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☆ US and Iraqi governments expected to start talks on future of US military presence in the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The US and Iraq are expected to soon begin talks on the future of the US military presence in the country, according to sources familiar with the matter, amid public calls from the Iraqi government for the US to withdraw its troops. US military officials and diplomats will be involved in the discussions, officials said. The talks about the future of the US’ military presence have now taken on a greater urgency amid the wider regional instability, and amid growing public calls by the Iraqi government for the US to withdraw its troops from the country. Part of the discussions will focus on whether and when it will be feasible to end the US military presence in Iraq. “The Biden administration is not considering a withdrawal of forces from Syria,” a senior US official told CNN.

Persons: Defense Lloyd Austin, ” Austin, ”, They’re, Mohammed Shia, Sudani, ” “, “, ” Jonathan Lord, Jon Alterman, it’s, Alterman, Elena Romanowski, Biden, CNN’s Haley Britzky Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, ISIS, Defense, ”, ISIS Coalition, Higher, Commission, Center for New American Security, Iraqi Security Forces, Middle, Center for Strategic, International Studies, “ Locations: Iraq, Iraqi, Iran, Syria, ”, Iranian, Baghdad, Israel

☆ Iran launches missile strikes in northern Iraq and Syria, claims to destroy Israeli spy base
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Helen Regan | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly twin blasts near Soleimani’s burial site, in what was the deadliest attack in Iran since its 1979 revolution. Authorities and others gather near the site where missiles hit near the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq, on January 15, 2024. Rudaw TV/AP“Iran is claiming this is in response to the terrorist attacks in Kerman, Iran, and Rask, Iran, with a focus on ISIS. US troops in Iraq and Syria have repeatedly come under rocket and drone attacks from Tehran’s proxies. Last week, a senior Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his car in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese security source told CNN.

Persons: CNN —, Qasem Soleimani, “, ”, Masrour Barzani, ” Barzani, –, Washington, Hassan Nasrallah, Wissam Tawil, Saleh Al Organizations: CNN, CNN — Iran’s, Guards, Monday, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Security, Quds Force, ISIS, Authorities, Rudaw, AP, US State Department, Erbil, New, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, of Health, United Nations ’, Israel, US, Sunday Locations: Iraq, Iran, Syria, United States, Israel, Erbil, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Region, ”, Kerman, Rask, Gaza, South Africa, Red, Houthi, Yemen, Baghdad, Lebanon, Lebanese, Beirut

☆ Opinion | Where Hamas Is Winning
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

That universal enmity made it hard to imagine how this state of many names — the Islamic State, ISIS, Daesh — could long survive. The atrocities perpetrated by Hamas against innocent Israelis, the snuff films, mutilations and delight in simple cruelty, inspired immediate analogies to the Islamic State’s depredations. Yes, a movement deliberately going to extremes risks the Islamic State scenario, where you isolate yourself so completely that you end up first morally delegitimized and then cornered and destroyed. Suppose you turn southern Israel into an abattoir and you don’t end up like the Islamic State thereafter? Well, then, as Damir Marusic writes in a troubling essay this week, you have achieved a “revolutionary legitimacy” that you didn’t have before.

Persons: opprobrium, Yair Rosenberg, Damir Marusic Organizations: ISIS, Bolsheviks, Islamic State, Islamic Locations: Jordan, Israel, Islamic State, Russia, American, statelessness, Palestine, Saudi, Gaza

[1/3] French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. ... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreSummary Macron visits IsraelProposes that anti-Islamic State coalition fights HamasGives no details on planJERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be widened to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Macron gave no detail on how the U.S.-led coalition of dozens of countries, of which Israel is not a member, could be involved. Macron, who warned against the risks of a regional conflict, also said the fight against Hamas "must be without mercy but not without rules". The French president, who met families of French victims at Tel Aviv airport, said freeing nine French hostages was a priority for France.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Isaac Herzog, Israel, Macron, Benjamin Netanyahu, it's, Mahmoud Abbas, Karim Emile Bitar, Tassilo Hummel, Michael Georgy, Michel Rose, Ingrid Melander, Kevin Liffey, Mike Harrison, Robert Birsel Organizations: Islamic, Palestinian, Hamas, Israeli, Daesh, France, West Bank, IRIS, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza, JERUSALEM, Islamic State, Iraq, Syria, U.S, France, Daesh, Tel Aviv, Jordan's, Amman, Ramallah, Beirut, Paris

☆ Turkey says it 'neutralised' 58 Kurdish militants in northern Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Tuvan Gumrukcu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Turkish forces have "neutralised" 58 Kurdish militants in northern Syria in overnight attacks on militant targets, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday, as conflict in the region escalated nearly a week after a bomb attack in Ankara. Since the bomb attack, Ankara has launched a barrage of air strikes and attacks against militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq, while ramping up security operations at home. The ministry said the operations, which it says are carried out under self-defence rights, had "neutralised" 58 militants in the region. Late on Friday, the ministry had said Turkey's military had conducted air strikes in northern Syria, destroying 15 militant targets where it said militants were believed to be. Turkey, which has mounted several incursions into northern Syria against the YPG, has said a ground operation into Syria is an option it could consider.

Persons: Olive Branch, Tayyip Erdogan, Fethullah Gulen, Jan Harvey Organizations: Turkish, Defence Ministry, Kurdistan Workers Party, Syrian Kurdish, Syrian SDF, AK, Saturday, Islamic, European Union, SDF, Islamic State, NATO, Thomson Locations: ANKARA, Syria, Ankara, Turkey, Syrian, Iraq, Olive, Islamic State, U.S, Turkish, United States, Washington

ANKARA/BAGHDAD, May 2 (Reuters) - ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Qurashi "was neutralized" as part of the intelligence forces' operation. Images of the site provided by the security official showed a red-roofed building with most of the walls on its ground floor blown out. An Iraqi intelligence official said: "The only safe haven for the senior Daesh (ISIS) leaders is in Syria, and specifically in areas bordering Turkey." A Turkish security official declined to comment on any Iraqi intelligence involvement in the operation.

☆ Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Iranian officials believe the girls may have been poisoned and have blamed Tehran's enemies. Iran's interior minister said on Saturday investigators had found "suspicious samples" that were being studied. Similar protests were held in two other areas in Tehran and other cities including Isfahan and Rasht, according to unverified videos. Iran rejected what it views as foreign meddling and "hasty reactions" and said on Friday it was investigating the causes of the incidents. Schoolgirls were active in the anti-government protests that began in September.

☆ US military confirms that another ISIS leader has been killed in Syria, revealing that he was taken out in a raid by local forces
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US military revealed on Wednesday that another ISIS leader was killed recently. Earlier on Wednesday, the Islamic State's media affiliate announced that the leader of the terror group had been killed fighting recently. The terror group didn't mention who killed al-Qurayshi — or where, according to multiple reports. "We welcome the announcement that another leader of ISIS is no longer walking the face of the Earth." He added that actions by Turkey have led the SDF to suspend its operations against the terror group.

A false claim that Iran is planning to execute thousands of people has gone viral in the wake of the first death sentence for a protester tied to the ongoing demonstrations against the country’s clerical rulers over women’s rights. An image that has circulated widely on social media falsely states that 15,000 protesters have been sentenced to death. Like much viral misinformation online, the claim about the 15,000 death sentences appears to have started with a kernel of truth. Independent reporting is suppressed in Iran and it is not possible for NBC News to confirm these numbers. “The rumors of a new round of mass executions is likely fueled by memories of what happened in 1988.”

☆ Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor de vaccinare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor de vaccinareRepublica Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare, în vederea facilitării circulației cetățenilor vaccinați ai Republicii Moldova, în special pe durata perioadei estivale, fără obligația izolării sau testării. Anunțul a fost făcut de șeful diplomației moldovene, Aureliu Ciocoi, urmare a înțelegerii atinse în cadrul întrevederii cu omologul său georgian David Zalkaliani, desfășurate în marja Reuniunii ministeriale a Coaliției Globale anti-ISIL/Daesh, transmite IPN. Potrivit unui comunicat de presă al Ministerului Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene, Georgia este cea de-a treia țară, după Ungaria și Ucraina, cu care Republica Moldova a convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare. Bulgaria, Regatul Spaniei și Muntenegru au anunțat și ele despre recunoașterea certificatelor de vaccinare eliberate de către autoritățile Republicii Moldova, care sunt conforme cu standardele Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății. MAEIE susține că demersuri similare au fost înaintate ministerelor afacerilor externe ale României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei și Lituaniei.

Persons: Aureliu Ciocoi, David Zalkaliani, MAEIE Organizations: Externe, Integrării Europene, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății Locations: Moldova, Georgia, Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Coaliției, Ungaria, Ucraina, Bulgaria, Regatul Spaniei, Muntenegru, României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei, Lituaniei

☆ R. Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene (MAEIE) anunță luni, 28 iunie, că autoritățile de la Chișinău și Tbilisi au convenit, prin schimb de note, recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de imunizare împotriva COVID-19, emise de către autoritățile competente din R. Moldova și Georgia. Anunțul a fost făcut de șeful diplomației moldovene, Aureliu Ciocoi, urmare a înțelegerii principiale atinse în cadrul întrevederii cu omologul georgian David Zalkaliani, desfășurate în marja Reuniunii ministeriale la Roma a Coaliției Globale împotriva Daesh. Georgia este cea de-a treia țară, după Ungaria și Ucraina, cu care Republica Moldova a convenit în plan bilateral, prin schimb de note, recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare. Potrivit MAEIE, demersuri similare prin canale diplomatice au fost înaintate ministerelor afacerilor externe ale României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei și Lituaniei. În context, Bulgaria, Regatul Spaniei și Muntenegru au anunțat despre recunoașterea certificatelor de vaccinare eliberate de către autoritățile Republicii Moldova, care sunt conforme cu standardele Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății.

Persons: Georgia ., Aureliu Ciocoi, David Zalkaliani Organizations: Externe, Integrării Europene, Daesh, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății Locations: Chișinău, Tbilisi, Moldova, Georgia, Roma, Coaliției, Ungaria, Ucraina, Republica Moldova, României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei, Lituaniei, Bulgaria, Regatul Spaniei, Muntenegru, Republicii Moldova

☆ Republica Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: sm.news/poză simbolRepublica Moldova și Georgia au convenit recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinareAutoritățile de la Chișinău și Tbilisi au convenit, prin schimb de note, recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de imunizare împotriva covid-19, emise de către autoritățile competente din Republica Moldova și Georgia. Anunțul a fost făcut de șeful diplomației moldovene, Aureliu Ciocoi, urmare a înțelegerii principiale atinse în cadrul întrevederii cu omologul georgian David Zalkaliani, desfășurate în marja Reuniunii ministeriale la Roma a Coaliției Globale împotriva Daesh. Georgia este cea de-a treia țară, după Ungaria și Ucraina, cu care Republica Moldova a convenit în plan bilateral, prin schimb de note, recunoașterea reciprocă a certificatelor naționale de vaccinare. Biroul de presă al Ministerului de Externe reamintește că demersuri similare prin canale diplomatice au fost înaintate ministerelor afacerilor externe ale României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei și Lituaniei. Au anunțat despre recunoașterea certificatelor de vaccinare eliberate de către autoritățile Republicii Moldova, care sunt conforme cu standardele Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății, următoarele țări: Bulgaria, Spania și Muntenegru.

Persons: Georgia ., Aureliu Ciocoi, David Zalkaliani Organizations: Daesh, Ministerului, Externe, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății Locations: Republica Moldova, Georgia, Chișinău, Tbilisi, Roma, Coaliției, Ungaria, Ucraina, României, Turciei, Cehiei, Greciei, Poloniei, Estoniei, Letoniei, Lituaniei, Republicii Moldova, Bulgaria, Spania, Muntenegru

☆ Siria: Peste 30 de orfani de jihadişti au fost preluaţi de o delegaţie rusă de la autorităţile kurde
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

După ce au proclamat în martie 2019 căderea "califatului" SI în Siria, kurzii solicită repatrierea a mii de femei străine şi copii ai jihadiştilor, care sunt în prezent ţinuţi în tabere suprapopulate.Duminică, 34 de copii au fost predaţi unei delegaţii ruse conduse de trimisa preşedintelui rus Vladimir Putin pentru drepturile copiilor, Ana Kuzneţova, a constatat corespondentul AFP la Qamishli.Este vorba despre "orfani ruşi proveniţi din familii ale organizaţiei teroriste DAESH", a precizat într-un comunicat departamentul pentru afaceri externe al administraţiei semiautonome kurde.Copiii au între 3 şi 14 ani, a declarat pentru AFP un responsabil al departamentului, Fener Al-Kait, adăugând că până în prezent Rusia a repatriat cel puţin 169 de minori. "Există şi alţi copii, vom coopera pentru a-i preda (autorităţilor ruse) în valuri succesive, în viitorul apropiat", a subliniat Kait, pe marginea unei conferinţe organizate pentru transferul copiilor.În contextul apelurilor repetate ale kurzilor, majoritatea ţărilor, în special europene, refuză să-şi repatrieze cetăţenii. "Pericolul SI rămâne miile de deţinuţi şi miile de familii din tabere (...), care păstrează ideologia extremistă", au avertizat recent forţele kurde, deplângând "lipsa de acţiune de pe scena internaţională pentru a rezolva acest dosar".În februarie, un raport al ONU semnala "cazuri de radicalizare, de formare, de colectare de fonduri" în tabăra Al-Hol, precizând că circa 10.000 de femei şi copii străini trăiesc în acest oraş de cortur, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Ana Kuzneţova Organizations: ONU Locations: Siria, Rusia, kurde

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