La crise entre le Qatar et l’Arabie Saoudite est entrée dans son 100ème jour sans qu’aucune perspective de solution ne pointe à l’horizon. Au contraire, les relations se sont encore détériorées. L’émir du Qatar, Tamin ben Hamad Al Thani, s’est rendu ce jeudi 14 septembre en Turquie pour rencontrer son allié et protecteur, le président Recep Tayyeb Erdogan.

Une révolution silencieuse est en train de projeter l`Arabie Saoudite vers un destin dont nul ne peut prédire s`il sera salutaire ou dévastateur.

Das jüdische Jahr 5777 geht gerade zu Ende und ist ein wunderbares Jahr gewesen. Der Sommer war rammelvoll mit Musikereignissen. Es gab nie einen Sommer wie den in Tel-Avivs Yarkon-Park. Die Ereignisse wurden alle dort veranstaltet trotz der Kampagne Boykott, Desinvestitionen und Sanktionen und Roger Waters. Man sagt, die Leute hatten eine tolle Zeit. Der Winter brachte auch eine Menge Vergnügen, wie auch der Frühling und der Herbst.

Army Units, in cooperation with the backup forces, established full control over the villages of Ma’adan Atiq in the countryside of Deir Ezzor province after carrying out typical operations against the ISIS terrorists in the western countryside of the province, according to SANA reporter.

According to multiple fairly credible reports, the SDF managed to impose full control over the Al-Bazikh mountain chain and the neighbouring Derro oil field, located some 30 kilometers directly north of Deir Ezzor.

Que n’a-t-on entendu sur cette armée syrienne qui, au moment où j’écris ces lignes, brise l’étau de Daech autour de Deir Ezzor ! Vilipendée par les médias occidentaux, accusée des pires atrocités, qualifiée de milice à la solde d’un clan, elle donne une claque mémorable à tous ces vautours qui l’ont accusée de servir un pouvoir « criminel » alors qu’elle combattait une vermine que les dirigeants occidentaux, ces lâches, ont nourrie au grain pendant tant d’années.

Alors que l`armée syrienne et le Hezbollah se trouvent à quelques kilomètres de la ville stratégique de Deir ez-Zor, un journal turc revient sur ce qu`il qualifie de "plan américain pour le sud et le nord de la Syrie".

Angesichts des Widerspruchs zwischen dem Sezessionsreferendum in der irakischen Kurdenregion und der Verfassung des Landes akzeptiert die Regierung in Bagdad nach Angaben vom Ministerpräsidenten Heidar al-Abadi die Abstimmung nicht.

Das Sezessionsreferendum wird nach Angaben des Wahlkomitees der irakischen Kurdenregion in den Provinzen Kirkuk, Diyala und Ninive stattfinden.

The Turkish National Security Council has promised to provide air support for Iraq`s Turkmen minority to defend against Kurdish attacks ahead of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) independence referendum, Sura News reported.

Nachdem Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham HTS), einem Al-Kaida-Ableger, zwischen Hama und dem westlichen Teil von Idlib vertrieben wurden, bewegen sich diese in Richtung türkische Grenze. Dort warten bereits türkische Truppen auf sie, wie man auf der unteren Videosequenz sehen kann.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their offensive along the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, Friday, liberating the town of Khasham after an intense battle with the so-called Islamic State (ISIL).

SANA reporter said that army units continued their operations against ISIS sites and fortifications in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, establishing control over the villages of Halbia, Zalbia and al-Qasabi and the archaeological sites in them.

Mit dem bevorstehenden kurdischen Referendum werden ein paar Dinge klar, "klar wie Kloßbrühe", wie man so sagt. Schließlich werden die Kurden von allen geliebt, als das warmherzigste Volk auf Erden.

Berlin`s long-standing support for the Kurdish Autonomous Region has helped lay the groundwork for the referendum on the secession of Iraq`s Kurdish-speaking regions, scheduled to be held on Monday.

According to pro-opposition news pages, the Russian cruise missiles struck Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) positions in the towns of Kafr Sajna, Haas, and Maar Shamanen, along with a number of sites in the southern and eastern countrysides of Idlib.

The US-backed ‘Syrian Democratic Forces’ have virtually met up with the Russian-backed Syrian Arab Army (SAA) after scoring a large advance, Thursday, through the oil-rich desert directly east of Deir Ezzor’s provincial capital.

Moments ago, Islamic State commanders reached an agreement with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to evacuate all their fighters from the last stretch of ISIS-held territory in Hama province.

Led by detachments from the Republican Guard and 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army attacked the Islamic State’s defenses at Saqr Island’s Central Park, scoring a new advance after a fierce battle this afternoon.

Local sources told Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network that the fighter jets targeted a passenger car as it was traveling along a road in the Abs district of the province, located approximately 130 kilometers northwest of the capital Sana’a, on Thursday afternoon.

Iraqi forces have launched an operation against ISIS in the Hawija pocket of northern Iraq.

According to the magazine Israel-Kurd based in Erbil, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Massoud Barzani, the self-appointed President of the future independent Kurdistan, have reached a secret agreement. Tel-Aviv is committed to installing 200 000 Israelis of Kurdish origin in Kurdistan.

On the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, the reporter added that the army units eliminated the latest ISIS gatherings in the village of Marat, while other army units continued pursuing ISIS terrorists on the direction of Khasham town and Howeijat Saker area.

Moscow has warned the US that if militias it supports in northeast Syria again attack positions of pro-government forces backed by Russia, the Russian military will use all its force to retaliate.

According to a military source in Hama, the Syrian Arab Army recaptured the towns of Talisah , Shatheh and Qahirah in northern Hama, killing over 50 jihadist terrorists from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the process.

Iraqi Kurdistan will vote on independence regardless of international and regional pressure, head of the Independent Electoral Commission for Elections and Referendum in Kurdistan, Hendrin Mohammed, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

A military source told Sputnik that the US forces were ready to leave its military base in Syria’s al-Tanf.

Syrian Arab Army has opened humanitarian corridors in Deir Ezzor for citizens willing to leave the areas in which ISIS terrorists are positioned.

The Syrian Army continues to fight the Islamic State in different parts of Deir Ezzor, making rapid progress and liberating several villages and towns.

Army units clashed with groups affiliated to ISIS terrorist organization in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, establishing control over new areas in the area surrounding al-Tabani town.

A railway connection between the suburbs of Damascus and the resort city of Al-Zabadani was resumed, Monday, after a break of almost five years.

Following the securing of al-Shalishat, Um Ten, al-Nabtiyah and al-Moadamiyah earlier today, the Syrian Army has pushed on the liberate the towns of Rasm al-Taweel, Biyout al-Nizal, al-Qantrah, Dahrt al-Sathiyah and Dahrt al-Nizal as well as a number of of hills surrounding the settlements.

Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has reiterated Ankara’s opposition to a planned Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq, warning that disintegration of Iraq will lead to a global conflict.

Abdul-Karim al-Aani, chairman of Annah town’s council, told Alsumaria News that army and police troops, backed by Popular Mobilization Forces, took over Rayhana region, east of Annah, and raised Iraqi flags above its buildings.

Wer den kurdischen Sezessionismus aufpeitscht, betreibt bewusst oder dahinmanipuliert das blutige NeoCon-Monopoly der Drohnenkrieger Obama, McKain & Clinton, die sich in den kurdischen Regionen in Nord-Syrien Militär-Stützpunkte errichtet haben. Diese Politik kann in Nah-Ost noch weitere “Bürgerkriege” entfachen

SANA reporter said that army units continued advance in the framework of the operations against gatherings of ISIS terrorists towards al-Sabha village on the eastern bank of Euphrates River and Koniko gas field, establishing control over the villages of Mazloum and al-Maratt.

Fallon called for dialogue between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad under the supervision of the international community, KRP’s statement added. Barzani, for his part, said there was no other way rather than independence of Kurdistan and that the region wants to become a “good neighbor” with Iraq.

A correspondent with Al-Masdar News based in Damascus has confirmed that the Syrian Amy has crossed the Euphrates which runs through Deir Ezzor on Monday.

Das Oberste Gericht des Iraks hat am Montag die Volksabstimmung über die Unabhängigkeit in Irakisch-Kurdistan vorerst ausgesetzt. Das teilte die Gerichtspressestelle mit.

Thirty-five illegal militant units have confirmed their readiness to switch to the side of the government troops in the Idlib de-escalation zone in eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry`s Center for Syrian Reconciliation said Monday.

Army units seized huge amounts of machineguns, ammunition and rockets from the remnants of ISIS terrorists in the town of Abu Hanaya in the eastern countryside of Salamiyeh in Hama province.

Army units, in cooperation with the allied forces, continued to advance on all fighting axes against ISIS terrorist organization and established control over new points on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city and its countryside.

Syrian troops forced a crossing over the Euphrates river east of Deir ez-Zor on Monday as a part of an operation to clear the city`s outskirts from Daesh terrorists, a Sputnik correspondent and Russian military reported.

Bahrain’s king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah has called for an end to the Arab boycott of Israel, days after the Israeli premier said relations with the Arab world were better than any other time.

New revelations on the role of Saudi Arabia in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, pose the imperative: the ongoing Saudi genocide against Yemen must stop; the Saudi-related networks perpetrating such crimes against humanity must be brought down.

Israeli government to celebrate 50 years of occupation on Sept. 27. "To the different forces in the world and in Israel trying to undermine the Jewish people`s connection to its country, we say -- you won`t succeed," Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev said, per Ynet. "We returned home to our ancestral lands, and we are here to stay for all of eternity. Our belonging to these lands should be above political or diplomatic dispute."

“We will have a meeting with Mr Abadi in the United States, and from what we can see our goal is the same. Our goal is not dividing Iraq,” said Erdogan on Sunday before departing for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly where he would meet the Iraqi leader.

There is no more need for any U.S. intervention to achieve the total defeat of the Islamic State. While the U.S. president had declared that his country has no further interest in Syria but the defeat of ISIS, other forces within the U.S. ruling structure have likely different ideas. We can expect some operations, by "independent" U.S. proxy forces or by "accidental" bombing, to hinder the Syrian and Iraqi government plans.

Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki said Iraq will not allow the creation of a “second Israel” state in northern Iraq, calling for the prevention of Kurdistan independence referendum.

Den irakischen Armeekräften sowie der Volks- und Stammeswehr ist es gelungen, die Stadt Akashat im Westen der irakischen Provinz Al-Anbar von den IS-Terroristen zu befreien.

Der irakische Präsident Fuad Masum hat in einer Erklärung sämtliche politische Führer des Landes zu Gesprächen über das anstehende Referendum in der autonomen Region Kurdistans aufgefordert.

Das Unternehmen HeidelbergCement versucht seinen Raub der natürlichen Ressourcen in Palästina unter dem Deckmantel der israelischen Militärverwaltung als ein Weltverbesserer darzustellen. Seit 10 Jahren betreibt das deutsche Unternehmen ohne palästinensische Genehmigung einen Steinbruch auf geraubtem Land des Dorfes Al-Zawiya im besetzten Westjordanland.

Würde die Wahl 2019 vorgezogen, müsste Erdogan mit einer Schlappe rechnen, eine neue nationalistische Partei könnte ein Fünftel der Wähler mobilisieren

Während in den Massenmedien Schweigen das Geschehen im Osten Syriens begleitet, überschlagen sich in den alternativen Medien die Spekulationen. Nämlich dahingehend, dass die Teilung Syriens, angestrebt durch die USA und unter Missbrauch kurdischer Autonomiebestrebungen nun doch in die Tat umgesetzt wird. Doch so kristallklar sind die Dinge nicht.

Syrian Army forces fully secured the town of Jafrah, ejecting ISIS militants via a torrent of gunfire, artillery barrages and airstrikes.

The Russian Defense Ministry denied on Sunday the Pentagon`s allegations that Russian jets had attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor.

Army units in cooperation with the allied and supporting forces continued the military operations of chasing down ISIS terrorists in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, destroying the last gathering of them at the surrounding area of al-Jafra village.

Saudi Arabia`s airstrikes have killed seven civilians, including women and children, and injured five others in Yemen’s central province of Ma`rib.

The Russian military has flatly rejected a claim that its warplanes have bombed the positions of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria’s flashpoint province of Dayr al-Zawr.

Speaking in an interview with broadcaster A Haber, Erdogan said Turkey would announce its official position on the referendum after its National Security Council and cabinet have convened on September 22.

"Militants are continuing to lay down arms and to defect to the government forces," the Russian reconciliation center in Syria said

Bei Gesprächen über Syrien in Astana werden neue Waffenstillstände vereinbart. Aufständische von Katar-Krise betroffen

Despite reports from Kurdish and opposition sources that either Russian or Syrian warplanes bombed positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces in eastern Deir Ezzor early this morning, Kurdish-led forces have nonetheless continued to advance in the direction of the region’s provincial capital, laying claim to two new sites.

Justice Minister also said Assad "must keep Iran out if he wants to survive”

The Iraqi pro-government forces have made rapid gains in their joint anti-ISIL operation in the strategic Akashat region in the Western part of Anbar province near the border with Syria, military sources confirmed on Saturday.

Army units regained control over Howeijet al-Mrai’eyeh village in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province.

Either Russian or Syrian airpower has attacked Kurdish-led forces on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river near the Deir Ezzor city area according to reports from both opposition and Kurdish sources.

After a victory near Deir Ezzor city, Syrian government forces have successfully crossed the Euphrates River and gained foothold on its eastern bank, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said during a weekly press briefing.

Im Kampf um den Flughafen von Deir ez-Zor wurde die Stadt Al-Muri’iyah erobert, die sich in der Nähe des Flughafens von Deir ez-Zor befindet, wie die arabische Quelle Al-Masdar News in einer Eilmeldung schreibt. Der Angriff wurde von der Republikanischen Garde und der syrisch-arabischen Armee koordiniert. Bei der Offensive wurden 20 Terroristen des Islamischen Staates (ISIS, IS, Daesh) getötet.

Units of Army and Armed Forces established full control over the villages of al-Shindakhia al-Janobia and Abu Tarraha in Jub al-Jarrah area in the eastern countryside of Homs.

“We don’t want to impose sanctions. But if we arrive at that point, there are steps that have been already planned that Turkey can take,” Yıldırım told reporters on Sept. 15 in Ankara.

Leaked message purportedly sent from Emirati ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, says a takeover would `solve everyone`s problems`

Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, thanking him and congratulating the Iranian nation on recent advances in Dayr al-Zawr.

... Brett McGurk, US special presidential envoy (SPE) to the global anti-ISIS coalition, met with the leadership of Kurdistan`s second party Gorran on Wednesday to “make it clear to all political parties that the United States is 100 percent against holding the referendum on September 25,” according to a statement from Gorran. ...

Iran and the United States jointly but separately are putting the screws on Massoud Barzani to halt his drive for Iraqi Kurdistan to hold its upcoming independence referendum.

A group of Israeli settlers from the infamously extremist Yitzhar settlement in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus uprooted 27 olive trees near the village of Burin on Wednesday. Last week settlers from Rechelim destroyed 43 olive trees in occupied al-Sawiya.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured the strategic district of Al-Husseiniyeh along the eastern bank of the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Kurdish activists reported on Thursday evening.

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no more a safe country as missiles manufactured by the Yemeni group can now hit anywhere in the Arab country.

The Iraqi parliament has voted to dismiss the governor of the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk after the provincial council voted to take part in the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum irrespective of the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry called on the authorities of Iraqi Kurdistan to cancel the planned independence referendum, warning that the region would otherwise "pay a price," according to a statement seen by Sputnik on Thursday.

SANA’s reporter said that the army units regained control over Damen battalion, southwest of the Airport, and the first water-pumping station in al-Mrai’eyeh.

Schools in the liberated areas of Deir ez-Zor city have started the new school year in relative peace after Damascus breached the Islamic State terrorists’ siege and sent much-needed humanitarian aid to the population who suffered years of blockade.

Following the liberation of the 1082 Air Defense Base, the Syrian Army scored another advance south of the airport, seizing control of the Al-Rafa’ Al-Oulah Station in the town of Al-Muri’iyah.

...The U.S. intention to prevent the SAA is confirmed by Major General Rupert Jones, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the US-led Coalition. Sunday, Jones threatened to strike any units of the SAA if it crossed the Euphrates River. ... Besides, the SAA is planning to cross the Euphrates in the Deir Ezzor Governorate after liberating several areas along the western bank of the river and liberate more oil-rich territory.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says despite suffering from foreign-sponsored terrorism for the past seven years, his country is moving steadily towards victory, a day after the Russian military announced that government troops were in control of 85 percent of the whole Syrian territory.

Israeli forces have shot and injured a Palestinian boy for an alleged stabbing attempt east of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.

Earlier the parliament in Baghdad authorized the prime minister to "take all measures" to preserve Iraq`s unity. Kurdish lawmakers walked out of the session before the vote and issued statements rejecting the decision.

Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions in areas liberated during Operation Euphrates Shield in the Aleppo countryside are making significant efforts to eliminate their military checkpoints and armed presence in the small cities and towns under their control.

Anschuldigungen, Gegenargumente und Interessen.

Syrian Arab Army units continued operations to secure the perimeter of Deir Ezzor Military Airport and Regiment 137, in conjunction with concentrated operations to eliminate ISIS terrorists form the province’s southeastern countryside.

According to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel supports the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people to achieve their own state while considering the Kurdistan Workers` Party a terrorist group. An independence referendum is slated for September 25.

Erdogan has commented on Washington`s reaction to Ankara-Moscow deal on S-400 systems` supplies a day after a contract had been signed.

According to the Lebanese organization’s media wing, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies liberated the towns of Zaghroutiyah, Drawayshiyah, Lawaybdah, Ghaniman, and Umm Sajj in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.

Presented in the West as the realization of a friendly utopia, the brand new « Rojava » is in reality a colonial state, designed and cemented in blood by Washington. This time, the plan is to expel the populations of the North of Syria and replace them with people who were not born there. In order to implement this ethnic cleansing, the Pentagon and the CIA have mobilised combatants from the circles of the European extreme-left.

Die ganz neue "Rojava" wird im Westen als Realisierung einer schönen Utopie dargestellt, ist aber in Wirklichkeit ein von Washington gewollter und mit Blutvergießen organisierter Kolonialstaat. Es geht diesmal darum, die Bewohner des Nordens von Syrien zu verjagen und sie durch Leute zu ersetzen, die dort nicht geboren sind. Um diese ethnische Säuberung durchzuführen, haben das Pentagon und die CIA Kämpfer in europäischen linken Kreisen mobilisiert.

The Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has held talks with the Syrian President Bashar Assad during his visit to Damascus. The two sides discussed military cooperation and joint actions against jihadists in Syria.

Hariri stressed his keenness on dissociating Lebanon from all crises happening in its vicinity, stressing the need to cooperate with Russia to arm the Lebanese Armed Forces.

Army units expanded their control on the southeastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor city, after inflicting heavy losses upon ISIS terrorists.

Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered the strategic town of Jafra in Deir Ezzor after advancing east from the military airport.

Eveline Steinberger-Kern versicherte gleich, dass sie sich nicht als Kanzlergattin sieht, sondern beruflich eigenständig agiert; sie bezeichnet sich auch als Feministin und setzt sich für Frauenquoten ein. Interviews oder Berichte geben meist nur Bekanntes wieder, sodass ihr auch unter dem Aspekt weiblicher Eigenständigkeit eine kritische Betrachtung sicher eher gerecht wird. An der Oberfläche kann frau (oder mann) bewundern, was sie in den Bereichen Start Ups, Nachhaltigkeit, Energie und Smart Technologies zuwege bringt und anleiert. Auf den zweiten Blick tun sich aber kritische Fragen auf, auch weil smart immer mit Überwachungspotenzial verbunden ist.

Qatar says the “illegal” blockade imposed on Doha by the Saudi-led quartet of countries is aimed to force the peninsular Persian Gulf nation to become a “state of trusteeship.”

Last Wednesday (9/6) Israel`s state funded Kol Yisrael radio service made cryptic reference to the "secret" yet historic visit while withholding names and specifics. "An emir of the Saudi royal court visited the country secretly in recent days and discussed with senior Israeli officials the idea of advancing regional peace," the station reported.

Washington setzt beim Kampf um die syrischen Ölgebiete auf kurdische Einheiten, schreibt die „Nesawissimaja Gaseta“ am Montag. Die Kontroversen zwischen Damaskus und der US-geführten Koalition spitzen sich demnach zu angesichts des Vormarschs der syrischen Regierungstruppen in Richtung Deir ez-Zor.

Das syrische Außenministerium hat die USA dazu aufgerufen, ihre Truppen aus Syrien zurückzuziehen. Andernfalls werde das Land diese als feindlich einstufen. Die vermeintliche Anti-IS-Koalition geriere sich immer mehr wie eine Koalition zur Zerstörung Syriens.

A military source told SANA that army units operating in the eastern countryside of Homs expanded their control over the area to the north and west of Belas Mountains after they targeted ISIS gatherings and fortifications to the east of Shaer Mount in the eastern countryside of the city.

A humanitarian aid convoy, carrying about 700 tons of food, arrived on Monday in the city of Deir Ezzor in the framework of the land bridge opened by the government immediately after breaking the siege imposed on the city.

Speaking to Russian media, a couple from Deir ez-Zor, the eastern Syrian city which held out for three long years against Daesh, described a story of suffering, resilience and heroism often chillingly reminiscent to that of WWII-era Leningrad.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is not interested in sharing any part of the Homs-Iraq border with the U.S. Coalition, despite claims by the latter that they are merely at the Tanf Crossing to fight the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIL) in Iraq.

An Holland, Belgien und Frankreich: Es reicht nicht aus, die israelische Politik der Zerstörung, die Anlagen und Gebäude zerstört, die durch die Gelder der Steuerzahler errichtet wurden, mit passenden Worten zu verurteilen. Es ist gut, dass ihr verärgert seid, aber der Schritt der Anhäufung eures Zorns hinkt dem galoppierenden und gefährlichen Schritt der Bulldozers der Zivilverwaltung im Westjordanland und den Verteidigungskräften der Siedlungen hinterher.

Die Malerin Ursula Behr sucht die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Krieg und Tod. Im Berliner Coop Anti-War Café eröffnet sie ihre Ausstellung mit Syrienbildern. Es sind Portraits gefolterter syrischer Regierungssoldaten, die ihrem Tod entgegensehen. Bilder von der Befreiung der antiken Oasenstadt Palmyra. Bilder der Gräuel. Bilder eines verbrecherischen Krieges.

According to the correspondent, Syrian government troops and their allies have been marching to Deir ez-Zor along the main road from the city of Palmyra via the town of As Sukhnah.

Currently, the million-dollar question in the Arabian Gulf’s political and media circles is whether or not the 39th Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will be held this December as scheduled, and whether all of the Council members’ leaders will meet at the same table.

Die aktuelle Situation in Aleppo. von Karin Leukefeld

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the Syrian Crisis with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on Sunday, paying special attention to the establishment of safe zones in the war-torn country and the ways to find a political solution to the armed conflict.

Wissam Nassar, a Gaza-born photojournalist who has worked in the coastal enclave for the past eight years, has seen it all.

Syrian Arab Army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, have broken the siege imposed by ISIS on Deir Ezzor Military Airport and the adjacent neighborhoods of Hrabesh and Tahtouh.

A military source said that the army units operating on al-Sukhneh-Deir Ezzor axis, in cooperation with the backup forces, arrived in the Regiment 137 and the Panorama area on Sunday and expanded their control over the area.

With the Panorama area liberated, the Syrian Arab Army has officially taken full control of the Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor Highway, opening up another route to the provincial capital of the Deir Ezzor Governorate.

Wie die Palästinenser hoffen die Kurden auf ihren eigenen Staat. Seit der Auflösung des Ottomanischen Reiches haben manche ihrer Führer eher Allianzen mit einigen Imperalistischen Mächten als mit ihren Nachbarn favorisiert. Diese Führer und die mit ihnen verbundenen Familien haben sich in imperialistische Joker verwandelt um den Mittleren Osten durcheinander zu bringen.

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared an offensive against the Islamic State (IS) in the Deir al-Zour province, where the Syrian army is also advancing against the terror-designated group.

Syrian army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have managed to break a nearly three-year siege imposed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists on a strategic airbase in the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr as they continue to make substantial gains against the extremists.

Army units, in cooperation with backup forces, restored full control over the villages of Um Sahrij, al-Harsh, Alam Sharqi, Kherbit Jeb Habel and Kherbit al-Haiwaniyeh in the eastern countryside of Homs province, after intensive operations against the ISIS terrorists’ gatherings and hideouts.

The settlements in question are Umm Suhrej, al-Harash, Khirbat Habl, Khirbat Haywaniyat, Alam Sharqiun, Um Saj and Khirbet al-Saba’a.

According to a military source, the Syrian Arab Army is now less than 1km away from the Deir Ezzor Military Airport and can see the troops inside this imperative installation near the provincial capital.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have liberated the strategic Thayyem Oil Field and the nearby areas from ISIS south of Deir Ezzor city, the Syrian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.

Riyadh is suspending all communication with Doha after Qatari media allegedly misreported the contents of the first phone talks on the crisis between the two Arab states, Saudi state media said. It comes after Donald Trump called on Gulf countries to unite against Iran.

A coalition of US-backed Kurdish and Arab militants has launched an offensive against Daesh-held areas in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr Province amid decisive government victories in the area, raising the prospect of a confrontation with Syrian army forces.

Army units established control over al-Shoula town, about 22 km to the southwest of Deir Ezzor city after eliminating the last gatherings of ISIS terrorists in it.

Die USA wollen mit einer neuen „Lärmwoge“ um Chemiewaffen die Aufmerksamkeit „von den glänzenden Siegen der syrischen Armee in der Syrischen Wüste an der Grenze zum Irak und von der effektiven Kooperation mit den Volksmobilisierungskräften“ ablenken, sagte Ammar al-Asad, ranghoher Abgeordneter im syrischen Parlament, gegenüber Sputnik.

Army units, backed by the Air Force, achieved on Thursday a new progress in their continued operations in eliminating ISIS terrorists in Deir Ezzor and its countryside, establishing control over the strategic Raqqa Bridge on the western axis.

According to military sources, the Qalamoun Shield Forces liberated the towns of Abu Dali and Kawkab al-Sweid, driving ISIS militants from them after a brief firefight and shelling.

According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, the army liberated the villages of Rasm Humayd Al-Hibrah Al-Gharbiyah, along with several hills and mountains in southeastern Jubb Al-Jarrah.

According to a military source in Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Arab Army liberated at least 10 km of territory north and south of the supply line, giving the government a secure route to this province in eastern Syria.

In addition to the deliveries made to Al-Fou’aa and Kafraya, the Syrian Red Crescent also transported humanitarian aid to the Yarmouk Camp District of southern Damascus.

The convoy delivered food, fuel products, as well as essential medications to the city.

The three-year-long Daesh blockade of Deir ez-Zor has recently been lifted thanks to an operation by the Syrian Army backed by Russian forces.

Israels Luftwaffe hat Angriffe auf syrische Armeestellungen im Westen des Landes geflogen. Das meldet die Nachrichtenagentur Associated Press (AP) unter Berufung auf das syrische Militär.

General Command of the Army and Armed Forces affirmed that the Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace at 02:42 a.m. on Thursday targeting one of the Syrian military positions near Massyaf in Hama countryside , killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the site.

Israeli forces had warned Raed al-Salhi in late July that they were coming for him. “They called him and told him `we will shoot you in front of your mother`,” Khaled, 24, one of Raed’s four older brothers told Mondoweiss. Two weeks after the call, on August 9, 2017, Israeli forces shot Raed in the courtyard behind his home at 4 a.m, as his mother sat inside the family’s living room just feet away.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the regime’s "breakthrough" in its ties with Arab countries, claiming "many levels of cooperation" exist that cannot yet be exposed to the public.

In a recent article titled “Why Israel needs to Prepare America for the Upcoming War in Syria,” Jerusalem Post writer Eric R. Mandel (an American Zionist) proposes that the US government and people must be made war-willing partners of Israel in the event of any future attack by the Israeli Defense Forces against Syrian, Russian and/ or Iranian military targets.

Syrian Arab Army units expanded their control around Regiment 137 in the southwestern side of Deir Ezzor and inflicted heavy losses on ISIS terrorists, at a time when fierce infighting erupted between the terror organization’s mercenaries due to the state of collapse it is suffering under the continuous victories of the Syrian army.

A food convoy presented by the branches of the Syrian Trading establishment in the provinces, was sent on Wednesday from Homs province to Deir Ezzor city to support the citizens in the city.

More than 4 million male and female students headed for their schools on Wednesday morning with the beginning of the new school year 2017-2018 after the Ministry of Education finished its preparations to receive them.

A deconfliction zone has been established near the Syrian city of Tell Rifaat with the assistance of the Russian Defense Ministry`s center for Syrian reconciliation. Russian military police unit will be also deployed there.

"In the coming hours, the advancing units Syrian army will meet and start the liberation of a besieged military airfield, as well as the civilian quarters of Harabush, Jafra, Sinauh," Samra said.

Now conditions have been created for the liberation of Deir ez-Zor from terrorists, the Russian top diplomat said

Led by the Qalamoun Shield forces of the 3rd Division, the Syrian Arab Army attacked two towns in the eastern countryside of the Salamiyah District, resulting in a short series of clashes with the Islamic State terrorists.

The Syrian army just broke the Islamic State siege on the city of Deir Ezzor and its military garrison. The siege had been held up since mid 2014.

The US had to step back from its policy of regime change in Syria after multiple failures, as the jihadists they allegedly hoped to use as a proxy began posing a threat, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem argued in an interview to RT.

Abby Martin back from Israel where she spent 4 weeks.

The Syrian Arab Army on Tuesday broke the over three-year siege imposed by ISIS on the city of Deir Ezzor after the advancing forces have arrived at Regiment 137.

The Turkish president lashed out at a lack of global response to the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, resulting in deaths of at least 400 and injuring hundreds more.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) lifted the 28 month long siege on the Deir Ezzor Governorate this afternoon, following a two month long battle with the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) in eastern Syria.

Zionism is Israel’s fundamentalist religion, and as in any religion, its denial is prohibited. In Israel, “non-Zionist” or “anti-Zionist” aren’t insults, they are social expulsion orders. There’s nothing like it in any free society.

It`s official now

The advance was launched by troops two seasoned Syrian Army formations, the Republican Guard and 4th Mechanized Division, and resulted in intense clashes erupting across the east Damascus districts of Jobar and Ayn Tarma.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is on the verge of lifting the siege on the Deir Ezzor Governorate, a military source told Al-Masdar News tonight.

Kurdish Police have begun raiding the homes of Assyrian `ring leaders` and demanded protests in Alqosh to halt.

Das von den USA unterstütze Militärbündnis „Demokratische Kräfte Syriens“ hat die Altstadt von Rakka von den Kämpfern der Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS; auch: Daesh) endgültig befreit. Dies hat der Sonderbeauftragte des US-Präsidenten für die Internationale Allianz gegen den IS, Brett H. McGurk, am Montag via Twitter mitgeteilt.

After more than three years of besiegement, residents of Deir Ezzor city are impatiently awaiting the break of the ISIS-imposed blockade and carefully following up the victories of the Syrian Army on all the battling axes in the countryside of Deir Ezzor Province, Governor Mohammad Ibrahim said on Monday.

An Israeli-US school has been set up in the terrorist-held Idlib province in Northwestern Syria, an Arab media outlet reported on Monday, adding that the school is managed by an Israeli tradesman who is a citizen of the United States.

In Aleppo beseitigen Bewohner Schäden des Krieges. Sie wollen an früheren Wohlstand anknüpfen

Syrian troops are now at the gates of the Islamic State-besieged city of Deir ez-Zor, the governor of the province said, as the government forces continue to press forward, obliterating terrorist positions in the vicinity and on the outskirts of the city.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies continued their field operations around the strategic town of ‘Uqayribat, Sunday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last positions in this region of central Syria.

The Syrian Army has continued its impressive drive against ISIS and towards the besieged city of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria.

Turkey is preparing to launch the second phase of Operation Euphrates Shield after the next round of Astana peace talks scheduled to take place on September 13-15. The Turkish military has prepared a road map. This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of upcoming operations on the Syrian soil.

An army unit raided on Sunday one of ISIS terrorists’ barricades on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor city.

The elite Tiger Forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), driving towards Deir Ezzor, have come to within less than twenty kilometers of the besieged city after another major advance in the past 12 hours.

According to Al-Masdar field correspondent, Ibrahim Joudeh, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade launched more than 10 surface-to-surface missiles on the Islamist defenses, scoring several direct hits on well-fortified trenches and installations in Jobar and ‘Ayn Tarma.

The Islamic State (IS) militants are losing ground on a daily basis in Syria, amid international expectations of a near defeat to the terror-designated group in Syria.

La province d’Alep sera réalimentée en électricité après sept années consécutives de coupure, a confirmé officiellement le ministre syrien de l’Électricité.

A group from the army units operating in Deir Ezzor conducted Friday a successful raid in the direction of Tallet Alloush and the surrounding barricades, leaving 10 ISIS terrorists dead and seizing an amount of weapons and ammunition, a military source said.

According to a military source in Palmyra, the Syrian Arab Army is now only 15km west of Kabbajb, which is the Islamic State’s main stronghold along the Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor Highway.

« L’armée syrienne a atteint la frontière administrative de Deir Ezzor en provenance de la localité d’al-Sokhnat », a assuré une source militaire syrienne, citée par Al-Manar TV. Une carte réalisée par Réseau du média de guerre (RMG) de l’armée syrienne, montre comment les militaires gouvernementaux approchent de quatre axes en direction de la ville éponyme, seule ville loyaliste de la province entièrement occupée par Daech.

Israel has increased the powers of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) by giving them the formal authority to manage their own “municipal” affairs.

In this third and final part of her inquiry into the claim to create a Kurdish state outside the historic Kurdish territories and to the detriment of the Arab and Christian populations, Sarah Abed draws a terrible observation. This article may seem to be partial to some of our readers. Yet all reported items are accurate and can be easily verified.

Die USA haben mit einem Luftangriff versucht, einen IS-Konvoi an der Weiterfahrt zu hindern. Die Terroristen sollten nach einem Abkommen mit Damaskus nach Ostsyrien evakuiert werden. Kritik üben die USA in diesem Zusammenhang ausgerechnet an Moskau.

A military source told SANA that the army units continued their successful military operations in the eastern countryside of Homs, establishing control over an area in a front that is 12 km long and 4 km deep north of Mannnoukh village on the outskirts of Jebb al-Jarrah area, inflicting heavy losses upon ISIS terrorists in personnel and equipment.

The Syrian pilot, ‘Ali Al-Helo, who was shot down by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southeastern countryside of Damascus two weeks ago has now been released, according to a report from the Syrian military.

Bericht Sommer 2017 August: Wir kommen nach Mitternacht am Beiruter Flughafen an. Die Stadt leuchtet uns von unten entgegen. Das Wetter ist angenehm, nicht so heiß. Am Flughafen erwartet uns schon das syrische Taxi, das uns von unseren Verwandten bestellt worden war.

Syrian Arab Army units achieved a significant advancement in their military operations against the ISIS terrorists in the eastern countryside of Homs central province.

According to an informed military source, the government troops imposed full control over the strategic Bishiri mountain located to the west of Deir Ezzor city.

The battle to recapture the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa by the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces is costing the lives of 27 civilians a day, the UN estimates. And while the terrorists use residents as human shields, the US-led coalition often bombs escape routes.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Jaysh Al-Islam have completed another large prisoner exchange in the East Ghouta region of Damascus after a deal was put in place earlier in the week.

Der jordanische Staatsminister für Beziehungen zur Presse, Mohamed Momani, intervenierte im nationalen Fernsehen, um die hervorragenden Beziehungen zwischen seinem Land und Syrien hervorzuheben.

In einem Interview mit der Tageszeitung der Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten The National hat der ehemalige Botschafter von Barack Obama in Syrien, Robert Ford, gesagt: „der Krieg stoppt allmählich. Assad hat gewonnen und er bleibt [an der Macht].

Diego Filiu a failli perdre la vie le 24 juillet 2014 à Jérusalem. Blessé par une balle en caoutchouc tirée par un soldat de l’armée israélienne, l’étudiant de 18 ans en stage à Jérusalem a alors découvert la réalité de l’occupation. Trois ans plus tard, il revient sur ses pas, sur la mobilisation à Jérusalem qui a fait reculer l’occupant, sur l’impasse dans laquelle s’enferme le gouvernement israélien.

Bashar Assad said that the Syrian army’s victories made some foreign countries stop financing “terrorists” in the country, thus, changing their stance on the conflict.

Syria’s beer production industry is being resurrected with the opening of a $16 million brewery which plans to produce an impressive 15 million litres the product each year

In the framework of regaining all the police stations on the Syrian-Jordanian borders, a military source said on Wednesday that army units established control over five police stations in the south-eastern countryside of Damascus Countryside after killing army of the terrorists and injuring others.

Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies officially entered the Deir Ezzor Governorate after advancing several kilometers along the Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor Highway, a military source told Al-Masdar.

Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) took control of Al-Mushayrifah and the Al-Bilas Mountains in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate, the pro-government ISIS Hunters reported.

Led by the Tiger Forces and 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army scored a major advance along the Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor Highway, resulting in the liberation of several points that are located east of Tal SyriaTel.

Die türkische Armee soll am Mittwoch Wohngebiete in Nordsyrien mit Raketen beschossen haben. Augenzeugen berichten von mindestens zehn verletzten Zivilisten.

Dans la lutte pour les régions pétrolifères syriennes, Washington mise sur les troupes kurdes. Selon l’agence russe Sputnik, les différends entre Damas et la coalition menée par les USA s’aggravent au fur et à mesure que l’armée syrienne avance sur Deir Ezzor à partir de trois axes stratégiques. Cette ville et les champs pétroliers qui l’entourent sont l’objectif principal des forces de Bachar al-Assad et du contingent russe qui combattent la milice wahhabite Daech (État islamique-EI) dans le sud-est de la Syrie.

The Islamic State’s presence in central Syria continues to get smaller each day, as forces loyal to the Syrian government steadily advance through several kilometers of rugged terrain.

In the framework of enhancing local reconciliations, 24 towns and villages in the eastern and western countryside of Homs have joined the cessation of hostilities agreement.

On August 28, Palestinians in Hebron took to the streets to protest a newly-extended fence that divides the road leading to the Ibrahim Mosque in half; two-thirds of the street is divided off and allocated to the Israeli settlers, with the remaining third left for the Palestinian community. Ella Hattey writes, "The segregation fence of Salayma makes life intolerable for its residents, it imprisons a community guilty of no crime-except that of being born Palestinian."

Air Force and Artillery of the Army on Tuesday destroyed positions of ISIS terrorists in Panorama area, al-Tharda, the surrounding area of the Airport, al-Maqaber, Hweijet al-Saker, al-Reshdia and al-Hweiqa in Deir Ezzor Province.

A convoy of buses carrying Takfiri Daesh terrorists and their families has reached an exchange point in eastern Syria as part of a ceasefire deal to evacuate the Lebanese-Syrian border region.

Jordan BDS thanks the private and public companies in Jordan that have discontinued their contracts with the security company G4S in response to a global boycott call against the company for its role in the Israeli occupation.

Saudi Arabia continues with its preparations for King Salmane’s abdication and for his replacement by his son, Prince Mohammed. - First: Saudi Arabia is getting ready to withdraw from Yemen. Although Prince Mohammed is at the origin of the conflict, he has now understood that that he just cannot win this battle, and could let the responsibility of this disastrous adventure flow back to his father, King Salmane.

On 25 August 2017, the Russian General Igor Kirillov confirmed, that his country had just dismantled two chemical weapons sites belonging to the Syrian Arab Army.

Following the liberation of Kasrat Al-Faraj, Wadi Al-Buwayb, and Jadidat Al-Huwayz on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Army managed to advance to the outskirts of Haloubah, which is an important town located along the Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor Highway.

SANA’s reporter in Deir Ezzor said an army unit destroyed a workshop for manufacturing explosive devices, car bombs and shells near al-Tamwin roundabout in Deir Ezzor city, killing terrorist Abu Abdullah al-Tunisi and 12 other terrorists who work at the workshop.

After a thirty kilometer advance yesterday which saw forward units of the SAA take Tal al-Itsalat along the Palmyra to Deir Ezzor highway, other army vanguard forces have since moved north of the road, capturing swathes of additional high-ground.

Within hours of launching their assault, the Syrian Arab Army liberated several areas from the Islamic State terrorists, including Khirbat Bilas, Mashraft Huwaysis, Khirbat Abu Al-Tos, and Khirbat Tawelt.

Israel plans to establish a new Jewish neighborhood in the city of Jerusalem al-Quds and to increase police presence in the city, a report says.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces advanced into the southwest of Dayr al-Zawr from the desert town of Sukhnah on Sunday.

Israel und die USA haben die Verhandlungen über die Verlegung der US-Botschaft von Tel Aviv in Jerusalem wiederaufgenommen.

With Moscow thinking about its post-Syria presence in the Middle East, building stronger ties with Egypt seems to be on the agenda.

SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that an army unit dropped a radio-controlled plane in al-Jafra village in the eastern countryside.

Iran adds another “Sunni” power to its regional network; Turkey ponders next moves in Idlib; Israel presents the “big picture” on Iran in Washington and Sochi, Russia; Akiva Eldar on Israel’s silence over Charlottesville.

Der irakischen Armee ist es nach eigenen Angaben gelungen, die Stadt Tal Afar aus der Gewalt der IS-Terrormiliz zu befreien.

... What is left of ISIS, probably some 10,000 fighters in total, is now confined to east Syria and west Iraq. No more replenishment is coming forward. No new fighters are willing to join the losing project. ...

America raped and destroyed Mosul on the phony pretext of combating ISIS and liberating the city. Thousands of civilians were killed. Indiscriminate terror-bombing, including use of banned weapons, massacred them.

Die syrische Regierungsarmee hat mit der Unterstützung der russischen Luftstreitkräfte die IS-Truppen im Euphrat-Tal, rund um Ghanim al-Ali zerschlagen, berichtet das russische Verteidigungsministerium.

Jordan will open the Syrian-Jordanian border if the situation in the south of Syria will be finally stabilized, Jordanian Minister of State for Information Muhammad Mumani said Saturday.

The Syrian army supported by Russian warplanes has conducted a major operation to eliminate Daesh`s most battle-tested and well-armed unit in Tell Ghanem al-Ali on Euphrates River, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Hunderte aufgebrachte Menschen hatten sich vor dem Wohnsitz des israelischen Generalstaatsanwalts versammelt und forderten eine Anklage gegen den Ministerpräsidenten des zionistischen Regimes wegen Bestechung und Korruption.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their operations in southeast Al-Raqqa, Saturday, carrying out several attacks against the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists near the recently liberated town of Ghanam ‘Ali.

Syrian Arab Army units operating in the eastern countryside of Homs achieved a new advance in their military operations aimed at lifting ISIS terrorists’ siege on Deir Ezzor, establishing control over important points east of al-Sukhneh city deep into al-Badya.

Das traditionell pro-amerikanische Israel verabschiedete am 25. Juli das Gesetz über die Einführung des Tages des Sieges am 9. Mai in das Register der offiziellen Feiertage. ... Aber hier sind ein paar Dinge wichtig.

Saudi-Arabien will zum führenden Land im Bereich des weltlichen Tourismus werden und plant neben den gläubigen Muslimen, die ihren Hadsch absolvieren, auch Menschen anzulocken, die lediglich die Sonne und das Meer lieben.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that 7 Arab units formally loyal to Ahmad Jarba have defected and will be launching a new offensive from rural Al-Hasakah to Deir Ezzor.

Army units clashed with ISIS terrorists to the south and southwest of Deir Ezzor city and the area surrounding the airport, killing a number of terrorists and injuring many others, according to SANA reporter.

The Syrian Army supported by its allies has taken control of the settlement of Hameema, located at the junction of the cities of Homs and Deir ez-Zor, the last stronghold of Daesh in Syria, thus advancing to the southern borders of the city. A military source in the Syrian government army told Sputnik Arabic details of the operation.

A new group of Sudanese troops has reportedly been deployed to southern Yemen to assist a Saudi-led coalition waging war on the impoverished country.

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters yesterday that if she divulged the president’s agenda and whether he wants to seek, or scrap Palestinian statehood, it would “really bias one side over the other.”

Vor anderthalb Jahren hatte Doha seinen Botschafter aus Teheran abgerufen, allerdings nur aus Solidarität Dohas mit seinem damals größten Verbündeten Saudi-Arabien. Inzwischen aber hat sich Riad aus dem Verbündeten in einen bösen Feind für Katar verwandelt, und das Emirat muss neue außenpolitische Akzente in der Region setzen.

Turkey does not recognize Iraqi Kurdistan as an independent state, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Friday, reiterating Ankara`s call on the Kurds to refrain from holding an independence referendum in late September.

The Islamic State’s (ISIL) two year long reign over the Syrian-Lebanese border is coming to a swift end, as their forces are now reduced to a small area between the two countries.

Iraqi forces have managed to wrest control over several neighborhoods in their operation to liberate the northern city of Tal Afar from the grip of Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

Doha has ordered the closure of the Chadian embassy and given its diplomats 72 hours to leave, in retaliation for a similar move by the Central African state against the Qatari diplomatic mission in N’Djamena.

Angefangen vom Jahre 2013 bis jetzt übergab die "Freie Syrische Armee" ("moderate bewaffnete Opposition") 70% der von ihr gehaltenen Gebiete an den ISIS (Islamischer Staat In Syrien) und an die ehemalige "Dzhebhat Al-Nusra" 20%. Die restlichen 10% kontrolliert die FSA nicht allein, sondern zusammen mit anderen dschihadistischen Gruppen, insbesondere mit der "Ahrar Al-Sham".

Led by the 5th Corps, the Syrian Arab Army stormed Dahrat Al-‘Aridh area of the Badiya region; this resulted in a fierce battle that lasted for a short period of time this morning.

The terrorists are now concentrated mainly in the central part of the country and the republic’s eastern areas bordering Iraq

“The Syrian leadership and the Resistance confirm that there will be no commitment to negotiations with Daesh unless it is tied to revealing the fate of the Lebanese soldiers abducted by the group,” he announce

A large prisoner exchange was completed in the East Ghouta region of Damascus, Thursday, following a successful round of talks between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Jaysh Al-Islam, mediated by the Russian reconciliation committee.

In a Thursday article, the Associated Press pointed to the major shift in the strategies of Western and regional supporters of Syrian opposition groups and militants with regard to the developments in Syria.

„Klein-Amerika“ heißt das einst belebte Einkaufsviertel von Incirlik. Deutsche und vor allem US-Amerikaner trafen sich dort in den Teestuben und kauften in den kleinen Läden ein. Heute herrscht in dem Viertel gähnende Leere.

Army units, in cooperation with Lebanese Resistance, continued operations for the sixth day to eradicate ISIS terrorist organization in the western part of Qalamoun area in Damascus Countryside.

Leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says armed members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group are now under siege over an area of about 60 square kilometers, which straddles Lebanon’s border with Syria, after scores of them killed by resistance fighters.

The Islamic State (ISIL) has been given one last to leave central Syria before the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) closes the 5km gap between the Al-Raqqa and Homs governorates.

Homs: Army units, in cooperation with backup forces, established control over villages and towns of Harif, al-Asforia, Roud al-Wahsh, Qatqat and Jabal al-Minshar and killed a number of ISIS terrorists in the eastern countryside of Homs.

Spokesperson of the foreign ministry, Wednesday, said an Amman-based center for monitoring violations in southern Syrian began its work today with the participation of Jordanian, Russian and U.S. representatives.

Iraqi army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have regained complete control over two more neighborhoods in Tal Afar as they are pushing to drive Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of the northern city in a multi-pronged operation.

Turkey’s foreign minister says his country expects the administration of Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region to cancel an upcoming referendum on its independence.

After capturing the strategic town of Huwaysis in central Homs Governorate two days, the SAA has continued advancing southwest of the al-Sha’er mountain chain securing, as of today, the hilltops of Abedin, Qart al-Aridah, Qart al-Taheen and Qubour al-Shaalan; smaller, unnamed hills east of Qart al-Aridah have also been secured.

A joint monitoring center of a de-escalation zone in southwestern Syria has opened in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Meddling by the U.S. and its allies was supposed to topple the Assad regime in Syria and give Israel a freer hand, but instead has brought Iran and other adversaries to Israel’s border, a risky moment, says Daniel Lazare.

Now back in the United States, Steven Salaita writes about his experience of being forced out the American University of Beirut, "I didn’t leave AUB; I was ousted, deprived by management of a permanent job for which I had been selected. For a long time after it happened, I was shocked that Zionist pressure could succeed in the Arab World.

Nach sechs Jahren eines aus dem Ausland über Syrien gebrachten Krieges – eines Krieges, der inzwischen länger andauert als der große Völkermord des Zweiten Weltkrieges – gibt es nun endlich hoffnungsvolle Signale auf ein Ende des Blutvergießens. Das leidgeprüfte Land gewinnt Schritt für Schritt seine Souveränität zurück und das hat verschiedene Ursachen.

Backed by the 3rd and 5th legions, the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces stormed the Al-Dahk Mountains in the northern countryside of Al-Sukhnah, resulting in a fierce battle with the Islamic State terrorists present in the area.

In the framework of their continued operations against ISIS hotbeds in the area of Oqairbat in the eastern countryside of Hama province, Syrian Arab Army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, have carried out intensive operations in the direction of Jana al-Albawi village over the past night.

A Sputnik correspondent reported that a new fighting unit was established under the command of the SDF. The new force was dubbed the Battalion of Revolutionary Forces. Its commanders said their goal is to clear Syria of "Turkish forces and other occupants."

Security forces in Iraq have retaken two villages and an oil refinery in the northern city of Tal Afar, where an operation is underway to liberate the city from the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

It was revealed Monday that Turkey and Iran are considering joining forces against Kurdish groups the governments of both countries oppose. They’ve also agreed that Syrian government authority must be restored in areas of that country with mostly Kurdish populations.

"New peace negotiations must take place according to a precise timetable and be based on international resolutions," they said, according to a statement released by the Jordanian royal palace.

Iraqi government forces have managed to seize back five villages near Tal Afar as they are battling the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in joint operations with allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units to push the terrorists out of the northern city.

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has used weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles to strike the positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the strategic and mountainous region of Qalamoun close to the border with Lebanon.

The pro-government paramilitary troops, along with Federal Police, advanced by 19 kilometers toward west of Tal Afar town, the last Islamic State’s bastion in Nineveh province.

Wie inoffizielle Quellen berichten, ist es der syrischen Armee im Kampf gegen die Terrorgruppe ISIS am heutigen Montag gelungen, von Südosten her tief in die Uqayribat-Tasche vorzustoßen und den Ort Huwaysis einzunehmen.

The government of Israel refuses to acknowledge the existence of an Israeli nationality, as doing so would mean nationality can be based on a non-religious basis – which is anathema to Zionism. Some Israeli universalists have sued, insisting that there is an "Israeli people." The high court of the land has ruled against them.

Der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan hat den deutschen Außenminister Sigmar Gabriel vor weiterer Kritik an der Türkei gewarnt.

Bessam Melik reportedly resigned as a member of the Syrian National Coalition, left Turkey and returned to Syria.

Today, the Syrian Army, aided by allied forces and Russian airstrikes, took over several hilltops located to the west of Shaer Mountain, thus paving the way to fully recapture the strategic Bila’as Moutain.

“We are not in a state of isolation as they think, but this state of arrogance makes them think in that way. There will be no security cooperation or opening of embassies or role for some states that say they are looking for a solution until they cut off their ties with terrorism in a clear and unambiguous way.”

Army and Armed Forces units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, reestablished full control over the villages of al-Dkaileh al-Shamaliyeh, al-Dkaileh al- Janoubiyeh and Um Hartain and a group of strategic hills to the south of Um Hartain village in the eastern countryside of Hama.

Bashar al-Assad has delivered a major speech asserting Syria’s position on crucial issues while thanking its partners in the war against terrorism.

Lebanese army troops have been attacking positions held Daesh terrorists near the Syrian border for a second day after liberating a third of the militant-held territory.

A meeting was held on Saturday in Wadi Barada area in Damascus countryside during which 93 persons received documents to settle their legal status in the framework of local reconciliations.

The leader of Yemen`s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says the Saudi-led aggressors have failed to achieve any of their political objectives in the war on Yemen due to the unity and steadfastness of the nation.

Two days before the Lebanese Army began their offensive in the Ras Ba’albak region, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Hezbollah kick-started a massive operation to clear the western slopes of the Qalamoun Mountains from the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists occupying this part of the Lebanese border.

Army units, in cooperation with the Lebanese National resistance, advanced in Jurod Qara and al-Jarajir in western Qalamoun in Damascus Countryside after inflicting heavy losses upon the ISIS terrorists in personnel and equipment.

Die libanesische Armee hat eine Offensive gegen die Kräfte der Terrormiliz Daesh (auch „Islamischer Staat“ – IS) an der nordöstlichen Grenze zu Syrien angekündigt. Dies meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters am Samstag unter Verweis auf eigene Quellen in den Sicherheitsbehörden des Landes.

The last three weeks in Syria were marked by further consolidation of the Syrian government positions. While this will likely continue, a new front of contention with the U.S. occupation force in north-east Syria is building up over Deir Ezzor city and the oil-rich rural areas east of it. Last week the Syrian army liberated Sukhnah east of Palmyra from the Islamic State occupation. The fighting was less severe than anticipated.

The pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces will field 20.000 fighters for the anticipated offensive to retake the town of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last bastion i Nineveh province, a spokesperson said.

Army units operating in the countryside of Homs and Hama have made a significant progress against ISIS terrorists, and encircled large numbers of them in Uqayrbat town in eastern countryside of Salamyia in Hama.

Die israelische Regierung fürchtet, dass schiitische Milizen an seine Grenzen heranrücken

Informed sources reported that tens of militants and a number of their family members who had left al-Zabadani and Madhaya in Damascus for Idlib almost three months ago after an agreement with the Syrian army, have demanded return to their previous residence in Damascus.

Israel has carried out almost a hundred of attacks against convoys that delivered arms to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement and other anti-Israel forces over the last five years, local media reported Thursday, citing a former Israeli military commander.

Turkish security forces have killed 58 fighters of the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK), banned in Turkey, within the past seven days, local media reported on Friday.

According to a military source exclusive to Al-Masdar News, army forces have reached the outskirts of ‘Uqrayribat from two sides. The source added that ‘Uqrayribat should be liberated within 2 days, if not less.