Daily Archives: August 8, 2022

2022-08-08: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-08). Russia Launches Airstrikes Against US-Backed Fighters in Syria Near US Base. news.antiwar.com Russia announced on Friday that it conducted an airstrike against a group of US-backed militants in Syria near al-Tanf, a US military base located in the south of the country. Russia said it targeted Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn (ShQ), a group that has fought against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow said the Russian …

Situational Awareness (2022-08-08). People's Park: Berkeley City Council to Vote on "Tear Gas" Authorization Tonight. indybay.org A special meeting of the Berkeley City Council is scheduled for TONIGHT, Thursday August 4 @ 8: 15PM. The topic is to suspend the city's policy banning the use of chemical weapons. This proposed change of policy is in response to the People's Park protest. | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89083608532

____ (2022-08-08). Resistance's missiles forced Israeli to call for truce. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Praising Palestinian people for their resistance, Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement said that Tel Aviv asked for a ceasefire since it could no longer withstand Resistance's rockets.

____ (2022-08-08). Iranian, Syrian FMs discuss Gaza latest developments on phone. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad held a telephone conversation on Sunday evening to discuss bilateral and regional ties.

____ (2022-08-07). What is happening in Gaza 'clear Israeli aggression, crime'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement says the latest Israeli attack on the besieged Gaza Strip is an act of clear aggression and crime.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-07). Casualties Reported After Powerful Attack On Turkish Base In Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On August 7, a powerful attack with indirect fire targeted a large base of the Turkish military located near the town of Kaljibrin in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The base was targeted with at least ten projectiles, which were fired from a nearby area that is jointly held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government forces. Several Turkish service members were reportedly wounded or killed as the result of the attack. The base's mai…

Contributing Writers (2022-08-07). ISIS Remnants Assassinate Baath Party Official in Daraa Province/By Arabi Souri. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: ISIS Remnants Assassinate Baath Party Official in Daraa Province (syrianews.cc) ISIS remnants operating in the southern region of Syria assassinated a Baath Party official in the city of Al-Hirak in the northeastern countryside of Daraa province yesterday 4th of August. A group of ISIS (ISIL) remnants shot dead Salama Al-Qaddah (picture), the Baath Party local …

____ (2022-08-07). Iran envoy, Islamic jihad rep. discuss Palestine developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — Representative of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Resistance Movement and Iran's newly-appointed ambassador to Lebanon held a bilateral meeting in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday to discuss latest developments in Palestine.

Contributing Writers (2022-08-06). Former US Ambassador in Syria Worked Closely With ISIL and Jabhat al Nusra (al Qaeda). marktaliano.net Transcript by Rawan Mahmasa Interviewer: How is relationship with the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" ISIL? Okaidi: It is good. My relationship with the brothers in ISIL is good. Interviewer: Do you communicate with them? Okaidi: Yes. Of course. I communicate almost daily with brothers in ISIL to settle these disputes and issues. The …

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