(11.10.2016) Der verdeckte Einsatz französischer Spezialtruppen zeigt an, dass an der Mosul- Offensive mehr Truppen teilnehmen, als der Öffentlichkeit bekannt ist. Ohnehin ist ihre Zahl kaum zu überschauen und noch weniger ihre zum Teil sehr unterschiedlichen und konfligierenden Interessen, wie dies in Medienberichten hervorgehoben wird.

It is therefore necessary to announce that the preparation for the operation to liberate Mosul have been completed and have paved the way to begin the Mosul operation. The preparations were reached after an agreement between the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi military forces. The military tasks and responsibilities were distributed in accordance to that agreement. We thereby would like to reassure all the concerned parties that all of the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region shall remain committed to meticulously abide by the agreement. Additionally there is complete coordination between the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi military forces in pursuit of preventing all undesired events.

Baghdad and Erbil have also agreed to establish a joint higher political committee whose task would be to supervise the affairs of Mosul after the liberation.

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Berlin, 23.09.2016.
Die Offensive zur Vertreibung des IS aus Mosul läuft. Die Befreiung der nordirakischen Stadt Mosul aus den Händen der Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS) steht vielleicht kurz bevor.

(8.12.2015) Tomorrow Press and local sources in Nineveh, report the foreign military presence in the province is not limited to Turkish soldiers, pointing to the presence of Saudi and German troops stationed in areas near the city of Mosul.

Controversially, the United States will allow a corridor for ISIS to escape into Syria.

Tens of thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers are expected to join the imminent Mosul offensive.

But a Pentagon official who wanted to remain anonymous told Anadolu Agency that „a full scale offensive hasn‘t started yet“. The official did not confirm if the operation had begun at all.

On the other hand, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) told Anadolu Agency that reports on social media and the Internet that Mosul operation began were „erroneous.“

(13.10.2016) „Nevertheless, during the operation a corridor will be left for terrorists to escape to Syria. Those retreating this way will not be captured. Currently, there are some 7,000 Daesh militants. But the operation is not expected to be long because the terrorists are not as strong as before,“ he said.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched an assault last night in the northeastern sector of Aleppo City, targeting the militants-controlled areas near the strategic Jandoul Roundabout.

(9.10.2016) UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura appealed directly to Jabhat al-Nusra, Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate, on Oct. 6 to leave the city of Aleppo “because 1,000 of you are deciding the destiny of the 275,000 civilians.”

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(6.10.2016) UN-Gesandter bietet persönlichen Einsatz an, um Beschuss der Stadt zu beenden: Die Anwesenheit von 900 Al-Nusra-Kämpfern werde dafür als Ausrede benutzt

(10.10.2006) RT-Reporter Murad Gazdiev hat sich an die Frontlinie im umkämpften Osten der einst boomenden Wirtschaftsmetropole gewagt. Die Aufnahmen seines Teams widerlegen die Aussagen des Vize-UN-Botschafters der USA, der die Präsenz von Al-Nusra in Aleppo vor dem UN-Sicherheitsrat als „vernachlässigbar“ betitelte.

(10.10.2016) “Let’s not talk simply about the ‘no-fly zone,’” Frattini said. “I know very well the story of the no-fly zone in Libya. But now a no-fly zone in an area Al-Nusra [controls], will be protecting an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group.”

Despite claims to the contrary from Washington, “it is possible to separate Al-Nusra from moderate rebels because al-Nusra occupy some well-determined areas of eastern Aleppo” and modern military technologies “allow [us] to target particularly small areas where terrorists are without hitting innocent civilians,” Frattini said.

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Commenting on US Vice President Joe Biden’s statement on the possibility of cyberattacks against Russia, Vladimir Putin said it’s the first time that Washington has admitted involvement in such actions.

Angela Merkel hat hat sich zu dem Nato-Ziel bekannt, den Verteidigungshaushalt drastisch zu erhöhen. Langfristig würde so das Bundeswehrbudget um 60 Prozent steigen.

“In the context of the hotline between [Israel and Russia], the Israelis sent us a request to develop new procedures and open-fire rules to be added to the existing coordination mechanism,” a Russian source told Izvestia, adding that the request was made in an effort to prevent Russian missile systems in Syria from firing at Israeli aircraft by mistake.

“We are currently developing our response and will send it to the Israelis in the context of the agreed upon procedures between the [two] sides,” the source said.

„Von unseren amerikanischen Freunden kann man alles erwarten“, kommentierte der Kremlchef. Doch gebe es an Bidens Drohung kaum etwas Neues. „Wir wissen ja ohnehin, dass die US-Behörden alle ausspähen und abhören.“

Il segretario di Stato americano John Kerry si recherà a Londra per un incontro sulla Siria ospitato dal ministro degli Esteri britannico Boris Johnson con i suoi omologhi di Francia (Jean-Marc Ayrault) e Germania (Frank-Walter Steinmeier): lo scrive la Bbc online senza specificare la data dei colloqui.

Mr Kerry‘s talks with his French and German counterparts on Sunday will be hosted by the UK‘s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

A planned round of talks between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany in Berlin on the Ukrainian peace process will be possible only if experts make progress in dialogue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

(16.10.206) Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel will die EU davon überzeugen, die Sanktionen gegen Russland wegen dessen Rolle in der Syrien-Krise zu verschärfen, berichtet die „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ (FAZ) unter Berufung auf Quellen aus Merkels Umfeld.