Sunday, August 18

Syrian War news

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Reports today from three sites: 1. Al Masdar News, August 18, 12:35 AM Syria time:  Syrian Army within 1 km of Khan Sheikhoun after ne...
Saturday, August 17

Surprise! Betrayed Syrian Kurds turn to Assad for help.

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August 15, The National Interest (U.S.):  The Syria Safe Zone Will Cripple the Kurds :  The survival of the Syrian Kurds is at stake amid ...

US going through Arabic dictionary to rename Islamic State fighters it trains

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From FARS August 15 Syrian War sitrep  under "Deir Ezzor" heading:  Thousands of ISIL terrorists have been transferred from are...

[KNOCK! KNOCK!] "Who's there?" "Syrian Army"

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(The latest report I've seen is that the SAA is about 2 kilometers from Khan Sheikoun.)  August 16, the Defense Post: Khan Sheikhoun a...
Sunday, August 11

So much for the new Peace Corridor

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So what does the U.S. plan to do about the, uh, deteriorated agreement ? Probably the same thing we did about the deteriorated Manbij Peace ...

Would it surprise you to learn that Yemen has considerable oil reserves?

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The following passages are from the comment section at Moon of Alabama on June 14, 2019 (comment #21):     [...] As for Yemen, it has ...

"South Yemen Separatists Start Withdrawal From Positions in Aden - Reports"

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Sputnik August 11, 2019 - 10:11  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Yemen’s separatists from the Southern Transitional Council have started withdrawing...

Washington Post takes a stab at reporting on Saudi-UAE rift in Yemen

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Yemen: Seizure of Aden by separatists exposes rift within Saudi Arabia and UAE coalition By Sudarsan Raghavan ,  Kareem Fahim ,  and  Ali...

Al Qaeda races reinforcements to South Idlib

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(See my earlier post today,  Syrian Army liberates al-Hobait, smashing key Turkish-backed HTS base ,  for background.) As to whether the Sau...

Syrian Army liberates al-Hobait, smashing key Turkish-backed HTS base

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From today's news on the Syrian war front, it looks to me as if Turkey pretty much acknowledged at Astana 13 that it had run out excuses...

Syrian Army's famous Idlib Offensive is more or less underway

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From the situation report below it doesn't look as if the  13th round   of the Astana Peace Process held August 1 and 2,  which focused ...

Is it time to recalibrate U.S. policy in the Middle East again?

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(I use the term "policy" loosely.) For background on my question, see my previous post . If what happened in Aden really does repr...

Okay, everyone find Aden on a map

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Just in time for the Hajj!   "It is all over, the [Southern Transitional Council] forces are in control of all the military camps,...