Contents tagged with Assad
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Syria confirms preparation of an offensive in the Idlib province
Syrian government forces are preparing a large-scale attack on insurgents in the province of Idlib, said the Minister of Foreign Affair of Syria, Walid al-Muallem, on August 30th after a conversation with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
According to him, the Syrian military “will make their way through Idlib,” and “the main objective” of the upcoming operation will be the Al-Nusra Front, which at a time had ties with Al-Qaeda.
The province of Idlib is the last of the de- …
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Merkel and Trump urged Putin to influence Assad
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump had a telephone call conversation, during which they discussed the situation in Syria,reported the representative of the German government Steffen Seibert.
It is noted that Germany and the United States share a common concern in connection with the humanitarian crisis in the Idlib region, as well as the movement of government forces on the holdings of Islamist and jihadist groups in this province.
Merkel and Trump "called on Russia …
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Belarusian President Lukashenko promises to assist Assad in ‘Syria’s restoration’
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he is willing to offer “comprehensive assistance” to the Assad regime in the process of restoring Syria.
Lukashenko made a statement to this effect in a greeting to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries, BELTA reports, citing the president’s press service.
“Belarusian-Syrian relations were tested in a special way during the war against terrorism in Syria. During the troubled …
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Washington: US troops to remain in Syria until Islamic State is defeated
American troops will remain in Syria until the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has been utterly defeated. According to US State Department Spokesperson David Satterfield, this is what US President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump has repeatedly said that the US troops will leave Syria soon. He claims that nearly the entire country has been purged of IS.
However, as the US Defense Department stated at the end of June, IS regiments still control roughly 5% of Syrian …
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Israel evacuates White Helmets from Syria
The Israeli army evacuated representatives of the White Helmets humanitarian organization with their families from Syria, reported the spokesman of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Emmanuel Nahshon.
"Upon request of the US, Canada and European states Israel has completed a humanitarian effort to rescue members of a Syrian civil organization (“White Helmets”) and families. They were evacuated from the war zone in Southern Syria to a neighboring country, " Nahshon tweeted.
German newspaper Bild …
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US-led coalition strikes Assad army
Warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition have again struck the forces of Bashar Assad, reported the Syrian state agency SANA, citing military sources.
According to SANA, the planes that carried out the attack belonged to the U.S. Air Force. The attack took place in an area that is southeast of the city of Abu Kamal. This city is located on the Euphrates River in the province of Deir ez-Zor, near the border with Iraq.
The news agency reported that several people were killed in the air strike and …
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US State Department accuses Assad's forces of violating agreement on de-escalation zones in Syria
The US Department of State expressed concern on about reports that Syrian government forces are conducting operations in one of the de-escalation zones in southwestern of Syria in violation of previously-reached agreements.
"The United States remains concerned by reports of impending Syrian government operations in southwest Syria within the boundaries of the de-escalation zone [that had been] negotiated between the United States, Jordan, and the Russian Federation last year and reaffirmed …
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Assad says he will hide supplies of Russian S-300 missile systems
Bashar Assad said that Damascus does not usually announce what weapons are delivered to the country. Talks about deliveries of S-300 missiles began after the United States, France and Britain attacked government facilities in April.
In an interview with the Iranian television channel Al-Alam, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad commented on the possible supply of Russian S-300 missile complexes to Damascus.
When asked whether Russia will supply Syria with S-300 missile systems, the Syrian leader …
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Assad’s airstrikes on Syrian Idlib province kill 17 people
On Sunday, June 10, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government forces carried out airstrikes on targets in the the Idlib province, including a hospital in the town of Taftanaz, Anadolu news agency reports. Strikes were also directed against the towns of Binnish and Ariha, and Ram Hamdan and Beni Iz villages. 17 civilians were killed in the attack.
According to one of the agency’s correspondents, aircraft attacked the province during the latter half of the day, in the afternoon.
Members of …
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Pentagon warns Assad against attacking US forces and its allies in Syria
Attacking the forces of the Americans and their allies in Syria would be a “bad idea,” said Kenneth McKenzie, a representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces. He made this statement in response to the words of President Bashar Assad, who expressed readiness to use force to liberate Syrian territory.
Armed clashes have taken place between the US-led coalition and pro-government units, but in general, the two sides have managed to avoid major clashes, RIA Novosti notes. In …
