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The Daily Brief 2020-11-06

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This is a summary of 20 AMN articles on the following subjects: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Bassil, Lebanon, Shusha, Idlib, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Stepanakert, OPCW, Turkey, Hasakah, Armenian, UAE, US, Aleppo, Hama.

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Armenia offers to present captured mercenaries to any country as proof of their presence in Karabakh

Published 2020-11-06 22:20:09 by News Desk in Syria, World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) _ Allen Simonyan, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia, expressed his country’s readiness to present the foreign militants captured in the Karabakh region to the ambassadors of their countries, stressing that the presence of terrorists in the region has become a fait accompli. “We have captured mercenaries from Syria and Libya, and they are talking about everything. Armenia is ready to give any ambassador the opportunity to communicate with terrorists who were captured during the battles. As a representative of the government, I personally pledge to organize such meetings,” Simonyan said. He considered that Karabakh… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Gebran Bassil says US sanctions do not ‘scare him’

Published 2020-11-06 22:10:07 by News Desk in Lebanon

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil commented on the sanctions imposed against him by the United States on Friday, stating that they do not scare him. Bassil posted on Twitter: “Neither these punishments scare me nor have the promises tempted me. I do not turn against any Lebanese … I do not save myself so that Lebanon will perish.” Basil concluded by saying: “I became accustomed to injustice and learned from our history. We are decreed in this East to carry our cross every day to stay.” On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed financial… Read on ->

Tags: Bassil, Lebanon

Armenia is pursuing 3 wanted Syrian mercenaries in Karabakh

Published 2020-11-06 22:01:31 by News Desk in Syria, World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 P.M.) – The Armenia Investigation Commission has issued search warrants for three Syrian mercenaries, who are fighting in the Karabakh region alongside the Azerbaijani forces. According to press sources, “as a result of the security and intelligence measures taken by the Armenian National Security Service, information was obtained that three other Syrian citizens were implicated by Azerbaijan to be mercenaries involved in hostilities against Karabakh and Armenia.” They said, “The defendants are Abu Setif Al-Hindawi, Ahmed Al-Tibi, and Abu Diab Al-Halabi, and they have been charged with international terrorism and violating international humanitarian law during armed conflicts.”… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Azerbaijani forces suffer heavy losses in failed attempt to capture key city of Shusha: MoD

Published 2020-11-06 21:21:04 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Azerbaijani Armed Forces made another attempt this week to capture the strategic city of Shusha in southern Karabakh. However, once again, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were unable to achieve any progress at this front, resulting in their subsequent withdrawal back to the line of contact in the southern part of the Karabakh region. According to the Armenian Minister of Defense, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces suffered heavy losses during their attack on Friday, forcing them to quit their push to capture the city. During Hovhannisyan’s press conference, the Armenian Minister of Defense pointed… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Shusha

Syrian Army and Turkish-backed forces trade powerful attacks in Idlib

Published 2020-11-06 20:57:14 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) – On Friday, the Turkish-backed forces launched several artillery shells and missiles towards the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses in the Jabal Al-Zawiya region of Idlib. This barrage by the Turkish-backed forces, specifically Jaysh Al-Izza, was followed by heavy gunfire on the Syrian Arab Army’s military posts near the town of Al-Bara’a in the southern region of the Idlib Governorate. In response to this attack, the Syrian Arab Army unleashed their own barrage of missiles and artillery shells towards the positions of the Turkish-backed forces. According to a field source in the nearby Hama countryside, the… Read on ->

Tags: Idlib, Syria

Palestinian Maher Al-Akhras wins his freedom after 103-day-long hunger strike

Published 2020-11-06 20:40:51 by News Desk in Palestine

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) – Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras announced the suspension of his 103-day hunger strike, following an agreement to release him on November 26. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a statement on Friday, “After 103 days of the heroic hunger strike by the prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, which brought the issue of the captive movement and administrative arrests back to the fore, as this strike was accompanied by a popular mass movement in all places of our Palestinian people. The statement continued: “In light of the orientation of our people, the prisoner movement and leaders of our people,… Read on ->

Tags: Israel, Palestine

US officially sanctions ex-Lebanese FM Gebran Bassil

Published 2020-11-06 20:28:11 by News Desk in Lebanon

The United States has sanctioned Lebanese Politician Gebran Bassil, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated list released on Friday. Bassil is the leader of Lebanon’s Christian Party and is also a son-in-law of Lebanese President Michel Aoun. He previously served as Foreign Minister and Energy Minister in several governments. This makes Bassil the third Hezbollah-affiliated politician to fall under US restrictions, after President Donald Trump’s administration placed two former ministers under sanctions over accusations of aiding Hezbollah. One of them, Former finance minister Hassan Khalil, is a card-carrying member of the Shia paramilitary group… Read on ->

Tags: Bassil, Lebanon

Russian intel chief reveals source of information about Syrian mercenaries in Karabakh

Published 2020-11-06 13:21:53 by News Desk in Syria, World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, revealed that  a partner intelligence apparatus in the Middle East helped Moscow obtain accurate information about the participation of Syrian militants in the Karabakh battles. “We have accurate information about the presence of terrorists in the combat zone (in the Karabakh region), including from the Middle East, primarily from Syria,” Naryshkin said in a televised interview broadcast on Friday. He said, “We receive this information from several countries, and from various sources and from our various partners, and partner agencies in the Middle East and… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia, Syria

Karabakh Republic accuses Azerbaijan of bombing capital with cluster munitions

Published 2020-11-06 13:08:41 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The emergency authority of the Karabakh Republic said Friday that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces bombed the capital city, Stepanakert, with cluster munitions. “The missile strike on Stepanakert was carried out with cluster bombs,” the authority said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. “The enemy targeted residential buildings and civilian and public infrastructure,” they continued. “There is no data on casualties yet,” they added. On Friday, the Karabakh authorities announced that three people were killed as a result of the night bombing of the cities of Stepanakert and Shusha by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces…. Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Stepanakert

Syria says entire chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed

Published 2020-11-06 12:43:03 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, said that Syria’s entire stockpile of chemical weapons has been disposed of and production facilities destroyed, indicating that his country is committed to cooperating with the organization. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Dr. Jaafari said in a statement during a Security Council session that “despite the difficult circumstances it went through years ago, Syria was able to cooperate with the United Nations and the OPCW to fulfill its pledges resulting from its accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013.” He explained… Read on ->

Tags: OPCW, Syria

Turkey withdraws from 2nd besieged military post in northwestern Syria

Published 2020-11-06 12:17:56 by News Desk in Syria, Turkey

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – The Turkish Armed Forces have officially withdrawn from their second besieged military post in northwestern Syria after bringing in trucks to transport troops and equipment last week. According to a field source in northern Hama, the Turkish Armed Forces withdrew their troops and equipment from the Sher Magher observation post, which has been surrounded by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) for several months. The source said the Turkish military removed their barriers around the observation post, leaving the area for the Syrian Arab Army and the Russian forces to enter. He would add that the… Read on ->

Tags: Syria, Turkey

Armenian forces shoot down another Azerbaijani drone over southeast Karabakh

Published 2020-11-06 11:47:28 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Artaskh Defense Army’s air defense units shot down another enemy drone over the Karabakh region this week. According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, the Artsakh Defense Army’s air defense units were able to shoot down this enemy drone over the southeastern part of the Karabakh region. “At around 11:30 am, the Defense Army air defense units shot down an enemy UAV in the southeastern direction,” the Press Secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, Shushan Stepanyan, said on Friday morning. The Armenian Ministry of Defense did not specify what kind of drone was… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Turkish-backed forces fight each other over abandoned homes in northeast Syria

Published 2020-11-06 11:23:01 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Turkish-backed forces continued their infighting in northeastern Syria this week after new reports surfaced of two factions clashing over abandoned homes in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Turkish-backed Sultan Murad Brigade and 20th Division of the Free Syrian Army (TFSA) clashed in the city of Ras Al-Ain over these abandoned homes in an undisclosed neighborhood. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored, this evening, clashes with machine guns between members of Sultan Murad and members of the 20th Division in the city of Ras al-Ain,… Read on ->

Tags: Hasakah, Syria

Azerbaijan forces strike Armenian barracks in Karabakh: video

Published 2020-11-06 10:59:58 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 A.M.) – The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense released footage this week of their forces striking the barracks of the Artsakh Defense Army in the Karabakh region. According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, “the enemy’s military infrastructure in Tonashen was destroyed as a result of the operation carried out by the units of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of Tartar.” They continued: “The enemy’s military infrastructure was severely damaged. The headquarters of the 7th Destroyer Regiment, soldiers’ barracks, ammunition-laden vehicles and other military infrastructure of the 10th Destroyer Division of the Armenian Armed Forces were destroyed… Read on ->

Tags: Armenian, Azerbaijan, Karabakh

US State Dept. approves sale of 18 MQ-9 drones to UAE: report

Published 2020-11-06 10:43:46 by News Desk in Gulf

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – Reuters quoted sources as saying that the U.S. State Department had agreed to sell 18 MQ-9 drones to the U.A.E. The agency said, citing people familiar with a congressional notification, that the U.S. State Department gave the U.S. Congress an unofficial notice on Thursday of the potential $2.9 billion drone deal for the U.A.E. The move comes on the heels of a notification last week of a possible sale of F-35 fighter jets to the U.A.E. It would be the first export of drones since the Trump administration reinterpreted a 34-nation Cold War arms agreement… Read on ->

Tags: UAE, US

Jihadists planning to sabotage Russian-Turkish agreement in Syria: report

Published 2020-11-06 10:01:49 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – The Russian Center for Reconciliation between the Warring Parties in Syria announced on Thursday that the militants in Idlib are occupying the positions of moderate formations, which may indicate the existence of plans to escalate the situation in order to undermine the agreements between Turkey and Russia. The deputy head of the Center for Reconciliation between the Warring Parties in Syria, Alexander Greenkiewicz, said that the militants loyal to the terrorist organization Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) had increased the bombing from the territory of the de-escalation zone in Idlib, noting that 39 Syrian soldiers had… Read on ->

Tags: Idlib, Russia, Syria, Turkey

US preparing to sanction ex-Lebanese FM Gebran Bassil: WSJ

Published 2020-11-06 09:48:27 by News Desk in Lebanon

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) – An American newspaper revealed late on Thursday evening that the United States intends to impose sanctions on the former Lebanese Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, who is also the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, which was founded by President Michel Aoun. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. administration will impose sanctions on the former Lebanese official, in an attempt to reduce Hezbollah’s influence on the Lebanese authority. The newspaper quoted an informed source, who said that the sanctions had been approved by the U.S. Treasury and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It is… Read on ->

Tags: Lebanon, US

Armenian forces destroy several Azerbaijani military vehicles in Karabakh: video

Published 2020-11-06 09:31:43 by News Desk in World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Armenian Ministry of Defense released a new video on Friday that showed the aftermath of the Artsakh Defense Army’s attack on the Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ vehicles in Karabakh. According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, “the Artsakh Defense Army continues to locate and destroy the Azeri units preparing for an attack.” They added: “The footage shows about ten pieces of equipment destroyed by the Armenian side in the forests near Berdzor, including HMMs and Israeli Sandcat vehicles.” In addition to the destruction of several vehicles and pieces of equipment, a number of Azerbaijani soldiers… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Syria tests new train from Hama to Aleppo after securing eastern Idlib: video

Published 2020-11-06 09:16:20 by News Desk in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Republic has begun the rehabilitation of several railways across the country after nearly ten years of war. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Syrian government tested a train from the Hama Governorate this week, to the administrative capital of Aleppo after the Syrian Armed Forces secured the eastern countryside of Idlib. The report said the Syrian Army’s success in eastern Idlib, primarily at the Abu Dhuhour front, led to the resumption of construction at the railway linking the Hama and Aleppo governorates. Engineer Saleh Al-Salman, Director of the Hama… Read on ->

Tags: Aleppo, Hama, Syria

Terrorists with blood on their hands are being transferred from the Middle East to Karabakh: Russia

Published 2020-11-06 09:04:50 by News Desk in Syria, World-News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed stated on Thursday that it has received information about the transfer of militants from the Middle East to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone in Karabakh. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing: “According to the information received, elements of international terrorist organizations are now being transferred from the Middle East, with their hands covered in blood, to the Karabakh conflict zone, and the talk is about extremist mercenaries who pursue jihadist ideology.” The Russian diplomat confirmed that these developments raise serious concerns in Moscow, warning that this… Read on ->

Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia, Syria

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