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Russia has evidence terrorists used sarin in April attack on Khan Sheikhoun — diplomat

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Moscow has evidence that terrorists used sarin in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun in April, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control Department, Mikhail Ulyanov stated at a news conference on Tuesday. “We are keeping a close watch on the situation. There is a huge amount of evidence implicating the terrorists, who set off a sarin bomb ‘on the ground’ for provocative purposes, knowing the blame would be pinned on Damascus”, he specified. Experts refuse to visit the scene of the alleged April 4 chemical attack in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun although the security situation allowed this, he went on. The diplomat said “this arouses indignation” that neither investigators from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact-Finding Mission nor experts from the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism have visited Khan Sheikhoun and the Shayrat airbase. Experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) claimed that chemical agents were used, among other things, in the city of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4. According to OPCW experts, sarin or another similar nerve agent was sprayed in the city on that day.

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US air strikes kill 17 ISIL fighters in Libya

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Six US air strikes on an ISIL desert camp in Libya killed 17 fighters and destroyed three vehicles, the first American attack in Libya since President Donald Trump took office in January. The Trump administration has reportedly moved to increase drone strikes in other countries. US Africa Command said in a statement on Sunday that strikes on Friday targeted a camp 240km southeast of Sirte, a city that was once the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stronghold in Libya. The camp was used to move fighters in and out of Libya, plot attacks and store weapons, the statement said.

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Russia delivers over two tonnes of aid to Syria’s Aleppo

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Officers from the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria have delivered over two tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Tell Asus settlement located in the Aleppo Province, Soslan Tseboyev, a Center spokesman, told reporters on Monday. “There are a lot of poor settlements, so we travel around with representatives of the local authorities to have a look at how the people who have returned to their homes live. We choose a settlement and then bring humanitarian aid there. Today, we have brought more than two tonnes”, he said. According to Tseboyev, around 4,000 tonnes of construction materials and equipment will be delivered to Syria from the Russian port of Novorossiysk in the near future. “In order to restore the war-affected areas of Syria, dozens of pieces of construction equipment, thousands of tonnes of tubes, construction materials and hundreds of kilometers of wire will be delivered by sea,” the Russian Center’s spokesman added.

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Turkey accelerates preparations for Afrin operation

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Preparations for a military operation in Syria’s Afrin, a hotbed for the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) terrorist organization, have been accelerated. With military drills on Turkey’s borders, Afrin has been surrounded, and a logistics and supply line has been established. The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) have launched plans to expand the front in Atme, which is home to refugee camps and the line between the Syrian opposition and the PKK. This will enable the TAF to surround Afrin from three sides. Military sources indicated that the main purpose of the operation was to isolate the terrorists in Afrin from the world. Afrin, one of the first areas that the PKK seized after the war in Syria, is one of the terrorist organization’s psychologically and strategically critical regions. Afrin plays a key role in the PKK’s plan to open a terror corridor into the Mediterranean. The terrorists in Afrin are allegedly bring reinforcements from Aleppo.

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Battle For Is Capital Reaches ‘Final Stages’ LINK:

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The battle for the Islamic State group’s de-facto Syria capital, Raqqa, has reached its “final stages”, the U.S.-backed force leading the assault said Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces captured Raqqa’s last grain silos from the militants in a surprise offensive on the city’s northern neighborhoods, mounted five days ago, the group said in a statement. Just 300 to 400 militants remain in Raqqa, according to the Observatory. The SDF control 90 percent of the north Syrian city. In the meantime, the government and its backers, and the SDF and the U.S., are at risk of clashing in the energy-rich eastern Syrian Deir el-Zour province, where both sides are rushing to grab territory from the embattled IS group. The fighting there is largely concentrated around the provincial capital, also called Deir el-Zour, which lies 125 kilometers (78 miles) southeast of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates River.

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Iraqi forces launch offensive against IS in Anbar

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Iraqi forces on Tuesday began an operation to recapture the Islamic State’s (IS) last remaining stronghold in Anbar Province near the border with Syria, a military source said. According to the source, Iraqi soldiers, Anbar provincial police, and Iranian-backed Shia militia Hashd al-Shaabi began advancing on the town of Anah in the morning. Their progress was slowed down by booby-traps and mines planted by IS militants, the source told the BBC. Anah, located 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the border with Syria, is one of three Iraqi towns in the Euphrates river valley still under the control of the extremist group. The military source said Iraqi troops in Anah and the surrounding areas were being supported by the US-led coalition’s air strikes as well as military advisors on the ground. The US-led Operation Inherent Resolve campaign against IS’ spokesperson confirmed the information on Twitter on Tuesday.

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Turkish army conducts military drill at Iraqi border

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Turkish armed forces started a military drill at the Iraqi border on Monday, the army said, a week ahead of a Kurdish referendum in northern Iraq which Turkey has asked to be called off. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the planned Sept. 25 referendum was as an issue of national security, and warned that Turkey would take any necessary steps in response. President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that he will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi this week to discuss their concerns about the referendum. Turkey, the United States and other Western powers have advised authorities in the semi-autonomous region to cancel the vote, worrying that it would create tensions that would distract from the war on Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

 

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Astana statement affirms combating terrorism in Syria, whether inside or outside de-escalation zones

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The guarantor states of the cessation of hostilities in Syria (Russia, Iran and Turkey) have renewed their strong commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to combating terrorism in it. Kazakh Foreign Minister Abdrakhmanov read out the final statement at the end of plenary meeting of Astana-6 talks in which” the guarantor states renewed their strong commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as they reached to an agreement on de-escalation zones, including Idleb area”, The statement added that  a Russian-Iranian-Turkish coordination center was set up to avoid incidents in the areas of de-escalation zones in Syria, adding that these areas will be set up for six months and can be extended. Fnally, it said that the guarantor countries are determined to combat terrorism in Syria, whether inside or outside the de-escalation zones.

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Russia, Turkey, Iran Finally Agree on Idlib Safe Zone in Syria

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Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed on all four safe zones in Syria, including on the Idlib de-escalation area, a source in one of the delegations said Friday. The source said that Russian and Iranian forces will monitor areas controlled by the government side in the Idlib safe zone, while the Turkish forces will be involved in monitoring the opposition there. So far, three zones of de-escalation have been established in Syria: in the South along the border with Jordan, in Eastern Ghouta and to the North of Homs, while negotiations on the fourth de-escalation zone in the Idlib province were held since summer and were the main issue on the agenda at the Astana-6 talks, which conclude on Friday.

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Russia Hopes Fight Against Daesh in Syria to End ‘in Coming Months’

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Russia’s presidential envoy for Syria has commented on the Syrian peace talks currently underway in Astana. He said he believes that Daesh terrorists in the country would be defeated soon due to the Syrian army’s successful operation to free Deir ez-Zor, which resulted in the lifting of the three-year blockade of the city. He pointed out that Russia was seeking a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Syria. “But once again we hope that the opposition has common sense and that it will pursue a peaceful solution to the existing problems, search for common ground with the government on the issue”, Lavrentyev said. When commenting on the Astana-6 talks on the Syrian settlement, the Russian envoy said that the Syrian ceasefire guarantor states — namely Russia, Iran and Turkey — are ready to consider the participation of other countries in military policing of the safe zones in the country. Finally other important issuses will be the application of a bigger ceasefire and the Idlib safe zone costruction, he added.

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