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Unidentified gunmen attacked today the security square area of regime forces in the city of Nawa, west of Daraa, using RPGs, shells and bombs in addition to light machine guns, leaving injuries among regime forces, amid reports of fatalities.
Read More »Large-scale missile attack on a Turkish oil convoy in Syria [video]
Late in the evening of February 9 and early in the morning of February 10, the Syrian Arab Army launched a colossal missile strike near the city of Tarkin, Syria. According to field sources, the Syrians hit a Turkish transport convoy trying to transport oil trucks from Syria to Turkey. …
Read More »Syrian Mi-25 helicopters attack jihadists in Idlib [video]
The Syrian air force has launched a powerful rocket attack on a jihadist base in Idlib province. BulgarianMilitary.com has unique footage from the moment of the attack in which the Syrian pilots fired “hail” from unguided missiles. According to an analysis by BulgarianMilitary.com, these are Russian-made Mi-25 helicopters. We remind …
Read More »With eyes on victory in Iraq early polls, Sadrists up the ante
“Delaying the elections would be a disaster for Iraq,” said Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, warning that rival parties would try to rig the vote. Populist Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday he backed early elections overseen by the UN, in a rare news conference outside his home in the Iraqi …
Read More »Houthis Bomb Civilian Airport Days After Biden Removes Terrorist Designation
Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen bombed an airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, just days after the Biden administration lifted the group’s terrorist designation. The drone strike targeted Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, an airport just 75 miles from the Yemeni border that is frequently targeted by the militant …
Read More »Turkey ‘Open to Negotiating’ With US on S-400s, Says Doesn’t Have to Keep Them Deployed Permanently
Ankara’s 2017 decision to purchase $2.5 billion worth of S-400 air defence systems from Moscow caused serious complications in its relationship with its US allies, with Washington booting Turkey out of the F-35 programme and sanctioning a key defence sector agency.
Read More »Rouhani: Iran Will Comply With Nuclear Deal If Other Countries Do
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that his country would abide by the 2015 nuclear deal if the United States and the five other signatories abided by their responsibilities in the accord as well.
Read More »Russia, Iran compete for influence in Syria via private security companies
Private security companies in Syria with ties to Russian and Iranian forces are busily recruiting young men with attractive salaries. Russia and Iran are taking every opportunity to increase their influence in Syria. They recently urged private security companies to open offices across Syria, offering young men large amounts of …
Read More »Turkey escalates attacks against PKK rebels across northern Iraq
Ankara says it has captured a PKK militant responsible for “logistics,” while also launching a new operation against the group in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Turkey says it has netted a high-level Kurdish militant in a covert operation mounted by its national intelligence organization in Iraq’s Yazidi-dominated Sinjar region. …
Read More »Oman content with Israel relationship, despite Abraham Accords
Away from the Gulf, Morocco and Sudan have also normalized relations with Israel. Oman is satisfied with its current relationship with Israel, the foreign minister said on Thursday, even after two fellow Gulf Arab states normalized ties with Israel and raised US hopes others would follow suit.
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