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  • Vrej1915
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    Turkey to conduct joint operation with Russia against Kurdish forces

    By News Desk
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    12/12/2017

    Ankara will coordinate its operation in northern Syria’s Afrin region with Russia in advance if it decides to conduct it, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told NTV television channel on Tuesday.

    “Threats for Turkey are coming from Afrin. We may enter this region without a warning,” Cavusoglu said.

    “If we carry out the operation there, we will agree on all its aspects with our allies, including Russia,” he added

    According to Cavusoglu, if the threats for Turkey are posed from the Syrian Army, Ankara’s goal will be to fight against Bashar Al-Assad’s government.

    “Now they are not posing any threats to us,” he said, adding that the major threat comes from the Kurds of the Democratic Union Party and the People’s Protection Units.

    On November 28, Turkey’s National Security Council said setting up observation posts in Afrin following the example of the de-escalation zone in Idlib would help to achieve peace and stability in northern Syria.

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier said Afrin is a crucial region for Ankara as it poses threat to Turkey’s national security. Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, stressed that Turkey was ready to carry out an operation against the Kurds from the People’s Protection Units in Afrin.

    Ankara believes that both the People’s Protection Units and the Democratic Union Party are the Syrian branches of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is fiercely fighting against Turkey’s authorities and is labeled as a terrorist organization.

    More:
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier said Afrin is a crucial region for Ankara as it poses threat to Turkey’s national security

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  • Azad
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    Amazing how this guy keeps insulting the US and gets away with it. Now they are placing bounty on American gov. officials.

    "Turkey Places Bounty on Two Former U.S. Government Officials"

    A wealthy ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has placed a bounty on the heads of two former U.S. military and intelligence officials.

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  • Azad
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    Proxy Baiting all over the Middle East. Each baiting their game for war. Iran is playing their card properly staying out of it.

    "Russia's Putin visits Syria airbase and orders start of pullout"

    Russia begins withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, as President Putin visits the country.

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  • Vrej1915
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    Netanyahu: Palestinians must face reality over Jerusalem

    • BBC

    Israel's prime minister has said Palestinians must "get to grips with" the reality that Jerusalem is Israel's capital in order to move towards peace.

    Benjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem had been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and had "never been the capital of any other people".

    He spoke amid ongoing protests in the Muslim and Arab world at a US decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital.

    Violence flared near the US embassy in Lebanon and elsewhere on Sunday.

    In Jerusalem itself, a Palestinian was arrested after stabbing and seriously wounding an Israeli security guard at the central bus station. Netanyahu: Paris is the capital of France, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

    Speaking in Paris after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Netanyahu said efforts to deny the "millennial connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem" were "absurd".

    "You can read it in a very fine book - it's called the Bible," he said. "You can read it after the Bible. You can hear it in the history of Jewish communities throughout our diaspora... Where else is the capital of Israel, but in Jerusalem?

    "The sooner the Palestinians come to grips with this reality, the sooner we will move towards peace."

    Meanwhile a spokesman for the US Vice-President, Mike Pence, strongly criticised the Palestinian Authority, saying it was "unfortunate" that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet Mr Pence on his forthcoming trip to the region.

    In Egypt, the country's top Muslim and Christian clerics have also cancelled scheduled talks with Mr Pence in protest at the US move. Raft of protests

    There has been widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump's decision - announced on Wednesday - to reverse decades of US neutrality on the status of Jerusalem which cuts to the heart of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

    The city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.

    Israel has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.

    Sunday has seen a further raft of protests at the US move:
    • In Beirut, riot police used teargas and water cannon to stop hundreds of protesters from reaching the US embassy
    • Further protests took place in Cairo and Rabat, the Moroccan capital
    • In the Palestinian territories themselves protests continued while Israel said it had blown up a tunnel from Gaza, which it says was being dug to enable militant attacks
    • Thousands of people demonstrated outside the US embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, some waving banners reading "Palestine is in our hearts"
    • A burning object was thrown at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Gothenburg late on Saturday in what police said was a failed arson attempt
    Vicious row between two leaders

    In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a large rally in Istanbul he would not abandon Jerusalem to a state that "kills children".

    Mr Netanyahu said the Turkish leader had "attacked Israel".

    "I'm not used to receiving lectures about morality from a leader who bombs Kurdish villages in his native Turkey, who jails journalists, helps Iran go around international sanctions and who helps terrorists, including in Gaza, kill innocent people," he added.

    Mr Erdoğan has described Jerusalem as a "red line" issue for Muslims and warned Turkey could end up severing diplomatic ties with Israel over the issue.

    Turkey and Israel only restored diplomatic relations last year, six years after Turkey cut ties in protest at the killing of nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists in clashes with Israeli commandos on board a ship trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

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  • Vrej1915
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    Iran sanctions case witness Reza Zarrab says cellmate made death threats

    Image copyrightAFP Image captionReza Zarrab is testifying in a high-profile US Iran sanctions trial
    A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying in a US trial of a Turkish banker says he has had death threats from another inmate for co-operating.

    Reza Zarrab is a witness in the trial of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who is accused of violating US sanctions against Iran.

    Mr Zarrab told the court on Thursday that he was transferred from a Brooklyn prison to FBI custody, for protection.

    In a separate development, Mr Zarrab, 34, was accused of sexual assaulting his 62-year-old cellmate last year.

    Robert Anello, attorney for Mr Zarrab, said the assault allegations were "outrageous and false from a source that is not remotely credible".

    On his last day of testimony at the trial, the trader said another inmate revealed to him that he had "received instructions to kill because I was co-operating".

    Mr Zarrab did not identify the person or say when the threat was made. His account has not been confirmed by the US Bureau of Prisons.

    He pleaded guilty in October to working with Mr Atilla in an attempt to help Iran evade US economic sanctions. Turkish denials

    Earlier in his testimony, he told the court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had approved his and the defendant's sanctions-breaking deals.

    He implicated Mr Erdogan in an international money laundering scheme that he and the banker ran between 2010 and 2015, which allegedly allowed Iran access to global markets despite US sanctions.

    He said that he was told in 2012 by the then economy minister that Mr Erdogan, who was prime minister at the time, had instructed Turkish banks to participate in the multi-million dollar scheme.

    Mr Erdogan has denied that Turkey breached US sanctions, but the case has strained relations between Ankara and Washington. Turkish prosecutors have ordered the seizure of Mr Zarrab's assets.

    Mr Zarrab was arrested by US officials in 2016, accused of engaging in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of transactions on behalf of the Iranian government, money laundering and bank fraud.

    He later agreed to co-operate with the prosecutors in a case against Mr Atilla.

    The sexual assault allegation against Mr Zarrab comes some months after the alleged incident. Faouzi Jaber, a former cellmate, alleges Mr Zarrab assaulted him some time between November 2016 and March 2017.

    Asked why the allegation came so long after the alleged incident, Mr Jaber's attorney Alexei Schacht said he was only recently hired to be his lawyer and had "filed it as soon as possible".

    The Federal Bureau of Prisons found the allegations to be "unsubstantiated", AFP reported.

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  • Vrej1915
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    Թուրքիան պատրաստվում է վատթարագույնին. Թրամփի «արբիտրաժն» ու Սեւրը
      • ՆԱԻՐԱ ՀԱՅՐՈՒՄՅԱՆ, Մեկնաբան
      • Մեկնաբանություն - 07 Դեկտեմբերի 2017


    Այսօր Թուրքիայի նախագահը 65 տարվա մեջ առաջին անգամ այցելեց Հունաստան: Այցից մի քանի ժամ առաջ հունական Skai հեռուստաընկերությանը տված հարցազրույցում Էրդողանը հայտարարել է, որ Լոզանի խաղաղության պայմանագիրը վերանայման կարիք ունի:



    «Մենք կարող ենք քննարկել ամեն ինչ՝ ալֆայից օմեգա: Հնարավոր է, Հունաստանը որոշ հարցերից, կոնկրետ կանխատեսումներից նյարդայնանա, սակայն կարող ենք նստել եւ քննարկել», - ասել է Էրդողանը: Նա ընգծել է, որ քննարկումը վերաբերելու է ոչ թե Հունաստանին, այլ ողջ տարածաշրջանին: Լոզանի պայմանագրով որոշվել են Թուրքիայի սահմանները Հունաստանի, Իրաքի եւ Սիրիայի հետ:



    Հունաստանի կառավարության պաշտոնական ներկայացուցիչ Դիմիտրիս Ցանակոպուլոսը հայտարարել է, որ Էրդողանի հարցազրույցը «լուրջ մտահոգություններ ու հարցեր» է առաջացնում: Այցը, սակայն, չի չեղարկվել, եւ Հունաստանը հավանաբար ցանկանում է լսել Էրդողանին:



    Էրդողանն ըստ երեւույթին Հունաստանին ու մյուսներին առաջարկում է վերանայել Լոզանի պայմանագիրը՝ հնարավոր է անգամ Աթենքին լրացուցիչ «արտոնություններ» առաջարկելով: Էրդողանը վախենում է եւ բազմիցս նշել է, որ Լոզանի պայմանագիրը վերանայվելու է առանց Թուրքիայի՝ օրինակ հօգուտ Սեւրի պայմանագրի կամ Վիլսոնի արբիտրաժի, որով Թուրքիայի տարածքն անհամեմատ փոքր է ներկայիս տարածքից: Բացի այդ, Թուրքիայի վերահսկողությունից դուրս Լոզանի պայմանագրի չեղարկումը կարող է ինքնըստինքյան հանգեցնել Քրդստանի ստեղծմանը. Իրաքյան Քրդստանում արդեն անց է կացվել հանրաքվե:



    Թուրքիան ԱՄՆ-ին բացահայտ մեղադրում է տարածաշրջանում սահմանները վերանայելու մտադրության մեջ: ԱՄՆ-ն ու նախագահ Թրամփը նման մտադրություն ունե՞ն: Ըստ երեւույթին, ունեն: Թրամփը երեկ Երուսաղեմը ճանաչել է Իսրայելի մայրաքաղաք: Ավելի վաղ ԱՄՆ-ն հայտարարում էր, որ մտադիր է հասնել իսրայելա-պաղեստինյան հակամարտության կարգավորմանը:



    Էրդողանն ավելի վաղ հայտարարել էր, որ Թուրքիան Երուսաղեմն Իսրայելի մայրաքաղաք ճանաչելու դեպքում պատրաստ է խզել դիվանագիտական հարաբերություններն Իսրայելի հետ: Նա պատրաստակամություն է հայտնել հարցը քննարկել Ռուսաստանի նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինի հետ: Լոզանի պայմանագրի հնարավոր վերանայումից առաջ Էրդողանը կփչացնի՞ Իսրայելի հետ հարաբերությունները: Առավել եւս, որ Իսրայելն ինքնին Լոզանի պայմանագրի «խախտում է»:



    Հունաստանը կհամաձայնվի՞ վերանայել Լոզանի պայմանգիրը եւ թույլ չտալ ԱՄՆ-ին Մերձավոր Արեւելքում իրագործել «Թրամփի արբիտրաժը»: Մոսկվան համաձա՞յն է Թուրքիայի հետ նոր անջատ «Կարսի» պայմանագիր ստորագրել, որով կորոշվեն Թուրքիայի եւ Հայաստանի սահմանները: Ինչպե՞ս է Հայաստանը վերաբերվում այդպիսի պայմանագրերին:



    Երեւանն ուշադիր հետեւում է Երուսաղեմում իրավիճակի զարգացումներին, հայտարարել է Հայաստանի արտաքին գործերի նախարար Էդվարդ Նալբանդյանը: «Երուսաղեմի կարգավիճակի հարցը միջազգային օրակարգի կարևորագույն խնդիրներից է և կարող է լուծում ստանալ բանակցությունների միջոցով՝ իսրայելա-պաղեստինյան հակամարտության կողմերի համար ընդունելի կարգավորման համատեքստում։ Դա կարող է ճանապարհ հարթել տևական անվտանգության և խաղաղության հաստատման համար», - ասել է Նալբանդյանը՝ հիշեցնելով, որ Երուսաղեմում առկա է բազմադարյա հայկական ներկայություն, հարուստ հայկական պատմա-մշակութային ժառանգություն։



    Հայաստանը դեռ վերաբերմունք չի հայտնել Լոզանի եւ Կարսի պայմանագրերին: Անխուսափելիորեն մոտենում է պահը, երբ պաշտոնական Երեւանը ստիպված է լինելու արտահայտել իր դիրքորոշումը:

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  • Azad
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    Every time the baboons promote their wonderfulness by paying for their propaganda it back fires royally. This is funny!

    PERTH: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Media Watch program has shone necessary light on the Consulate of Azerbaijan in Western Australia payi...

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  • Azad
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    Originally posted by Azad View Post
    The West is pushing hard for a war in the Middle East.
    Could Trump's declaration of Jerusalem be the new capital would trigger a conflict in the ME? Apparently erdogan will cut ties with shekelistan (as if it makes a difference).

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  • Vrej1915
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    US Intelligence Chief promised SDF corridor to the Mediterrenean: Former SDF Spokesman

    By Izat Charkatli
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    05/12/2017

    DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:49 PM) – According to the SDF’s former spokesman Talal Silo in a long interview released by the Turkish Anadol News Agency, US intelligence promised the Kurdish Syrian group a corridor to the sea should they launch an extensive operation against ISIS in eastern Syria.

    US intelligence had wanted its Syrian proxy to capture Albukamal and most of the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent a link up between the two Middle Eastern countries- such a feat would link Tehran to Beirut and allow weapon transfers between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah to flow at ease.

    Unfortunately for US planning, the rapid Russian-backed Syrian advance on Mayadeen and Albukamal foiled those plans forcing the SDF to stay confined to the eastern parts of the Euphrates.

    Those details do however explain the Syrian Democratic Forces’s initiative to establish the Idlib Military Council in Afrin earlier this summer as Kurdish forces seemed to eye a route to the Syrian coast through northern Idlib.

    Turkey, aware and anxious about such threats, deployed a considerable force south of Afrin and set up more than a dozen checkpoints and observation posts to anticipate any potential movement on the part of the SDF.

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  • Azad
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    The West is pushing hard for a war in the Middle East.
    Since they lost their foothold in Syria, the Shekelists, Brits and Saudis are pushing hard for a start of a Sunni/Shia major wars in the Middle East.
    The US has a mix stand due to oil prices that would skyrocket hurting the US economy (but want to sell more arms).
    Most likely the shekelists will soon trigger the conflict in Lebanon after Russia pulls out of Syria (by the end of the Year).
    Beginning of 2018 sounds about right. Relative how bad, how long, how far it will spread the eastern turks will get the idea to use the regional wars to venture into Artsakh anytime after March.

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