Section: Africa&ME
Turkey’s message to Russia is clear
At dawn on Monday, Syrian regime forces targeted a Turkish observation post in the Idlib governorate, killing eight Turkish citizens, one of them a civilian. The Turkish army responded immediately to the attack, explained Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, and bombed 54 targets belonging to the regime, killing 76 Syrian soldiers. This escalation...
31 dubious claims made by Donald Trump during his State of the Union speech
Washington – President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 31 statements by the president. “I am thrilled to report...
Turkey’s Erdogan pledges $200m to Ukraine army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Russia’s annexation of Crimea and pledged to support the Ukrainian army with $200 million, Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper reported yesterday. The paper said the Turkish president is retaliating for the killing of seven Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib by regime forces which are...
Trump heading to acquittal in U.S. Senate impeachment vote on Wednesday
Four months after Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the Senate is poised Wednesday to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. …read more Source:: The Daily...
A newly emboldened Donald Trump gives Democrats reason to fret
Washington – President Donald Trump took the stage for his State of the Union speech in an unfamiliar position: With the wind at his back. For most of his three years in office, Trump has been surrounded by tumult, much of it of his own making, resulting ultimately in his impeachment by the House of Representatives. Now, for the first time...
Building an EU-UK special relationship
The European Union has lost one of its most important member states. The United Kingdom accounted for around one-sixth of the EU’s population and economy. Without it, the EU will still be one of the world’s premier economic powers, but it will suffer a loss of dynamism. Still, there is hope for a fruitful, co-operative EU-UK...
Iran to continue working with other countries on Ukraine investigation
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News24.com | Outcry in Ukraine after MP tells pensioner to sell dog for gas
A Ukrainian lawmaker’s suggestion to a pensioner that she sell her dog to pay her gas bills has sparked an outcry in one of Europe’s poorest countries and forced authorities to intervene. …read more Source::...
Turkey, Russia can tackle Syria escalation ‘without anger’
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey and Russia should resolve differences over the conflict in Syria’s Idlib without anger, after a deadly flare-up in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between Moscow and Ankara. The two countries support opposing sides in Syria’s nearly nine-year war, as well as in Libya’s...
Iran: Hassan Rouhani Knew About Downing of Plane Immediately
By Pooya Stone Ukraine’s TSN television channel has broadcast an audio file that proves the Iranian government knew immediately about the missile strike that downed Ukrainian International Airline flight 752 as it left Tehran and killed all 176 passengers and crew, and more importantly that the government’s top officials tried to...
