US National Security Adviser John Bolton has arrived in Turkey to try to hammer out a deal for Kurdish fighters in Syria, as the United States prepares a military withdrawal from the country. Bolton touched down in [ More … ]
Local Community Council Trying to help 1.000 homeless families in Syria after IS attacks As IS organisation continues spreading its evil tentacles, and as the air strikes against IS continue, the civilian suffering gets worse. [ More … ]
Since the start of the strike against IS many weapons have been used. This time Russia Says it used submarine-launched missile for first time. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia had [ More … ]
Today, Tuesday, the Syrian peace talks are supposed to intensify in Saudi Arabia. Efforts to persuade Syrian rebel groups to unite ahead of a tight deadline for convening talks with Bashar al-Assad and maintaining the momentum of [ More … ]
Turkey has challenged Russia to prove the claim that Turkey shot down a Russian war plane in order to protect turkish oil trade with Islamic State (IS). “If you allege something you should prove it,” [ More … ]
US and Russian aircraft have conducted communication tests over Syria in a tentative to cooperate ahead of UN talks aimed at ending the war, US officials say. Russian officials have also admitted, for the first [ More … ]
A monthly record of 218,394 migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by sea in October, says Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. “That makes it the highest total for any month [ More … ]
The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran are threatening the upcoming peace talks on Syria. Until two weeks ago, the idea that Saudi Arabia and Iran would sit at the same table, was totally unthinkable. [ More … ]
A senior member of Syria’s political opposition said on Wednesday that the participation of Iran in the Syrian peace talks in Vienna, would undermine the political process. The United States has said that Iran, the main [ More … ]
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