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ISIS beheaded Amercian aid worker Peter Kassig
American aid worker and former soldier Peter Kassig was beheaded by ISIS terrorists. As CNN news agency informs, the White House confirmed Sunday, hours after a video claiming to show the victim surfaced online. ISIS held Kassig as a hostage and in previous communications had threatened his life.The video shows the aftermath of a beheading in which the victim is not clearly re...
John Kerry visits Jordan to have discussions on Jerusalem tensions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling Wednesday to Jordan for talks on challenges facing the country's neighbors, including tensions in Jerusalem and the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Voice of America informs about this.  Kerry will meet with Jordan's King Abdullah on his latest trip to the region that he has visited more than a dozen ...
Lavrov may meet Syrian Foreign Minister
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov may meet with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in Moscow on November 26. As Ria NOVOSTI informs, a Russian diplomatic source said about this on Tuesday. "The meeting with Lavrov, I think, will take place on November 26," the source said. The talks are aimed at finding a way out of Syria's years-long civil war, which flared up in Marc...
Obama and Putin discussed issues of international importance
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama spoke several times during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China, touching on bilateral relations, as well as on the situation in Syria, Ukraine and Iran, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, Russian Sputnik News informs.  "Breaks [during APEC sessions] were used several ti...
Iran & Jordan, Alienated from Turkey, Warmly Welcome Four Armenian Leaders
By Harut Sassounian, www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Armenians boosted their historical ties with the Arab and Muslim world last month with the simultaneous visits of Armenia’s President and Jerusalem’s Armenian Patriarch to the Kingdom of Jordan, and visits by the Armenian Prime Minister and Aram Catholicos of Lebanon to the Islamic Republic of Iran. While such...
The National Interest: Could Azerbaijan be ISIL's next target?
Author of The National Interest Audrey L. Altstadt writes: Could ISIL gain traction in Azerbaijan? Amid the welter of analyses about ISIL in Syria and Iraq, little attention has been paid to the potential impact of ISIL or other Islamic extremist movements in another important area--namely, the strategically sensitive south Caucasus region and especially energy-rich Azerb...
Sweden officially recognizes Palestine
The Swedish government became the first E.U. member to officially recognize a Palestinian state on Thursday. The Time writes about this.  Newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven first announced the move at his swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 3, but he was not expected to follow through so soon, Haaretz reports. “Some will claim that today’s decision comes too...
UN Security Council condemns Islamic State's attacks on Iraq
The UN Security Council's members on unanimously adopted Press Statement, condemning the Islamic State (IS) attacks in Iraq. According to the statement issued on Friday, the UN Security Council condemns " the vicious string of suicide, vehicle-borne, and other attacks in Baghdad and surrounding provinces over the past several days, perpetrated by the terrorist organization ope...
Turkey allows the USA to use its military bases
Turkey has agreed to let the US use its military bases in the campaign against Islamic State militants. As the BBC news agency writes, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said about this. According to the source, Ms Rice said the US welcomed the new agreement, which included use of the Incirlik air base in Turkey's south. The US is leading air strikes against IS, which ha...
ANCA met with Bob Menendez and Ed Royce to discuss Syrian crisis
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) recently held consultations with the chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee on a broad range of Armenian American policy priorities, including the welfare of Armenian communities amid a worsening ISIS crisis, an increasingly strained U.S.-Turkey relationship, and growing instabilit...
Iranian source: The USA makes Turkey join struggle against ISIL
"The United States is pressing Turkey to join its campaigns against the ISIL as Washington is becoming frustrated over Ankara’s inaction against the terrorists", Iranian Press TV writes. The source goes on quoting the Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby who said "US is negotiating with Turkey about what they can or will or may do here,-and added, this is a decision t...
Iran is bothered with "Turkey's dangerous movements in Iraq and Syria"
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the Turkey's dangerous movements in Iraq and Syria should not be taken lightly. IRNA writes about this. Speaking in meeting of the parliamentary faction Rahrovan Velayat (Followers of Jurisprudence), Larijani discussed the regional and international developments durign which he cautioned on Turkey's policies regarding Ir...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns destruction of Armenian church i...
Here is a statement by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about destructions of the religious significance by ISIL. Armenian church in Deir Al-Zor was also destructed by ISIL. The statement especially says: "It has been brought to our attention that an important Armenian church was destroyed by ISIL in Deir Al-Zor in Syria in mid-September. We&...
Syria warns Turkey
Syria warned Turkey on Friday against any military intervention on its territories, saying it would consider it an act of “aggression,” a day after the Turkish military was given authorization to conduct cross-border incursions against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operating in the Arab country. Al Arabia informs about this.  The "declared policy ...
US State Dep. welcomes Turkish decision to authorize military action in Iraq and Syria
The Obama administration welcomed Turkey's parliamentary vote on Oct. 2 authorizing military action in Syria and Iraq to fight any group threatening the country. Turkish Hurriyet Daily News informs about this.  As it was already infromed, the motion was submitted by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's Cabinet, and passed by a vote of 298-98 in the 550-seat Parliament. U.S. Se...
Turkish Parliament allows military involvement in Iraq and Syria
A comprehensive motion authorizing the government to deploy the Turkish army into Iraq and Syria and to allow the deployment of foreign troops on Turkish soil was approved Oct. 2 in Parliament, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News writes about this. The motion, based on Article 92 of the Turkish Constitution, received 298 votes in favor and 98 against. Justice and Development Party (A...
“A Middle East With No Minorities?”
“Minorities, and others, don’t need protection in the Middle East. Instead, we need a Middle East where human life is respected, without the complex calculations of alliances and interests taking precedence. Otherwise, after the protection ends, what comes next?” asked Dr. Paul Haidostian, president of Beirut’s Haigazian University, in a talk sponsored b...
Obama says ISIS is an "immediate concern that has to be dealt with"
The US President Obama acknowledged Sunday that U.S. intelligence officials "underestimated" the threat posed by the Islamic State and overestimated the Iraqi army’s capacity to defeat the militant group. Fox News writes about this.  During an wide-ranging interview on CBS' “60 Minutes” Obama underlined that the Islamic State militants went "underground"...
Washington Post about Turkey's actions at the border with Syria
"Turkish troops fired tear gas and water cannons Monday to disperse crowds near Suruc, Turkey, on the Syrian border, where Turkish and Syrian Kurds have been demonstrating against border closings and the Islamic State’s latest advances in Syria. At least 130,000 refugees have poured into Turkey in the past three days, fleeing the onslaught of the militants", The Washingt...
Israel hits a Syrian fighter jet
On Tuesday in the mording the Israeli military announced that it had shot down a Syrian fighter jet that had “infiltrated into Israeli airspace,” the first such incident in at least a quarter of a century. New-York Times writes about this. Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a military spokesman, said the Patriot air-defense system had intercepted a Russian-made Sukhoi warplane...
Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor is destroyed
The Islamic State for Iraq and Syria–ISIS–forces destroyed the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor, news agencies in the Middle East reported, according to Asbarez.com. The reports surfaced as Armenia was celebrating the 23rd anniversary of its independence on Sept. 21. Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement condemning the d...
The USA starts airstrikes against ISIL: The USA Today
The U.S. military, along with Arab allies, launched the first airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria late Monday. The USA Today informs about this. According to the source, "the Pentagon acknowledged responsibility for the attack on the group, also known as ISIL and ISIS, in a brief statement". "I can confirm that U.S. military and partner nation forces are underta...
Syrian President swears in the country’s new government
Syrian President Bashar Assad has sworn in the country’s new government at a ceremony in Damascus. PressTV news agency informed about this on Monday. According to the source, at a ceremony held Sunday, Assad urged the ministers to “provide a new vision” and to avoid “the negatives of the previous stage,” adding that the success of the new governme...
Iran warns Israel strictly
"Iran has warned of the consequences of a recent provocative act of incursion by an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into its airspace, stressing that the Islamic Republic reserves every right to take whatever action necessary to defend its territory", Iranian Press.TV writes about this. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, UN Security Council Presid...
US journalist is killed by Islamic State militant group
James Foley, a freelance war correspondent from New Hampshire, was killed at the hands of the Islamic State militant group, which distributed a video that said the apparent beheading was retaliation for recent US airstrikes in Iraq, US officials said late Tuesday. Boston Globe writes about this.  The officials told the Associated Press that they believe it is Foley in the...
Another Azeraijani mujahid is killed in Syria
One more Azerbaijani citizen has been killed in Syria. Azerbaijani Press Agency informs about this.  According to the source, the killed Azerbaijani is Mustafayev Ramal Davud, the resident of Masalli region’s Arkivan village who fought among the armed group of Islamic State. He was killed together with Zardab region resident Abdullayev Ramiz Aghasef a few days ago....
Obama leaves his holiday to discuss situation in Iraq
US President Obama returns to the White House from his Martha's Vineyard vacation. As the USA Today writes, US President returned to WH late Sunday night. "The president is scheduled to have meetings at the White House on Monday and Tuesday, including Monday sessions devoted to the Iraq military operation and the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. In the morning, Obama and Vice Presiden...
UN Secretary General voices regret over events in Gaza
On July 17 Un Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his regret that Israel has launched a ground offensive against Gaza, despite calls for restraint, and stressed that there can be no military solution to the conflict which flared up over a week ago. UN official web-site writes about this.  “I regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those of many regional and wo...
Ashton refers to the problems of Syrian Armenians
Vassilis Bontosoglu, the Head of the European Union delegation to Syria, has responded to the letter of the European Commission on Justice and Development to EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. The letter especially says: “Thank you for your letter of to the High Representative, Mrs. Ashton, regarding the situation of Syrian Armenians...
Saudi Arabia deploys 30.000 soldiers in Iraqi border
Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, but Baghdad denied this and said the frontier remained under its full control. Reuters writes about this.  The world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia shares an 800-km (500-mile) border with Iraq, where Islamic State ins...
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