Five Turkish generals are reportedly seeking to retire from the military after being tasked with operations along the southern border and in Syria’s Idlib, handing the army another headache as it grapples with a tense situation in the Syrian province. Two Turkish officials confirmed to Middle East Eye that some generals have asked for retirement […]
Erdogan and Putin in Emergency Call as Assad Surrounds Turkish Troops…
Forces belonging to the Syrian government and Turkey came within a stone’s throw of one another on Friday, as Bashar al-Assad’s troops surrounded a Turkish observation point in Syria’s Idlib province. Far from friends, the forces’ proximity has heightened tensions even further amid a Syrian government offensive into territory held by rebels backed by Turkey. […]
Syria – Army Cuts Off Khan Shaykhun – Russia Bombs Turkish Reinforcement…
This is an update to last weeks post Syria – Frontline Breach Opens Door To A Deep Battle For Idlib. Today the Syrian army gained fire control over the M5 highway north of Khan Shaykhun. The jihadists in the soon closed cauldron south of that point are now cut off from road bound resupplies. Throughout […]
Turkey Received $1B Bailout from China as Reserves Ran Out…
The last few months have seen the Turkish Lira rallying, rebounding off record lows, despite nothing positive coming from that country… and now we may have a better idea of how this lift was achieved (or how investors were fooled). As Bloomberg reports, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter said, Turkey […]
Latest Development in Flynn Case Proves Special Counsel Was a Cover for Taking Down Trump…
The special counsel’s investigation was a sham controlled by the intelligence community. Evidence has long suggested as much, but testimony earlier this week from Michael Flynn’s ex-lawyer—that Flynn’s former legal team had not seen recently revealed information purporting to implicate Flynn in a conspiracy with a Turkish agent—confirms it. This testimony came on Tuesday when […]
Judge Nearly Throws Out Case Against Former Michael Flynn Associate on Trial for Alleged Turkish Lobbying…
Trump Says U.S. Won’t Sell F-35 Jets to Turkey…
President Trump has announced that the U.S. is going to halt sales of its F-35 stealth fighter jet to Turkey because the country received a new missile defense system from Russia – an exchange he claims was spurred by actions from the Obama administration. Trump, speaking during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, suggested the U.S. ended […]
Turkey Frees Jailed U.S.-Turkish Former NASA Scientist…
Turkey has released from prison U.S.-Turkish former NASA scientist Serkan Golge, his wife told Reuters on Wednesday, in a step that could lead to an easing in relations with Washington. Golge was found guilty of being a member of an armed terrorist organization earlier this year and sentenced to seven years, six months in prison…
Syria – Russian and Syrian Airforce Prepare the Ground for an Attack on Idlib Province…
Throughout the last months the military situation in west Syria was more or less stable. That is about to change. While this map is from August 2018 it is still mostly accurate. Idleb province, and parts of north Hama, are under control of ‘rebel’ forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Al-Qaeda aligned terrorist […]
Baghdadi Is Back and Turkey Might Be His Next Target…
Remember this dude? He’s back. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self declared caliph of ISIS, appeared in new video published today. These are the first pictures of him since some three plus years ago. He mentions the recent attacks in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people and the recent ouster of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan. A […]
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