Iraq, Iran, and Turkey are taking a unified stance against Kurdistan’s oil sector after the region elected to seek independence from Baghdad in a referendum in September, according to a new report by Rudaw. “In the case of northern Iraq; Iran, Iraq and Turkey will form a tripartite mechanism and will decide on shutting down the…
President Putin & President Erdogan. Kremlin comments on Putin-Erdogan dialogue concerning Iraqi Kurdistan. MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan noting that Moscow’s position is well-known, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. He refused to go into details…
After lifting the blockade around Deir ez-Zor, the Syrian Army is just a step away from freeing a road to Iraq. As for Washington, it is gradually losing influence in Syria, while Moscow is boosting its military, diplomatic and humanitarian positions in the region, a Russian expert told Sputnik. Commenting on last week’s lifting of the blockade…
The Syrian Republican Guard has repelled another [U.S. Israeli] ISIS offensive in Deir Ezzor. The fighting took place near the Deir Ezzor Airbase, the Tamin Brigade base and in the cemetery area. Earlier this month, [U.S. Israeli] ISIS allegedly transferred its self-proclaimed capital from Raqqah to Deir Ezzor amid the continued US-backed advance on Raqqah. If…
There are growing signs that what looks like a big Syrian government offensive in Aleppo is in the works. The Syrian army has been broadcasting messages to the trapped Jihadis in eastern Aleppo via loudspeakers all day giving them just 24 hours to lay down their arms. There are also reports of more elite Syrian…
Russia’s long-range bombers Tu-22M3 and frontline bombers Su-34 have destroyed five large armament depots, three command posts and militants’ training camps in Syria used by terrorists for operations in Aleppo, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. “The air strike has destroyed five large depots with armament, ammunition, fuel and lubricants, militants’ training camps in…
Last weekend, the Russian Air Force continued to carry out air raids against [The U.S./Israeli] ISIS concentration centers near the city of Palmyra in the province of Homs. The Russian warplanes hit ISIS militants along the Sukhanah-Palmyra road inflicting a major damage on the militants’ military hardware. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies…
This is when Turkey was semi aligned with The US up to 2015: Over the last two weeks, Russia has been destroying the “living pipeline” that has allowed Turkey to steal tens of millions of barrels of Syrian crude oil, much of it at peak market prices, while only paying their ISIS allies a pittance.…
The idea of partition for Iraq would never be agreed by alioscow, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said, stressing that this kind of ‘state structure manipulation’ is obsolete and Iraqis should define the future of their country themselves. “We would never adopt a position voiced without any constraint by US Vice President Joe Biden, who said…
‘The resistance is the only way to confront the plots hatched by the Zionists,’ Sheibani said on Friday. The Iranian envoy, meantime, pointed to the supports for the Syrian government against the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist groups, and said, ‘Anyone who defends Syria means he is defending Palestine and anyone who goes to war against it is…
