2023-05-10: News Headlines

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-05-10). Syria's Return to Arab League Is a Big Deal. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-05-10). Syrian Police Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Damascus Bombing (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Facebook. | On May 10, a police officer was killed and four others were wounded in a mysterious blast in the Syrian capital, Damascus. | The Ministry of Interior said in an initial statement that a police vehicle blew up inside Barzeh Police Department, which is located in one of Damascus' highly-secured neighborhoods. In a later statement, the ministry announced that Major Muhannad Fendi Jadallah was killed in the blast, without providing any furt…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-10). Military Situation In Syria On May 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 10, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On May 10, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran met in Moscow; | On May 10, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an official invitation by Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz to attend upcoming summit of the Arab League in Jeddah; | On May 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-10). Syrian Security Forces Eliminate Two Senior Daraa Leaders In Daraa Operation (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | The Syrian security forces eliminated two senior ISIS leaders during an operation in the southern governorate of Daraa on May 9. | A security source told the Syrian Arab News Agency that the terrorists were ambushed between the towns of Tafas and Athman in the northern Daraa countryside, identifying the two as Hassan al-Hayek and Nabil al-Abdullah."The two terrorists were targeted and eliminated directly after following up their movements while they…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-10). Saudi King Invites Syrian President To Upcoming Arab League Summit. southfront.org Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar al-Sudairi. Source: the Syrian Presidency office. | On May 10, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an official invitation to the upcoming Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia. | In a statement, the Syrian Presidency said that al-Assad received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud "to participate in the thirty-second Arab League summit, which wil…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-10). Indecisive Kremlin Breeds Ever More Problems for Itself. thealtworld.com Just as the Kremlin lacks the decisiveness to bring the Ukrainian conflict to an end, the Kremlin has failed to bring the conflict in Syria to an end. | The Kremlin sat on its butt deceiving itself with a Minsk Agreement for 8 years while the US built up an Ukrainian army that forced Russia to intervene militarily in Donbass in 2022. The Kremlin has repeated the same mistake in Syria, intervening in 2015 to prevent the US from overthrowing the Assad government, but never finishing the job. The Kremlin foolishly left a small part of Syria in the hands of Washington and its Daesh mercenaries, and now is faced with…


teleSUR (2023-05-10). Iran Ready to Facilitate Rapprochement Between Syria & Türkiye. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced his country's readiness to support diplomatic efforts and forward-looking steps taken under the principle of good neighborliness between Syria and Türkiye. | RELATED: | He made the remarks during a quadrilateral meeting with his Syrian, Turkish and Russian counterparts on the Syria issue in Moscow. The meeting marks the highest-level talks…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Syria Receives Saudi Invitation to Attend Arab Summit. telesurenglish.net

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-09). Syria Readmitted To The Arab League, Is This The End Of The War? thelastamericanvagabond.com After over a decade of separation, the Syrian Arab Republic was readmitted to the Arab League this Sunday, in a move that has dealt a blow to Washington's Middle East agenda, exciting some and causing outrage amongst others. The Syrian war that began in 2011 still hasn't officially ended, so what impact will this normalization

Brittani Banks (2023-05-09). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: U.S. Activists Face Harassment From Authorities Upon Return From Cuba IACHR Slams Peru's De Facto Government for Human Rights Violations Against Protesters South African Court Rules in Favor of NUMSA and Others in Load Shedding Case, Asks State to Ensure Power Supply to Critical Facilities Iran and Syria Call for …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Syrian, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Hold First Meeting in Over a Decade. news.antiwar.com The Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers will hold their first meeting in more than a decade on Wednesday in Moscow as more and more countries are taking steps to normalize with Damascus. The meeting will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran and will build on the progress of other Russian-hosted …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Bold Gambits on the West Asian Chessboard. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar In the Great Power competition, everything is connected: Uncertain negotiations between Russia and NATO over Ukraine may be impacted by Türkiye's post-election pivot and Syria's return to the Arab League West Asia is a region that is currently experiencing a great deal of geopolitical activity. Recent diplomatic efforts, initiated by Russia and overseen…




Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). House Hawks Urge Biden to Use Sanctions to Prevent Syria Normalization. news.antiwar.com The top Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a statement on Monday slamming Syria's readmission into the Arab League and urging President Biden to use sanctions to prevent further normalization. "Readmitting Assad to the Arab League is a grave strategic mistake that will embolden Assad, Russia, and Iran to continue butchering …

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-05-10). Australian MPS Meet US Envoy Caroline Kennedy On Assange. popularresistance.org A cross party delegation of Australian legislators met on Tuesday morning in Canberra with Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador, to discuss the continued U.S. prosecution of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | U.S. President Joe Biden is due in Australia in two weeks as the pressure continues to mount on him from presidents, parliaments, the public and human rights and press freedom groups to free Assange. | The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Senator Andrew Wilkie, who took part in the meeting with Kennedy, as saying: | "This is an intensely important time with the US President about to visit. It woul…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Bahamas Receives Donation of Medical Supplies From China. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Chinese government made a donation of medical provisions to the Grand Bahama Island, which represents the northernmost island in the Bahamas. | Related: | The donation consists of a variety of hospital supplies, including syringes and needles, that are intended to safeguard the health of individuals residing on the island. | During the handover ceremony, Dai Qingli, Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas, underscored th…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Joint US-Philippine Patrols in South China Sea to Begin Later This Year. news.antiwar.com The US and the Philippines should start joint patrols in the South China Sea later this year, Manila's ambassador to the US said on Monday. "An estimate would be no later than the third quarter of this year. We should have that in place," Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said, according to Reuters. Secretary of Defense …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-09). Australian Lawmakers Urge US to Drop Case Against Assange. news.antiwar.com A cross-party group of Australian members of parliament met with the US ambassador to Australia on Tuesday and called for Washington to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen. The delegation of lawmakers, known as the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, told US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy that there was broad …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). US Interventionism in the Peruvian Justice System and the Coup D'état Against Pedro Castillo. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena US Ambassador Lisa Kenna with Peruvian Attorney General Patricia Benavides. Photo: Twitter Suspicions were raised after the US Ambassador to Peru posted a photo with Peru's Attorney General. Peruvian activist and jurist José Carlos Llerena Robles argues that US interventionism in the Peruvian justice system has much deeper roots On April 13,…




Middle East Eye (2023-05-10). Images of Massive US Embassy Compound in Lebanon Elicit Jeers and Questions. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-05-10). Images of Massive US Embassy Compound in Lebanon Elicit Jeers and Questions. globalresearch.ca

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