US Sending Extra Forces to Syria to Ensure Security During Withdrawal – Reports
January 28, 2019 at 10:19 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States has sent additional troops to Syria, who are expected to help ensure security during the withdrawal of US servicemen from the country, CNN reported citing US defence officials. Read More »
Soros: US and China Engaged in Cold War That Could Turn Into Hot One 'Soon'
January 27, 2019 at 12:10 PM
Billionaire and Democratic Party donor warned on Thursday that the US and China, the world's two largest economies, are locked in a "cold war that could soon turn into a hot one." Read More »
Iran Will Remain in Syria as Long as We're Asked to – Top Security Official
January 25, 2019 at 02:36 PM
The comments by the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council came the same day that Israel carried out a series of strikes on alleged Iranian targets in Syria. Read More »
Putin: if US Carries Plan to Withdraw From Syria, It May Stabilise Situation
January 25, 2019 at 02:33 PM
The US suddenly announced the withdrawal of its troops from Syria late in 2018, after President Donald Trump announced that Daesh* forces had been eliminated in the country. Read More »
Iran Ready to 'Eliminate Israel From Earth' - Air Force Commander
January 25, 2019 at 10:39 AM
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has stated that it targeted alleged "military facilities of [Iran’s] Quds Force" at Damascus International Airport in an airstrike conducted on 21 January. Read More »
Syria Belongs to Syrians, Turkey to Give it Back to Its Owners ASAP - Erdogan
January 25, 2019 at 10:33 AM
The Turkish president’s statement comes after Ankara claimed that it was ready to launch a military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River as well as in other parts of Syria. Read More »
China Ready to Contribute to Mideast Peace, Development - Envoy to UN
January 24, 2019 at 10:26 AM
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - China will step up efforts to promote peace in the Middle East and contribute to the region’s development, China's Ambassador to the United Nations Ma Zhaoxu said during a UN Security Council meeting. Read More »
Israeli city ‘erasing women’ from public eye, censoring them from billboards
January 22, 2019 at 03:10 PM
An ultra-orthodox municipality just east of Tel Aviv has edited a female politician out of a billboard ad, and not for the first time, some saying the practice is meant to “erase Israeli women,” altogether. Read More »
No president since Lincoln treated worse than me – Trump
January 22, 2019 at 10:21 AM
Not since Abraham Lincoln has a US president been treated so badly by the media, Donald Trump lamented in a series of Twitter rants before going to Delaware to honor the four Americans killed in Syria. Read More »
UNRWA slams Israel decision to close its Palestinian schools
January 22, 2019 at 10:18 AM
Israel will close all UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem to replace them with Israeli-run schools in a blow to Palestinians. The agency has complained it was not told of this decision. Read More »
