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Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking.
The six-year-old Syria war is moving to a new stage, perhaps its final. The Syrian government is consolidating its control over most of the populated centers, while the Islamic State Group is losing ground fast – and everywhere.
(MEE) — Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show.
The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, sets out the terms under which Russia can use its Hmeimim air base in Lattakia Province which it has used to carry out air strikes against forces opposing President Bashar al-Assad.
The commander of the US Special Operations Command, Gen. Raymond Thomas, has dropped a bombshell in an interview reported by Newsweek.
According to Thomas, his forces operating in Syria are in violation of international law and Russia has the legal high ground:
Syrian rebels aim during a weapons training exercise outside Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo)
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During his press conference following his meeting with President Macron, US President Trump spoke with hope and some pride about the ceasefire in southern Syria he agreed with Russian President Putin during their meeting on the margins of the G20 summit
Here is what President Trump said
Anti-capitalist and anti-globalist protesters, by the thousands, have greeted world leaders and their entourage in Hamburg, Germany, for the G20 summit. About 15,000 demonstrated on Thursday, July 6, 2017, and the riot police cracked down on them with water cannons set on armored vehicles.
In the badly damaged Al-Shaar neighborhood in East Aleppo, returnee families and displaced residents receive UNHCR relief assistance at a distribution point run by the Al Ihsan Charity in March 2017. (Photo: UNHCR/Hameed Marouf)
The image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on Syrian currency for the first time. Specifically the current Syrian President is pictured on newly minted Syrian 2,000 Pound notes.
While the official explanation for the appearance of the current President is that the old notes had become subject to wear and tear, many believe that the new currency notes are a tribute to a President who is now widely regarded of having largely saved Syria from destruction at the hands of terrorists and foreign armed forces.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference at the Russian Ambassador’s residence in London, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that Moscow would respond to a U.S. “provocation” in Syria “proportionally and with dignity.”
