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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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Russia Fires Cruise Missiles At Is Stronghold In East Syria

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Russia’s military fired seven cruise missiles Thursday at Islamic State targets in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour. Journalists on a trip organized by the Russian Defense Ministry watched from the deck of Russia’s Admiral Essen frigate as two submarines launched seven missiles from the Mediterranean Sea. Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters later that intelligence showed the missiles hit the targets southeast of Deir el-Zour, destroying a command center, a communications hub, an ammunition depot and an unspecified number of IS fighters.

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North Korea vows to continue nuclear tests despite condemnation from UN Security Council

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North Korea’s statement followed an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council where the country was condemned once more for its behaviour. Kim Jong-un said: “the country was close to the goal of completing their nuclear force and should use all state power to finish as they have nearly reached the terminal”. The Security Council condemned North Korea’s most recent missile launch, putting up a unified front in the face of Pyongyang’s defiance of the body’s efforts to halt international trade with the country. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia expressed frustration over the failure of the Security Council’s actions in stopping North Korea’s nuclear provocations. The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for suggesting that Russia and China aren’t doing enough to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme and demand it that China and Russia take “direct actions” against Pyongyang. “China and Russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless missile launches by taking direct actions of their own”. Tillerson said in a statement issued soon after the missile firing.

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Where’s the money coming from for North Korea’s nuclear programme?

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Just days after the United Nations passed a resolution to impose yet more sanctions on North Korea, Pyongyang responded by saying the United States would suffer the greatest pain for its role in the ruling. North Korea start a repeated missile launches and nuclear explosions, this suggest is not yet out of fund. So where exactly is the money coming from? UN report published last year, North Korea has a lucrative trade in the sale of unreported items such as encrypted military communications equipment, air defence systems and satellite- guided missiles. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said North Korea earned 802 million dollar between 1996 and 2016 from the sale of weapons to countries such as Iran, Syria and Libya. The United States has long accused North Korea of printing counterfeit US banknotes. High quality fakes, distributed by North Korean diplomats as they travel aboard and through transactions with European countries, all with the help of Russian agents.

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Iran, Russia, Turkey Agree on Idlib De-Esclation Zone

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Iran, Russia and Turkey have agreed the borders of a “de-escalation zone” in Syria’s northern Idlib province, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. It said representatives from the three countries, who met in Astana, were still discussing what forces to deploy in Idlib, which is under the control of a Takfiri alliance spearheaded by the former al-Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front. “Delegations from Turkey, Russia and Iran determined the borders of a fourth de-escalation zone that will be established in Idlib province in talks yesterday and today”, Anadolu said, citing sources attending the meetings in Astana, Reuters reported. Anadolu gave no further details. Turkey’s pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper said in an unsourced report on Friday that the three countries planned to divide the Idlib region in three, with Turkish forces and the so-called Free Syrian Army fighters in the northwest part bordering Turkey.

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US should ‘do its duty’ to resolve North Korea nuclear crisis, not blame China

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The nature of the North Korea nuclear problem is a security issue. China supplies North Korea with most of its oil and Russia is the largest employer of North Korean forced labour. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying saying China was not to blame for the situation on the Korean Peninsula. She said: “The focus of the conflict is not China. The cause of escalating tensions is not China and the key to the problem is also not China.  Foreign Ministry Hua said, that China had “made tremendous sacrifices and paid a heavy price” by implementing sanctions against North Korea. China’s determination and sincerity couldn’t be doubted. China has been saying all along that more sanctions would not help the situation”, Wang Sheng professor of Korean affairs at Jilin University in northeastern China said: “While the United States has been accusing China for not being strict enough in restricting North Korea economically, they can now see that North Korea won’t be stopped even if China imposes more trade pressure”. Cai Jian, a Korean affairs expert from Fudan University in Shanghai, said: “North Korea will not stop developing nuclear weapons because of the sanctions, as the regime now sees greater importance in increasing its bargaining power before any negotiations take place”, So I still think it is not an option for the US to start a war when it seems North Korea’s nuclear weapons are more developed than expected.

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Iran’s FM Hails ‘Positive’ Talks with Putin

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described as substantial and positive his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying they discussed Tehran-Moscow ties, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and regional issues, including Syria. The top Iranian diplomat met with Putin in Russia’s southwestern city of Sochi on Wednesday evening, during his ten-hour trip to Russia. Speaking to reporters afterward, Zarif described the gathering, also attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as “substantial and positive”. One of the main topics discussed in the meeting was the crisis in Syria, Zarif noted, saying Iran and Russia work in close cooperation in the fight against terrorism. He then added that Iran, Russia and Turkey would keep working on ways to settle the crisis in Syria by launching the next round of peace negotiations in the Kazakh city of Astana.

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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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Russia Fires Cruise Missiles At Is Stronghold In East Syria

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Russia’s military fired seven cruise missiles Thursday at Islamic State targets in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour. Journalists on a trip organized by the Russian Defense Ministry watched from the deck of Russia’s Admiral Essen frigate as two submarines launched seven missiles from the Mediterranean Sea. Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters later that intelligence showed the missiles hit the targets southeast of Deir el-Zour, destroying a command center, a communications hub, an ammunition depot and an unspecified number of IS fighters.

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Serbia has needed new MiGs since 2000 – Defense Minister

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Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year. Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly’s Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force. Since NATO’s 1999 aggression on Serbia, the country has not had a single MiG-29 squadron, the minister stated, and pointed out that there has been a need for that since 2000. “We all want the defense system to be better, respectable, that the army is respected both by the people and abroad. In that sense, we need to support the efforts to bring these planes here”, Lazanski, and added that it would be “great” if the MiGs were to arrive overhauled.

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