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 A Daesh psychological militant assault executed nine regular folks in the governorate of Hama in focal Syria. As indicated by the Syrian government press office "Sana," nine regular folks were trapped in the town of Al Fasidah, east of Salamiyah, while touching their groups. Salamiyah clinic got the nine carcasses. Units of the Syrian Arab Army promptly began the chase for those capable, who fled to a desert region.  There is no harmony for the Syrian armed force (SAA) and favorable to Iran partnered state armies in the Badia al-Sham desert west of Deir Ezzor. A joint caravan was trapped by Isis minute men, who killed and injured a few parts, putting the others on the run. Damascus sent fortifications from the Fifth Army Corps, which arranged between Al-Duwayr and Al-Hasrat, close to the Euphrates. IS assaults against SAA positions and vehicles are proceeding at an undeniably fast movement.  Not even the intercession of the Russian warriors a few days back, which complet...

  “ This is deadly stuff, ” no I am not saying that, this is what US President Donald Trump said to the world renowned journalist Bob Woodward during an interview for his book ‘Rage’, with regard to the world-wrecking pandemic outbreak, coronavirus . Rage is a sensational piece of work, not only because it revolves one of the most controversial and intriguing figures of the world, but also because it was the first time Trump agreed to be interviewed and tapped for a book. Probably he regretted declining Woodward’s interview offer for his previous book, Fear. So let’s see what Trump’s words told us about Trump through Rage.   Brings outrage in people While going through just the first 20 pages of this The 450-page book you would know why Trump brings outrage in people. He told the writer, “ I do more things than other people are able to get done. And that, sometimes, can make my opponents unhappy... A lot of other presidents that you ’ ve covered didn ’ t get a lot done,...

  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has suddenly gone ahead and established a naval base in the coastal town of Sirik. This is a town that lies near the world’s most important oil chokepoint Strait of Hormuz.   The Strait of Hormuz is considered the world’s most important oil chokepoint because of the large volumes of oil that flow through the straits. It remains a huge moot point between Iran and the US.   The new naval base in the coastal town of Sirik has been formally inaugurated in the presence of IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami. As Iran gets singled out from most of the nations due to the notoriety of moving away from the the agreement made in the 2015 Nuclear Deal, it is trying to gather strength through other tactics.   Recent US sanctions against it tied up Tehran’s hands in its oil export deals.  Iran has therefore resorted to repeatedly threaten in recent years that it will move to close the  Strait of H...

 The beginning of conflict resolution negotiations does not mean the end of the war, but sometimes it represents the moment in which in a game of poker, the players show their cards. This similarity applies perfectly to the Libyan crisis when the United Nations prepares to host the political delegations that will have to elect a new Presidential Council and a new Government. However, just before the players reveal their cards, they may realize that the points are not enough. In this case, the Libyan parties are about to understand that they are not represented enough. The scenes in which Libyan stakeholders are involved recall what already happened in 2014 in Skhirat when the UN gave birth to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and the Government of National Agreement (GNA), recognized by the international community but rejected by the majority of the Libyans. All this starts with the lack of legitimacy of the actors invited to take part in the dialogue sessions facilitated by t...

In January, the World Health Organization (WHO) pronounced the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease as a Pandemic. Currently, the WHO and public health officials are working towards containing the spread of the virus. However, the episode is generating socio-economic stress and anxiety. As per health experts, it's normal to feel some nervousness when experiencing a worldwide pandemic. People fall into a habit of tuning into the news for information, which is mostly regarding coronavirus crisis.  Currently, nations are busy executing new measures for citizens to control the spread as the number of people infected and dying is increasing daily. However, the television news that we consume daily for Covid-19 information, indirectly affects our emotions, thinking, and behavior. Health experts say that keeping oneself informed is good but over-dose of the news can harm an individual’s physical, mental, and emotional health.  The WHO has also advised setting a ti...

Turkish troops have begun deploying to Libya in a bid to prop up the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has announced. The move followed a vote in the Turkish parliament backing deployment and further deadly attacks in Tripoli by an airforce under the control of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who has been trying to oust the government since April. Erdogan told that Turkish forces were already on their way to Libya. “Our soldiers’ duty there is coordination. They will develop the operation center there. Our soldiers are gradually going right now,” he said. The Turkish deployment, likely to take many weeks, risks a military confrontation between Turkey and other regional actors supporting Haftar, notably the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Russian mercenaries, believed to have the backing of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are also operating in Libya in support of Haftar. Putin has urged Erdoğan not to send troops. ...

Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed Thursday night in a strike by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. The operation to kill Soleimani is believed to have been overseen by the CIA. U.S. Air Force pilots fly Reapers from Creech Air Force base in Nevada and some are seconded to the CIA in Langley, Virginia. According to the U.S. Air Force, the Reaper is an "armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily against dynamic execution targets and secondarily as an intelligence collection asset." It "provides a unique capability to perform strike, coordination, and reconnaissance against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets." President Trump ordered the strike on Soleimani’s convoy as it traveled near Baghdad International Airport. The hit also killed Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq’s Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces and founder of Kataib Hezbollah, a terrorist group that ki...