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War Countries - SERIES 31 {19 articles}

Saudi-led coalition condemns U.N. rights report on Yemen


The coalition of Arab states fighting against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Wednesday denounced as inaccurate and biased a report by U.N. human rights experts that said some of its air strikes may amount to war crimes. ✔ It rejected the report’s assertion that it had not cooperated or provided information to the panel ✔ The experts said they did not examine the United States and Britain, who supply weapons and intelligence to the alliance, or Iranian support for the Houthis, but other U.N ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

Blackwater founder seeks to privatize Afghan war despite mercs getting butt kicked in Yemen


Upon departing as commander of US Forces Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson recently said that America's military strategy, revised a year ago under the Trump administration, is working. ✔ Prince's notion that his PMCs will get the job done where the military couldn't is equally unrealistic ✔ Trump's frustration suggests that inevitably he will need to face the fact that any military solution to halt the war in Afghanistan isn't going to work and that it is long past time to get the countries of the region together, with the US present, to come up with a lasting political solution

Russia masses huge force off Syria ahead of final assault on Idlib


Moscow officials vow to 'liquidate' militants and rebels in northern Syria, after witnesses report 'largest' Russian naval deployment in Mediterranean since start of seven-year conflict

Japan and North Korea met secretly in Vietnam in July, irking U.S.: report


U.S. officials expressed irritation that Japan was not forthright about a “secret” meeting in Vietnam with North Korea despite Washington’s near-constant updates to Tokyo on its dealings with Pyongyang. ✔ During a tense meeting at the White House in June, Trump prefaced a blistering critique of Japan’s economic policies with the remark ✔ There is no such fact, Suga told a regular news briefing Wednesday ✔ We’re aware of the report, but won’t comment on every single detail in it, Suga said

Will Russia force Iran out of Syria?


The US shouldn't count on Russia to force Iran out of Syria any time soon. ✔ In June 1995, US Vice President Al Gore signed a secret agreement with then Russian Prime Minister Viktor S Chernomyrdin, calling for an end to all Russian sales of conventional weapons to Iran by the end of 1999 ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Leonid Issaev Leonid Issaev is a lecturer at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

End of the line for Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham in Syria?


With major assault on rebels' last bastion of Idlib impending, analysts suggest time is up for former al-Qaeda branch. ✔ Based on his information and familiarity with HTS' religious leadership, the Jordanian said HTS will dissolve and disperse while declaring the move was in the best interest of religion and the people of Idlib ✔ Follow Ali Younes on Twitter: @ali_reports People & Power Syria: Under Russia's Fist

Commemorating the missing of Lebanon’s civil war


An estimated 17,000 people disappeared between 1975 and 1990. Art projects allow families to pay tribute to their loved ones while raising awareness ✔ The void left by missing relatives is also captured in Empty Chairs, Waiting Families, a project launched in 2016 by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ACT for the Disappeared, a local NGO, and Artichoke Studio, an art-therapy centre in Beirut

‘Imperial arrogance’: Fake FB accounts spewing US propaganda at Cubans fit the pattern


While the US accuses Russia of using internet trolls to sow discord, Washington is funding its own propaganda body's program of 'non-branded Facebook accounts' operating in Cuba. ✔ Here is a fun fact: The US Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), an arm of America's official foreign propaganda agency the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), is setting up non-branded local Facebook accounts to disseminate information in Cuba ✔ Robinson added that many of Americans are simply not aware of such facts because major US media outlets would not report them

At Dimona reactor, Netanyahu warns Israel's foes they risk ruin


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a visit to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor on Wednesday to warn the country's enemies that it has the means to destroy them, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to its assumed nuclear arsenal. ✔ Israel, which is outside the NPT, neither confirms nor denies having the bomb, a decades-old ambiguity policy that it says keeps hostile neighbors in check while avoiding the kind of public provocations that can spark regional arms races ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

Pentagon: No decisions made about suspending future exercises with South Korea


Defense Department moves to clarify comments by Mattis amid tense talks with Pyongyang. ✔ Other planned exercises between the United States and South Korea hadn’t been affected by the decisions made at the summit ✔ In response to a military exercise in late 2010, North Korea shelled a South Korean island resulting in one of the most tense incidents on the peninsula since the 1953 armistice

The Latest: Defending US Open champ Stephens forces 3rd set


NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Defending U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens has forced a th ✔ The No. 3 seed lost the first set 6-4 to qualifier Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine but battled back to take the second set 7-5 ✔ The winner faces two-time U.S. Open finalist Victoria Azarenka ✔ (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) A fan shelters under an umbrella and sips a drink as she watches the match between Fabio Fognini, of Italy, and Michael Mmoh during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in New York

Leon Panetta: John McCain Put Country Before Party. That Made Him a Patriot


He had a healthy irreverence for rules and procedures. ✔ John McCain has earned his place in history as one of the great American patriots of our time ✔ He was tough, fair, and totally devoted to a bipartisan approach to national defense ✔ Leon Panetta is the co-founder and chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy

More than 250,000 people worldwide died from gun injuries in 2016: Report


An estimated 251,000 peopled died from gunshot wounds in 2016 worldwide, with the majority of deaths being homicides, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. ✔ The one exception was 1994 with the Rwandan genocide, which brought the total number of global conflict deaths to 551,000 that year, compared to 232,000 firearm deaths ✔ Both suicide and homicide are defined as intentional behaviors, and thus it should be possible to develop strategies to reduce these forms of violence, the study said

The Latest: Stephens rallies to reach US Open 3rd round


NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 3 p.m. Defending champion Sloane Stephens rallied to reach the third r ✔ NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 3 p.m. Defending champion Sloane Stephens rallied to reach the third round of the U.S. Open with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Anhelina Kalinina ✔ (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Stefanos Tsitsipas, of Greece, talks to himself during his match against Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in New York

The Latest: Wawrinka runs US Open winning streak to 9


NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Stan Wawrinka ran his U.S. Open winning streak to nine with ✔ NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Stan Wawrinka ran his U.S. Open winning streak to nine with a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over qualifier Ugo Humbert of France ✔ (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) Stefanos Tsitsipas, of Greece, talks to himself during his match against Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in New York

Syrian army preparing phased Idlib assault: source


Syrian government forces are preparing a phased offensive in the northwestern province of Idlib and surrounding areas, the last big rebel enclave, a source close to Damascus said on Wednesday. ✔ Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said this month he hoped Ankara and Moscow could find a solution for Idlib, warning that a bombing campaign there would be a massacre ✔ Ankara also fears a major offensive could unleash a new flood of refugees across the Turkish border ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

The Latest: Venus does her part to set up all-Williams match


NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Venus Williams has done her part to set up an all-Williams m ✔ NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Venus Williams has done her part to set up an all-Williams matchup at the U.S. Open ✔ (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Sloane Stephens returns to Anhelina Kalinina, of the Ukraine, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in New York

Russia to Hold Massive Military Exercise on Eastern Border


Chinese and Mongolian military personnel will join the 300,000 Russian troops in Vostok-2018. ✔ The five-day exercises on Russia’s eastern border are expected to start September 11 ✔ Its location suggests the practice is meant to demonstrate closer ties with China, The New York Times report ✔ China was seen as the potential threat or target in exercises like Vostok, Alexander Gabuev, a China expert at the Carnegie Moscow Center, told the Times , but it is now being invited to join as a friend and even a quasi-ally

Venus wins at US Open, could meet Serena in 3rd round


NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams did her part to set up an earlier-than-usual Grand Slam matchup with sister Serena at the U.S. Open, beating Camila Giorgi 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. ✔ NEW YORK (AP) Venus Williams did her part to set up an earlier-than-usual Grand Slam matchup with sister Serena at the U.S. Open, beating Camila Giorgi 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday ✔ Stephens was in trouble early before rallying to beat Ukrainian qualifier Anhelina Kalinina 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

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