Why Idlib matters and the obstacles Assad faces there
9/17/2018, 4:08:43 PMThe Syrian conflict has turned toward the northwestern Idlib region, where gover... ✔ By contrast, Assad’s foreign foes did nothing to obstruct his recent campaign to recover the southwest near Jordan and Israel ✔ The sheer number of rebels and size of Idlib are also seen as spelling a costly campaign for Damascus ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
International court sentences Congo politician Bemba for witness...
9/17/2018, 4:32:56 PMThe International Criminal Court on Monday fined Congolese politician Jean-Pierr... ✔ But what is positive in this ruling is that MLC president, senator Jean Pierre Bemba moves from the status of being provisionally freed to become 100 percent free in terms of movement, action and expression, the party’s deputy secretary-general Fidele Babala said
While All Eyes Are on Syria’s Idlib, US Continues to Decimate Yemen
9/17/2018, 7:15:39 PMThe US is ready to defend Syria from a brutish assault launched by Syria’s own government and its allies – or so Washington wants you to believe. In the backdrop, Yemen continues to burn in silence. ✔ The US is ready to defend Syria from a brutish assault launched by Syria’s own government and its allies – or so Washington wants you to believe ✔ And so I think the decision was made in the end by President Obama to say we’re going to be, to support parts of this war… Only a peace prize laureate could pull off a feat like that
Girlfriend of ex-Brit soldier jailed by Turkey for fighting ISIS blames ‘anti-UK agenda'
9/17/2018, 6:15:24 PMTHE ANGUISHED girlfriend of a former British soldier who was jailed in Turkey after fighting ISIS believes his bogus prison sentence is based on a “political agenda” against the UK. ✔ Joe Robinson, 24, was last week sentenced to seven-and-a-half-years in prison over accusations he is a member of the People's Protection Units of Syrian Kurdistan (YPG), an armed group designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey ✔ He travelled to Syria just after the attacks in Tunisia in which a lot of British people died, Rojkan said
‘Sanctions could trigger war,’ Iran issues chilling warning amid angry CLASHES
9/17/2018, 4:47:27 PMUS and Iranian energy officials have traded blows at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over plans to reimpose tough sanctions against oil exports from the Islamic Republic – with Tehran claiming the “reckless act” could trigger a war. ✔ This ominous move is doomed to have serious repercussions for regional and international peace and security ✔ Meanwhile the International Energy Agency has warned of higher oil prices as Iranian supply losses deepen heading into November ✔ In accordance with this, the US shared nuclear technology for peaceful purposes with countries including former ally Iran
South Korean president jets to Pyongyang for 'heart-to-heart' nuclear talks with Kim Jong-un
9/17/2018, 5:37:04 PMMoon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, will seek to revive stalled talks on nuclear disarmament between the US and North Korea when he jets into Pyongyang on Tuesday morning for a three-day summit with Kim Jong-un. ✔ His aides revealed that he wants to find a middle ground between the US position on denuclearisation and the North’s request for assurances over security and ending hostilities ✔ No. But we have a dramatically reduced risk of war on the Korean Peninsula compared to this time last year
Putin, Erdogan agree on Idlib demilitarised zone
9/17/2018, 5:02:44 PMundefined ✔ Russia and Turkey have reaffirmed their determination to fight terrorism in Syria in all its forms and manifestations, Mr Putin said after the talks, the second meeting between the two leaders in under a fortnight ✔ Although Turkey and Russia have supported opposing sides of the Syrian conflict since its outset in 2011, they have worked together on de-escalation zones and, along with the Iranian government, set up peace talks that ran parallel to efforts led by the UN
Images show the contrast between life either side of Korea's borders
9/17/2018, 4:20:19 PMNorth and South Korea have been separated since the end of the Second World War and life is now vastly different on either side of the border, though still bears some striking similarities. ✔ While Spam is exported all over the world, North Korean good are strictly prohibited under sanctions for carry out nuclear tests Student Ri Young Hwa, 19, a volunteer staff member, poses in a computer lab at the Scitech building in Pyongyang ✔ Meanwhile Republic of Korea Army soldier Corporal Woo (bottom) poses just a few hundreds meters away, on the Southern side
Russia, Turkey to Create Buffer Zone in Syrian Opposition Stronghold
9/17/2018, 6:44:10 PMRussia and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, a move that could help avert a fight and likely humanitarian catastrophe. ✔ It also is a base for tens of thousands of more moderate anti-Assad fighters supported by Turkey ✔ Mr. Erdogan said radical rebels would be banned from the area, while opponents to the Assad regime whom Turkey has been backing would be allowed to keep their positions ✔ Previous attempts have failed and the Assad regime’s threats to launch an offensive has been causing friction among militants
Black Earth Rising star Harriet Walter reveals ‘There’s a whole story I couldn't tell’
9/17/2018, 6:05:42 PMBLACK EARTH RISING continues on BBC One tonight and will see further developments in the Michaela Coel-fronted international thriller. ✔ It throws it into relief without anybody kind of beating themselves on the chest ✔ Another child from another background might have rebelled, but because of her upbringing she will probably go into those legal chambers to follow her mother’s steps more than somebody else might ✔ Alice stands accused of a historic war crime - the murder of a French priest in Rwanda in 1994 ✔ Black Earth Rising continues tonight on BBC One at 9pm
Gimme shelter: Underground real estate for the apocalypse
9/17/2018, 7:00:46 PMBreak the bank for bunkers if things go nuclear. ✔ Besides breathable air and protective barriers, everything else is a plus ✔ Lynch says shelters can include fingerprint-protected entries as well as surveillance systems that show what's happening outside the underground bunker -- something he calls virtual windows ✔ Life Disrupted: Field dispatches on tech's role in the global refugee crisis
Trump gearing up for WW3? US Air Force must EXPAND to face 'growing threat' from China
9/17/2018, 4:22:42 PMTHE US Air Force must be ready to counter the “growing threat” of China and Russia over the next decade, a top official has warned in an indication that military chiefs are moving on to a war footing after US President Donald Trump unveiled his £530billion defence policy bill. ✔ That competition is set to grow if President Donald Trump succeeds in creating a new SpaceForce as the sixth branch of the military, something he hopes to do by 2020 ✔ But I think we have to be clear on what is needed to protect our vital national interest in this country
White Helmets stealing children for 'chemical attack' theater in Idlib
9/17/2018, 4:14:00 PM“Leave our children in peace. Let our children play, stop ‘playing’ with our children.” These are the words of a mother whose child was stolen and is being imprisoned in Idlib by terrorist groups and the White Helmets. ✔ People are leaving with nothing except the clothes on their back and yet we are told these monsters bring us ‘freedom and democracy.’ Wafaa described the foreign fighters occupying Idlib: Most people in Idlib avoid the foreign fighters, they are very extreme and dangerous
Russia and Turkey to set up Idlib buffer zone to protect civilians
9/17/2018, 7:01:33 PMPlan lessens risk of humanitarian disaster affecting 3 million people in last major Syrian rebel enclave ✔ The agreement, to be jointly monitored by Turkish and Russian forces, will be seen as a sign of Erdoğan’s influence over Putin, and is a huge advance over a trilateral summit held two weeks ago in Tehran when Erdoğan and Putin clashed in public over the feasibility of a ceasefire
Greece must urgently move vulnerable migrants from island camp: MSF...
9/17/2018, 5:03:58 PMGreece should urgently move children and other vulnerable migrants and refugees ... ✔ It is time to immediately evacuate the most vulnerable to safe accommodation in other European countries ✔ The migrants in the camp, which is on the island of Lesbos, are housed in shipping containers and flimsy tents in conditions widely criticized as falling short of basic standards ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Russia and Turkey agree to 'demilitarised zone' along Idlib border
9/17/2018, 7:20:45 PMRussia and Turkey agreed on Monday to a create a "demilitarised zone" between Syrian rebels and government forces in the northern city of Idlib, staving off a potential humanitarian catastrophe in the last rebel stronghold. ✔ Let's not create an excuse and take a step like bombing there, Mr Erdogan said ✔ There has been growing pressure on Russia to rein in Assad's forces ✔ Turkey warned a fresh exodus of civilians fleeing fighting could see a fresh wave of refugees, which Mr Erdogan last week threatened to send to Europe
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