This is a summary of 14 AMN articles on the following subjects: Deir_Ezzor, Syria, Houthi, Yemen, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Russia, Israel, Netanyahu, Erdogan, France, Macron, US, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Somalia.
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- Syrian tribes demonstrate against US forces in eastern Syria
- Houthi forces say Yemeni gov’t troops are nearing complete defeat after suffering heavy losses
- Turkey’s Defense Minister boasts of Turkish weapons ‘liberating’ Karabakh from ‘Armenian occupiers’
- Iranian Quds Force commander visits Iraq
- Iran sends largest tanker fleet to Venezuela in defiance of US threats
- Russian long-range radar detected US stealth fighters on Iranian border after Soleimani’s assassination: report
- Son of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist reveals new details about his father’s death
- Leaked video shows moment Armenian forces shoot down Azerbaijani chopper
- Netanyahu comments on accusation of Israel assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist
- Erdogan hopes France ‘gets rid’ of Macron as soon as possible
- Russia mobilizes entire Black Sea Fleet in show of strength in front of US forces
- Hezbollah drone captures rare footage of Israeli command center: video
- Pompeo boasts about killing Qassem Soleimani, claims Iran is ‘desperately seeking’ to negotiation with US
- US to withdraw most of its forces from Somolia
Syrian tribes demonstrate against US forces in eastern Syria
Published 2020-12-05 23:31:48 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – Members of the Arab tribes went out to demonstrate in the areas controlled by the US army in the southern and eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor this week, in protest against the practices of armed militias loyal to it, and the theft of oil while purchasing derivatives at high prices. Civilian sources in Deir Ezzor countryside told Sputnik that the people of Abu Hamam organized popular protests on Saturday (December 5), during which they called for the departure of the “Kurdish” militias of the US army from their areas, and for the necessity to support… Read on ->
Tags: Deir_Ezzor, Syria
Houthi forces say Yemeni gov’t troops are nearing complete defeat after suffering heavy losses
Published 2020-12-05 22:51:09 by News Desk in Yemen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 P.M.) – The spokesman for the Ansarallah- aligned Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’a, said on Saturday, that the Yemeni government forces are in its final stages after it suffered successive defeats on various fronts of fighting. Sare’a said during his meeting in Sanaa that 300 members of the Yemeni army have defected to the Ansarallah Movement (Houthi forces) in northwestern Yemen. “No matter how deep the occupiers and agents shed blood, their fate is like their predecessors, who were forced to leave by national resistance rejecting oppression and subservience to the occupier,” he said. He… Read on ->
Tags: Houthi, Yemen
Turkey’s Defense Minister boasts of Turkish weapons ‘liberating’ Karabakh from ‘Armenian occupiers’
Published 2020-12-05 22:25:56 by News Desk in Turkey, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday that Azerbaijan ‘liberated’ the Karabakh region with contributions from his country’s weapons systems. The state-owned Anadolu Agency quoted Akar as saying: “Azerbaijan liberated Karabakh from the (Armenian) occupation in 44 days with the help of our local weapons systems.” Earlier, Akar said that the Turkish army will soon begin joint work with Russian forces to monitor the ceasefire agreement in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Turkish agency quoted Akar as further saying: “A joint center between Turkey and Russia is being established in Karabakh in the near future,… Read on ->
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Turkey
Iranian Quds Force commander visits Iraq
Published 2020-12-05 22:00:20 by News Desk in Iran, Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:55 P.M.) – The head of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Ismail Ghaani, visited Iraq and discussed the latest developments with the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic and a number of senior officials. The Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, told Al-Alam TV on Saturday that “Major General Ismail Ghaani met during his recent visit to Iraq with the prime minister, the president and other Iraqi officials.” He continued, “Iran does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Iraqi parties and blocs, but these blocs prefer to consult with Iran,” stressing… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Iraq
Iran sends largest tanker fleet to Venezuela in defiance of US threats
Published 2020-12-05 21:13:25 by News Desk in Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – Iran has sent its largest fleet of oil tankers, consisting of about ten ships, to Venezuela, the Bloomberg Agency reported this weekend. The agency quoted an informed source that Iran has sent its largest fleet, in defiance of the US sanctions and to help the isolated country in facing the huge shortage of fuel. The source pointed out that it will help some of the aforementioned Iranian oil tankers in exporting the Venezuelan crude oil that they will carry after unloading the Iranian fuel that they transport in Venezuela. Previously, the administration of US President… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Venezuela
Russian long-range radar detected US stealth fighters on Iranian border after Soleimani’s assassination: report
Published 2020-12-05 12:14:48 by News Desk in Iran, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The first long-range Russian radar dedicated to monitoring the atmosphere behind the horizon confirmed all its technical and design specifications, after it detected air targets thousands of kilometers away. According to RT Arabic, who cited the Russian wireless technical forces, the “Container” radar, which began its service in the Russian army on December 1, 2019, detected NATO reconnaissance aircraft and stealth fighters on the Iranian border after the late commander of the Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, was assassinated. The report said that the Container radar, on January 8, recorded six American stealth fighters… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Russia
Son of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist reveals new details about his father’s death
Published 2020-12-05 11:16:24 by News Desk in Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The son of the late Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh revealed new details, in addition to the last moments of the his father’s life, during an interview this week about the assassination. “The assassination was not carried out by a machine gun installed on a small truck parked on the side of the road and controlled via satellites, as stated in many allegations,” Fakhrizadeh’s son said in a televised interview. “There was a real battle,” stressing that his mother was next to her husband when the incident occurred, but she was unharmed during the shooting. The… Read on ->
Tags: Iran
Leaked video shows moment Armenian forces shoot down Azerbaijani chopper
Published 2020-12-05 10:51:43 by News Desk in World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – A new video released this week showed the moment an Azerbaijani military chopper was shot down by the Armenian forces in Karabakh. The video, which was first shared on Twitter via the Caucasus War Report, shows the Azerbaijani chopper attempting to make a crash landing after being hit by the Artsakh Defense Army’s air defense team. https://twitter.com/ASBMilitary/status/1334775700566519810?s=20 The date of the video is unknown; however, it is believed to have taken place during the six-week-long conflict between the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and Artsakh Defense Army in the Karabakh region. Over the course of this conflict,… Read on ->
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh
Netanyahu comments on accusation of Israel assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist
Published 2020-12-05 10:27:25 by News Desk in Israel, Middleeast
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Iran blames his country for any incident that takes place in its territory. CNN quoted Netanyahu said on Thursday, during a hypothetical meeting with the American Hudson Research Institute, in response to a question about the Iranian authorities holding Israel responsible for the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: “They always accuse us. Whether right or wrong, in anything that happens in Iran, and our constant policy is not to comment on such matters, and therefore I will not do that now.” The Israeli Prime Minister… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel, Netanyahu
Erdogan hopes France ‘gets rid’ of Macron as soon as possible
Published 2020-12-05 10:02:46 by News Desk in Turkey, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a new, powerful attack on his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, expressing his hope that his country would “get rid” of him soon. “Macron is a misfortune for France, and under Macron’s presidency, France is going through a very dangerous period. I hope France will get rid of Macron’s problem as soon as possible,” Erdogan told reporters when leaving the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul after Friday prayers. The Turkish president strongly criticized the French parliament’s decision to recommend the government to recognize the independence of the Karabakh Republic, which is… Read on ->
Tags: Erdogan, France, Macron, Turkey
Russia mobilizes entire Black Sea Fleet in show of strength in front of US forces
Published 2020-12-05 09:44:01 by News Desk in World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has sailed to carry out exercises with its full strength, in a move that has sparked the interest of US forces in the region. In a statement, the ministry stated that the exercises include the two frigates “Admiral Grigorovich” and “Admiral Makarov”, the patrol ship “Dmitry Rogachev”, the escort ship “Petlevi”, the two small missile ships “Orekhovo-Zuevo” and “Ingushetia”, in addition to the landing ships, large and small anti-submarine ships, submarines, minesweepers and support ships. The ships heading to the sea are… Read on ->
Tags: Russia, US
Hezbollah drone captures rare footage of Israeli command center: video
Published 2020-12-05 09:18:06 by News Desk in Israel, Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – Hezbollah’s official media wing, Al-Manar, released a new video on Friday evening that showed one of the Lebanese organization’s drones capturing footage of an Israeli command center along the Upper Galilee region’s border. In an episode on Al-Manar TV’s “Secrets of Second Liberation, the Hezbollah drones capture footage of the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) command centers in Brannite and Ruwaysat Al-Alam, which are both in the Upper Galilee and occupied-Sheba’a Farms regions. According to Al-Manar, the drones managed to capture the footage of the command centers without disruption, despite the fact that the Israeli Defense… Read on ->
Tags: Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon
Pompeo boasts about killing Qassem Soleimani, claims Iran is ‘desperately seeking’ to negotiation with US
Published 2020-12-05 00:44:10 by News Desk in Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said on Friday that the killing of the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, shows the truth of the red line drawn by the United States for Tehran. In his speech at the Manama Dialogue Forum in Bahrain, he said that the Iranians are desperately seeking to re-negotiate with America to remove sanctions. “Giving Iran access to weapons and Western financing cannot be the right way forward,” Pompeo said. In his speech, the US Secretary of State expressed his hope for resolving the dispute… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, US
US to withdraw most of its forces from Somolia
Published 2020-12-05 00:30:07 by News Desk in Africa, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) – Reuters quoted a US military official on Friday as saying that the United States will withdraw most of its forces from Somalia by January 15, leaving limited formations in Mogadishu. They said that the US deployed about 700 troops in Somalia to help local forces defeat the youth movement linked to Al Qaeda. On November 17, the US Department of Defense announced the withdrawal of 2,000 soldiers from Afghanistan and 500 from Iraq before the end of the current President Donald Trump’s tenure on January 20. This reduces the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan… Read on ->
Tags: Somalia, US
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