Teile und herrsche. Das ist einer der obersten Grundsätze der westlichen imperialen Politik. Sie wurde und wird im Nahen Osten angewandt, wie überall anders auch. Aus der neuesten Geschichte gibt es im Nahen Osten folgendes Teile-und-Herrsche-Projekt: böser böser IS entsteht aus dem Nichts heraus auf dem Gebiet von Syrien und Irak. Zur gleichen Zeit richten die guten guten Kurden ihre Köpfe auf – ebenfalls auf dem Gebiet von Syrien und Irak. Der böse IS und die guten Kurden sollten beide bis zur Staatsform reifen. Beide bezahlt und geführt von USA, Israel, Saudi-Arabien, der EU und anderen Fahnenträgern der Demokratie. Die neuen Staatsgebilde, das eine gut, das andere böse, sollten das entstandene Chaos in die Nachbarreigionen weitertragen und vermehren.

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours.

Kevork Almassian of Syriana Analysis addresses the recent security developments in North-Eastern #Syria, particularly the Turkish invasion to create the so-called safe zone, #Erdogan-Pense agreement and the #Kurdish question.

Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian villagers and international solidarity activists, while picking olive trees in Palestinian orchards in the al-Jab’a village, southwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Tha Maan News agency qouted Ziad Salah, the coordinator of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Society, stating that the colonists hurled stones at the Palestinians and the solidarity activists, in addition to attacking homes and cars in the village, causing property damage. Salah said that the attack took place during a nonviolent activity for aiding the Palestinians in picking their olive trees, dubbed as “We Are With You,” and meant to help the villagers, subject to frequent assaults and violations by both the illegal colonists and the soldiers.

The Union of Temple Mount Organisation called for its fans to increase their raids of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Jewish holidays. For the third consecutive day, around 2,473 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Arab48.com reported on Friday.

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured several protesters, in addition to abducting an international peace activist. The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers assaulted the protesters, and ambushed some of them. It added that the soldiers fired gas bombs, causing many protesters to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, before abducting a solidarity activist from Spain, in addition to wounding another international activist and one Palestinian, while chasing them.

Am 16. und 17. Oktober haben die russischen Luftstreitkräfte Angriffe auf Stellungen von Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Nord-Lattakia und im Süden Idlibs geflogen. Laut Quellen vor Ort waren die Angriffe unweit von Tahtaya, Kafar Sijnah und Rakaya Sijneh am heftigsten.

Geopolitical analyst Maram Susli, AKA "Syrian Girl", joins TruNews correspondent Edward Szall to discuss the multinational mess in Syria, as the Turkish invasion draws international condemnation, as well as the physical deployment of the Syrian Army to the North to secure national sovereignty.

Suite à la décision du président étasunien Donald Trump de retirer la majeure partie des troupes US de Syrie, leurs alliés kurdes des dites Forces démocratiques syriennes (FDS) se sont retrouvés sous le feu de la puissance militaire turque. En effet, la Turquie avait rappelé à plusieurs reprises qu’elle ne permettra pas d’avoir des groupes «terroristes» hostiles à ses frontières. La suite a donné raison à la stratégie de l’axe Moscou-Damas.

Chacun connait les résultats. Après une participation légèrement en hausse par rapport au printemps dernier (70 %), le parti Bleu Blanc a obtenu 33 sièges contre 31 pour le Likoud ; la Liste arabe unifiée - regroupant trois partis arabes et le Hadash (comprenant des communistes israéliens juifs),13. Il devient la troisième formation politique du pays. Sera-t-elle le plus grand parti de l’opposition ? Ou soutiendra-t-il un gouvernement présidé par Benny Gantz, comme il semble le proposer ? Ce serait un tournant capital dans l’histoire d’Israël, car jamais les Palestiniens d’Israël n’ont soutenu les partis sionistes, de droite comme de gauche. Leurs représentants auraient-il aujourd’hui en tête l’avenir d’Israël/Palestine, en un seul Etat ?

J’ai été vivement percutée par l’article de Jonathan Cook au sujet des expulsions massives de dizaines de milliers de Bédouins de leur territoire ancestral. Je m’inspire du slogan « nous sommes tous Charlie » pour percevoir en quoi nous avons tous en nous quelque chose des Bédouins. Sans nous attendre à ce qu’ils soient assassinés comme le personnel de Charlie Hebdo, nous pouvons prendre conscience des intentions du gouvernement d’Israël sur cette population de 250 000 Bédouins qui ont officiellement la citoyenneté.

Finally made it to Qasioun mountain, a fantastic view of Damascus.

Ankara wird laut dem türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan die Operation in Syrien weiterführen, wenn die USA ihre Versprechungen bezüglich des Abzugs der kurdischen Kräfte über die Grenzen der Sicherheitszone hinaus nicht einhalten.

La focalisation sur les états d’âmes ou les sauts d’humour des présidents US et Turcs importe peu. Les deux hommes se ressemblent sur certains points mais différent sur beaucoup d’autres. Le nouveau Sultan est connu pour ses accès de fureur extrême et souvent destructrices. Avec Erdogan, les meubles se transforment en projectiles suivant des trajectoires insolites. Toujours est-il que cette irascibilité est nettement plus tolérable que la kleptomanie ou l’extrême perversion de certains de ses homologues européens et Arabes. Tout cela est futile. Ce qui l’est moins est le grand bouleversement en cours au Levant.

The Syrian and Russian operations in the northeast of Syria are going well. Russian troops prevented attempts by Turkish supported Jihadis to attack Manbij. Russian and Syrian units have now also entered Ayn al-Arab/Kobani. Syrian government troops took control of the electricity producing dam in Tabqah and some units set up posts in Raqqa. Other units entered the Conoco and Al-Umar oil fields north of Abu Kahmal and east of Deir Ezzor. Some local tribe which profited from the oil explorations there held a small protest against the return of government control.

Am 16. Oktober haben Einheiten der Syrischen Armee zum ersten Mal seit dem Jahr 2014 die Stadt Raqqa betreten. Die Stadt war seit 2017 unter Kontrolle der von Kurden angeführten Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens (SDF), nachdem diese sie mit Hilfe der Vereinigten Staaten (VS) vom ISIS übernommen hatten.

Laut US-Vizepräsident Pence wurde bei den Gesprächen in Ankara eine Feuerpause für Nordsyrien vereinbart.

Vor wenigen Tagen startete die türkische "Operation Friedensquelle" in Syrien. Die transatlantische Gemeinschaft spricht von "Verrat" an den Kurden und wirft Ankara einen Bruch des Völkerrechts vor. Washington und Brüssel haben das Völkerrecht jedoch zuvor bereits ausgehöhlt.

Washington has never gotten over the fact that Syria for over half a century has never bowed to U.S. or Israeli hegemony in the region, and has all along been a strong supporter of Syria’s secular —yes secular —Arab nationalism. The U.S. has therefore shown great willingness to “fight to the last Syrian” if necessary to achieve its ends.

Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria has reportedly advanced to a 1000 square kilometers area. The scenario agreed on behind the curtains through months of confidential exchanges, often one-on-one, between the Russian and Turkish leaders regarding north-eastern Syria is entering a critical phase of implementation on the ground with the agreement between the Kurds and the Assad regime.

Une certaine presse, celle-là qui fabrique le plasma dans lequel nous sommes immergés pollué de travestissements de la vérité tant elle nous la sert estropiée, invalide, sans substance car elle se trouve tronquée de l’essentiel qui est tu, se lamente récemment sur les Kurdes promis à une mort certaine. Depuis 2014, une coalition dirigée par les Usa ‘contre Daesh’ opère en Syrie et en Irak et mène des attaques aériennes sur ces deux pays. Airwars estime qu’elle a tué entre 8 214 et 13 125 civils au cours de 2 890 incidents distincts dont environ 2000 enfants et 1300 femmes.

Turkey has agreed to temporarily halt its military operation against Syria’s Kurdish-led militias, allowing them to withdraw from the country’s border, US Vice President Mike Pence said during a visit to Ankara.

Les chaines d’informations syriennes et libanaises ayant diffusé les déclarations de responsables des conseils kurdes concernant un accord entre certaines factions séparatistes et le gouvernement syrien, décidé à contrer l’invasion turque, nous sommes allés à la recherche de sites kurdes en langue arabe. C’est ainsi que, dans la soirée, nous avons consulté le site « ANT Kurdistan », alors qu’il venait de diffuser une vidéo sous le titre : « Autour de l’accord entre les forces kurdes et la Russie sur la cession de Aïn al-Arab/ Kobane et Manbej au régime syrien – par Rami Abdul-Rahman », le fameux directeur du non moins fameux OSDH [le soi-disant Observatoire Syrien des Droits de l’Homme]. Plus tard, les messages se sont succédé.

Am 14. Oktober haben Einheiten der Syrisch Arabischen Armee mit dem Einmarsch in die von den kurdisch angeführten Demokratischen Kräften Syriens (SDF) kontrollierten Gebiete in Nordost-Syrien begonnen.

ISWNews Analysis Group: According to local sources, SDF forces with the support of the Syrian Army succeeded in liberating al-Manajeer and its surrounding villages from the Turkey-backed militants.

Syrian army troops have established full control over Manbij, a city in the northern province of Aleppo, and its nearby settlements, amid Turkey’s cross-border invasion in northeastern Syria and an abrupt US retreat of its forces from the city.

By deciding to pull out 1,000 men from NES, Trump is reshuffling the cards, moving the burden away from his administration and dropping it into the hands of Russia, Turkey and Syria (and their allies). There is a serious need for Russia to move fast and bring concerned players around the table to organise a situation that could turn more chaotic and lead to even more confrontation.

At the end of August, the Lebanese organisation Hezbollah fired two rockets at an Israeli armoured personnel carrier at the border. Several Israeli soldiers were injured. In response, Israeli troops fired on Lebanese territory adjacent to the border. The shells fell on bare ground, without causing harm to people or nearby buildings. Hezbollah chalked up yet another victory that was warmly received not just in Lebanon, but also in other countries. Israel did not launch new attacks, but responded by withdrawing its armed forces seven kilometres inland from the country’s border. Hezbollah sources confirmed that their intelligence services even visited abandoned Israeli military bases and roadblocks.

La sanctification des Kurdes est une des deux constantes les plus fermes de la narrative-Système pour ce qui concerne l’explication de l’“Orient [très-]compliqué” en mode-postmoderne, notion qu’il s’agit de simplifier pour mieux articuler le simulacre de service. L’autre “des deux constantes les plus fermes”, installée en 2011, c’est “le boucher de Damas”, alias Assad, président syrien. Quoi qu’il se passe, l’impératif du simulacre est de retrouver Assad menaçant d’une boucherie n’importe qui, pour le plaisir et pour le vice partagés, et particulièrement une boucherie des Kurdes. Nous sommes à un de ces points de rupture qui font naître un malaise diffus dans le bon équilibre de la presseSystème ; il est en effet impossible pour l’instant de transformer en FakeNews/DeepFake le fait que le “boucher de Damas” pourrait bien être celui qui sauverait éventuellement les Kurdes sanctifiés des griffes réputées impitoyables du Turc Erdogan.

Die syrische Regierung hat eine Einigung mit den Kurden im Norden Syriens getroffen und sendet nun ihre Truppen in die Region, um die türkische Offensive zu stoppen. Droht nun ein direkter Konflikt zwischen den Militärs beider Länder?

Artikel in arabisch, Karte vom 15.10.2019 abends - inklusive hochauflösender Karte mit Ortsnamen in englisch

“This is total chaos,” a senior administration official said at midday, speaking on the condition of anonymity about the confusing situation in Syria. Although “the Turks gave guarantees to us” that U.S. forces would not be harmed, the official said, Syrian militias allied with them “are running up and down roads, ambushing and attacking vehicles,” putting American ­forces — as well as civilians — in danger even as they withdraw. The militias, known as the Free Syrian Army, “are crazy and not reliable.” Ahhhh. The "Free Syrian Army", which the U.S. built and supplied with an immense amount of weapons to fight the Syrian government, is "crazy and not reliable". How come that all the think tankers and `journalists` who for years lauded that `army` never noticed that?

The predominant Western narrative credits the Syrian Democratic Forces, mostly Kurdish, for fighting and defeating Islamic State, also known as Daesh. The SDF is essentially a collection of mercenaries working for the Pentagon against Damascus. But many Syrian citizens argue that ISIS was in fact defeated by the Syrian Arab Army, Russian aerial and technical expertise plus advisers and special forces from Iran and Hezbollah.

Eight days ago U.S. President Donald Trump gave a green light for another Turkish invasion of Syria. We explained why that move made it inevitable for the Kurds to submit to Damascus and to let the Syrian Arab Army back into northeast Syria:....After Trump had spoken with the Turkish president Erdogan, the U.S. military removed a few of its forces from some areas near the Turkish border. The Pentagon was still under the false impression that Turkey would limit its invasion to some 5 kilometer in depth.

The only way Israelis can be made to sit up and take note of the disaster unfolding next door in Gaza, it seems, is when they fear the fallout may spill out of the tiny coastal enclave and engulf them too. Environmental experts from two Israeli universities issued a report in June warning that the imminent collapse of Gaza’s water, sewage and electricity infrastructure would soon rebound on Israel. Gideon Bromberg, the Israeli director of EcoPeace Middle East, which commissioned the report, told journalists: “Without urgent, vigorous action, plagues and infections will break out that could cost a great many lives, both in Israel and in Gaza, and no fence or Iron Dome [Israel’s missile interception system] can thwart them.”

Damascus is on her way in achieving her ultimate goal of regaining control over all her territory and achieving peace thanks to VV Putin and the welcome and necessary assistance of DJ Trump. There’s no other way to put it.

Video

Die Nahost-Korrespondentin Karin Leukefeld hat sich auf Reise durch Syrien begeben: Von Hama über das kürzlich noch umkämpfte Chan Schaichun, über Qal`at al-Mudiq und Apameia nach Westen. Eindrücke aus einem Land zwischen Krieg und Frieden.

Sur le terrain, les kurdes se retrouvent totalement piégés. Abandonnés par les Américains, ils sont désormais confrontés au rouleau compresseur turc dont les forces sont extrêmement motivées pour « casser les séparatistes kurdes ». Côté européen, Berlin et Paris se sont contentés de faire semblant de décréter un embargo sur les armes à destination de la Turquie, une mesure symbolique qui n’aura aucun impact sur la poursuite des opérations turques en Syrie et en Irak. Cette mesure en trompe l’œil n’affecte aucun intérêt industriel puisque le gros des affaires se fait avec les pays Arabes du Golfe.

Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new waves of brutality in the occupied territories. Western states have not only turned a blind eye to these outrages, but are actively assisting in silencing anyone who dares to speak out.

La première réaction de Riyad au double tir de missile visant le vendredi 11 octobre le pétrolier iranien SABITI à 65 miles du port de Djeddah est tombé samedi par la voie du porte-parole de la garde-côtière saoudienne; l`intéressé a affirmé que Riyad avait amplement l`intention d`aider le pétrolier, mais que ce dernier n`a pas répondu à son offre d`assistance. Alors que le PM pakistanais vient d`arriver ce dimanche à Téhéran pour tenter une médiation entre l`Iran et l`Arabie saoudite, ces propos pourraient s`interpréter comme un refus saoudien d`aller dans le sens d`une escalade.

Am 10. Oktober erzielte der Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen keine Einigung über eine Erklärung, die die türkische Militäroperation in Syrien verurteilt. Nach einer Krisensitzung des Sicherheitsrates hinter verschlossenen Türen gaben die Botschafter düstere Beurteilungen der Lage ab.

update2: A top Turkish official warns of bigger escalation now that Syrian Army units appear to be heading to besieged Kurdish towns along the border with Turkey. Erdogan aide Yasin Aktay has said "conflict between the two armies" is likely if pro-Assad forces enter the northeast region which has now been abandoned by US troops. * * * update: It`s official, after what appears a major deal between the Kurdish-led SDF and Damascus was struck in the wake of a US exit from the region: "Syrian military forces will be deployed on the border with Turkey by tomorrow morning in certain areas," reports Danny Makki, a well-known war correspondent in Damascus. This as multiple videos have spread online showing pro-Damascus forces entering Manbij:

Syrian army`s move came after reaching an alleged deal with the Kurdish forces on entering the cities of Manbij and Ayn al-Arab, in order to strip Turkey of the pretext to attack Kurish-controlled areas in northern Syria.

The US army is evacuating around 1,000 troops from Northern Syria "as safely and quickly as possible", Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated, days after President Donald Trump opened the door for Ankara`s cross-border attack on regions held by Kurdish militias whom Washington called an ally.

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition militias have reportedly seized Ras Al Ain town in northeast Syria as the Turkish operation against the Syrian Kurdish groups entered its fourth day.

Talal al-Barazi ist Gouverneur von Homs. Homs ist mit 43.000 Quadratkilometern die größte Provinz Syriens und liegt im Zentrum des Landes. Über die Rückkehr der Menschen in die Stadt, das Gesetz Nr. 10 und die Probleme beim Wiederaufbau sprach Karin Leukefeld mit Talal al-Barazi in Homs. Wie ist die Lage in Homs nach mehr als acht Jahren Krieg? Wie viele Menschen haben die Provinz verlassen, und wie viele sind zurückgekehrt?

Head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammad Ali al-Houthi called on the US to “learn from Vietnam” after Washington announced plans to deploy about 2,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia. An “increase in numbers does not mean victory”, al-Houthi warned in a series of tweets, adding the US should also learn from its “useless wars” in countries such as Yemen and Iraq, PressTV reported. The official vowed that the Yemeni nation would continue its resistance against Saudi Arabia and other countries which are supported by the US in their war on the impoverished nation.

There has been widespread criticism in the Beltway that the US is jeopardising its Kurdish partners on the ground and unleashing unpredictable consequences for Syria — and, above all, badly damaged US credibility. Some forewarn that Syrian conflict is intensifying just when the embers were cooling. Some of this criticism may be true. Because, Turkey is vengeful. It has long wanted to move across the border into northern Syria, where it sees the Syrian Kurdish forces or YPG as joined at the hips with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK, separatists that Turkey considers a terrorist group that has waged an insurgency for decades, and has long put Turkey on edge.

Iran`s foreign minister has offered to bring together Syrian Kurds, the Damascus government and Turkey in an effort to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border.

A US military position in northern Syria has come under Turkish artillery fire, almost hitting the outpost where American troops were based in.

Pentagon just announced the deployment of two more fighter squadrons, one air expeditionary wing, two Patriot batteries and one THAAD unit to Saudi Arabia just now, moments before briefing with senior officials. None of which is able to defend Saudi Arabia against another drone or cruise-missile attack.

Syria has censured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest remarks concerning his keenness to protect Syrian people and their rights as far from reality, emphasizing that the Damascus government will respond to Turkey’s offensive into the northeastern part of the country through all available legal means.

What is going on in Northeast Syria? Has Turkey “invaded” this territory? What is the stance of Russia and the US? Who is to blame for the Kurds’ woes? The text below tackles these questions, and more.

Lebanese Arabic news broadcaster Al-Mayadeen is reporting that Russia has begun organizing "reconciliation talks" between Syria and Turkey, in what would be an unprecedented development, given President Erdogan`s position has long been that Turkey won`t negotiate with Damascus so long as Assad is in power.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is opening up to the world. It used to be absolutely impossible to get a visa to enter, unless you were a religious pilgrim (therefore officially a Muslim), NATO military personnel, or a businessman or woman, invited by a local company or by the Saudi government. Even if you secured approval, visas were outrageously expensive, costing several hundreds of dollars. The only loophole was a “transit visa” for those who were going to drive from Oman or Bahrain, to Jordan. Tourism was not recognized as a reason to visit the KSA. There were simply no tourist visas issued. Full stop.

Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has offered the Saudi-backed former government a new deal for exchange of prisoners over a week after the popular movement unilaterally released hundreds of detainees.

Das Problem der Dschihadisten, die in der Internationalen Anti-Daesh-Koalition gefangen sind, steht im Mittelpunkt des Streits zwischen den Verbündeten. Präsident Trump hat in den letzten Monaten seine Absicht angekündigt, die US-Truppen von Nordsyrien, die es illegal besetzen, abzuziehen. Dieser Rückzug würde zum Ende der "Rojava" führen, diesem aramäischen Gebiet, das von den kurdischen Söldnern der NATO verwaltet wird, und zur Schließung der Gefangenenlager. Das Pentagon seinerseits beabsichtigt, seinen Plan zur Umgestaltung des erweiterten Nahen Ostens fortzusetzen und daher seine Soldaten nicht aus Syrien abzuziehen.

Turkish warplanes and artillery hit northeast Syria on the third day of an incursion that has forced tens of thousands to flee.

An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck by two missiles off the Saudi port of Jeddah on Friday, Iranian state television reported, quoting the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which owns the vessel. The tanker was set ablaze and suffered heavy damage and was leaking crude about 60 miles (96 km) from Jeddah, according to Iranian media.

À l’heure où nous écrivons, il n’est pas encore clair si tous les membres du Conseil de sécurité se sont contentés de considérer cette invasion de la Syrie par la Turquie comme une simple opération militaire contre des Kurdes, sans autre considération pour les victimes civiles mortes ou blessées parmi les habitants de toutes les confessions et ethnies [2][3] tandis que les milices Kurdes armées et financées par les États-Unis prenaient la poudre d’escampette les poches bien garnies ; les destructions des infrastructures dont au moins une station d’eau potable près de Ras al-Aïn ; les frappes sur des sites archéologiques remontant à des siècles et des siècles dans cette région du nord de la Syrie [4] qui a déjà connues tant de massacres aux mains des Turcs et des Kurdes aussi ; sans parler de la souveraineté de la Syrie que tous déclarent vouloir respecter par oral et par écrits.

update3: In his first full statement since the start of Turkish military operations Wednesday morning, which has now witnessed ground forces cross into northeast Syria supported by Turkish F-16 fighter jets, President Trump has slammed the operation as a "bad idea" — but stopped short of calling for a halt to the incursion.

oder wie man die syrisch-russischen Verbände gegen die türkische Armee schicken und die Kurden dabei opfern kann, um sie dann wieder zu “retten”. US- und IS-raels Ziel ist die Balkanisierung des Nahen Ostens. Die Kurden sind dabei nur ein kleiner Hebel. Nach neuesten Abwandlungen des Peters-Planes und des darauf aufbauenden Feldman-Planes wurde den Kurden ein eigener Zugang zu Mittelmeer versprochen. Das aber hätte die Türkei einen okkupierten syrischen Zipfel mit einer starken kurdischen Minderheit gekostet ...

Der Truppenabzug der Vereinigten Staaten (VS) von der türkischen Grenze hat innerhalb der Führung der von den VS unterstützten Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens (SDF), die vornehmlich aus kurdischen Milizen besteht, eine gewisse Panik verursacht.

Video Youtube

The US president Donald Trump is not known to practise judo. A few judo techniques he may have got to know from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who is a Black Belt. But what Trump has just done to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan is straight out of a Physics concept in judo. Taking advantage of the opponent’s momentum is a smart judo technique. If he charges at you and you just stood there, he’ll knock you over. But the velocity he’s gaining can be simply used against him by pulling him over, which will cause him to throw himself. You can save yourself a lot of time and energy if you can take advantage of your opponent’s momentum.

Cette annonce surprise, dimanche, semblait donner le feu vert à une opération militaire turque contre les forces kurdes, alliées de Washington dans la lutte antijihadiste. Critiqué jusque dans son propre camp, le président américain a depuis multiplié les déclarations, parfois contradictoires, sur ce dossier, menaçant notamment la Turquie de lourdes représailles économique si elle venait à « dépasser les bornes ».

On Saturday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that preparations have been made for a unilateral cross border air and land military operation in the next day or two, in northern Syria, east of the Euphrates River. Erdogan expressed his frustration with Washington’s lack of adherence to a September 30th deadline to establish a thirty-kilometer-deep safe zone on Syria’s northern border.

Syrian Economy is one of the targets of the War of Terror waged by the US and company against the Syrian people, did it survive? Western Pentagon propagandists aka Mainstream Media pundits effortlessly try to imply that the US-led War of Terror against the Syrian people, the Syrian state and the Syrian Armed Forces, as a public uprising against dictatorship, couldn’t be any further from the truth. Throughout the past years, we have debunked each statement trying to conceal the heinous role carried out by the USA and its European lackeys, its Gulfies servants, and its regional criminals, under an intensive unprecedented synchronized systematic propaganda, diplomatic, political, and on the streets campaigns.

Russia has called for dialogue between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces controlling the country`s northern region amid Washington’s greenlight for Ankara’s upcoming military operation against its Kurdish allies.

This morning U.S. President Donald Trump has a little surprise for the Kurds in Syria: Today, President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey by telephone. Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial “Caliphate,” will no longer be in the immediate area.

L’attaque revendiquée par des houthis yéménites, contre des infrastructures pétrolières du royaume le 14 septembre dernier, a suscité l’inquiétude au sein plusieurs branches de la famille royale. Assassinat de Jamal Khashoggi, enlisement de la guerre au Yémen et purges au sein du pouvoir saoudien… Certains choix de Mohammed ben Salmane ont été vivement critiqués jusqu’à Riyad. Son emprise sur le pouvoir est-elle aussi ferme qu’elle ne parait ? Son emprise est à la fois très forte et fragile. Très forte, car il a écarté, définitivement ou provisoirement, en les intimidant (on pense au célèbre et multimilliardaire Prince Al Waleed détenu plusieurs mois sans procès dans un hôtel de luxe de la capitale saoudienne entre fin 2017 et début 2018) presque tous ceux qui auraient pu représenter une menace sérieuse. ll a ainsi fait presque le vide autour de lui.

Am 7. Oktober haben die Vereinigten Staaten (VS) mit dem Abzug ihrer Truppen aus ihren Stellungen entlang der Grenze zur Türkei in Nord-Syrien begonnen. Das VS-Militär hatte permanente Garnisonen in Tel Abyad, Tel Musa, Tel Hinzir und Tel Arqam stationiert. Diese wurden nun aufgegeben.

As we predicted in the wake of the White House`s late Sunday announcement that “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria” and that American troops will withdraw from the "immediate area" — this will ensure that the United States` Kurdish proxies in Syria, now in Erdogan`s cross hairs, will quickly do a deal with "the devil we know" — that is, come under the protection of Assad and the Syrian Army. On Monday the commander of the US trained and armed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazlum Abdi, indicated just that in a bombshell statement. “We are considering a partnership with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with the aim of fighting Turkish forces,” he said.

A top Kurdish official says the Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria may open talks with Damascus and Russia, after the United States announced it was withdrawing troops from the area in the wake of Ankara’s looming military operation against Kurdish militants from the People`s Protection Units (YPG).

Am 5. Oktober haben die russischen Luftstreitkräfte Angriffe auf Stellungen von Hayat Tahrir al-Sham nahe der Ortschaften Ballisa und Agr Hilltop in Süd-Idlib geflogen. Bei den Angriffen, die eine logische Fortsetzung der in jüngster Zeit intensivierten Angriffe der syrischen Luftwaffe in Nordwest-Hama und Nord-Lattakia darstellen, sind mindestens 9 Milizionäre getötet worden.

Turkey`s foreign minister has assured his Iranian counterpart that Ankara`s military operation in northern Syria, which began on Monday night, is a temporary one.

The Rojava Kurds should have seen this coming. The US has a long standing tradition of abandoning Kurds. The abandonment is not the worst part of this policy decision. It is the decision to turn over the jihadis captured by US, YPG and SDF forces over the last few years to Turkey... just in time for Erdogan`s announced invasion of northeast Syria.

Update 3: A US State Department official told the press that the US is "reviewing" its military position in Syria and that the military won`t do anything to stop the Turks if they follow through with plans of an incursion. Though the US affirms that it retains control over the airspace above northeastern Turkey. Meanwhile, President Trump has chimed in with more tweets, insisting that "Russia & China...loved seeing us bogged down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so." It`s time to "get out of these ridiculous endless wars" and stop spending money on "people who don`t even like the USA. "Just like Trump promised during the campaign, "the endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING!" he insisted. "We will be focused on the big picture...knowing we can always go back & BLAST!"

The last four days have shown that the ongoing US-Iran war is acutely affecting the whole region. This is now evident in Iraq where more than 105 people have been killed and thousands wounded in the course of demonstrations that engulfed the capital Baghdad and southern Shia cities including Amara, Nasririyeh, Basrah, Najaf and Karbalaa. Similar demonstrations could erupt in Beirut and other Lebanese cities due to the similarity of economic conditions in the two countries. The critical economic situation in the Middle East offers fertile ground for uprisings that lead to general chaos.

He added that the US is an occupation frivolous power, and depending on it to guarantee security is useless.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is an "irrelevant occupier in Syria," stressing that peace will be achieved in the war-ravaged country only through respect for its territorial integrity and people‎.

Syria, uncomfortably and vulnerably, finds itself sandwiched between the Ottoman hammer to the North and the Israeli anvil to the South. Both power houses are, hostile, expansionist and occupy Syrian territory. When one thinks of a ‘safe zone’ along the Syrian-Turkish border on the Syrian side, one is reminded of the American-Mexican border. Both borders face a similar security situation: one state faces security threats emanating from the neighboring state.

BC stands for NEO’s Banned Classic. This article was originally published by our journal on 10.03.15. For some reason, this article is missing from Google search results. Since this article remains pretty relevant to those geopolitical events that are taking place on the geopolitical stage today, we deem it possible to present it to our readers once again. Should it go missing again, you may be confident that you will see it republished by NEO once more, should it still remain relevant by that time.

– 22mn56 : Exactions des milices du F.D.S complices des américains contre les civils syriens de la région de Hassaké, Qamichli et Raqqa. Accord turco-américain pour une zone de sécurité sur le territoire syrien qui équivaut à une annexion de territoire. – 27mn36 : Une opposition politique à Erdogan, le « parti du peuple », incite à la désobéissance contre le programme du chef de l’état Turc contre la Syrie et en faveur des terroristes. Le parti politique d’Erdogan se disloque. – 31mn44 : Erdogan traine des pieds pour appliquer les accords de Sotchi. Passivité suspecte et coupable des turques à empêcher le blocage et le minage du couloir humanitaire d’Abou dhouhour par les terroristes pour entraver la fuite des civils. Effets de la libération de la région de Khan Sheikhoun sur les terroristes qui refusent une solution pacifique offerte par le gouvernement syrien.

Die Türkei befestigt ihre Grenze zur syrischen Provinz Idlib mit Zementblöcken, Stacheldraht und anderen militärischen Strukturen. Laut Ankara, befindet sich Idlib in den Händen der so genannten moderaten Opposition. Jedoch ist das Land aus irgendeinem Grund über die Anwesenheit dieser moderaten Aktivisten in der Grenzregion besorgt.

Die Türkei verstärkt ihre Grenze zum Gouvernement Idlib, wo verschiedene terroristische Gruppen aufgestellt sind, berichtete die Daily Sabah am 1. Oktober.

Saudi Arabia says it views the truce announced by Yemen’s Houthis positively, claiming the proposal is something the kingdom has always been seeking.

Un ordre de mission du chef d’état major des opérations spéciales hors frontière du Royaume saoudien, dont le fac simlilé en arabe est joint à ce texte, enjoigant aux agents saoudiens de surveiller les activités «suspectes» de Jamal Khashoggi, en rapport avec des «princes de la famille royale, membres de l’opposition». L’ordre de mission est signé du prince héritier Mohamad Ben Salmane. Les tweets d’un de ses proches, Hassan Hassan, qui rapporte l’ultime échange entre les deux amis concernant le projet de lancement d’une chaine d’information indépendante sans le concours financier du Qatar et des Emirats Arabes Unis.

Over the years, researchers have copied and parroted inaccurate declassified US intelligence reports on Hezbollah’s sources of income around the world. These documents claim Hezbollah lives off selling smuggled cigarettes and illegally copied CDs or on income generated by selling drugs in Latin America and around the world. The US also accuses Hezbollah of profiting from commercial or business projects abroad and of having bank accounts worldwide. These claims were pretexts for the US to impose sanctions on the group and confiscate foreign accounts that, in reality, did not belong to Hezbollah. When all attempts to curb Hezbollah’s finances failed, a few options remained to the US government.

La Syrie n’a jamais eu bonne presse auprès des élites politiques dirigeantes de l’Hexagone. Et pour cause : ce pays récalcitrant, farouchement attaché à sa souveraineté, porte-étendard du nationalisme arabe, résolument anti-impérialiste, dernier rempart contre l’entreprise sioniste en Palestine, membre central de ce qu’il est désormais appelé Axe de la Résistance qui l’unit au Hezbollah libanais, à la résistance palestinienne, à l’Iran et à l’Irak, un axe adossé à une Russie ressuscitée sur les décombres de l’Union soviétique.

Saudi authorities have been silent about the Houthi claims of a cross-border raid, but worrying reports are leaking out of the country.

The disappearance of Saud al-Qahtani, an important aide of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a man reportedly involved in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul 11 months ago, is still a mystery. Since Qahtani was sacked following the murder, he is yet to appear in public or post on social media, as he once always did. On 28 August, Oslo-based Palestinian exile and critic of the Saudi regime, Iyad al-Baghdadi, tweeted that he "received news that Saud Al Qahtani (SQ) had been poisoned to death by Mohammed bin Salman. The source is well placed and has been consistently reliable for nearly a year. I cannot publicly reveal anything else about this source".

Something does not appear right in Saudi Arabia. Although the Wahhabi Kingdom has a technological, demographical and economical advantage over Yemen, it has completely failed to break the Yemeni resistance, headed by the Houthi-led Ansarullah Movement. The Ansarullah Movement has not just been on the defensive against Saudi Arabia’s advancements, but has also taken the fight directly to them despite the Kingdom controlling the seas and the high skies.

In Memoriam Nasser As Said, le premier dans l’ordre des suppliciés saoudiens de l’époque contemporaine, le véritable père spirituel de l’opposition saoudienne. Sauf retournement spectaculaire, l’Arabie saoudite devrait accueillir le sommet annuel du G20 en novembre 2019 à Riyad, dans une tentative des grands décideurs économiques de la planète – les pays occidentaux, la Chine et la Russie-, de procéder à la réhabilitation diplomatique de la dynastie Wahhabite, un an après l‘équarrissage du journaliste saoudien Jamal Khashoggi au consulat saoudien à Istanbul.

Face à un État syrien gagnant, à une Russie et à un Iran qui ne lâchent pas leur allié, que comptent faire les États-Unis? Selon le journal libanais Al-Akhbar, avec l’arrivée au pouvoir de Donald Trump, le Pentagone a ordonné, le 27 décembre 2016, une intervention plus vaste en Syrie sous prétexte de lutter contre Daech. De même, un autre plan destiné à créer des zones démilitarisées en Syrie et à faciliter l’entrée directe des forces américaines dans les conflits a été mis en place. Al-Akhbar souligne ensuite que la nouvelle mission de l’armée américaine est fondée sur quatre principes

Kurds in Syria never listened to the advice from all parties, and only submitted to the US and Israel demands, now they’re slowly awakening to the fact that they’ve been used and time to throw them, not even the US will risk a confrontation in the region to defend their dreams. Hailing from the Qandil Mountains, empowered by the US sanctions and later invasion of Iraq, the Kurds first got their no-fly zone over the areas they occupied and later declared their 2nd Israel semi-state when the conditions were favorable.

The most important news coming out of occupied Palestine in the past week was not the blow delivered to Benyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu or Gantz, it will be business as usual, now that the elections are over: more attacks on Gaza, possibly a large-scale war on Gaza, possibly a war on Lebanon, or Iran, who would know, as Israel always has a profusion of targets. No, the most important news was not the elections but the killing of a Palestinian woman on the west bank, only a few days after a 10-year-old boy, Abd al Rahman Yassir Shtewi, had been shot in the head by a soldier near the northern West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum during a demonstration over the closure of an access road.

Der neu geöffnete Grenzübergang zwischen Irak und Syrien bei Albukamal trifft in Washington und Jerusalem auf wenig Freude

Plus de 100 drones ont été détruits par la défense antiaérienne ou neutralisés par des moyens de défense électronique lors de tentatives d’attaques terroristes contre la base aérienne russe Hmeimim en Syrie. Cela a été annoncé vendredi aux journalistes par le porte-parole du ministère de la défense, le général de division Igor Konachenkov. « Les terroristes tentent de percer le système de défense aérienne de la base aérienne de Hmeimim. En ce qui concerne les chiffres, 118 drones de groupes terroristes ont été détruits en deux ans, dont 58 drones depuis le 1er janvier de cette année », a déclaré M. Konachenkov.

The Middle-East is literally exploding: the Houthis have delivered an extremely effective blow against Saudi oil production which (so they claim) has now dropped by 50% before bouncing back; there are persistent rumors that Russian Su-35S and S-400 has threatened to shoot down Israeli aircraft attacking Syria; Lebanon has declared that it will defend itself against Israeli attacks; Hezbollah has been threatening to deliver crippling strikes on Israel and even Israeli officials; Turkey has purchased Russian air defenses and says that if the USA refuses to deliver their F-35S, then Turkey will consider Su-35s and even maybe Su-57’s. Bibi Netanyahu tried to use Putin for his reelection campaign (well, he really is trying desperately to stay out of jail) but had to go home empty handed and, according to the JP, his mission was a failure.

Laut regierungsfreundlichen Quellen, bereiten sich die Syrisch Arabische Armee und ihre Verbündeten auf die Fortsetzung ihrer Bodenoperationen gegen radikale Milizen im Großraum Idlib vor.

For the second time in a month the Yemeni forces aligned with the Houthi surrounded and captured brigade size forces of Saudi soldiers and mercenaries. The Houthi media report that 2,400 fighters and several hundred vehicles were captured. The reports say that 500 Saudi soldiers were killed. This video shows the fighting. Another video shows several hundred prisoners being led away from the front. Here are additional pictures. Most of the prisoners seem to be poor men that the Saudis had hired. Only a few have complete uniforms.

The head of Yemen’s National Committee for Prisoners Affairs (NCPA) says the Houthi movement will release 350 prisoners, including three Saudi nationals, in its latest goodwill gesture.

So Iran is the culprit, no evidence provided, end of story, even if the “investigation continues.” Hassan Ali Al-Emad, Yemeni scholar and the son of a prominent tribal leader with ascendance over ten clans, begs to differ. “From a military perspective, nobody ever took our forces in Yemen seriously. Perhaps they started understanding it when our missiles hit Aramco.”

The army and popular forces repulsed an infiltration attempt carried out by the Saudi-paid mercenaries to advance towards sites in Asir border province, a military official said.

Many of you have already passed the word of the Yemeni defeat of three Saudi brigades. Here is the description of this victory from the English edition of the Yemeni Almasirah Media Network.

In a phone interview with The Jerusalem Post published on Saturday, Danny Danon said Tel Aviv was planning a number of actions against Tehran at the UN, adding although Arab states were not co-sponsors, but there was “cooperation” between them.

Three Saudi military brigades were completely destroyed after Yemeni forces mounted a large-scale military offensive in the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran, the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces said on Saturday.

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces said three Saudi military brigades were completely destroyed after Yemeni forces mounted a large-scale military offensive in the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran.

Video 0:44min

Incredible developments in Najran, southern #Saudi (occupied #Yemen) as a major Houthi operation that began earlier this week has reportedly led to the collapse of at least 3 Saudi military brigades & the capture of 2,000+ Saudi troops & foreign mercenaries. Many more killed. Video 2:19min

Dans la première partie de ce document, nous avons démontré que la frappe aérienne des rebelles huthis du Yémen sur les raffineries saoudiennes s’est déroulée selon un mode d’un niveau équivalent à celui des armées des États-Unis, de la France, de l’Allemagne, de l’Italie, du Japon, de la Russie et de la Chine, bien au-dessus de celui de l’armée iranienne. C’est la raison pour laquelle l’Arabie Saoudite a pris conscience que la défense AA s’est réveillée dans la position d’un spectateur, et non pas parce que les radars saoudiens n’auraient pas fonctionné.

Depuis l’intervention militaire américaine en Irak en mars 2003, la rivalité régionale entre la République islamique d’Iran et l’Arabie saoudite est progressivement devenue un facteur structurant de la géopolitique du Moyen-Orient. La paix froide irano-saoudienne conclue pendant les années 1990 s’est transformée en une guerre froide régionale avec un affrontement indirect, notamment au Yémen, pour contrôler les évolutions politiques régionales.

La chaîne d’information libanaise, al-Mayadeen diffuse une séquence vidéo exclusive montrant l`arrivée de renforts militaires à bord de navires émiratis au port yéménite d`al-Mokha, en mer Rouge. Après une formation militaire à Assab en Érythrée, quelque mille mercenaires sont arrivés à bord de trois navires appartenant aux Émirats arabes unis au port d’al-Mokha. Les sbires affiliés à Tarek Saleh, neveu de l’ancien président yéménite, Ali Abdallah Saleh ont immédiatement été transférés du port d’al-Mokha aux fronts de combat à Taëz, dans le Sud-ouest yéménite.

This is an excerpt of The Daily Wrap Up 9/26.

The success of the Palestinian Joint List in the Israeli election has given hope to liberal Zionist groups for a post-Netanyahu era of non-discrimination and a better international image. Though there is little in Israeli Jewish politicians` conduct to support the hope, Ayman Odeh of the Joint List will be speaking to J Street next month.

Saudi Arabia`s recent arrest campaign against Hamas members has shed light on the deteriorating relations between the Palestinian resistance movement and the kingdom amid warming Tel Aviv-Riyadh ties.

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria`s proxy war. He interviewed residents who were caught between Western and Gulf-backed extremist insurgents and the Syrian government’s war to retake territory, and who now struggle to recover under a US-led economic blockade.

Yemen’s pro-government Houthi Ansarullah movement has warned the United Arab Emirates to leave the war-wracked country or face "crippling attacks" on "their own soil".

Dozens of Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces during yet another round of crackdown on anti-occupation protests in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Von Gideon Levy - Es gibt keine nicht-extremistische Rechte in Israel. Es ist unmöglich, dass es in Israel eine nicht-extremistische Rechte gibt. Wenn die Besatzung die Konturen - Moral, Recht, Gerechtigkeit, Demokratie, Gleichheit - sowie das internationale Image Israels definiert, kann es keine gemäßigte Rechte geben. Es gibt nur eine extremistische Rechte oder eine echte Linke. Es gibt keinen Mittelweg. Es gibt Schwarz oder Weiß, es gibt kein Grau.

La Russie est en train de renforcer sa présence en Syrie en développant la base aérienne de Hmeimim. « La Russie est en train de construire une deuxième piste d’atterrissage sur la base de Hmeimim », a annoncé une autorité du ministère russe de la Défense. « De nouveaux bâtiments sont en construction pour mettre les avions de combat russes à l’abri des attaques de drones. Actuellement, 30 chasseurs sont déployés sur cette base », a-t-il ajouté.

Yemeni forces have targeted a gathering of Saudi mercenaries in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah with a domestically-manufactured missile.

Despite Netanyahu’s latest Iran hyperbole no one seemed to take him seriously: the Israeli press was amused by the desperate election stunt. His political rivals mocked the Israeli PM and a few hours after Netanyahu’s press conference his best ally, President Trump, expressed his wish to meet President Hassan Rouhani. Somehow, world leaders were entertained by seeing the Israeli PM, who threatens the entire region with his country’s nuclear arsenal, performing his victim spiel over Iran’s nuclear enthusiasms.

The Syrian leader made the remark during a meeting with a delegation from Iran headed by Ali Asghar Khaji, senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister on special political affairs, in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday.

This is an excerpt of The Daily Wrap Up 9/22

Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says Yemeni army forces and allied fighters from Popular Committees will not sit idly in the face of continued crimes and acts of aggression by the Saudi-led military coalition against Yemeni people, despite the former’s cessation of missile and drone strikes at the kingdom.

Die Heiligkeit der Zeit, in der man lebt, kann durch sehr viele unterschiedliche Aspekte erkannt werden. Ein Aspekt ist z.B., dass die größten Verbrecher und Imperialisten der Zeit die Heiligkeit der Zeit zum Hauptziel ihrer Attacken und Sanktionen auserkoren haben. Mit Sanktionen, wie sie diese Welt noch nicht gesehen hat, versucht man das Revolutionsoberhaupt der Islamischen Republik Iran Imam Chamenei zu besiegen. Doch sind bisher sämtliche Anstrengungen (seit 40 Jahren!) schief gegangen und mündete in eine Niederlage nach der anderen für die Raubtierkapitalisten.

Depuis 1996, l’Arabie Saoudite possède le système de défense AA automatisé le plus moderne au monde (Peace Sheild), qui est connecté à toutes les catégories de forces armées. Il a été créé par les États-Unis pour un coût de 5,6 milliards de dollars US et est constamment mis à niveau. Il intègre des radars militaires, tous les systèmes de missiles AA et des avions d’alerte AWACS ou des navires de guerre militaires. « Peace Sheild » a un centre de commandement national et est divisé en cinq secteurs sur le territoire de l’Arabie Saoudite (nord, sud, est, ouest et la capitale du pays).

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem on Monday received UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen and the accompanying delegation.

The secretary general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says the Al Saud regime may be in the final stages of its life, and the incumbent rulers are expediting the regime`s demise through their policies.

Mohsen Abdelmoumen: How do you analyze the unconditional support of the United States for Israel`s criminal Zionist entity? Dr. Raouf Halaby: Unfortunately, American politics has been plagued with bribery in the form of political campaign contributions. Money buys power, access to media, and the ownership of media centers. Whether newspapers or TV, access to and ownership of these forms of communication by special interest groups, gives them the power to control how people think. Hollywood is another means of “brainwashing” people and helping the masses form opinions whose sole purpose is propaganda.

According to the September 12, 2019 edition of the American political journal POLITICO, Israel "likely" placed cell phone surveillance devices around the White House and other "sensitive locations" in Washington, D.C. The publication based its statement on three, unnamed, former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. (The story, however, first broke in June 2018 in a variety of news outlets which noted that the devices, called "stingrays", had been detected the previous year.) Stingrays are not fish but are, as Politico described them, devices "which mimic regular cell towers to fool cell phones into giving them their locations and identity information.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the position of most European countries on what is happening in Syria has been detached from reality since the onset of foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country in 2011.

There looms the possibility of weeks of horse-trading and the Joint List of Arab legislators becoming the official opposition

Israeli occupation forces, on Thursday, closed the water pipes which supply Palestinian residents in the village of Bardale, in the northern Jordan Valley, east of the occupied West Bank.

The crisis about the Yemeni drone and cruise missile attack on two Saudi oil installations is for now over. The Saudis and the U.S. accuse Iran of being behind the "act of war" as Secretary of State Pompeo called it. The Saudis have bombed Yemen with U.S. made bombs since 2015. One wonders how Pompeo is calling that. The Yemeni forces aligned with the Houthi Ansarallah do not deny that their drones and cruise missiles are copies of Iranian designs. But they insist that they are built in Yemen and fired from there.

Since the end of World War II, three core interests have shaped U.S. Middle East policy: ensuring the free flow of energy resources from the region, helping to maintain Israeli security, and making sure no state or group of states can challenge American power in a way that would put the other two interests at risk. In other words, aside from the strategic, historical, moral, and political reasons for the “special” U.S.-Israel relationship, oil is the reason why the United States is in the Middle East at all.

RT Deutsch-Korrespondentin Karin Leukefeld spricht im Skype-Interview über die Lage in Idlib und den diesbezüglichen Syrien-Gipfel zwischen Russland, der Türkei und dem Iran. Außerdem berichtet sie von ihrem Besuch in Chan Schaichun.

«Hier soir, alors qu`Israël voulait livrer une autre série d`attaques sur la banlieue de Damas, des avions de combat russes ont décollé de la base aérienne de l`armée russe Hmeimim, située dans la province de Lattaquié, dans la partie sud de la Syrie, ce qui a perturbé les attaques israéliennes sur la capitale syrienne et ses environs », a rapporté Avia.Pro.

Israelis held new snap parliamentary elections, as the previous round in April had been inconclusive. Surprise! The new round has been also inconclusive. The voters could not make up their mind and choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, two major parties of little substantial difference. The only noticeable distinction is personal: one party, Likud, is lead by Mr Netanyahu; another party, B&W (Blue and White, the colours of Israeli national flag) is dead-set against Netanyahu. Their policy, otherwise, is identical

On the heels of a Saudi press conference blaming Tehran for this weekend’s oil field and refinery attacks, a Houthi military spokesman insisted the militant group was behind the assault, and vowed to carry out additional strikes beyond Saudi Arabia. “We have dozens of targets within our range in the UAE, some are in Abu Dhabi and can be attacked at any time,” said the spokesman, Yahya Saria

Le nombre de travailleurs étrangers en Arabie Saoudite a diminué de plus de 20% au cours des 30 derniers mois, à cause de taxes élevées et d’une économie en berne, a indiqué jeudi un rapport.

The Saudi-led coalition has launched a military operation against the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah in violation of a 2018 UN-brokered ceasefire agreement.

Ist die Amnestie in Syrien nur eine traditionelle Maßnahme oder handelt es sich um ein Zeichen für die Opposition? Die Nahost-Berichterstatterin Karin Leukefeld hält sich derzeit in Syrien auf. Sie berichtet über die Hintergründe der Amnestie und hat mit Syrern darüber gesprochen, was das für sie bedeutet.....Ausgeschlossen von dem Straferlass sind die Beteiligung am bewaffneten Kampf gegen den syrischen Staat, der Handel mit Drogen, Steuerhinterziehung oder -schulden und Morde.

L’attaque samedi de deux installations pétrolières stratégiques en Arabie Saoudite par les rebelles yéménites houthis génère des incertitudes pour la paix dans la région Opération « Équilibre de la dissuasion 2 » : c’est le nom que les Houthis ont donné à la spectaculaire attaque menée avec dix drones, samedi 14 septembre, contre deux des plus grands sites pétroliers de l’Arabie Saoudite, à Abqaiq et Khurais, dans l’est du royaume. Pour le porte-parole des forces armées houthies, le brigadier Yahia Sari : « L’Arabie Saoudite n’a d’autre choix que d’arrêter la guerre et le siège contre le Yémen« .

Lundi16 septembre, les présidents des trois États garants du « processus d’Astana » de désescalade militaire en Syrie ont tenu leur cinquième sommet tripartite à Ankara. Dans un premier temps, le président turc a fait savoir que la solution à Idleb ne pouvait être que politique et, qu’avant le début de ce sommet, il avait eu avec le président Poutine et le président Rohani des entretiens bilatéraux ayant porté sur divers points ne se limitant pas à la Syrie.

Netanyahu appears to have fallen short of the 61-seat majority he needs to form yet another far-right government comprising settler and religious parties. His failure is all the more glaring, given that he conducted by far the ugliest – and most reckless – campaign in Israeli history. That was because the stakes were sky-high. Only a government of the far-right – one entirely beholden to Netanyahu – could be relied on to pass legislation guaranteeing him immunity from a legal process due to begin next month.

What`s the end game here? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just arrived in Jeddah for talks with Saudi leaders over a response to the weekend attacks on two of the kingdom`s major oil facilities. After a prior press conference by the Saudi Defense Ministry where it for the first time assigned public blame on Iran for the attacks which initially knocked out half of the kingdom`s daily oil output, saying the air attacks "unquestionably" had Iranian state sponsorship, Pompeo has announced the Aramco attacks constitute an "act of war" by Iran.

Laut US-Außenminister Mike Pompeo handelt es sich bei dem am Samstag erfolgten Angriff auf saudische Ölanlagen um einen vom Iran begangenen "Akt des Krieges".

Vladimir Lenin is said to have opined that the only thing certain about British elections is who is going to lose. He meant the British working class, at a time when they were effectively unrepresented in the political system.

Saudi Arabia wants its allies to believe Tehran launched attacks on its oil facilities, even though the one thing their evidence proves is the Iranian-made arms. Even so, Donald Trump will unlikely greenlight a war against Iran.

Von Karin Leukefeld - Sollte Netanyahu als Sieger aus den heutigen Wahlen in Israel hervorgehen, rückt der nächste Krieg in greifbare Nähe.

The fifth meeting of the guarantor states of the Astana process on the settlement in Syria was very successful and productive. The joint statement we adopted on its results has sealed our commitment to continued efforts towards a sustainable and viable peace in the Syrian Arab Republic. We are convinced that this goal can only be achieved through political and diplomatic methods based on UN Security Council Resolution 2254. As the guarantors of the Astana process, our three countries stand for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria.

"Ce sera un vote de protestation, et une manifestation de solidarité avec nos concitoyens arabes en butte au racisme et aux discriminations de toutes sortes en Israel," à l’occasion d’élections "où l’extrême-droite qu’elle soit laïque ou religieuse est omniprésente, publie Gideon Levy dans Haaretz. Dans le même journal, Shlomo Sand se positionne également pour un vote en faveur de la Liste d’Union Arabe, étant donné que c’est "la seule formation à ne pas avoir les mains pleines de sang" et "à s’intéresser à la question de la paix et de la démocratie".

Saturday’s events have shown that the roof will come down on the world economy if any regional conflagration erupts leading to destruction of the petrodollar states. Brent Crude jumped 20% higher Sunday night. If the Saudi outage could last for months, as seems likely, expect the Brent onslaught to continue until the price hits $80, and keeps moving higher. Suffice to say, Iran’s threat that it won’t be the only loser in a military confrontation with the US must be taken very seriously. The IRGC has reiterated this on Sunday.

Will Saudi Arabia order the US to go to war with Iran, after drone attacks (or missile attacks) on Saudi Arabia`s oil facilities?

A complete absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black Suq (market) of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the war-torn and war-weary nation.

Au lendemain de la mise hors service du plus grand complexe de traitement pétrolier au monde, et de la moitié de la capacité d`exportation pétrolière de l`Arabie Séoudite, on peut se demander à qui profitera le choc pétrolier qui frappera les marchés mondiaux de matières premières demain lundi. En amont on peut se demander aussi à qui a profité l`attaque contre Abqaïq et Khouraïs.

Le Président syrien a signé le décret N°20 qui prévoit l’amnistie générale dans le pays pour les crimes commis avant le 14 septembre 2019, a annoncé ce dimanche 15 septembre le service de presse de Bachar el-Assad. Selon l’agence de presse syrienne Sana, dans la plupart des cas, il s’agit d’une commutation de peine. Par exemple, «la peine capitale est remplacée par des travaux forcés à vie», indique l’un des points de ce décret. Et la peine de travaux forcés à vie pour des personnes amnistiées se verra substituée une peine de travaux forcés pendant 20 ans. Également, au lieu d’une peine d’emprisonnement à perpétuité, les prisonniers devront rester dans les établissements pénitentiaires durant 20 ans.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signed a decree on universal amnesty in the country for crimes committed before September 14 this year, in particular, the death penalty will be replaced by hard labor, the press service of the Syrian leader said on Sunday.

La vie reprend son cours normal dans la majeure partie de la Syrie et il n’y a presque aucune opération militaire ailleurs qu’aux abord de la province rebelle d’Idleb. A Damas, la foire commerciale internationale comme la foire du livre sont une réussite compte tenu des menaces de sanctions imposées par Washington. Signe extrêmement important du retour à la normale: la baisse drastique d’attaques au mortier et d’attentats.

The second target was a processing plant near Khurais 190 km (118 miles) further southwest. It lies within the countries second largest oil field. Both installations are more than 1,000 km (600 miles) from Yemen. Saudi Arabia does not have air defenses that protect its oil facilities from attacks from the south.

Israel kann seine Militäroperation im Gazastreifen „jeden Moment“ starten. Das sagte Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu am Freitag dem TV- und Rundfunksender KAN. Zuvor hatte der Premier darauf hingewiesen, dass diese Operation allem Anschein nach unausweichlich sei.

Depuis plus de huit ans, une guerre mondiale – qui n’est jamais qualifiée de la sorte par nos médias de caniveaux alors que plus de 100 pays y participent pourtant, de manière directe ou/et indirecte – ravage la Syrie. Le fallacieux prétexte habituel de ‘guerre à l’encontre du terrorisme mondial’ a vécu, quand on sait maintenant que les pays occidentaux au premier rang desquels les USA financent, forment et arment les mercenaires de tous bords à travers des groupes changeant de noms en fonction de l’endroit où ils opèrent, et sans parler de ceux qui se font soigner en Israël.

“Over 2,000 militants have fled to Turkey after being helped by Turkish border guards since the Syrian Army kicked off its military operation on May 6,” the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted local sources in Kharbeh al-Joz Northwest of Jisr al-Shoghour in Western Idlib as saying. Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours. Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army`s operations in provinces across Syria.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco oil refineries in Saudi Arabia. Yemeni TV channel al-Masirah said the Houthis had deployed 10 drones against the sites in Abqaiq and Khurais, and the group pledged to widen the range of its attacks on Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition fighting them in Yemen.

As News Front previously reported, to the west of the Euphrates River, territories are controlled by Kurdish gangs, which are subordinate to the United States, whose forces are also concentrated in the region. While a peaceful life is being established in the liberated parts of the Arab Republic through the efforts of official Damascus, the situation remains unstable in Zaevfratie. The population here is terrorized by both Kurdish militants and terrorists of the Islamic state.

The lesson to be drawn from the current Israeli political stalemate is that Israel is imploding, breaking into the elements it has never managed to integrate into one. The schism is no longer the more quotidian dichotomy of Ashkenazi vs. Arab Jews (aka Sephardim); this divide is ideological, religious, spiritual, political, ethnic and cultural. Nor does it break down to Left and Right, Jewish Israelis are politically with the right even when they pretend to be ‘Left.’ Although some of the most astute critical voices of Israeli politics and Jewish fundamentalism are Israelis (such as Gideon Levi, Shlomo Sand, Israel Shamir and others), there is no political Israeli Left. Israeli politics break down into a lot of extreme right voters and many ordinary hawks.

L’Union Européenne a le droit d’interdire à ses ressortissants et à ses entreprises tout ce qui lui chante, y compris de livrer du pétrole à la Syrie. Mais elle n’a pas le droit d’interdire quoi que ce soit à des non-membres de l’Union Européenne. Seul le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu peut décider de sanctions mondiales.

La Russie a procédé, le mercredi 11 septembre, à ses premières frappes depuis l’expiration de la trêve contre les terroristes du Parti du Turkestan (PIT) et de Hurras ad-Din dans les villes d’al-Dahr et de Kafr Maris, dans l’ouest d’Idlib. C’est la première fois depuis la mise en place du cessez-le-feu, fin août, que la Russie prend pour cible les positions des terroristes opérant à Idlib.

“Thank God, security services carried out at 7:24 p.m. local time (1624 GMT) on Tuesday a successful intelligence and security operation deep inside the areas controlled by the Saudi-led coalition of aggression, and managed to eliminate Mohammed Ali Qaid Dhawi in the city of Ma’rib,” Arabic-language al-Masirah television network cited a statement released by the ministry late on Wednesday.

With an election around the corner, Netanyahu has launched a regional show of force, safe in the knowledge that his targets are too weak to retaliate before the September vote

Syria strongly condemned the declaration of the Zionist entity’s prime minister on his intention to annex Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank to the Zionist entity, affirming that this comes in the context of the expansionist nature of the occupation’s entity and in a new step in the aggression against the rights of the Palestinian people and the attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues his long track record of attempting to out-hawk all political opponents, announcing on Tuesday his intention of annexing parts of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, if re-elected. “I will not do anything without getting a clear mandate from the public, and so the citizens of Israel, I ask you for a clear mandate to do this,” Netanyahu said while campaigning ahead of the September 17 election. "This is a historic opportunity to apply sovereignty to communities in Judea and Samaria."

L’avancée de l’armée syrienne dans la région d’Idleb inquiète plusieurs protagonistes de la guerre en Syrie.Les dirigeants turcs ont conscience que toute solution à Idleb sera au détriment de leur présence au nord de la Syrie. Ce qui pourrait par le fait mettre fin à toutes ambitions d’annexions et de spoliations de ce territoire syrien. La reprise d’Idleb signifie l’avortement du rêve des dirigeants turcs d’une zone-tampon au nord de la Syrie, où ils pourraient regrouper les réfugiés syriens qui se trouvent en Turquie, ainsi que différents types de combattants.

Medienberichten zufolge haben türkische und US-Kräfte im Nordosten Syriens gemeinsame Patrouillen gestartet. Der Besänftigung vorgeschobener türkischer Sicherheitsbedenken halber, haben die USA unter dem Deckmantel zur Schaffung einer Sicherheitszone, einer Einverleibung durch Ankara zugestimmt.

After two civil wars, multiple invasions and political assassinations galore, you might think Lebanon deserves a break from the greatest crisis since its last greatest crisis. But no – here we were this week with the Israelis claiming the Hezbollah were running a missile factory in the Bekaa Valley and the prime minister – the Lebanese one, not the Israeli – claiming that the world’s investors could put their money in his country even though this infinitely small nation has one of the world’s highest debt to GDP ratios. One-hundred-and-fifty per cent to be precise.

The authorities in Aleppo, Syria have been rebuilding the city`s infrastructure damaged during fierce fighting, including the centrally located food market Souq al-Hal, which is expected to become operational soon.

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has shot down an Israeli military drone outside the southern town of Ramyah.

In syrische Regierungseinheiten eingebettete Korrespondenten von dem russischen online Portal ANNA-News haben während der blitzartigen Rückeroberung terroristischer Hochburgen im nördlichen Hama und Süd-Idlib, fulminante Eindrücke von dem Kriegsverlauf eingefangen. Ferner lieferten sie beständig Impressionen von Geisterstädten, jene von Terroristen in Windeseile zurückgelassen wurden, und einen Fundus an Beweismitteln terroristischer Präsenz aufzuweisen haben.

The Avivim military compound was the scene of a skirmish on Sunday between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Hezbollah managed to strike an Israeli military vehicle with an anti-tank guided missile, while the IDF retaliated with artillery shelling and “very limited” use of attack helicopters.

There are rare moments in history, when even the most determined enemies can suddenly recognize the futility of battle. Sometimes, just for a moment or two. Sometimes, for longer. Such moments of sanity may save thousands, even millions human lives. And, such moments are not expressions of weakness or cowardice; on the contrary; they are embodiments of courage.