As reported by a militar official, artillery force of the yemenite army and popular commettes on Friday shelled gatherings of Saudi-paid mercenaries in Najaran border province. The artillery shelling targeted mercenaries’ gatherings in front of The artillery shelling targeted mercenaries’ gatherings in front of Khadhraa outlet, inflicting the enemy heavy losses.
The Trump administration has told lawmakers that it wants $18 billion over the next decade for the initial phase of a Mexico border wall, laying out for the first time a detailed financial blueprint for the president’s signature campaign promise. The money would pay for 316 miles of new fencing and reinforce another 407 miles where barriers are already in place, according to cost estimates sent to senators Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. If the work was completed, more than half of the 2,000-mile border with Mexico would have a wall or other physical structure by 2027.
The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on Friday accused the United States of abusing its power as a permanent member of the Security Council during an emergency meeting called by the Trump administration to discuss unrest and protests in Iran. Gholamali Khoshroo said the protests that have roiled Iran over the past week were an internal domestic affair, outside the mandate of the Security Council. He cited a long list of protest movements in the United States, including Occupy Wall Street, anti-Vietnam protests at Kent State University in 1970 and the subsequent shooting deaths of students, and the recent protests over the killing of African Americans by police officers. Khoshroo said for Washington to call a meeting to discuss Iranian protests was a “preposterous example” of U.S. bullying tactics at the United Nations and added that it had “lost every shred of moral, political and legal authority and credibility in the eyes of the whole world.
The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline to decide the fate of nearly 200,000 Salvadorans who have been living in the United States under temporary legal immigration status for nearly two decades. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had not yet made a decision on whether to end the program, which would force those people back to their native El Salvador or become undocumented immigrants if they choose to remain without legal protections. Recent moves by President Trump, who favors lower levels of legal immigration, suggest the Salvadorans’ protections are in peril.
An defense agreement about the development of a long-range air missile system was signed by Turkish, French and Italian power. The three-country missile program is expected to be ready by the middle of the next decade to safeguard against threats from stealth aircraft, drones and missiles. The production has been entrusted to French-Italian consortium Eurosam and its Turkish partners Aselsan and Roketsan.
Eurosam said: “The joint development activity is expected to support Turkey’s domestic air and missile development program in addition to opening up prospects for exports and longer-term cooperation between Turkey, Italy and France.” Erdoğan emphasized the ties between Turkey and France: “The Eurosam agreement is a very significant step. As two members of NATO, we are determined to broaden our cooperation.”
According to Turkey, the bilateral legal accords with the U.S are losing validity. Erdogan criticized Washington for not meeting for the extradition of FETO’s leader, which is blamed for the failed coup attempt in 2016 that killed 249 people and injured more than 2,000. This came after the trial of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla in New York, who is accused of evading U.S. sanctions on Iran. According to Erdogan, U.S. needs to review the jury’s decision because the case was full of contradictions.
Defense said that prosecutors questioned Atilla based on a report prepared by a fugitive member of FETÖ, Osman Zeki Canıtez, in an attempt to strengthen the government’s case. The request was again declined by Judge Richard Berman, whose links to FETÖ have long overshadowed the trial.
Evidence has revealed that Berman was hosted at a FETÖ-linked event in Istanbul and the judge had also criticized the dismissal of FETÖ-linked judges, prosecutors and police officers on charges of unlawful wiretapping. Furthermore, the U.S. support for the PKK terrorist group and the armed group YPG got worse the relation between the two nations.
During a joint press conference on Friday after a number of bilateral agreements were signed, the Turkish and French presidents stressed the importance of counterterrorism cooperation.
President Erdogan assured that Turkey will continue to cooperate in Syria against Daesh and its open-door policy for refugees, but European partners should support Ankara’s efforts through financial support for humanitarian efforts. Erdogan also criticized USA because of his support for YPG and PKK, considered terrorist organization.
On Turkey’s relations with the EU, Macron said that the ties between Ankara and Paris are based on “dialogue and a common approach” but there will be no new chapters on EU negotiations opened. He said it is crucial for Turkey to remain and be part of the European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe.
Erdoğan responded that Turkey has been waiting for 54 years and there is no country like Turkey in the EU, but The EU is not able to provide with any reason for this wait
A security reinforcement has been deployed for two days in the city of El Kef including some neighborhoods in hunt for terrorists who would have come down from the mountains to take refuge in some houses in the city, said a security source.According to the same source, information reached the security authorities around some terrorist elements who have infiltrated the city to hide among civilians.Security and military patrols conduct search operations in many neighborhoods likely to shelter these terrorists who were holed up in the mountains, said the same source.
Interior Minister Lotfi Brahem said his department can not only be infiltrated by human elements while infiltration by hackers “is almost impossible.”During his hearing on Friday by the compromise committee in parliament about the national biometric card, the minister said that the apprehension of MPs about possible piracy of the information contained in this identity card is not justified because “the IT system of the Interior Ministry is very secure and can not be infiltrated from the outside”.
CARACAS – Several looting and looting attempts were made this Thursday in the midst of the economic crisis affecting Venezuela, where protests have also been made over the lack of food and other shortages, according to some opposition deputies on their social networks. The parliamentarian Juan Pablo Garcia indicated in his Twitter account that there are “looting and attempts to loot across the country” and that in Maturin, capital of Monagas state, these events occur “despite the number of police officers” and of the National Guard that “guard” the markets.