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Syrian-Armenians amass to protest Turkey’s role in sending mercenaries to Karabakh : photos
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Encore un sérieux accroc à la story officielle sur la Syrie : les suppôts de l’atroce régimesyrien « qui ne méritent pas de vivre » (Fabius) sont de magnifiques jeunes Arméniens, chrétiens d’Alep, descendants d’un génocide...

Hundreds of Syrians of Armenian descent organized a protest on Sunday evening in Aleppo’s Aziziyah Square to denounce the Turkish intervention in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed Karabakh region between the two countries.

In the presence of a number of clerics from different sects and religions, members of the People’s Assembly and representatives of the Syrian government activities, the protesters chanted slogans denouncing the role that Ankara plays in fueling the conflict between the two countries, through its involvement in sending mercenaries after training them in the territories under its control in northern Syria, with the aim of helping Azerbaijan.

The protesters called for an immediate end to the conflict and respect for international laws and human rights, and expressed their rejection of the reckless foreign policy pursued by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which has caused great suffering to civilians in Syria, Libya and Iraq, and extends today to the Karabakh region.

Syrie : La Turquie prive « Hassaké » d’eau ... Le Croissant rouge lance un appel pour sauver 1,5 million de personnes - Jean-René Belliard analyse le Proche-Orient
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Le Croissant-Rouge arabe syrien a adressé un appel humanitaire à toutes les parties pour sauver plus d’un million et demi de civils de la province syrienne de Hassaké de la soif du fait que la Turquie a coupé l’eau de la province.

Le Croissant-Rouge arabe syrien a affirmé dans un communiqué : « Les dures conditions humanitaires dans lesquelles plus d’un million de civils sont forcés de vivre dans le gouvernorat de Hassaké en raison de l’occupation turque et de ses mercenaires coupant l’eau du gouvernorat sont contraires au droit international humanitaire, en plus d’empêcher les équipes du Croissant-Rouge arabe syrien d’y accéder en toute sécurité.

Dans sa déclaration, l’organisation a souligné qu’elle était toujours prête à faire face aux répercussions du crime de coupure d’eau, notant qu’elle avait élaboré un plan d’urgence pour sécuriser de toute urgence l’eau pour la population du gouvernorat.

Le communiqué indique que les équipes du Croissant-Rouge arabe syrien sont prêtes à commencer les travaux de maintenance complète de la station d’Alouk dès que l’accès et la maintenance en toute sécurité des lignes électriques et leur connexion entre les puits d’Alouk et la station d’eau seront garantis, en plus des travaux de restauration à l’intérieur.

Cela fait dix jours (en réalité des mois) que ça dure, mais on ne peut pas dire que l’opinion internationale soit bouleversée... Au passage, de l’eau, en été, dans cette région, ce n’est pas un luxe...

#eau #syrie #turquie

U.S. seizes Iranian oil from four tankers en route to Venezuela - National | Globalnews.ca
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The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies.

Last month, federal prosecutors in Washington filed a civil forfeiture complaint alleging that the sale was arranged by a businessman with ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. At the time, sanctions experts thought it would be impossible to enforce the U.S. court order in international waters.

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Ambassador of Iran to Venezvuela denied and said that tankers were not from #Iran

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#iran #usa #venezuela

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Seyed Mohammad Marandi
Either Israeli or US regime fighter jets threatened an Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace.

In Iran it is widely believed that the objective was to cause Syrian air defences to mistakenly shoot down the plane or to force the pilot to make a catastrophic mistake.

A propos de « l’inspection de routine » de l’avion civil iranien par l’aviation US au-dessus du territoire syrien.

ISIS suffers major blow : Italian forces carry out largest drug bust in history
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Une question tout de même, de quel port, syrien ou turc, le bateau est-il parti ?

The Italian police announced on Wednesday, the seizure and confiscation of a world record amount of amphetamine, amounting to 14 tons, produced by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh).

The police said in a statement that the confiscated quantity of 84 million tablets amounted to about one billion euros, describing the process as “the largest seizure of amphetamines in the world,” According to Agence France-Presse.

According to the AKI News Site, the police seized the smuggled drugs at the port of Salerno, where the smugglers hid them in three containers.

They said that the narcotic pills were captagon, which were produced in Syria by the organization to finance its operations.

The news agency explained that the containers contained paper cylinders for industrial use, coming from Syria and directed to a company based in Lugano, Switzerland.

#syrie #daech #drogue

Syrian aircraft travels from Iran to Russian airbase to avoid Israeli strikes
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For the second time in two weeks, an aircraft flying from Iran to Syria has landed at the Russian Hmeimim Airbase in southwestern Latakia.

According to a report from the Latakia Governorate, a Syrian cargo plane traveled from the Iranian capital to the Hmeimim Airbase, where they later unloaded without fear of an Israeli warplane bombing their positions.

A source in Damascus, Syria’s capital city, told Al-Masdar News that the reason for landing at the Hmeimim Airbase is to avoid airstrikes, which have previously targeted the Damascus International Airport.

Israel has made it no secret that they are watching Iran’s every step in Syria, as they have repeatedly struck the Islamic Republic’s forces and their paramilitary allies across the Levantine nation, with some attacks even targeting neighboring Iraq.

For Syria, these deliveries are incredibly important, especially when it has to do with military supplies and humanitarian aid.

It’s not clear what Israel’s plan will be if these flights continue, as they have run into some issues with Russia in the past over their airstrikes near the Hmeimim Airbase.

On September 17th, 2018, an Israeli F-16 used a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to avoid a Syrian anti-aircraft missile; this resulted in the downing of the Russian plane and the death of several military personnel.

In response to this incident, the Russian Ministry of Defense delivered to Syria on October 1st, 2018, their S-300 air defense system.

#syrie

Russia is ready to sell S-400 air defense system to Iraq : ambassador
▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-is-ready-to-sell-s-400-air-defense-system-to-iraq-ambassador

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Les Russes prêts à vendre aux Irakiens ce qu’ils ne veulent pas offrir aux Syriens (à cause des liens russo-israéliens ?) Mais ça se complique car, en termes d’armement militaire, la Chine est aussi sur les rangs (▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-military-switched-air-defense-systems-to-confront-israeli-attac). En tout état de cause, les USA sont hors-jeu sur ce terrain.

Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov says Moscow is prepared to provide Baghdad with advanced S-400 air defense missile systems once the Arab country makes an official request for the military hardware.

“The Russian side has, thus far, not received an official request in this regard. There is no doubt that recent developments have increased interest in [procurement of] air missile defense systems, especially the S-400 system,” Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Ahad news agency quoted Maksimov as saying on Thursday.

He noted, “It is too early to set out the details. Therefore, I say that we (Russians) will meet the Iraqis’ request once they make such a bid.”

The remarks come after the Iraqi parliament’s security and defense committee submitted an in-depth study to the country’s caretaker prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi earlier this month, requesting the acquisition of the long-range, surface-to-air missile defense system.

“The committee has presented a comprehensive study to the prime minister, demanding approval for the purchase of the advanced S-400 air defense system. The issue has already been discussed with relevant figures at the General Command of Armed Forces, and now awaits the premier’s agreement,” Badr al-Ziyadi, a member of the committee, told Arabic-language al-Sabaah newspaper on April 18.

Libyan Army shoots down French-made aircraft with Russian defense system : video
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« Libyan national army » ! Hum, hum. « a French Mirage F1 fighter » + Russian-made Pantsir-S system

Sachant que, le même jour : Turkish-backed Libyan forces captured 3,000 sq. km and Egyptian, Emirati weapons (▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkish-backed-libyan-forces-captured-3000-sq-km-and-egyptian-emirati-)

Les « tuwwar » libyens font presque aussi bien que les « thuwwar » syriens !

#mercenaires #grand_jeu

Iran unveils new fast-reading coronavirus detection system
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Ce qui serait vraiment comique, c’est que ça fonctionne et qu’il faille lever les sanctions pour s’en procurer !!!

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, Hussein Salami, was unveiled on Wednesday a new system to detect the coronavirus.

According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, Major-General Salami said that this system or device, which was called “Assisted”, can detect a coronavirus case from about 100 meters away.

He said that the device does not need to take blood samples and is able to detect contaminated surfaces and infected individuals. It has been tested in various hospitals, and its performance has been positive at 80%.

The commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards explained that the system is an emerging and unique scientific and technological phenomenon developed by some of the mobilizations since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in the country.

#iran #covid-19

Iran no longer poses imminent threat to Israel: Mossad to NYT-AMN

In a new report by the The New York Times, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, concluded that Iran was no longer an imminent security threat to Israel, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
#Covid19#Iran#Israel#Economie#Diplomatie#Guerre#migrant#migration

▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iran-no-longer-poses-imminent-threat-to-israel-mossad-to-nyt

Turkey sends reinforcements to Syria despite coronavirus outbreak- Al Madar News
Turkey has sent more military reinforcements to Syria’s Idlib Governorate this week, despite the Ministry of Defense’s claim that they were reducing troops in the country because of the coronavirus outbreak.
#Covid19#Turquie#Syrie#Idlib#guerre#pandémie#migrant#migration#armée

▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-sends-reinforcements-to-syria-despite-coronavirus-outbreak

ISIS takes advantage of coronavirus crisis to launch several attacks against Syrian military- Al Madar News
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) has once again resurfaced in Syria, as their sleeper cells have carried out several attacks in the eastern and central regions of the country.
#Covid19#Syrie#conflit#migrant#migration#DAESH

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Syrian and Iranian coasts to be linked with new railway: report
▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-and-iranian-coasts-to-be-linked-with-new-railway-report

The Syrian and Iranian coasts will be linked by a railway system that stretches from the Port of Imam Khomeini to the Port of Latakia, the Syrian Ministry of Tourism revealed on Sunday.

According to the ministry’s report, the new railway will link the Iranian coast with the Iraqi port-city of Basra and Syria’s Latakia.

The financing and construction of this large highway will be provided by the Iranian government, the Syrian Ministry of Transportation said in their report.

Furthermore, the report pointed out that a railway linking Deir Ezzor and Albukamal with a is already under construction, stressing that it will be part of this new transportation mode between Iraq, Syria, and Iran.

#transports #new_middle-east

Russian Su-35 jets allegedly prevented Israeli airstrikes on Syria
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The presence of Russia’s Su-35 jets allegedly prevented the Israeli Air Force from conducting airstrikes over southern Syria on Monday, the Russian aviation publication Avia.Pro reported.

According to the Avia.Pro report, the Russian Su-35S jets were urgently deployed to southern Syria to intercept an Israeli aircraft and prevent any strikes inside this region.

The aviation publication said the Israeli Air Force was preparing to launch airstrikes over southern Syria in response to an alleged rocket attack that was conducted by the Iranian-backed forces in Damascus.

“According to preliminary data, Russian fighters were able to prevent Israeli planes from striking southern Syria in response to an alleged rocket attack on Israeli territory,” the publication reported.

“It is known that a few hours before the Syrian air defense systems were put on full alert in order to repel Israeli missile attacks, it was obviously the Russian Su-35s that were able to prevent the Israeli aircraft from carrying out the attack,” they said.

Avia.Pro said this is not the first time that the Russian military was able to impede, as a previous incident was reported last month.

#syrie nouvelle donne si c’est confirmé...

Le torchon brûlerait-il entre Assad et des hommes d’affaires syriens ? - Caroline HAYEK - L’Orient-Le Jour
▻https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1184593/le-torchon-brulerait-il-entre-assad-et-des-hommes-daffaires-syriens-.
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Coups de semonce sur la baronnie financière syrienne ou début de purge ? La rumeur enfle depuis trois jours autour du sort de Rami Makhlouf, l’homme le plus riche du pays et cousin germain du président syrien, considéré comme le fer de lance de la corruption par les opposants au régime et par les Occidentaux.

Divers sources et médias anti et prorégime ont allumé la mèche mardi en rapportant que le businessman se trouverait actuellement en résidence surveillée et que ses biens auraient été saisis. Une série de mesures auraient été ordonnées par la présidence contre les actifs de plusieurs de ses sociétés, notamment l’entreprise de télécommunications Syriatel, sous couvert de « lutte contre la corruption ». Certaines sources affirment que ses deux frères Iyad et Ihab Makhlouf se trouveraient également en résidence surveillée, d’autres estimant même que 29 industriels et financiers seraient actuellement dans la même situation.

Sur les réseaux sociaux, les comparaisons avec l’épisode du Ritz-Carlton de Riyad – lors des purges initiées par le prince héritier Mohammad ben Salmane en 2017 – vont bon train.

Une source politique à Damas a confirmé à L’Orient-Le Jour l’existence d’une querelle entre le pouvoir et trois hommes et partenaires en affaires : Rami Makhlouf, Houssam el-Katerji et Mohammad Hamcho. Les raisons de la discorde demeurent, à ce jour, obscures, mais la source affirme que ces derniers ne se trouvent pas en résidence surveillée. Mohammad Hamcho a notamment été aperçu lundi à la foire internationale de Damas. Cette affaire qui touche le cercle très fermé de la bourgeoisie d’affaires syrienne, ayant su profiter de la libéralisation économique du pays et bénéficiant jusque-là de la protection des Assad, a généré différentes interprétations, parfois tirées par les cheveux, et jusqu’ici invérifiables.

La première version, et la plus répandue, avance que la Russie, alliée du régime, aurait exigé de la présidence syrienne le remboursement de ses dettes à hauteur de plusieurs milliards de dollars, suggérant de trouver les fonds nécessaires auprès du richissime Rami Makhlouf. Une autre interprétation de cette bisbille évoque la trop grande accointance du cousin avec les Iraniens. Une autre, enfin, parie sur la rivalité entre les deux cousins et la jalousie de Bachar el-Assad pour qui Rami aurait acquis une trop grande influence au sein du camp alaouite.

Un autre baron de la finance, Firas Tlass, fils de l’ancien ministre syrien de la Défense Moustapha Tlass, et qui s’est exilé à Paris en 2012 après avoir rejoint le camp de l’opposition, a publié mardi sa version des faits sur sa page Facebook. Bachar el-Assad aurait demandé à son cousin Rami de lui octroyer deux milliards de dollars, mais ce dernier aurait refusé. Des agents du bureau de sécurité du palais seraient alors allés débusquer tous les gérants des sociétés détenues officieusement par le cousin. Les « convocations » musclées auraient attisé les rumeurs d’une purge.

Pour rappel, la source est farouchement anti-Assad.

#syrie

Iran’s Grace 1 tanker heads to Mediterranean under new name
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Iran’s oil tanker Grace 1, released on Thursday from Gibraltar after being held there for over a month, will head to the Mediterranean Sea under a new name, Adrian Darya, the deputy head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, Jalil Eslami, said on Friday.

“At the request of its owner, Grace 1 tanker will head to the Mediterranean Sea under the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran having changed its name for Adrian Darya,” Eslami said as broadcast by Iranian television.

He specified that the vessel would begin is journey after being refueled.

Tout cela est-il un peu ridicule ?

#iran

Breaking: Jihadist rebels attack northwest Hama with suspected chemical weapons, 20+ hospitalized
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The jihadist rebels launched several rockets and artillery shells towards the government-held towns of Raseef and Aziziyah in northwestern Hama this evening.

According to a military source close to the scene, over 20 people were hospitalized after the projectiles struck the civilian neighborhoods.

The source said the Suqaylabiyeh Hospital reported that most of the victims were suffering from asphyxiation after one of the jihadist projectiles landed in a civilian area.

He added that the Syrian military believes chemical weapons were used by the jihadist rebels during tonight’s attack.

#syrie #gaz

Israeli TV says Hamas ’accidentally’ launched rockets at Tel Aviv
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The launch of two rockets from the Gaza Strip prompted Israel to launch a massive airstrike in retaliation Thursday evening. The Israel Defense Forces seem to agree with the assessment, while the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank doubts the Israeli TV report.

The two rockets that were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv and almost started a war were launched by “accident,” Israel’s Channel 13 reported Friday.

According to the report, the launch happened after low-level Hamas operatives “messed with” the rocket launcher, which was set up to fire at Tel Aviv in case of a future conflict. The Jerusalem Post reports that the rockets could have accidentally gone off during a routine maintenance operation.

Personne n’est obligé d’y croire...

Russia, Turkey enter talks to reopen important Aleppo-Gaziantep Highway
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The Russian and Turkish forces met in the northern city of ‘Azaz on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the imperative Aleppo-Gaziantep Highway. (...) If the Aleppo-Gaziantep Highway is reopened, this would be a major boost for the Syrian economy because it will allow residents to once again resume trade and commerce in Turkey.

#syrie #normalisation

Turkey reopens first border crossing with Syrian government
▻https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkey-reopens-first-border-crossing-with-syrian-government

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Turkey has reopened two Syrian border crossing this week, marking the first time in several years that Ankara has made Syria’s Latakia and Aleppo governorates accessible to the public.

According to a source in Latakia, Turkey reopened the Kassab Crossing for the first time since the jihadist rebels forced its closure in 2014.

Following the reopening of the Kassab Crossing, approximately 100 people were reported to have traveled from Turkey’s Hatay Province to Syria’s Latakia Governorate.

While the Syrian and Turkish governments currently have no diplomatic ties, they both have made it clear that they do want to resume inter-border commerce and trade.

Earlier this week, Turkey announced that they were reopening the border crossing near the Syrian city of Azaz in northern Aleppo.

#syrie #normalisation