The Daily Brief 2020-11-13

by News Desk · AMN

This is a summary of 16 AMN articles on the following subjects: Iran, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Pashinyan, Yerevan, Idlib, Russia, Israel, US, Ansarallah, Marib, Yemen, Erdogan, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Morocco, Polisario, Shushi, Daraa, France.

Categories covered in this brief: Iran, Syria, Turkey, World-News, Israel, Yemen, North-Africa

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Iranian border guards come under attack in Azerbaijan province

Published 2020-11-13 19:55:34 by News Desk in Iran

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) – The Iranian police announced on Friday, the killing of three border guards in an “armed terrorist attack” targeting them in the northwestern province of Azerbaijan. The Iranian police said in a statement, that hostile armed elements, which it described as terrorists, attacked the border guards in the Tukur region of the Western Azerbaijan region this afternoon. They said that the attack was repelled after sending support forces to the region, and the attackers were prevented from entering Iranian territory, after the killing of three border guards, two of them with the rank of lieutenant, and… Read on ->

Tags: Iran

Two Turkish soldiers killed in northeastern Syria

Published 2020-11-13 19:13:36 by News Desk in Syria, Turkey

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a mine explosion in northeastern Syria on Friday, RT Arabic reported, citing two sources in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the RT report, the two Turkish soldiers were killed by a mine at the outskirts of Tal Tamr, which is located in the western region of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. The two sources added that the Turkish soldiers were about to lay mines at the separation border, but it appears that one of the mines exploded on them. No further details were released. Tal Tamr is a city under the… Read on ->

Tags: Syria, Turkey

Mass protests against Pashinyan continue in Armenian capital

Published 2020-11-13 18:48:15 by News Desk in World-News

Several thousand protesters are holding a protest rally in central Yerevan, demanding resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who signed the statement ending hostilities in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and handing over a significant part of the territories in the region and seven adjacent territories to Azerbaijan, local media outlets are broadcasting the rally live. “If we want to change anything, Pashinyan needs to go. The person who signed the capitulation should not rule our country,” former Prime Minister and one of the initiators of the rally Hrant Bagratyan said. Currently, police officers are on high alert, while… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Pashinyan, Yerevan

Syrian military spies reveal coordinates of jihadist training camp to Russian forces: report

Published 2020-11-13 18:24:43 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Syrian military intelligence possesses a large network of spies operating across the militant controlled areas of northern Syria. On Friday, the spies reportedly revealed the location of a jihadist training camp in the Idlib countryside, which prompted the Russian military’s powerful attack this afternoon. According to a field source in Latakia, local spies in the Idlib Governorate gave the coordinates of a jihadist training camp near the administrative capital; it was then followed up by Russian reconnaissance planes that flew over the area. Not long after the drones returned to their base, the Russian… Read on ->

Tags: Idlib, Syria

Up close footage of Russian Su-35 jet in action

Published 2020-11-13 17:31:44 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a video of the combat air maneuvers in which the Su-35S fighters took part in recently. The video showed pilots of the Leningrad Army Combat Regiment of the Air Force and Air Defense in the Western Military District conducting aerial maneuvers on the Su-35S fighters in the Karelia region, after they worked to intercept fighters and manned aircraft, and avoid the attack of an enemy aircraft. https://youtu.be/krUYilnaT5I It is noteworthy to mention that the aircraft crews interacted with anti-aircraft missiles and radio engineering units. The maneuvers were carried… Read on ->

Tags: Russia

Israel may launch preemptive strike on Iran post-Trump: ex-US national security adviser

Published 2020-11-13 16:56:20 by News Desk in Iran, Israel

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – Ahead of the election, the Biden campaign hinted at the need to “renegotiate” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal, an idea which Tehran rejected out of hand. Israel lobbied Washington intensely to pull out of the JCPOA, and has threatened military action against Tehran should the latter obtain nuclear weapons. Israel may launch military strikes against Iran once President Donald Trump is out of office, former Trump National Security Adviser Herbert R McMaster has suggested. “Israel follows the Begin Doctrine, which means that they will not accept a hostile state having the… Read on ->

Tags: Iran, Israel, US

Russian military carries out rare ballistic missile strike in northwest Syria

Published 2020-11-13 16:37:29 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The Russian military carried out a powerful attack in northwestern Syria on Friday, as they launched at least two ballistic missiles towards the jihadist positions in Idlib. According to a field source in neighboring Latakia, the Russian military fired two short-range Iskander ballistic missiles toward the jihadist positions west of Idlib city. The source said the missiles were fired from the Latakia coast toward the western outskirts of Idlib city, resulting in two major blasts near the administrative capital on Friday afternoon. The source would add that the Russian military carried out the strikes after… Read on ->

Tags: Idlib, Russia, Syria

Ansarallah forces achieve major victory as they approach de facto gov’t capital in northern Yemen

Published 2020-11-13 13:51:24 by News Desk in Yemen

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Ansarallah Movement has captured one of the most important areas in the northwestern region of the Marib Governorate this week, as their forces seized the Mas Camp from the Yemeni government forces. According to the latest reports from this front, the Ansarallah Movement was able to crack the lines of the Yemeni Armed Forces, paving the way for their troops to capture the Mas Camp and its surroundings on Friday. As a result of this advance on Friday, the Ansarallah Movement is now on the verge of taking full control over the Raghwan and… Read on ->

Tags: Ansarallah, Marib, Yemen

Erdogan threatens Turkey’s enemies with ‘painful fate’

Published 2020-11-13 13:26:03 by News Desk in Turkey

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened his country’s enemies with a “painful fate,” as he praised the level of awareness and combat readiness of the commandos in the Turkish army. Erdogan said, in a speech delivered on Friday at the command of the 105th Artillery Regiment in the Chorlu District of Tekirdag state, that “the banner of any unit in the Turkish army will not fall, unless the last soldier in it is killed.” “Whoever is trying to undermine our homeland, our knowledge and our ears, he must realize that a painful fate awaits him… Read on ->

Tags: Erdogan, Turkey

Russia explains why they did not retaliate against Azerbaijan for shooting down helicopter

Published 2020-11-13 12:36:11 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained on Friday why Moscow accepted Baku’s apology for the downed Mi-24. Peskov said in an interview with RT: “This is really a catastrophe, this is a tragedy, two of our soldiers were killed. In this case, it is clear that the immediate reaction of the President of Azerbaijan and the announcement of readiness to conduct an impartial investigation and punish the guilty made us accept an apology.” He added that this was an important move that deescalated the tensions following the downing of the Mi-24 choppers. A Russian Mi-24… Read on ->

Tags: Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia

Russian transport aircraft makes emergency landing

Published 2020-11-13 12:11:21 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – A representative of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency told reporters that “the Volga Airlines Dnepr A-124, after taking off on the Novosibirsk-Vienna route, made an emergency landing due to engine No. 2 malfunctions.” He said in a statement carried by the Sputnik News Agency, “During the landing, the plane skidded off the runway. According to initial information, the landing gear and wing were damaged during the landing.” According to a statement by the administration representative, the airport is closed until 10:30 Moscow Time. No one was injured in the accident. A committee was formed… Read on ->

Tags: Russia

Morocco to take action against Polisario in Western Sahara

Published 2020-11-13 11:32:56 by News Desk in North-Africa

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Moroccan authorities announced on Friday that they will take action against dangerous and unacceptable provocations by the Polisario, as they put it, in the buffer zone of Guerguerat in the Western Sahara. The ministry said in a statement that “after it committed itself to the utmost restraint, Morocco had no other choice but to assume its responsibilities in order to put an end to the state of obstruction resulting from these movements and to re-establish freedom of civil and commercial movement.” The statement continued, “These documented acts constitute real and premeditated acts of destabilization,… Read on ->

Tags: Morocco, Polisario

Never before seen footage of last battle for Shushi in Karabakh

Published 2020-11-13 10:39:08 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – The Anna News Agency released a new video on Friday that showed extensive footage of the last battle for the strategic city of Shushi in Karbakh. According to Anna News, “on November 6, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched an assault on the city of Shushi, and only on November 10, Karabakh officials announced that the city was captured by the Azerbaijani military.” They continued: “All this time we were filming the battles for Shushi. Several times we were on the verge of death, but still we went this way to the end. In our video,… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Shushi

Russia confirms attack against its forces in southern Syria

Published 2020-11-13 10:12:47 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that an improvised explosive device targeted its forces while they were traveling through the Daraa Governorate on Thursday. The Deputy Director of the Hmeimim Center for Reconciliation of the Conflicting Parties in Syria, affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, Marine Major General Alexander Greenkiewicz, said in a press release: “An unknown improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on November 12, during a Russian military police patrol accompanied by units of the Syrian security services from the town of Izraa to the town of Sahwah al-Qamah in the Daraa governorate,… Read on ->

Tags: Daraa, Russia, Syria

Russia is waiting for Azerbaijan to fulfill what it promised

Published 2020-11-13 09:44:17 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow is waiting to implement what was promised by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev regarding the investigation into the incident of the downing of a Russian helicopter and holding the culprits responsible for what happened. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement comes as a comment on what was stated by the Azerbaijani ambassador, Bulad Bulbuloglu, on Thursday, when he said, “It is a war and in war everything can happen,” commenting on the incident of the Azerbaijani army shooting down a Russian Mi-24 helicopter above Armenian lands. The Russian Foreign Ministry… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia

France is ready to assist in Karabakh settlement

Published 2020-11-13 09:01:26 by News Desk in World-News

France is ready to provide its assistance in building a lasting and just solution for all parties involved in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the press service of French President Emanuel Macron reported. The presidential press office reported in a statement early on Friday that President Macron held a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The president has expressed his content in regard to the ceasefire regime, reiterated his friendship with Armenia and also stated his readiness to find a just and lasting political solution for the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, which will be acceptable for all parties involved,… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Karabakh

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