After ISIS collapse, Syria government faces US-backed Kurds
World | November 10, 2017 16:28 ISTThe question now is whether the United States is willing to confront the troops of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian-backed militiamen.
The question now is whether the United States is willing to confront the troops of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian-backed militiamen.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi also said Egypt’s ongoing arms buildup was designed in part to equip the country to deal with terrorism and redress the “strategic imbalance” in the region created by conflict.
On April 4, more than 80 people were killed in a suspected chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun in Syria's Idlib province, a rebel-held area in north-western Syria.
Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported.
The Syrian army, backed by Russia and Iran, and Kurdish-led Syrian forces, backed by the United States, are now racing to take the rest of the oil-rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour, including the key town of Boukamal near the Iraqi border.
Dineshwar Sharma says he is personally pained to see the path Kashmiris, particularly youth, have chosen that would only destroy the society.
The resolution was put to a vote on Tuesday and received 11 "yes" votes, two "no" votes from Russia and Bolivia, and two abstentions.
ISIS captured Al-Omar in 2014, when the group swept across large areas in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
Trump called it “a critical breakthrough in our worldwide campaign to defeat ISIS and its wicked ideology” and said “the end of the ISIS caliphate is in sight.”
U.S.-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa on Tuesday from Islamic State militants, a senior commander said.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said the operation will continue “until all the city is cleansed from terrorists who refused to surrender.”
Losing Raqqa, in many ways the symbol of IS’ caliphate, would be yet another blow to the militant group.
The Russian airstrikes destroyed an IS strongpoint in the town of Albu Kamal near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
In the 46-minute audio recording, Baghdadi has called for attacks on Western media and references North Korean threats to the US.
Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are trying to mediate a reconciliation between Syria and Hamas. If they succeed, it would shore up a weak spot in alliance at a time when Iran has strengthened ties with Syria and Iraq.
In Pakistan the worry is that returning fighters, including those who had fought on the side of IS, could start another round of sectarian bloodletting.
Russia has provided military backing for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces since 2015. It has repeatedly fired salvoes of such missiles, from both the sea and mainland Russia.
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