Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack in Ghazni province and re-captured several villages from the Taliban in Jowzjan province.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies liberated a large area from ISIS in the eastern countryside of Hama, north of the Homs-Palmyra highway, during the last week.
Al-Jazeera released additional deatails about a EU-wide arms embargo against Saudi Arabia in response to the Gulf state’s heavy bombing campaign in Yemen.
The diplomatic standoff between Saudi Arabia and Qatar has led to a rift between Wahhabi clerics. Saudi security forces have used this opportunity to remove some government opponents.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and their allies have achieved more gainst against ISIS in the eastern Hama countryside in central Syria
Qais Alkhazali, leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq [a part of the Popular Mobilization Units], welcomed the Iraqi Parliament’s decision to oppose an independence referendum promoted by the Kurdistan Region government and and emphasized his support to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi in preserving Iraq’s integrity.
Proposing by 80 parliament representatives, 168 member of parliament refused holding a referendum in Kurdistan.
Kurd members abstracted.
Meanwhile, Massud Barezani is negotiating people of Karkuk about referendum in a trip to this city.
According to the news and analytics outlet of Islamic World News the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the start of Operation Deir Ezzor, called the Storm of the Island
At the beginning of his Dars-e-Kharej this morning, Imam Khamenei stated:
Perpetrators of the Myanmar genocide are in its government led by a cruel woman who happens to be a Noble Peace Prize laureate!
According to the news and analytics outlet of Islamic World News 13 Arab and 7 Turkmen Party of Kirkuk boycotted the referendum in Kirkuk due to the illegality, and they asked the citizens of Kirkuk not to attend the referendum.
WRITER:
Dr. Tim Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He researches and writes on development, human rights and self-determination in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East.
According to the news and analytics outlet of Islamic World News, new phase of Taliban attacks is approaching; while some local sources report agreements between ISIS and Taliban in the attacks. This contradicts the fact that ISIS and Taliban are fighting in Jozjan province.
