November, 2020

• 16 November

  Turkey Calls for Assad Removal from Power

  As a conference on the return of refugees gets underway in Damascus, President Erdogan has called for the removal of Assad from power writes Nedaa Syria. On Wednesday, Turkey called for the removal of the Assad regime from power and for the reaching of a just political solution that guarantees …

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• 16 November

  Head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Meets With Syrian President in Damascus

  Faleh al-Fayyad arrived in Damascus for a meeting with President Assad, to discuss relations between Syria and Iraq writes SANA. The head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi) in Iraq, Faleh al-Fayyad, arrived in Damascus, on an official visit to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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• 16 November

  Hamza Division Send Fleeing Civilians Who Cannot Pay Back To Regime Areas

  The Hamza Division has returned tens of civilians back to the regime, when they were unable to pay the 400 dollars demanded of them reports Nedaa Syria. The Hamza Division, affiliated with the Syrian National Army, has arrested dozens of people fleeing regime-controlled areas and sent them to an area …

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• 16 November

  Kurdish Democratic Union Seizes Properties in Raqqa, Hassakeh

  The Democratic Union Party’s Autonomous Administration continued the seizure of state homes and residential areas in the northeastern provinces of Raqqa and Hassakeh.

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• 16 November

  Regime Plans To Hand Over Old Damascus To the Russians

  The Syrian government announced that it intends to benefit from Russian experience in managing cities, especially in old Damascus, while Russia affirmed its willingness to cooperate and lend its experience in the field, amid a clear disregard for the Iranian presence in that region.

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• 16 November

  Is Iran Reproducing Lebanon Example in Syria?

  While the regime talks about the return of the displaced to southern Damascus, it continues to complicate matters. The regime requires that the ownership of the house be proven with a document (called the green tabu), in addition to the fact that the house should be intact and the person …

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• 16 November

  China's latest unmanned combat systems to enter service, aim to win future wars for PLA: reports

  Scientists at a Chinese military university have in the past few years been focusing on developing unmanned combat systems intended to win future wars, and their efforts are beginning to bear fruit. Recent reports show multiple types of unmanned equipment, including an amphibious combat platform and a combat vehicle with …

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• 16 November

  UK Slams Beijing Over Ouster of Hong Kong Democratic Lawmakers

  The United Kingdom on Thursday hit out at China’s disqualification of four pro-democracy members of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), saying that the country is in breach of a 1984 treaty promising to protect the city’s freedoms. “Beijing’s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong constitutes …

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• 16 November

  Can Putin Change Russia’s Role From Spoiler to Global Power?

  Russia occupies an unusual position on the world stage. Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has repeatedly demonstrated that it has the capacity to destabilize the international order, but not the capacity to fill the vacuum it is creating. While Russia lacks the military strength to challenge U.S. supremacy, no one—particularly …

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• 16 November

  U.S. urges Japan, S Korea to speak out on China

  The United States on Friday urged Japan and South Korea to speak out against China’s treatment of minority Muslims and its actions toward Hong Kong and Taiwan, despite their trading relationships with Beijing.

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