February 22, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
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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February 22, 2021 Balkans, Eurasia
What’s new? Efforts to resolve the long-running dispute between Kosovo and Serbia over the former’s independence have foundered. EU-led talks brokered agreement on technical issues but have struggled to address core political questions. Washington’s mid-2020 mediation effort fell apart when Kosovo’s president had to step away because of war crimes charges. …
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February 22, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A Russian soldier stands guard as troops accompany a convoy of displaced Syrian civilians leaving for their homes in the northern town of Ain Issa in the countryside of the Raqqa region. More than 387,000 people have been killed and millions forced from their homes since Syria’s civil war broke …
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February 22, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
SOHR sources say that Russian jets continue their airstrikes on various positions in the Syrian desert, executing at least 130 airstrikes, in the last 24 hours, targeting ISIS positions in the Aleppo-Hama-Raqqah triangle and the deserts of Deir ez-Zor and Homs. Where a squadron of Russian fighter jets consecutively pounded …
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February 22, 2021 Middle Orient, Turkey
SOHR activists say have reported that Turkish forces detonated a tunnel used for smuggling in the area of Ain al-Bayda in western countryside of Idlib, near the border with the Iskenderun region. According to SOHR sources, the tunnel is used for smuggling operations between Syria and Turkey, whether goods or …
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February 22, 2021 Middle Orient
The Wall Street Journal reported on plans for ports and air bases in the kingdom’s western desert, which the US military would seek to develop as positions to be used if war were to break out with Iran. The US military is looking for fallback bases in Saudi Arabia to …
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February 22, 2021 Middle Orient
The intelligence apparatus, according to a Royal Court statement, is to “to focus all energies in its areas of specialty, which are vital to national security and professional intelligence operations, and to dedicate all capabilities to ensure that it remains an example of professionalism in countering terrorism and security threats.” …
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February 21, 2021 Eurasia
The command of the Central People’s Defense Headquarters has published a detailed statement on the Turkish invasion and the resistance of the guerrillas in the region of Gare in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). The command of the People’s Central Defense Headquarters (HSM) has issued a detailed statement on the occupation …
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February 21, 2021 Eurasia
Here’s What You Need To Remember: In 2017 forces loyal to the Syrian regime recaptured Ksheesh air base from ISIS. It’s possible some L-39s were still at the base at the time. Between 2013 and 2017 a small number of L-39 light attack jets at a Syrian air force base …
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February 21, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Soapbox (described on Facebook as Russia state-controlled media) is circulating a video of veteran Israeli journalist Gideon Levy lecturing against the Zionist occupation of the West Bank. In the first few frames Levy says: “Palestine must be demilitarized.” Sorry, why should Palestine be demilitarized? Don’t they [Palestinians] have their right …
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