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Afghanistan
Taliban to reassess documents of residential towns, estate dealers
Sheep to be sheared by the truest true believers.
[KhaamaPress] The Justice Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that they reassess the documents of residential towns, estate dealers, and car dealers in Kabul.

The ministry had asked the owners of all residential towns, estates, and car dealers to submit their documents to the ministry of justice for reassessment.

The spokesperson of the ministry Muhammad Bashar said that they have extended the time and added that the owners have another seven days to submit their license and documents to the relevant administrations or the ministry.

Muhammad Bashar warned of canceling the documents and licenses of the residential towns that have violated the city’s plan or have usurped the land.

Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that they have found up to 15 residential towns in Kabul that are either built illegally or have usurped the land.

They also said that up to 2,500 estate dealers are currently active in Kabul city among them 600 have not extended their license and are illegally operating.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Taliban holds military parade in Kabul, their second since victory
”Look upon us and know yourselves conquered again, O Afghans!”
[KhaamaPress] Hundreds of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters boarding US-made armored vehicles and supported by Russian helicopters conducted a military parade on the main street of the Afghan capital.

The parade was held on Darulaman Street on Sunday afternoon, November 14.

Spokesperson of Afghanistan Defense Ministry Enayatullah Khwarazmi said that the military show was held by the newly graduated soldiers.

Khawrazmi said that 250 Taliban fighters graduated from 313 central corps in Kabul.

This is the Taliban’s second military parade since they took over Afghanistan on August 15.

Earlier, the Taliban’s special 700-member military unit had graduated in Kandahar and held the military parade in that city.

It comes as the ministry of defense of Afghanistan has said that the efforts for building an Islamic army have been expedited and they will soon have their own army.

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Exams Waived for Herat Girls, Attendance Drops
They’re just girls, so it doesn’t matter.
[ToloNews] Educational officials in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
said that the attendance of girl students has dropped--with several weeks until the end of the school year--and they attribute this to the cancellation of the annual examination, a decision made by the provincial schoolteachers' council.

Based on the decision, the students would be directly inducted into their next scheduled grade.

"The student of grade seven will be directly promoted to grade eight. The students of grade 12 will be graduated from school," said Mohammad Sabir Mashal, head of the council. "And therefore some disorder is resulting at schools.

After a long delay in the resumption of secondary school and high school for girls, the government last week allowed the girl students from grade 7 to 12 to attend their schools in Herat province.

Herat is one of the seven provinces where girls of secondary and high school age are allowed to attend their schools. In 27 of 34 provinces, the girls from grade 7 to 12 are still not allowed.

However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
some of the students urged the officials to include the annual examination of schools for this year. The students said that the cancellation of the examinations would affect the education system.

"The students of grade 12 have their university entrance ahead and they should have full preparation for entrance. When the private institutions are closed and they also don’t take our examinations, it really affects our future," said Mansoora Islmaili, a student of grade 12.

"When there is no examination, there is no motivation for studying. If there is no examination, we will not study our lessons" said Hamida Rasoli, another student.

The Islamic Emirate officials said earlier that they are working on ways to provide a safe environment for female students across the country.

Some teachers said that cancellation of examinations affects the morale of the students.

"If there is no education, there is no hope for the next year among the students. The motivation that the students have recently found will be lost again," said Halima Sarwari Nadira, a teacher.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Uzbekistan Sends Team to Repair Balkh Airport
Such a neighbourly thing to do.
[ToloNews] Esmatullah Ergashev, special representative of Uzbekistan's president, in a meeting with local officials in the northern Afghan province of Balkh on Sunday said his country will reconstruct Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi international airport in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Ergashev met with Balkh local officials as well as officials from Afghanistan’s ministry of transport and aviation who were in the province to meet with the Uzbekistan officials.

Ergashev said his country had sent a 30-member technical team to help the Afghans reconstruct the airport and repairing the technical damages and equipment.

"We were urged to help in resumption of the airport and repair the damaged equipment. Hence, we have brought 30 technical staff from Uzbekistan, and they are repairing the equipment and reconstructing the airport and soon the airport will become operational," he said.

He said Uzbekistan will try to help Afghanistan in different areas, especially in infrastructure.

Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight...
Balkh local officials urged Uzbekistan to cooperate with Afghanistan in economic areas and in the expansion of trade relations between the two countries.

"The delegation from the transport ministry which has come to Balkh held talks with Uzbekistan officials on airport reconstruction and the railway. Talks were also held on Afghanistan’s electricity bill debt to Uzbekistan, and we said when the banking system problems are resolved we will pay the bill and Uzbekistan should not cut the imported electricity," said Qudratullah Hamza, Balkh's governor.

Officials from the Ministry of Transport and Aviation said Uzbekistan will help Afghanistan repair equipment and train technical staff at Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi airport.

"Uzbekistan's team will repair and reactivate all the equipment and every section of the airport. It will also train in Uzbekistan around 83 technical employees of the ministry who are deployed at Maulana airport," Hasibullah Soroush, deputy minister said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Islamic Emirate Mediating Between Pakistan, TTP: Muttaqi
[ToloNews] The acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, told Pak media that the Islamic Emirate had been mediating negotiations between the Pak government and Tahrik Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP).

In response to a question asked about the Islamic Emirate’s stance in case the negotiations failed, Muttaqi said that the current government would not allow anyone including the TTP to use Afghanistan soil against any country.

"We will not allow anyone to abuse Afghanistan’s soil against others... (will not) allow Tahrik Taliban Pakistain and others because we have pledged it. When we make pledges, we remain committed to them," he said.

He also downplayed ISIS as "not a serious threat" to Afghanistan, saying that Kabul has taken strong steps toward countering the ISIS threats.
And the reason for posting the article:
Muttaqi said that the Islamic Emirate was making preparations for a more disciplined military.

"Afghanistan needs a small number of troops, not hundreds of thousands of troops ... We will try to collect and form a military from the committed, loyal ones, and those who love Islam and the country whether they are part of the former government or not," Muttaqi said.

In a separate interview with the BBC, Muttaqi said that the Islamic Emirate seeks to have positive relations with the world. Asked about Kabul relations with Delhi, Muttaqi said: "The policy of the current Afghan government is to have positive relations with all countries of the world...When we attended the Moscow conference, the representatives of India, Pakistain and other countries were present and tremendous talks were conducted. We hope to be not against any country."
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa North
Egypt bans donation boxes in mosques nationwide
[AlAhram] Egypt’s religious authorities have issued a decision banning direct donations in mosques nationwide, ending the long-time practice of putting charity in "donation boxes" at the worship houses.

Egypt has been fighting radical Islamist groups that have for decades used donation boxes in some mosques as a source of finance as there was no control or supervision on how those donations were used.
Citizens can now donate directly to two-official accounts at the Central Bank of Egypt opened by the Religious Endowment Ministry. One of the accounts is dedicated to mosque maintenance while the other is for social charity.

Many Moslem worshipers like to donate cash at mosques, as a good deed, for the repairing of mosques or social services, including holding Koran recitation lessons or providing charity services for the surrounding community.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Faithful will just have to take their donations of plastique and AK ammo directly to the imam's office.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/15/2021 9:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Imagine what would happen if The dimocRats tried to do that in the USA. I should not wonder is the same will happen in Egypt. Biteone might be trying to over throw Egypt for Irun.
Posted by: Da Cooky || 11/15/2021 11:23 Comments || Top||


Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam announces candidacy for president of Libya
[IsraelTimes] Country’s first-ever direct presidential election, set to take place on December 24, follows years of violence and revolt that toppled the Libyan dictator in 2011

Seif al-Islam Qadaffy, son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
, registered Sunday to run in the country’s December presidential polls, the electoral commission said.

"Seif al-Islam Qadaffy submitted... his candidacy for the presidential election to the High National Electoral Commission office in the [southern] city of Sebha," a statement by the commission said.

It said he had completed "all the required legal conditions" and that he was also issued with a voter registration card for the Sebha district.

Libya’s first-ever direct presidential poll, with a first round on December 24, is the climax of a process launched last year by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
to draw a line under years of violence since the revolt that toppled Qadaffy in 2011.

The long-awaited vote still faces challenges, including unresolved issues over election laws and occasional infighting among gangs. Other obstacles include the deep rift that remains between the country’s east and west, split for years by the war, and the presence of thousands of imported muscle and troops.

Libya opened registration for candidates on Monday.

In a video released by the elections office where he registered, Seif al-Islam addressed the camera said that God will decide the right path for the country’s future. He wore a traditional Libyan robe and turban and spectacles.

Seif al-Islam, 49, the second of Qadaffy’s eight children, was sentenced to death in July 2015 for his role in the murderous repression of the 2011 revolt. He was released from Libyan prison in 2017.

In July, Seif al-Islam emerged from years in the shadows and told The New York Times

... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

he was planning a political comeback.

In a rare interview, he said he wanted to "restore the lost unity" of Libya after a decade of chaos and did not rule out running for the presidency.

The dictator’s erstwhile heir apparent is wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Until the interview, Seif al-Islam had not been seen or heard from since June 2014, when he appeared via video link from Zintan, in the west of the country, during his trial by a Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
court.

Before 2011, the fluent English speaker often appeared in the West as the public face of his father’s regime. He held no official post but had influence as a loyal emissary of the regime and architect of reform.

Qadaffy the dictator had eight children in total, most of whom played significant roles in his regime.

His son Muatassim was killed at the same time Qadaffy was captured and slain. Two other sons, Seif al-Arab and Khamis, were killed earlier in the uprising. Another son, al-Saadi Qadaffy, was released in September after more than seven years of detention in the capital of Tripoli following his extradition from neighboring Niger.
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Cyber
US announces partnership with Israel to combat ransomware
[IsraelTimes] Agreement reached during visit of deputy treasury secretary will lead to MOU supporting info-sharing related to financial sector, joint trainings and exercises on cybersecurity.

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
France’s far-right leader Zemmour under fire over Bataclan tirade
[IsraelTimes] Likely presidential candidate slams ex-president Hollande’s migration policy at site of 2015 Islamic State massacre; survivor says he is acting like a ’grave desecrator’

French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour
...the eminent, contrary Le Figaro columnist whose Jewish Berber parents left Algeria for la belle France in the 1950s...
came under fire on Sunday for delivering a blistering attack against ex-president Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
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Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  "We are highly outraged by this political exploitation of terror victims"

...but not outraged at the perfidy and incompetence and mendacity if your government, which brought these monsters into your nation.

Who's playing politics now, p'tit con?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/15/2021 1:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Not unlike our own D.C. masters, they refuse to see beyond the walls of the Citidel.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2021 1:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Vauban? D'ou?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 11/15/2021 1:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Bitche.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2021 1:54 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan demand UN resettle them
[NPASYRIA] On Sunday, dozens of Syrian refugees protested in front of the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq demanding UN resettle them in a third country.

This is the second time for the refugees to protest, as they protested in the same place last month. The protestors raised banners calling for what they considered to be the rights of any refugee in the world.

It is worthy of note that Syrian refugees have not been granted asylum in the Kurdistan region. The UNHCR has only given them an asylum seeker paper.

Refugees complain about the lack of international support for their demands and rights, especially the right to resettlement and education.

Hussam Abbas, a Syrian refugee in Kurdistan Region of Iraq since 2013 and has four children who came from Barika camp in Sulaymaniyah to participate in the protest, said "The UNHCR says it refuses what is happening on the border. Open the legal door to the refugee so that the illegal one is closed."

"The issue of resettlement is the right of refugees, but they say it is not refugees’ rights," he added.

"Our economic situation is so difficult. My husband does not always find work," said Noura M’amo, who fled Ottoman Turkish bombing during the attack on Afrin, north Syria, three years ago.

M’amo has three children, including a ten-year-old special needs girl.

"My daughter needs care and medicine. I cannot afford to buy her medicine," she told North Press.

The protesters raised placards reading, "The UNHCR donors’ funds do not reach us", "We have the right to be included in the resettlement program", and "The UNHCR’s failure to fulfill its duties, helped the corrupt to exploit and defraud the refugees".
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel Air Force commander meets air chiefs from Jordan, UAE in Dubai
[JPost] "So here's alternative #2B bombing run to Iran's nukes.... Alternative #3A is..."
IAF chief Norkin met with Jordanian Gen. Mohammad Fathi Hiyasat, the first showing a top Israeli officer meeting Jordanian general, in a historic photo.
you know I had to show the photo?
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israel to ask donor countries to restore payments to Palestinians
[JPost]"If you don't feed these parasites, they'll want us to"
Donor countries will be asked to restore financial contributions to the PA as it faces an acute financial crisis.

Israel is set to ask donor countries to restore their financial contributions to the Palestinian Authority at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in Oslo on Wednesday, according to a source in the Ministry for Regional Cooperation.

Those donations have dropped by 85% over the last 13 years, according to a World Bank report published last week in advance of the donor meeting. In 2008, the global community contributed $1.2 billion to the PA, which was an all-time high and this year, donor funds are only expected to amount to $184 million, the World Bank explained.

Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej (Meretz) who is expected to represent Israel at the meeting, will ask donor countries to restore payments and to invest in particular in projects involving water and health, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

The meeting, held twice a year, is chaired by Norway. It involves representatives from 15 countries and entities including the Palestinian Authority. The AHCL is one of the few international forums where Palestinians and Israeli officials interact cooperatively.

In Oslo Frrej will meet with PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh. It will be the first such face-to-face conversation between the two.

The meeting comes as the PA faces an acute financial crisis, with both the World Bank and the United Nations warning that it has a looming $1.36 billion deficit and may not be able to pay its civil servants at the end of this year.
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


Olde Tyme Religion
South Africa pulls support for its Miss Universe contender over Israeli ‘atrocities’
Iraq stripped the citizenship of their their beauty queen, Sarah Idan, for taking a selfie with Miss Israel in whatever country was hosting the 2017 pageant. In the end Miss Idan and her family moved to America, where she became a singer.
[IsraelTimes] The South African government says it is dissociating itself from a decision by the reigning Miss South Africa to take part in the annual Miss Universe in Israel.

The decision came after growing calls for the reigning Miss South Africa to boycott the pageant over alleged Israeli rights violations against Paleostinians.

Local beauty pageant organizers have been adamant that the recently crowned Miss SA Lalela Mswane should go.

"It has proven difficult to persuade the Miss SA pageant organizers to reconsider their decision to partake in the Miss Universe event," the arts and culture ministry says in a statement.

The government therefore "withdraws its support," following the organizers’ "intransigence."

The pageant is slated to be held in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on December 12.

"The atrocities committed by Israel against Paleostinians are well documented and government, as the legitimate representative of the people of South Africa, cannot in good conscience associate itself with such," the ministry says.

South Africa backs the Paleostinian cause, with formal diplomatic relations established in 1995, a year after the end of apartheid.

It downgraded its embassy in Tel Aviv in 2019 and pulled out its ambassador.

Miss SA pageant organizers last week argued that the Miss Universe pageant is not a "politically inspired event."

Forging ahead could "prove disastrous to her (Mswane’s) future and public standing as a young, black woman," warns Arts Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

In a statement, the ruling ANC party urged the organizers "to hear and listen to the overwhelming call for the Miss South Africa team to boycott the upcoming apartheid Israel hosted Miss Universe."
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  But, but. but the diamonds, they will continue to go to Antwerp.... right ?

Our friends in the ANC experiencing new levels of psychological projection.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2021 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2 

I guess South Africa banned Mirrors.

Which would explain how South Africa, a country responsible for 100's of Anti-White and tribal based atrocities over the last 30 years, would be stupid enough to say this.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/15/2021 6:56 Comments || Top||

#3  "Forging ahead could "prove disastrous to her (Mswane’s) future and public standing as a young, black woman," "

I'm not sure where to start parsing this. I suppose that in the future she won't be so young anymore...
Posted by: james || 11/15/2021 8:51 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ *snort*
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2021 10:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Miss SA Lalela Mswane should go; competitors all should consider accepting her presence, and issue a statement regarding the toxicity of government meddling in what essentially is a sponsored international event, and that the rights of individuals to live their lives free from the political imagination of unelected autocrats insults all participants, not just the South African contestant.
Posted by: George Shusoting8878 || 11/15/2021 11:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Or another way to put it,

Lets Go ________ !

Insert the Name of the SA Idiots
that barred Miss SA Lalela Mswane
Posted by: George Shusoting8878 || 11/15/2021 11:35 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Berri: Most Dangerous Blazes are Sectarian Blazes
[An Nahar] Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
on Sunday commented on the wildfires that engulfed several Lebanese regions over the past hours, especially in the Tyre region.

In a statement, Berri noted that the "timing and geography" of the fires raise "a host of questions that security and judicial authorities must answer."

He also said that "as the flames gut what’s left of Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity™, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade...
’s green areas," officials must move to appoint forest guards without any sectarian quotas.

"The most dangerous blazes that cannot be put out are the sectarian blazes that are raging in minds," Berri warned.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Defeating ISIS in northeast Syria is priority
[NPASYRIA] The Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) stressed the priority to combat the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in northeast Syria.

The report covered the military operations’ details conducted in Syria by either Washington alone, or in partnership with the local forces between July 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021.

"In Syria, ISIS appeared to be consolidating in the desert and poised for increased activity in the next stage of its insurgency," the report said.

"The group [ISIS] also continued to focus activity in the al-Hol displaced persons camp, where it continued recruitment and indoctrination activities," it added.

The report pointed out that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with Coalition support, "continued improve security at detention facilities holding ISIS fighters."

additionally, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) continued to adjust stabilization projects in Syria due to reduced funding, according to the report.

The SDF runs 14 detention centers in northeastern Syria, where it is holding approximately 10,000 ISIS detainees, including about 8,000 Iraqis and Syrians.

And about 61% of them are being held in two centers run by the SDF Special Forces in the cities of Hasakah and al-Shaddadi, with the support of the Global Coalition to improve the capabilities sufficient to manage them.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Farmers have to pay al-Nusra taxes for olive crop and oil in Syria's Idlib
[NPASYRIA] Samer al-Sarhan is a pseudonym for a 35-year-old man who displaced from Kafranbel town to live in Idlib city, northwest Syria, said he was not able to afford olive oil for his family this year as the price surpasses his purchasing capacity.

Instead, al-Sarhan was forced to buy vegetable oil which costs less than the olive oil.

Al-Sarhan’s family needs 50 kilograms of olive oil per year.
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Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


Turkish threats an escape policy following meetings without results
[NPASYRIA] Ottoman Turkish threats to launch a military operation against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) is the only option for Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
to escape, after his meetings with the Russian and American presidents ended with no results, an official in the Green Idlib Council said on Sunday.

Ahmed Shawa, a relations official in the Green Idlib Council, said Erdogan’s marginal meetings with Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity, except maybe for abandoning Afghanistan...
and Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
, which were without results, "made him threaten to launch a military operation targeting areas in northern Syria."

"The economic situation associated with the collapse of the Ottoman Turkish lira, the political tension, external conflicts with neighboring countries, and the expulsion of European ambassadors, have increased Erdogan’s intransigence," he added.

The pro-Autonomous Administration Green Idlib Council is an administrative center established in July 2019. Its main office is in Raqqa and it runs the affairs of the people of Idlib who displaced to other areas within the AANES-led areas.

"The Ottoman Turkish president is looking for a lifeline after a series of successive failures of his hostile policies in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Libya and the eastern Mediterranean," Shawa told North Press.

He pointed out that the military build-up sent by Ottoman Turkish forces, Syrian National Army (SNA) factions, and heavy mechanisms on the borders of the northern regions of the Autonomous Administration, "is the only destination for the Ottoman Turkish president’s escape policy after the regional horizon in the Middle East is blocked."

Regarding the dialogue with the Syrian government, Shawa said, the statements and positions issued by northeastern Syria are "clear and frank, and take place under the umbrella of the UN Resolution 2254 for a comprehensive and sustainable political solution in Syria."

Shawa stated that the dialogue mechanism between the Syrian parties is the demand of every real Syrian, and is not dependent on any regional or international party.

"Dialogue is one of the most important factors for a real political solution that will bring Syria out of its crisis that spanned over the past ten years," the Green Idlib Council official concluded.
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



Who's in the News
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5Taliban/IEA
5Commies
5Sublime Porte
4Islamic State
3Hezbollah
2Moslem Colonists
2Govt of Syria
2Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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