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The number illegal armed groups that declared their commitment to the ceasefire terms remains unchanged — 69,“ the bulletin says.

Am Samstagabend (18.00 Uhr MESZ) war eine dreitägige, von Syriens Verbündetem Russland ausgerufene Waffenruhe zu Ende gegangen.

Über eine Verlängerung des Einsatzes in Incirlik, von wo aus die Bundeswehr den Kampf gegen die Terrormiliz IS unterstützt, entscheidet der Bundestag im November.

2010: Abteilungsleiter Gesamtlage im Bundesnachrichtendienst
2013: Stellvertreter des Kommandeurs des Fähigkeitskommandos für das Militärische Nachrichtenwesen der Bundeswehr (Kommando Strategische Aufklärung)
2016: Vizepräsident für militärische Angelegenheiten des Bundesnachrichtendienstes

Die Kurden sprachen von Boden-Boden-Raketen, die in vier Dörfern im Norden von Aleppo eingeschlagen waren. Die kurdischen Partisanen warfen der türkischen Armee ein weiteres Mal vor, die Angriffshandlungen diverser Terrorgruppierungen zu unterstützen.

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(19.10.2016) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cited an Ottoman-era manifesto to make a case for his country’s participation in a campaign to flush out Islamic State militants from Iraq’s second largest city, reinforcing suspicions about Ankara’s intention for expansion.

(2.9.2015) Former CIA director David Petraeus is advocating giving arms to members of al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida off-shoot, to beat Isis. That is madness

Der Kampf gegen Al-Qaida in Syrien hat für das amerikanische Außenministerium keine Priorität. Schuld an der Untätigkeit der USA trägt, laut Außenministerium, natürlich Russland. Offziell kämpfen die US-Militärs nur gegen die Organisation „Islamischer Staat“.

„Es macht den Eindruck, dass die US-Administration nichts anderes mehr zu tun hat, als die Beziehungen zu Russland allem Anschein nach endgültig zu zerstören, damit danach mehrere Jahre für deren Wiederaufbau erforderlich werden“, so Rjabkow.

All die Erklärungen über neue Sanktionen gegen Russland wegen der Lage in Aleppo seien für Moskau derweil nicht neu. Aber: „Neu ist die Intensivität, mit der diese Sanktionsbeschwörungen wiederholt werden“.

“Far too often, weddings, funeral processions, hospital, police posts and humanitarian convoys are targeted by the coalition,” he added.

Russian reconnaissance systems have recorded an air strike of the US-led coalition on a funeral procession in the town of Daquq, some 30 kilometers south of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. In the air strike, dozens of civilians were killed, with women and children among them, Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

„On October 21, Russian reconnaissance systems registered an air strike delivered by a pair of warplanes on the populated locality of Daquq, some 30 kilometers south of Kirkuk, where there are no ISIS militants (Islamic State, the terrorist group outlawed in Russia – eds. TASS), according to our information,“ Konashenkov said. „Eyewitnesses report that the coalition’s aviation had mistaken a funeral procession for a group of militants. Dozens of Iraqi civilians died, including women and children.“

In a statement on Saturday, the General Command said the victories which the Syrian Arab Army and its allies are achieving in the war against terrorism, especially in Aleppo, have broken Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s illusions and smashed his plots in Syria and the region and prompted him to escalate his aggression on Syria.

Clinton did not directly answer how she would react if a Russian plane breached a no-fly zone established by the U.S.

Nor did Clinton address the Syrian casualties that might result from a no-fly zone. In a 2013 speech to Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, Clinton told attendees that establishing a no-fly zone would “kill a lot of Syrians,” because it would require the U.S. to take out Syrian air defenses, which are located in populous areas.

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In the final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton said something that received little attention from the mainstream media: “Mosul is on the border of Syria.”

Whether that statement is correct depends on your definition of “on the border.” Mosul, in northern Iraq, is roughly 75 miles from Syria.

Nonetheless, the GOP candidate’s harshest conservative critics remain starry-eyed groupies of Israel‘s prime minister.

(25.9.2016) U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the campaign said, marking a potential dramatic shift in U.S. policy.

Veröffentlicht am 06.09.2016
After spending 20 minutes talking about how the US needs to be tough on Iran and tough on ISIS and friendly with Russia, Trump is asked whether he supports regime change in Syria. After realizing that Middle East politics is more complicated than his simplistic slogans, he changes the subject and makes rambling comments on the Iran nuclear deal instead of answering the question.

(19.10.2016)