The Daily Brief 2021-01-27

in #news • 4 years ago


This is a summary of 13 AMN articles on the following subjects: Hasakah, Syria, Iran, Israel, Tartus, Lebanon, Qamishli, US, ISIS, Russia, Turkey, DeirEzzor, Palmyra, Biden, Palestine, Raqqa.

Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middleeast, World-News, Turkey, Palestine

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SDF disperses protesters over demonstration against siege of Hasakah city

Published 2021-01-27 20:53:44 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dispersed protesters on Wednesday that attended a demonstration against the siege imposed on the city by their troops. According to reports, several people gathered in Al-Hasakah's administrative capital to protest the siege imposed by the SDF on the government-held neighborhoods of the city. The reports said the SDF troops and Asayish police forces fired gunshots in the area to disperse the crowd and put an end to the demonstration on Wednesday morning. The reports said the protest was held on Wednesday against the backdrop of the Syrian Democratic Forces' decision... Read on ->

Tags: Hasakah, Syria


Iranian army spokesman threatens to 'destroy' Tel Aviv if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities

Published 2021-01-27 20:33:16 by News Desk in Iran, Israel

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) - The spokesman for the Iranian armed forces, Major General Abu Fadl Shikaraji, threatened to "destroy Tel Aviv" in case Israel "makes any mistake" against Iran. "Israel's threats are part of psychological warfare, and if they are realistic, then they are illusions," Shkaraji said, adding that the Iranian army "will destroy Tel Aviv and erase it if Israel commits any stupidity against our nuclear facilities." "The Israeli army lives in a state of terror and is too weak to carry out its threats on the ground," he said, adding that "Israel's threat to destroy our nuclear... Read on ->

Tags: Iran, Israel


Russian scientists find ancient Roman port off Syria's coast: photos

Published 2021-01-27 20:19:52 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) - Dmitry Tatarkov, director of the Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations, said that an ancient port was discovered off the Syrian coast unknown to science, presumably dating back to the Roman era. The ruins were found during the second field season of the Russian-Syrian archaeological mission. "It may not have even been a port, but it is a sea fortress from the 1st century AD. Remains of hydraulic structures, a lighthouse and four marble columns have been found. Accompanying ceramic materials will allow for a more detailed dating of the piece. This is a... Read on ->

Tags: Syria, Tartus


Israel pledges to return cows to Lebanon after shepherds complain of unlawful seizure

Published 2021-01-27 18:55:40 by News Desk in Israel, Lebanon

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) - The Israeli army pledged on Tuesday to return several cows belonging to Lebanese shepherds, after crossing the border from Lebanon. This came after shepherds in the Lebanese village of Wazzani accused Israeli soldiers of taking the cows that have been moving freely for decades in their pastures near the disputed borders, Reuters reported. The shepherds of the village reported that the soldiers took seven cows after they entered the gray area between a fence separating the two countries on Sunday, and the blue line that marks the borders set by the United Nations . Kamal... Read on ->

Tags: Israel, Lebanon


Russian reinforcements and heavy equipment arrives at strategic base in northeast Syria: video

Published 2021-01-27 18:43:26 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 P.M.) - A new video was shared this week, showing the arrival of Russian military reinforcements and heavy equipment to the strategic Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria. In the video, which was shared on the RusVesna.SU YouTube channel on Tuesday, a Russian Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane can be seen arriving at the Qamishli Airport, which has become the second largest base for the Russian Armed Forces in Syria.

The arrival of these reinforcements and military equipment comes just a few days after the pro-government National Defense Forces (NDF) and Kurdish-led Asayish forces clashed inside the city... Read on ->

Tags: Hasakah, Qamishli, Syria


US flies B-52 strategic bombers over Middle East

Published 2021-01-27 18:28:05 by News Desk in Iran, Middleeast, World-News

The United States has flown B-52 long-range strategic bombers over the Middle East in a mission aimed at deterring potential aggression in the region, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Wednesday. CENTCOM said the "defensive" mission aimed to showcase the US military's ability to rapidly deploy air power anywhere in the word "to deter potential aggression" and to demonstrate Washington's commitment to the region's security. During the mission, the B-52s were accompanied by F-15E and F-16 jet fighters, as well as KC-10 and KC-135 tankers, the release said. CENTCOM has stepped up its sorties over the... Read on ->

Tags: US


Iran vows to pursue German companies responsible for arming Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons

Published 2021-01-27 17:03:04 by News Desk in Iran

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) - On Wednesday, the Iranian authorities vowed to pursue German companies for their role in arming the former Iraqi regime, headed by Saddam Hussein, with chemical weapons. Iran's permanent ambassador and representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ismail Baqai Hamaneh, stressed during the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva that "Iran will never back down from pursuing Germany's crime of arming Saddam with chemical weapons," the Tasnim Agency reported. He criticized "Germany for not bearing responsibility for its role in arming Saddam's regime with chemical weapons," considering "all legal and natural persons who contributed in... Read on ->

Tags: Iran


Watch: Russian choppers chase ISIS terrorists in central Syria

Published 2021-01-27 16:48:50 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) - Russian helicopters recently rushed to chase Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists after they attacked a passenger bus carrying soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) along the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor International Highway. "A group (ISIS) traveling in two four-wheel drive vehicles loaded with machine guns, attacked a military bus with Syrian army soldiers on board near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Deir Ezzor countryside," a source told Sputnik Arabic. The source confirmed that one of the vehicles was completely destroyed while fleeing deep into the desert, in addition to the damage of the other. In a statement... Read on ->

Tags: ISIS, Russia, Syria


Turkey arrests 12 foreign ISIS members attempting to enter Syria

Published 2021-01-27 16:29:14 by News Desk in Syria, Turkey

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) - On Wednesday, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the arrest of 12 terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh), including five Russians, on the border with Syria. The Turkish Ministry of Defense issued an official statement saying: "On December 31, 2020, 12 terrorist militants were arrested at a checkpoint near the city of Rikhanli in the Turkish province of Hatay." The statement added: "The militants tried to enter the country by crossing the Syrian border illegally, and it was found that five of the terrorists have Russian nationality, four from Uzbekistan and three from Kyrgyzstan."... Read on ->

Tags: ISIS, Syria, Turkey


Syrian Army eliminates terrorist group responsible for bus attack, secure key highway

Published 2021-01-27 16:16:00 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) announced that one of its units managed to eliminate the terrorist group that attacked buses carrying soldiers on the Deir Ezzor-Palmyra International Highway. A military source said in a statement that his units "secured the international road in Deir Ezzor" after eliminating the terrorist group that is linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh). He explained that his units managed to "destroy two pickups equipped with heavy machine guns, and kill eight terrorists, in the operation they carried out after careful follow-up and sweeping operations." Earlier, SANA quoted a source as... Read on ->

Tags: DeirEzzor, ISIS, Palmyra, Syria


Russian warplanes destroy ISIS sites in central Syria: video

Published 2021-01-27 15:46:28 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) - The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian government troops began a large-scale counter-terrorist operation in the Badiya Al-Sham region of central Syria, following a number of attacks carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist attack. According to reports from central Syria, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), with help from the Russian Aerospace Forces, have been combing through a large portion of the Syrian Desert, as they attempt to put an end to the terrorist group's presence in this vast region. As pointed out above, the Russian Aerospace Forces have played a major role in... Read on ->

Tags: ISIS, Russia, Syria


Biden backs two-state solution to Palestinian-Israeli crisis: US envoy

Published 2021-01-27 15:30:27 by News Desk in Israel, Palestine

Acting US Ambassador to the UN Richard Mills has said that President Joe Biden's administration backs a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, but will "maintain its steadfast support" for the Jewish state. In a virtual speech to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Mills said that Washington would urge Israel and the Palestinians "to avoid unilateral steps that make a two-state solution more difficult, such as annexation of territory, settlement activity, demolition, incitement to violence, and providing compensation for individuals imprisoned for acts of terrorism". The US ambassador added that the White House hopes "it will be... Read on ->

Tags: Biden, Israel, Palestine


Turkish forces heavily target strategic towns in northern Syria

Published 2021-01-27 15:19:58 by News Desk in Syria, Turkey

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) - The Turkish Armed Forces, alongside their allied Syrian fighters, continued their campaign in northern Syria this week, hitting a number of targets around two key towns controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates. According to reports from Al-Raqqa front, the Turkish army and their allied Syrian forces launched several artillery and rocket strikes on the SDF's positions near the town of Ain Issa, causing powerful explosions that could be heard as far as the administrative capital. The Turkish army and their allied forces then expanded their attacks to the western countryside... Read on ->

Tags: Raqqa, Syria, Turkey

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