. Ešte pred rokom sme za jedno euro dostali 1,20 dolára. Dnes je kurz dolára voči euru veľmi blízko k parite. Je to normálne? A čo z toho pre nás vyplýva? Euro síce oficiálne odštartovalo až …
Read More »Europeans reject Israeli charges against Palestinian NGOs
Nine European countries said Tuesday that they have seen “no substantial evidence” to support Israel’s allegations that six Palestinian civil society groups are terrorist organizations and would not change their policies on supporting the groups. The rare joint statement was a major rebuke of Israel, which backlisted the groups as …
Read More »Libya’s Dbeibeh appoints new head of state oil company
Former governor of Libya’s central bank named to head NOC TRIPOLI, Libya The Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Tuesday appointed a new chairman of Libya’s state oil company. “Farhat Omar Bengdara was appointed chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), replacing Mustafa Sanalla,” Oil Ministry spokesman …
Read More »US kills top Islamic State leader in Syria, Pentagon says
Syria’s Kurdish-led forces alleged Maher al-Aghal was also affiliated with Turkey-backed opposition group Ahrar al-Sharqiya. A US drone strike on Tuesday killed the leader of the Islamic State group in Syria, the US military announced today. Maher al-Agal was killed near the town of Jidayris in Syria’s Afrin region, according …
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