Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of “Arab militias” for executing and beheading Kurds in…
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DAMASCUS, SYRIA — China’s ambassador to Syria, Qin Qianjin, recently told Syria’s Al Watan news service that the Chinese military may soon join the conflict as the Syrian government, along with its allies, sets its sights on retaking the parts of Syria that remain under the control of extremist groups, specifically Syria’s Idlib province.
Russia Today released videos of an incredible development in Douma, located in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, and the epicenter of much of the Syria-related news of late.
Sputnik News reported a very interesting find that brings up new questions for the West, and, more specifically, the Trump Administration, regarding a chemical weapons storehouse find in Douma, Syria, today.
From this report:
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian troops found a warehouse of substances necessary for the production of chemical weapons in Syrian Douma, media reported Tuesday, citing chemical defense specialist Alexander Rodionov.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia are nearing an agreement on Syria for how they hope to resolve the Arab country’s civil war once the Islamic State group (ISIS) is defeated, officials said Thursday.
If clinched, the deal was expected to be announced by President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vietnam on Friday, four U.S. officials said. The United States has been reluctant to schedule a formal meeting for the leaders unless they have a substantive agreement to announce.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s hearing on Captiol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2017. (AP/Cliff Owen)
Lebanese customs officers display confiscated drugs of Captagon pills found in a bus, at Beirut Port, in Lebanon in 2007. (AP/Ahmad Omar)
French customs officials said on Tuesday that they had intercepted 135kg of Captagon, dubbed the “jihadist drug”, at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport this year.
Captagon, a type of amphetamine, is one of the most commonly used drugs among fighters in the Syrian war.
Residents walk through damaged streets at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria, Thursday, May 18, 2017. A U.S. airstrike struck pro-Syrian government forces hitting a convoy in the desert near the border with Jordan, (AP/Hassan Ammar)
Russia has condemned a US coalition attack on Wednesday that it claims had hit civilians, Russian news agencies reported.
