Moscow/Damascus: The United States has started building the largest military base in the oil-rich region of Deir ez-Zor with the objective to keep the region under its control. A leading Russian news agency claimed that the United States already had smaller military and air bases in the region. The seriousness of these allegations increase in […]
Varna: ‘The Turkish action against terrorism is not only to secure Syria and Turkey. Even Europe is being secured by this. But the European Union has made a mistake by leaving out Turkey during the expansion of the EU,’ criticised Turkish President Erdogan. Recently, there was a report that the Turkish President Erdogan, through his […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of being behind the attacks on the Saudi cities, by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Saudi army Spokesman said that Iran is supplying arms and missiles to the Houthi rebels and that Iran will be answered at the right time and at the right place. The Saudi Ambassador to […]
New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said that dams will be built to divert water from the rivers flowing to Pakistan from India to resolve the daunting problem of water shortage in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. Three of these dams will be built in the state of Uttarakhand, said […]
Beirut: ‘Israeli fighter jets have declared a war against the Hezbollah terrorists. Many Hezbollah locations along the Syria-Lebanon border were targeted by Israeli fighter jets,’ claimed the Lebanese media. But neither Israel nor Hezbollah has given any reactions. Leading Lebanese news channel ‘Al Jadeed’ in its first report informed that Israeli fighter jets attacked the […]
Kabul: ‘Russia is destabilising Afghanistan. Russia is supplying arms to the Taliban terrorists using the Tajikistan border for this purpose,’ alleged General John Nicholson, the United States Commander in Afghanistan. General Nicholson referred to the information given by the Afghan leaders for this. However, Russia has dismissed the allegations. The US Commander, in an interview […]
Washington: Senior US diplomats and military officials visited Manbij town in northern Syria. These officers have guaranteed continued deployment of the US army in Manbij. Turkey has demanded that the United States should not protect the Kurdish rebels who are based in Manbij town. Turkey had threatened that the Turkish army will certainly strike Manbij […]
Ankara: ‘The action in ‘Afrin’ was just a ‘comma’ in the Syrian campaign. But it is not possible to predict when the Syrian campaign will reach a full stop,’ were the words of the Turkish President Recep Erdogan while announcing that the Syrian campaign will be intensified. ‘The Turkish army would even invade Iraq in […]
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Erdogan has declared that the Turkish army and the Turkish-backed rebel groups helping them have gained control of the ‘Afrin’ town in Syria. Turkey had initiated a campaign ‘Operation Olive Branch’ in the ‘Afrin’ area since January. Russia had supported this campaign whereas, the United States had asked Turkey to stop […]
New Delhi/Islamabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh issued a stern warning to Pakistan that, ‘the Indian army will not hesitate to even cross the border, if warranted to protect its national borders’. Pakistan has resorted to heavy firing across the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB); and the Indian army has given […]