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The wild world of intelligence: Were Jerusalem, Tehran both side shows in the latest attack that took out Abu Muhammad al-Masri? Sunnis hate Shi’ites, and Shi’ites hate Sunnis – for around 1,400 years.Never the twain shall meet.
Read More »How Trump’s team appeased Turkey up until its final months in office
Trump’s State Department finally turns on Turkey after years of misleading its own partners, potentially trying to sabotage Biden as he comes into office. The US administration of President Donald Trump enabled Turkey to invade Afrin in Syria where 150,000 Kurds were ethnically cleansed in 2018 and then followed up …
Read More »Trump can help Israel against Iran in final months – analysis
It’s likely that the US and Israel have something up their sleeves that can’t be mentioned. When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced his trip to the region last week, State Department officials said his stop in Israel from Wednesday to Friday will be on “a variety of issues, …
Read More »Israel, EU discuss possible rail between Mediterranean and Gulf states
The discussion came after Israel recently signed historic deals to normalize ties with Gulf states Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Israel and the European Union (EU) have launched talks to deepen economic cooperation and discussed the possibility of creating a new trade corridor between the east Mediterranean and Gulf …
Read More »Hundreds of Syrians leave Kurdish-held Al-Hol camp
More than 500 Syrians, some related to alleged Islamic State group members, quit the overcrowded Kurdish-run camp of Al-Hol in the northeast of the war-torn country Monday, Kurdish officials said. An AFP reporter saw dozens of women lugging their belongings onto trucks, and others feeding their children before their departure. …
Read More »US, Israel worked together to track and kill al-Qaida No. 2
The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran.
Read More »5 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects arrested in Turkey
Turkish police arrested five Iraqi nationals in the northwestern Sakarya province with suspected links to the Daesh/ISIS terror group, security sources said on Monday.
Read More »Turkish attack | Forces and National Army factions shell western Tel Abyad countryside, north of Raqqa
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored rocket attacks by Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed “National Army” factions on the villages of Khirbet Baqer, Kor Hassan and Qazali Silos in the western countryside of Tel Abyad, within the SDF-held areas in the northern countryside of Raqqa province, but no …
Read More »15 Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest free trade bloc in boost for China
China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was …
Read More »Who was the al-Qaeda leader that Israel allegedly killed?
American analysts said that ties between original al-Qaeda leaders and the newer generation, who grew up after the death of Bin Laden, may be cut by Masri’s death. Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa was killed in August, reportedly by …
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