Middle Orient

The International Coalition against the so-called Islamic State on Sunday conducted an airstrike against a hideout of the terror group in rural parts of the disputed Kirkuk province, killing at least two suspected terrorists.

Hezbollah provided the New IRA with finances and shipments of weapons, according to an undercover agent who infiltrated the Irish terror group.Former British secret service operative Denis McFadden made the assessment after spying on the New IRA from within for more than 20 years.

The reality is, should the EU get its way, contrary to its claims to try and uphold the Good Friday Agreement, its demands would harm future prospects for peace and stability in Northern Ireland by undermining and destabilising the union.

This week’s tableau of Israeli, Bahraini and Emirati leaders gathered at the White House was meant to convey the reassuring message that the United States remains a strong force for peace and stability in the Middle East. Unfortunately, it was a misleadingly optimistic picture.

New accords among Israel, Bahrain and the UAE challenge a long-standing paradigm for peacemaking. The diplomatic agreements being signed this week among the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel present formidable challenges to the long-standing paradigm for peacemaking in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are yet to provide a viable substitute.

Since mid-August of this year, there has been an increase in the number of Iranian and Azerbaijani reports celebrating the continued warming of relations between these neighboring states. Of particular interest is the near-completion of a synchronized power grid between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Synchronization is a requirement for buying …

Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that ISIS cells opened machinegun fire on a checkpoint of the SDF-backed “Self-Defence Forces” in Jazarat Al-Bohamid town in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. The attack resulted in the injury of a member of the “Self-Defence Forces” stationed at the checkpoint.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that five members of the SDF-backed “Self-Defence Forces” went missing. The missing members used to be stationed at checkpoints near Euphrates river in Al-Shuhayl town in eastern Deir Ezzor.

The deputy head of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah said normalization with Israel has no benefit for the Palestinians and only serves the regime’s interests, describing armed resistance as the sole way to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation.

Turkey is preparing a large-scale offensive in Syria in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing several sources, including Aviapor and Krasnaya Vesna.