This is a summary of 16 AMN articles on the following subjects: Aleppo, Syria, Turkey, Hasakah, Raqqa, US, Iraq, SAA, SDF, Iran, Israel, Latakia, Lebanon, Nasrallah, Haftar, Libya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Palestine, Karabakh, Hezbollah.
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- Turkish forces withdraw from military post surrounded by Syrian Army in Aleppo: video
- Syrian civilians pelt US military convoy with rocks in Qamishli: video
- US-led Coalition’s convoy targeted in roadside bombing in southern Iraq: report
- Syrian Army deploys to entrance of SDF-held town as Turkish-backed forces continue attack
- Iran warns Israel against crossing red lines after deployment of subs to Persian Gulf
- Russian warplanes launch powerful strikes along Syrian-Turkish border
- Hezbollah’s missiles ‘can hit any target’ in Israel: Nasrallah
- Lebanese Army accuses Israel of violating territorial waters
- Libyan Army threatens to respond to Turkish forces in ‘appropriate and unexpected manner’
- Russia will defend Armenia if Azerbaijan attacks border region: Pashinyan
- Hezbollah leader reveals Qassem Soleimani and Bashar Al-Assad behind supply of anti-tank missiles to Gaza
- Azerbajani forces launch operation in southern Karabakh after soldiers are ambushed
- Russian army reinforcements pour into northern Syria as Turkish-backed forces threaten key town
- Hezbollah has doubled its advanced missiles in the past year: Nasrallah
- Israeli army takes ‘important’ measures after infiltration and theft of weapons near Lebanese border: Ynet
- Russian military developing new tactics after success of Turkish and Israeli drones in Karabakh
Turkish forces withdraw from military post surrounded by Syrian Army in Aleppo: video
Published 2020-12-28 18:04:13 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – The Turkish observation point, which was besieged by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at the summit of Jabal Andan in the northern countryside of Aleppo, has been abandoned by the Turkish Armed Forces after they began their withdrawal process in November. According to Sputnik Arabic, who visited the site, the last Turkish soldiers at the observation post in Jabal Anadan were monitored withdrawing food and water packages from the base and moving toward another site in the areas controlled by their allied militants. The reporter also monitored the earthen fortifications and mounds that were located… Read on ->
Tags: Aleppo, Syria, Turkey
Syrian civilians pelt US military convoy with rocks in Qamishli: video
Published 2020-12-28 17:38:34 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:20 P.M.) – A number of Syrian civilians took to the International Road in the Al-Qamishli countryside recently to express their discontent with the American troops, as they were greeted with a great deal of hostility from the locals. In a video shared on social media, the civilians were filmed pelting the U.S. military vehicles that were traveling through the Al-Qamishli countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. As shown in the Twitter video below, the U.S.-led Coalition vehicles can be seen continuing on its way, despite the clear hostility from the local population in the Al-Qamishli countryside. https://twitter.com/wrongname46/status/1343561918359998465?s=20 This… Read on ->
Tags: Hasakah, Raqqa, Syria, US
US-led Coalition’s convoy targeted in roadside bombing in southern Iraq: report
Published 2020-12-28 17:22:07 by News Desk in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – On Monday, Iraqi security sources told Al-Sumaria TV said that an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a convoy belonging to the U.S.-led Anti-ISIS Coalition in the Diwaniyah Governorate of southern Iraq. The security source, who requested anonymity, told Al-Sumaria TV on Monday that the convoy belonging to the International Coalition was carrying logistical equipment, when it was targeted by the explosive device. They explained that the convoy was exposed to an explosive device on the international road in Diwaniyah Governorate. The security source did not clarify whether the explosion had resulted in casualties and losses… Read on ->
Tags: Iraq
Syrian Army deploys to entrance of SDF-held town as Turkish-backed forces continue attack
Published 2020-12-28 15:54:04 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has deployed troops to the outskirts of a strategic city in the northern region of the Arab Republic, sources from the military said on Monday. According to the sources, the Syrian Arab Army, along with the Russian military police, deployed its forces to the western outskirts of Ain Issa, which is currently being targeted by the Turkish-backed militants. The reports said that the Syrian Arab Army is only deployed to the entrance of Ain Issa; they have not reached an agreement to enter the town, despite preliminary reports on Sunday… Read on ->
Tags: Raqqa, SAA, SDF, Syria
Iran warns Israel against crossing red lines after deployment of subs to Persian Gulf
Published 2020-12-28 15:20:02 by News Desk in Iran, Israel
A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry warned on Monday that Israel risked crossing a red line after media said that an Israeli submarine was sent to the Persian Gulf as a deterrent. “Everybody knows what the Persian Gulf means to Iran, and what policy Iran pursues about its national interests and security,” Saeed Khatibzadeh was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. The spokesman added that Israel should be “aware of the risks of crossing Iran’s red lines.” Israeli state media said last week that a Dolphin-class submarine had crossed the Suez Canal visibly above water in mid-December as… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel
Russian warplanes launch powerful strikes along Syrian-Turkish border
Published 2020-12-28 15:02:11 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a series of heavy strikes over the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate on Monday, hitting a number of sites belonging to the foreigner-led Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP). Prior to the start of the Russian strikes, their reconnaissance planes were seen flying over the Al-Jabal Al-Akrad region of northeastern Latakia, as they monitored the jihadist forces moving around the Syrian-Turkish border. According to a military report from the Latakia Governorate, the Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed a powerful attack on the Turkestan Islamic Party’s positions in the Kabani hills, inflicting heavy… Read on ->
Tags: Latakia, Syria
Hezbollah’s missiles ‘can hit any target’ in Israel: Nasrallah
Published 2020-12-28 14:24:10 by News Desk in Israel, Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) -The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, declared that “the resistance forces are capable of hitting any target in the territories of Israeli control in the event of a military confrontation.” In an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday, Nasrallah said: “The great mobilization that the resistance carried out was at all levels and in full view of the Israelis … and the Israeli drones in the Lebanese airspace are witnessing great confusion for fear of the resistance’s response … He knows that we fired the appropriate weapon towards its drones without this being made public.” Nasrallah… Read on ->
Tags: Israel, Lebanon, Nasrallah
Lebanese Army accuses Israel of violating territorial waters
Published 2020-12-28 14:13:10 by News Desk in Israel, Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – On Sunday evening, the Lebanese Army accused Israel of violating the country’s territorial waters on two separate occasions in a 24-hour period. In a statement carried by the National News Agency of Lebanon, the army said, “On 12/26/2020 and at 18.38 hours, an Israeli enemy gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al-Naqoura, about 200 meters away, for two minutes and dropped two light bombs.” In its statement, the Lebanese Army added, “On 12/27/2020, between 04.37 and 08.36 hours, a similar boat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al-Naqoura for a maximum distance… Read on ->
Tags: Israel, Lebanon
Libyan Army threatens to respond to Turkish forces in ‘appropriate and unexpected manner’
Published 2020-12-28 13:11:29 by News Desk in North-Africa, Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 P.M.) – The Media Office of the Libyan National Army announced on Sunday that its forces will respond to Turkey in an appropriate and unexpected manner, Al-Arabiya TV reported. This came in response to the statements of Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, that his country would consider the forces of the Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar and his supporters stationed in eastern Libya “legitimate targets” if they tried to attack Turkish forces in the region. Akar said, during his visit to the leadership of the Turkish Task Force in Libya and his meeting with the Turkish units,… Read on ->
Tags: Haftar, Libya, Turkey
Russia will defend Armenia if Azerbaijan attacks border region: Pashinyan
Published 2020-12-28 11:54:54 by News Desk in World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that Russia will intervene to ensure the security of Armenia in the event that Azerbaijan attempts to launch any attack on the Syunik border region. “The most important issue is ensuring security … As a result of the measures that have been taken, a war has been prevented in Syunik, not only today, but in general,” Pashinyan said, speaking on state television in Armenia. He continued, “Our deployment took place in a way that ensures that in the event that Syunik is tampered with, the armed forces… Read on ->
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia
Hezbollah leader reveals Qassem Soleimani and Bashar Al-Assad behind supply of anti-tank missiles to Gaza
Published 2020-12-28 11:08:08 by News Desk in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, revealed that the late commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by Washington about a year ago, was the person responsible for bringing Russian-made Kornet guided missiles to Gaza. Nasrallah said in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday: “Hajj Qassem Soleimani and his team did not fail at anything that could be offered to Palestine at all levels.” He stressed, “The delivery of Kornet missiles to the Palestinian resistance in Gaza was led by martyr Soleimani.” Nasrallah also pointed out that Syrian… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria
Azerbajani forces launch operation in southern Karabakh after soldiers are ambushed
Published 2020-12-28 10:17:48 by News Desk in World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched a search and destroy operation on Sunday after a group of soldiers were killed in an ambush inside the Hadrut area of the Karabakh region. According to the Azerbaijani media, the soldier, Sergeant Ganbarov Elmir, was killed and a another wounded in an ambush laid out by the local Armenian forces inside the Hadrut area of Karabakh. “On December 27, at about 15:30 A.M., an illegal Armenian armed group or detachment of six remnants of the Armenian armed forces attacked the units of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of… Read on ->
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh
Russian army reinforcements pour into northern Syria as Turkish-backed forces threaten key town
Published 2020-12-28 09:57:02 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense deployed additional military units to northern Syria, amid tense conditions there, with the intensification of clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and factions loyal to Turkey. The deputy director of the Hmeimim Center for Reconciliation of the Conflicting Parties in Syria, affiliated with the Russian Defense Ministry, Marine Major General Vyacheslav Sitnik, said in a statement issued on Sunday evening: “With the aim of strengthening efforts to stabilize the Ain Issa region, additional units of the Russian Military Police arrived today.” Sitnik indicated that unstable conditions were recorded in… Read on ->
Tags: Raqqa, Russia, Syria
Hezbollah has doubled its advanced missiles in the past year: Nasrallah
Published 2020-12-28 08:46:33 by News Desk in Lebanon
Hezbollah has doubled the total number of its precision missiles over the past year, according to the organization’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, claiming that the group is able to perform a high-precision rocket attack on any target outside Palestine. “The number of precision missiles at the resistance’s disposal has now doubled what it was a year ago,” Nasrallah said. “Any target across the area of occupied Palestine that we want to hit accurately, we are able to hit accurately”, Nasrallah said in a televised interview with the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen channel on Sunday. Nasrallah said Hezbollah considers other strikes as an act… Read on ->
Tags: Hezbollah, Lebanon
Israeli army takes ‘important’ measures after infiltration and theft of weapons near Lebanese border: Ynet
Published 2020-12-28 00:31:30 by News Desk in Israel, Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) – OnSunday, the Israeli army made a decision described as “important” regarding the theft of weapons from a military base in northern Israel two months ago. The Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Aharonot (Ynet) reported on Sunday that the Israeli army decided to collect weapons from the population in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, following an infiltration at the military base of the 769th Brigade in northern Israel, which is located near the Lebanese-Syrian border. The newspaper stated that more than 40 weapons were stolen from that Israeli military base located in the Upper Galilee region, and the… Read on ->
Tags: Israel, Lebanon
Russian military developing new tactics after success of Turkish and Israeli drones in Karabakh
Published 2020-12-28 00:14:26 by News Desk in Israel, Turkey, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – The head of the Russian Armed Forces, Alexander Leonov, spoke on Sunday about the lessons learned from the war in Karabakh for the Russian army. Leonov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda that “during the battles in Karabakh, this offensive weapon remained unnoticed, and a blow from the sky suddenly followed. The fighters at the site did not see any threat, because the relatively small device was hanging at high altitude and was invisible.” “The old Soviet anti-aircraft air defense systems, for example, Shilka or Wasp, which are in service with the Armenian forces,… Read on ->
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Karabakh, Russia, Turkey
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