February, 2021

• 20 February

  Three Jewish terrorist suspects may be released by Friday

  How is the latest Shin Bet, Honenu battle panning out? A new battle has flared up between the Shin Bet and the right-wing legal aid group Honenu over the alleged actions of three Jewish West Bank residents.According to a joint Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police statement, two separate …

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• 20 February

  Son of slain ‘collaborator’ sentenced to death by Hamas

  Shadi al-Sufi, 38, was found guilty of killing Jaber al-Qeeq, a former activist with the PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). A Hamas court on Wednesday sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging after convicting him of killing an activist who murdered his father for allegedly …

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• 20 February

  Netanyahu says using ties with Putin to secure Israeli’s release from Syria

  The deal includes Israel releasing two Syrian prisoners in exchange for the release of the young woman who crossed into Syria’s border. Russia has been mediating a prisoner exchange between Israel and Syria, Israeli officials confirmed on Wednesday. The possible prisoner swap was the focus of the secret cabinet meeting …

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• 18 February

  Setting a Course Away from the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

  As the new administration reassesses U.S. nuclear policy, it will be forced to make decisions about the future of the country’s ground-based, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) arsenal. Many advocates of maintaining the nuclear status quo have argued that it is essential to completely replace America’s aging Minuteman ICBMs with …

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• 18 February

  Russia, Turkey, Iran determined to pursue peace in Syria

  Syria peace negotiations in Astana, Kazakhstan, which have been delayed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, resumed by Russia, Turkey and Iran in Sochi port city in the presence of delegations of the United Nations, the Syrian government and Syrian opposition groups. The fifteenth international meeting for peace in …

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• 18 February

  Brigadier General Manaf Tlass To Head Syrian Military Council

  High-profile regime defector Manaf Tlass will head the Syrian Military Council, according to Zaitun Agency. The head of the Free Officers’ Association, Brig. Gen. Talal Farzat, emphasized in an exclusive statement with Zaitun Media Agency that the idea behind ​​the Military Council is both old and new, as it was …

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• 18 February

  US Fighter Jet Tracking Russian Su-35 Over Syria Suffered Sensor Malfunction, Report Says

  The Russian and US militaries set up an air ‘deconfliction mechanism’ over Syria in the fall of 2015 to reduce tensions and rule out accidental aerial incidents and escalations. Since then, the two countries have largely managed to avoid clashes involving Russian and American forces. But there have been exceptions.

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• 18 February

  Turkish deaths in northern Iraq spark early row with US

  “After this, there are two options. Either act with Turkey with no ifs or buts, without questioning, or they will be a partner to every murder and bloodshed,” Erdogan said. The United States on Monday sought to defuse a furious diplomatic row with NATO ally Turkey by saying it now …

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• 18 February

  Islamic State escalates attacks in Syrian desert

  The Islamic State organization (IS) kills a large number of regime forces on an almost daily basis in the Syrian Desert, which has turned into a black hole draining the regime forces.

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• 18 February

  Sudan calls for expansive mediation for Nile dam talks

  Sudan’s call for diplomatic intervention is likely to be rejected by Ethiopia. Sudan has recently called for broadening the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to include the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, alongside the African Union (AU) that is currently sponsoring the negotiations …

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