Bharat Rakshak

Turkey grabbing Syrian land by moving border fence – Syrian ambassador to Russian media

Turkey occupying Syria, trying to build city near al-Bab: Syrian envoy

Northern Iraq’s Zap and Hakurk areas: Ankara knows well that when the adversary is the PKK, public support for cross-border operations never drops below 70%. Ankara was able to persuade the public that Operation Euphrates Shield was a successful ongoing effort for nine months and avoided angry public reactions to Turkish casualties. Erdogan and his government know that the cross-border operations dilute criticism against them. In other words, launching an operation far from the interests of the United States and Russia that directly targets the PKK may yield plenty of benefits.

That is why it won’t come as a surprise if Turkey launches a medium-scale cross-border operation of, say, 10,000 troops with the support of Barzani's peshmerga against the PKK at Avasin-Basyan, Zap or Hakurk areas close to the Iraq-Turkey border.

UlanBatori wrote:McCain and his Moderate ISIS minions accuse Assad of zapping kitten shelters with nerve gas - again.

UlanBatori wrote:Question is whether China vetoes UNSC plots by US-Poodle, and then if there is Unilateral Action, will that unite Hu and Putin to coordinate some interesting actions? Like South China Sea + Moldavia/Ukraine.

China supports comprehensive, fair probe into use of chemicals as weapons in Syria: envoy

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0406/c90000-9199317.html

UNITED NATIONS, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China supports the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and related UN entities in carrying out comprehensive, objective and fair investigations into uses of chemicals as weapons in Syria, said a Chinese envoy here on Wednesday.

Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks at a Security Council emergency meeting on alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria.

It is reported that at least 70 people were killed, 200 others were wounded Tuesday in a gas attack in a rebel-held area in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

Liu said that China is "profoundly shocked" by the suspected use of chemicals as weapons which has resulted in enormous civilian casualties.

He said there have been several cases of use of chemicals as weapons in Syria, and therefore China supports OPCW in conducting the probes into all cases so as to reach conclusions based on substantive evidence that can "stand the test of time and facts."

"China firmly opposes the use of chemicals as weapons by any country, any organization or any person under any circumstances," said Liu. "We strongly condemn any attacks against civilians."

"It is essential to hold to account all the related perpetrators and responsible parties in cases of chemical weapons," he added.

Liu also reiterated that political settlement is the only way out of the Syrian question.

"It is the hope of China that all the parties will create conditions for the political settlement rather than creating trouble or difficulties," he said.

The 15-nation council is working on a draft resolution which asks for an inquiry into the alleged attack.

However, due to disagreements among Security Council members, more time is needed for negotiations on the text before it is put to a vote.

Singha wrote:Why is chemical attack any worse than bombing civilians which nato too has been periodically doing in idlib and mosul

Singha wrote:Why is chemical attack any worse than bombing civilians which nato too has been periodically doing in idlib and mosul

Both sides “expressed readiness to expand [cooperation] in the interest of assuring stability and security in the Middle East and, first of all, in Syria,” it said.

In particular, Putin “pointed out that it was unacceptable to make groundless accusations against anyone without conducting a detailed and unbiased investigation.”

Turkey planning new operation against PKK in northern Iraq: report
Operation Tigris Shield will involve thousands of tanks, vehicles and artillery pieces used in the Syria operation

Turkey is planning s to launch a new cross border military incursion in the next week to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said on Thursday.

Turkey's Erdogan calls on Iraqi Kurds to lower Kurdish flag in Kirkuk

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Iraqi Kurds to lower the Kurdish flag in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, warning that failure to do so would damage their relations with Turkey.
Kirkuk, one of Iraq's disputed territories, has Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen populations. Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of it in 2014 when Islamic State overran around a third of Iraq and the army's northern divisions disintegrated.

Donald Trump ‘considering military action’ in Syria following suspected chemical attack by Assad.

TSJones wrote:didn't like obama and his his hand ringing angst?

well now you got a guy who is not losing any sleep over his actions. sort of like his bro putin. .

evidently there are now really, really red lines not to be crossed.

we musta cleared this with putin first because the s-400 would have stopped it otherwise.