Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a terrorist hotbed in Syria had been eliminated, when speaking in a videoconference with his Syrian peer, Bashar Al Assad, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
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13 November
SDF units sneak into Turkish-backed factions’ position in Abu Rasin, killing over ten militiamen and blowing up military headquarters
Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that units of SDF special forces sneaked into a position of Turkish-backed factions in Al-Dayri farm and blew up their headquarters, during a meet comprised nearly 20 militiamen. The infiltration operation resulted in the death of more than five militiamen and injury of …
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13 November
Moscow and Ankara have agreed to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey said
Tensions in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh continue and hostilities are far from over, despite Azerbaijani and Armenian media reports that there is “moderate peace” in the region’s less populated areas. According to Turkish media, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held telephone conversations on Saturday …
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13 November
Syria Response Coordinators Team: Regime Bombed Idleb with 314 Shells
The Syria Response Coordinators team in northern Syria issued a statement, on Sunday, in which it counted the number of civilian casualties, the number of ground and airstrikes, as well as the regime forces and Russia’s violations of the ceasefire in the fourth de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria during the …
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13 November
Assad: International Conference on Refugees’ Return a Start of a Solution
In a call with President Putin, Assad has said that he hopes the upcoming refugee conference will be a success and that most refugees want to return writes SANA. President Bashar al-Assad affirmed that the International Conference on Refugees’ Return, scheduled to be held in Damascus, is just the start …
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10 November
Taliban Expect Biden to Stick to Afghan Peace Deal Without 'Significant Change'
The Taliban say they expect President-elect Joe Biden to stick to a peace agreement the insurgent group sealed with the United States earlier this year to end the war in Afghanistan, America’s longest.
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10 November
Biden Presidency Could Lessen Tensions With Iran, But Shift Unlikely To Happen Overnight
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to stake a new course with Iran, pledging that Washington will rejoin the 2015 landmark nuclear deal if Tehran returns to full compliance. In a September opinion piece published on CNN, Biden said he was “ready to walk the path of diplomacy if Iran …
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10 November
How Will a President Joe Biden Approach Russia?
U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, when first elected, both thought they could establish a rapport with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and dramatically improve U.S.-Russian relations. Their appraisal of Putin swiftly changed.
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10 November
Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting Flares Up As Azerbaijan Says Key City Captured
President Ilham Aliyev says Azerbaijani forces have taken Shushi (known as Susa in Azeri), the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Armenian officials denied the report but confirmed fighting around the city, a hilltop settlement located on a main road overlooking the breakaway region’s main city, Stepanakert.
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10 November
German MPs Greenlight $6 Bln Contract on Purchase of Advanced Eurofighter Warplanes
The agreement on buying Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes is part of the German Defence Ministry’s effort to replace its ageing Tornado fighter jets, which entered service with the Luftwaffe back in 1983.
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