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Russia declares ISIL operates near U.S base in Syria

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Russia made today a new accusation to the United States, of allowing Islamic State to operate “under its nose” in Syria, saying Washington was letting the militant group move about freely in an area abutting a U.S. military base. The allegations, made by Russia’s Defence Ministry, centre on a U.S. military base at Tanf, a strategic Syrian highway border crossing with Iraq in the south of the country. The United States says the Tanf facility is a temporary base used to train partner forces to fight against Islamic State. But Major-General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, said Moscow wanted to know how around 300 Islamic State militants in pickup trucks had passed through the U.S.-controlled area and tried to block the highway between Damascus and Deir al-Zor used to supply Syrian forces.“We issue a warning. All responsibility for sabotaging the peace process will lay exclusively with the American side”, he added.

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Turkey in Idlib to establish peace corridor, PM Yıldırım says

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The Turkish military crossed into Idlib, Syria, earlier this week to establish a peace corridor rather than terror, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said Wednesday. “We are on the field to make our precautions in advance”, he said, asserting: “We are trying to establish a peace belt rather than terror”. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) issued a written statement on Oct. 9, declaring that Turkish forces crossed into Idlib, Syria, on Oct. 8, to reconnoiter as part of efforts to bring peace to the area. The statement said the goals of the de-escalation zones, which were declared on Dec. 30, 2016, and guaranteed by Turkey, Russia and Iran through the Astana process, aim to increase the effectiveness of the cease-fire agreement, end armed clashes, provide humanitarian aid to those in need, establish proper conditions for displaced people to return and establish conditions for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Turkey also aims to contain the Afrin region, which is controlled by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the PKK affiliate in Syria, and its People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia.

 

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Syria: Turkish army enters Idlib to clear the border from Qaedist groups

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The Turkish army Sunday entered Idlib province in Syria as part of its role of guarantor of ‘de-escalation’ zones agreed in talks in Astana, the Turkish armed forces said in a statement on Monday. The objective announced by Ankara is to clear the border from Qaedist groups, creating a de-facto buffer zones and countering the expansion of Kurdish militias.

 

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Turkey launches operation in Syria ‘for security’

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Turkey has announced the beginning of a new military operation into Idlib province in Syria as part of a deal with Russia and Iran, in an attempt to create de-escalation zones and also prevent Syrian Kurdish groups from building a “terror corridor” along the Syrian border toward the Mediterranean Sea. The Turkish Armed Forces on early Oct. 8 shelled positions in jihadist-controlled Idlib in support of the advance of Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters on the ground, a day after Ankara announced the start of an operation there. “The [operation] process, which began yesterday and started to be implemented today, is continuing together with the Free Syrian Army without any problems”, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Erdoğan underlined that the operation into Idlib, just like the Euphrates Shield Operation, is part of Ankara’s strategy to eliminate security threats at their source. “We are obliged to break this terror corridor from the east toward the Mediterranean. We cannot tolerate this. Otherwise we’ll suffer from another Kobane [incident]. We don’t want that and we won’t allow it”, Erdoğan said.

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Taliban and ISIS members join peace process in East of Afghanistan

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A number of the Taliban militants and insurgents belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Khorasan have joined peace process in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Officials in the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army in the East said the militants were previously busy conducting insurgency and terrorist related activities in the southern parts of the province. The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far. Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the anti-government armed militants have increased their insurgency activities in some districts of the province during the recent years.

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Israel sees Assad winning Syria war, urges more US involvement

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“Israeli Defense Minister said on Tuesday that President Bashar Assad won the Syria civil war and called on the United States to weigh as Iranian allies and Damascus Hezbollah gain ground”.

 

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Iran urges collective efforts to boost regional security

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Iran’s defense minister called for increase of cooperation among regional countries to elevate security in the region. Ensuring peace, stability and security for all the regional states is Iran’s strategy against the enemies’ strategy for destabilizing the region, Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Tuesday. He added that Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey’s successful cooperation against Takfiri terrorism is an example. The defense minister said that ‘Iran will spare no effort to help preserve the regional countries’ territorial integrity and stability. “We believe that the separation stream in Iraq is harmful to the region’s security,” he added. The official said that Iran will cooperate with the Iraqi central government to counter such moves, noting that both terrorism and efforts for partition of regional countries have the same origin.

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Putin urges global community to pitch in to demine Syria and provide humanitarian aid

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that all countries should join the process of providing humanitarian assistance to Syria and demining efforts in that country. A pressing task today is increasing the supply of humanitarian aid and demining the liberated territories”, the head of state said at the presentation of foreign ambassadors’ credentials ceremony. According to the Russian president, “everyone who sincerely wishes peace to Syria and its people, who sincerely wants refugees to return to their homes should join these processes with the leading role played by the UN and without any preconditions”. Putin recalled that the agreements on four de-escalation zones in Syria reached with the participation of the guarantor countries – Russia, Iran and Turkey – had been finalized in the Astana format recently and supported by many other countries. He stressed that “these agreements create conditions for making progress in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2254 on the basis of a direct dialogue between the government and the opposition, pooling efforts in the interests of eliminating the hotbed of terrorism at an early date, establishing peace and preserving Syria’s unity”. The Russian leader noted that “the process in the capital of Kazakhstan is to create favorable conditions for approaching a political settlement within the framework of the Geneva talks”.

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Turkey’s security meeting discusses Iraq and Syria

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Recent developments in Iraq and Syria were discussed in a security meeting in Ankara chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. Turkey’s military campaign against terrorism as well as other developments in the region were also discussed in the meeting. The meeting was held amid ongoing tensions in the region following a referendum held by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday. In recent days, Ankara has launched a military exercise across the border from KRG territory and threatened restrictions at the main frontier crossing.

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ISIL Suffers Heavy Defeat in Clashes with Syrian Army in Deir Ezzur

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The Syrian Army troops, backed up by the country’s Air Force, repelled ISIL’s heavy offensive on the pro-government forces’ positions in the Southeastern outskirts of Deir Ezzur city, inflicting major losses on the terrorists. The army units engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL and warded off the terrorists’ attack on their positions in Huweija Sakar region, killing or wounding a number of militants and destroying their equipment. Also, the army men targeted and destroyed a bomb-laden vehicle of ISIL before hitting their positons in Huweija Sakar. In the meantime, the army’s missile units and aircraft targeted heavily ISIL’s positions and movements in Hatlah and al-Hosseiniyeh region and in the neighborhoods of al-Huweiqa, Kanamat, Khasarat, al-Roshdiyeh, al-Arzi and al-Orfi, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their military hardware.

 

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