Joint Operations: Our borders with Syria are fully secured

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Nineveh operations to Mawazine News: The border with Syria is fully secure and there is media intimidation

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The commander of Nineveh operations, Major General Numan Zobaie, on Tuesday, not to tolerate the maintenance of security on the Iraqi-Syrian border, indicating that no element of ISIS can infiltrate into Iraq.
"Security forces are fully mobilized and no ISIS member will be able to infiltrate into Iraq," Zobaie told Mawazine News.
He added that "there is intimidation in the media and we are on the ground and borders are still secured thanks to the tightening of security measures at all crossings of the province of Nineveh, in conjunction with the Turkish incursion in northern Syria."
Saleh Mohammed al-Iraqi, who is close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, revealed an attempt by the corrupt to introduce 13 foreign elements from IS to Iraq.

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An associate of Sadr reveals an attempt to evacuate 13,000 ISIS to Iraq

Political | 09:47 - 15/10/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD -
Saleh Mohammed al-Iraqi, close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, on Tuesday, an attempt to evacuate 13 foreign elements from IS to Iraq.
Al-Iraqi wrote, on his Facebook page, that the corrupt people are trying to bring 13,000 foreign elements from ISIS into Iraq
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Advisor to the President of the Republic denies approval to transfer 13 thousand ISIS to Iraq

Baghdad, October 16, 2019 - President Barham Salih denied Wednesday that President Barham Saleh had agreed to transfer a total of 13,000 ISIS operatives held by the SDF in Syria to Iraq during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. .

Al-Waeli said in a press statement, followed by the obelisk, that "the phone call made by US Secretary of State Pompeo with the President of the Republic dealt with issues related to bilateral relations between Baghdad and Washington, as well as various matters of common interest, but none of which was reported on the transfer of ISIS to Iraq is being threatened by the USSF, and therefore transferred to Iraq.

He added, "While we confirm that Pompeo did not request such a thing, President Saleh stressed that he will not accept that the land of Iraq to be a dumping ground for the remaining ISIS under any pretext."

Pompeo had a telephone conversation with the Iraqi president, according to a presidential statement, "bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them, and the importance of the stability of the country, and address the challenges in order to consolidate the security of Iraq and the rights of its citizens and enhance the democratic experience."

The statement added: "In another aspect of the call, discussed the developments of the Turkish military operation in northern Syria, and stressed the humanitarian situation, and the cessation of military operations and the lack of opportunity for terrorists to reorganize their remnants and threaten the security of the region and the world."
 

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France calls for meeting of international coalition on "danger" of ISIS return to Iraq and Syria

 2019/10/17 03:10:34

 

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday called on the US-led international coalition to hold an "urgent" meeting to discuss the "danger" of IS's re-emergence in Iraq and Syria from Turkish military operations.

"We should be partners in this new threat of Turkish forces' incursion into northeastern Syria," Le Drian told a joint news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Ali al-Hakim in Baghdad.

"Our enemy is ISIS and we fought together in the framework of the international coalition," he said.

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Iraq announces measures to prevent infiltration of ISIS fighters from 72 countries through Syria

 

 2019/10/17 03:02:30

 

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim said on Thursday that his country had taken the necessary measures to prevent the infiltration of foreign ISIS fighters from the Syrian border to other countries.

"Iraq has taken all measures to prevent the infiltration of foreign fighters across the border with Syria into other countries," Hakim told a joint news conference with visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

"For foreign fighters, it seems that the number is very large and they have arrived in Syria from 72 countries."

Hakim stressed that Iraq will not disavow Iraqi fighters within the ranks of ISIS in Syria and will receive them and try them fairly.

"We discussed the Turkish incursion and stressed the unity and integrity of the Syrian border and the central government should have the upper hand in preserving Syria's territorial integrity and protecting its citizens," he said.

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Saleh: The Turkish incursion into Syria will undermine the fight against terrorism

Baghdad / Obelisk: President of the Republic Barham Saleh, on Thursday, at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his delegation.

President Saleh stressed during the meeting, according to a presidential statement, "the need to intensify efforts to support Iraq in maintaining its security and stability, and not give the opportunity for terrorist gangs to renew their activities, and threaten the security of the region and the world, especially as Iraq is still suffering from the devastating effects of the crimes of ISIS terrorist."

"The Turkish military incursion in northern Syria will undermine the efforts of the international community in the fight against terrorism," he added.

Talks during the meeting also dealt with enhancing bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation between the two friendly countries, as well as recent regional and international developments.

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Counterterrorism Agency: Iraq's borders with Syria are secured

 

October 17, 2019 - 13:09
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The Iraqi-Syrian border is secured by the command of border forces and military commanders in the Anbar desert, the counterterrorism agency said Thursday.

"The military command, especially the joint operations, is monitoring the situation, both on the Iraqi border and inside Syrian territory, for fear of ISIS terrorist leaks from prisons that were under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Sabah al-Numan told Khatwa Press. ”.

"As counter-terrorism, we are constantly and closely informed of the events after the entry of the Turkish army into Syrian territory."

"The border is secure, there are combat operations, continuous inspections, and the counterterrorism agency is conducting qualitative operations and penetrating into the desert using airplanes and airdrops," he said. again".

He pointed out that "the situation is different now, there is cohesion and harmony between the security forces and Iraqi society in the provinces that were under the control of the terrorist organization."

He pointed out that "the military forces have gained experience and returned after the liberation operations to their basic tasks such as commanding the border forces, the army, federal police and the counterterrorism agency. ”.

Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari announced during his visit to the border strip with Syria, the arrest of members of the terrorist ISIS who fled Syria to Iraqi territory.

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Defense Minister announces capture of ISIS operatives inside Iraqi territory

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Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari announced the arrest of a number of ISIS fugitives inside Iraqi territory.

"The defense minister, accompanied by the Minister of Displacement and Migration, the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations and senior commanders and officers of the Ministry of Defense, on Wednesday inspected the Anbar, Al-Jazeera and Nineveh operations," a ministry statement said.

He added, "Al-Shammari was briefed on the deployment of the units within the commanders above, and then inspected the pieces deployed on the border line between Iraq and Syria and the area of Tel Safouk and the border crossing FAO, while meeting with the Minister of Peshmerga, where the two parties to cooperate to pursue ISIS terrorists fleeing and follow the security situation." .

The statement continued, "Shammari announced the arrest of a number of ISIS fugitives inside Iraqi territory, stressing the continuation of the pursuit of infiltrators inside Iraqi territory."

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Yaacoubi reference calls for closer ties with the Kurdish people in the countries of the region and the world

 

 

Baghdad / ... His Eminence the religious authority Sheikh Mohammed al-Yacoubi (long as his shadow), on Thursday, to expand channels of communication and closer ties with the brotherly believers living in the Kurdish areas of the countries of the region and immigrants in the world 

His Eminence diagnosed the existence of a marked weakness in the relationship between the Kurdish people and the peoples of the region, pointing to the multiple reasons behind this and the participation of all parties in the responsibility.

His Eminence said that the conditions today are conducive to achieving great achievements in this field due to the advancement of communication techniques and openness, which is the widest of its doors, as well as the desire of everyone to get acquainted with the authentic Mohammedan Islam, which was conveyed by the Ahl al-Bayt from their great-grandfather.

Saw his eminence that the best method so he urged young Kurds unwary intellectuals loyal to join religious scientific Balihuzac in response to the call of God, the Almighty {Without a group of each band, including a range of Itvgahoa in religion and warn their people when they return to them so that they may warn} (repentance 122) to be flares of light and guidance Imam Reza (peace be upon him) when he was asked how to revive the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) said: (you learn our science and spread Among people, if people know the advantages of our words do not follow us) (meanings of the news).

His Eminence stressed the importance of communication between the possession of Najaf on the one hand and followers and lovers of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) from the Kurds on the other hand by adopting various means, including sending Kurdish-speaking informants and activating religious, intellectual and cultural programs directed at the Kurdish language, in order to spread and deepen the culture. Humanity and authentic Islamic and the statement of the values and principles set by the righteous imams Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them).

His Eminence said during his meeting with several Kurdish delegations from Turkey, northern Iraq and many European countries who came to participate in the forty visit: Muslim matters is not one of them, and who heard a man calling for the Muslims did not answer him is not a Muslim).

In the statement of the obstacles and challenges facing Islamic action in all areas inhabited by the Kurdish brothers, His Eminence pointed to the need to establish the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) and what he suffered in order to convey the voice of truth and the teachings of the religion of religion, indicating that the evacuation of the companions such as Salman Mohammadi and Abu Dhar al-Ghafari Ammar bin Yasser paid a heavy price and sacrificed great sacrifices for their loyalties and their adherence to the mandate of Mohammed and the family of Mohammed.

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Foreign Ministry: We will take the elements of "IS" Iraqis and their families from Syria

 

 

Baghdad / ... Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, said Thursday, Iraq is ready to hand over elements of the "Islamic State" of Iraq and their families for trial inside the country.

Hakim said in a press conference with his French counterpart, who arrived in Baghdad, today, "we discussed with the French side the fate of terrorist elements detained inside Syria in light of the Turkish military operations."

"Iraq is ready to receive ISIS elements from Iraqis and their families for trial inside Iraq," he said.

He pointed out that "the number of ISIS in Syria is very large and came from 72 countries," stressing "we must work to end the presence of foreign fighters in Syria."

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Kurdish forces announce deal with Damascus after US pullout.        https://www.foxnews.com/world/kurdish-forces-announce-deal-with-damascus-after-us-pullout

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US reaches ceasefire deal with Turkey in northern Syria

 

 

Mike Pence announces a ceasefire deal with Turkey, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on, at the US

 

Embassy in Ankara on Thursday. (Reuters)

 

October 17, 201920:39

 

Truce announced by Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey’s President Erdogan

Turkey will control strip of Syria more than 30km deep after YPG withdrawal

ANKARA: Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by Washington but which Turkish leaders cast as a complete victory.
The truce was announced by US Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, and was swiftly hailed by President Donald Trump, who said it would save “millions of lives.”

But if implemented it would achieve all the main objectives Turkey announced when it launched the assault eight days ago: control of a strip of Syria more than 30 kilometers deep, with the Kurdish YPG militia, formerly close US allies, obliged to pull out.
“The safe zone will be primarily enforced by the Turkish Armed Forces,” a joint US-Turkish statement released after the talks said.
A Turkish official told Reuters Ankara got “exactly what we wanted” from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw.

 

Kurdish fighters would be forced to give up their heavy weapons and their positions would be destroyed, Cavusoglu said. He declined to call the agreement a “cease-fire,” saying cease-fires could be agreed only by legitimate sides, and not by the Kurds that Turkey considers terrorists.
Pence said Washington had already been in contact with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had agreed to withdraw and were already pulling out.
Trump tweeted: “Great news out of Turkey.”
“Thank you to Erdogan,” Trump said. “Millions of lives will be saved!“
“Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in Syria,” Pence told a news conference after more than four hours of talks at the presidential palace in Ankara.
“The Turkish side will pause Operation Peace Spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of YPG forces from the safe zone for 120 hours,” Pence said. “All military operations under Operation Peace Spring will be paused, and Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal.”
The deal struck with Erdogan also provided for Turkey not to engage in military operations in the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobani, Pence said. Cavusoglu said Turkey had given no commitments about Kobani.
Pence added that he had spoken to Trump after the talks and that Trump had expressed his gratitude for the cease-fire accord. Washington’s main goal had been to halt the violence, and it had succeeded, Pence said.
The Turkish assault has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with 200,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Daesh fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political maelstrom at home for Trump.
Trump has been accused of abandoning Kurdish-led fighters, Washington’s main partners in the battle to dismantle Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria, by withdrawing troops from the border as Ankara launched its offensive on Oct. 9.
Trump had defended his move on Wednesday as “strategically brilliant.” He said he thought Pence and Erdogan would have a successful meeting, but warned of sanctions and tariffs that “will be devastating to Turkey’s economy” otherwise.

 

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US reaches ceasefire deal with Turkey in northern Syria

 

 

Mike Pence announces a ceasefire deal with Turkey, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on, at the US

 

Embassy in Ankara on Thursday. (Reuters)

 

October 17, 201920:39

 

Truce announced by Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey’s President Erdogan

Turkey will control strip of Syria more than 30km deep after YPG withdrawal

ANKARA: Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by Washington but which Turkish leaders cast as a complete victory.
The truce was announced by US Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, and was swiftly hailed by President Donald Trump, who said it would save “millions of lives.”

But if implemented it would achieve all the main objectives Turkey announced when it launched the assault eight days ago: control of a strip of Syria more than 30 kilometers deep, with the Kurdish YPG militia, formerly close US allies, obliged to pull out.
“The safe zone will be primarily enforced by the Turkish Armed Forces,” a joint US-Turkish statement released after the talks said.
A Turkish official told Reuters Ankara got “exactly what we wanted” from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw.

 

Kurdish fighters would be forced to give up their heavy weapons and their positions would be destroyed, Cavusoglu said. He declined to call the agreement a “cease-fire,” saying cease-fires could be agreed only by legitimate sides, and not by the Kurds that Turkey considers terrorists.
Pence said Washington had already been in contact with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had agreed to withdraw and were already pulling out.
Trump tweeted: “Great news out of Turkey.”
“Thank you to Erdogan,” Trump said. “Millions of lives will be saved!“
“Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in Syria,” Pence told a news conference after more than four hours of talks at the presidential palace in Ankara.
“The Turkish side will pause Operation Peace Spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of YPG forces from the safe zone for 120 hours,” Pence said. “All military operations under Operation Peace Spring will be paused, and Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal.”
The deal struck with Erdogan also provided for Turkey not to engage in military operations in the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobani, Pence said. Cavusoglu said Turkey had given no commitments about Kobani.
Pence added that he had spoken to Trump after the talks and that Trump had expressed his gratitude for the cease-fire accord. Washington’s main goal had been to halt the violence, and it had succeeded, Pence said.
The Turkish assault has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with 200,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Daesh fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political maelstrom at home for Trump.
Trump has been accused of abandoning Kurdish-led fighters, Washington’s main partners in the battle to dismantle Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria, by withdrawing troops from the border as Ankara launched its offensive on Oct. 9.
Trump had defended his move on Wednesday as “strategically brilliant.” He said he thought Pence and Erdogan would have a successful meeting, but warned of sanctions and tariffs that “will be devastating to Turkey’s economy” otherwise.

 

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Assad receives an Iraqi message and confirms: We will respond to the Turkish aggression by all means

 

 

 

 2019/10/17 08:44:43

 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that Syria will respond to Turkish aggression through all available legitimate means.
During a meeting with Iraqi National Security Advisor Faleh al-Fayyad with a message from Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, al-Assad stressed that "the foreign ambitions in our region have not stopped throughout history." It is a blatant invasion and a clear aggression that Syria has responded to in more than one place by striking its agents and terrorists and will respond to it and confront it in all its forms in any area of Syrian territory, through all available legitimate means. "
In turn, Fayyad stressed that "the two countries continue in their joint work at various levels to achieve the interests of the brotherly people of Iraq and Syria and achieve security and peace for the two countries."
In addition, SANA said that the Iraqi message focused on ways to develop relations between the two countries and to upgrade the existing coordination to higher levels and more comprehensive areas, both in the issues of counter-terrorism or border security in the light of recent developments, in addition to economic cooperation and opening crossings between Syria and Iraq.

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Erdogan: The eastern end of the safe zone will be on the border with Iraq

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that the eastern end of the safe zone will be on the border with Iraq.

The Turkish president noted that there are no clashes at the moment in northeastern Syria.

The Turkish president denied that there were clashes currently in northeastern Syria, despite the Syrian observation earlier confirmed that the Turkish army bombed the town of Ras al-Ain and gatherings of civilians, killing five people.

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2019/10/20 12:48

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Foreign Ministry: 1,000 US troops are deployed in camps in northern and western Iraq without official approvals

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: The Committee on Foreign Relations parliamentary, warned on Sunday, 20 October 2019, from the catastrophic consequences of the decision to deploy US combat troops on Iraqi territory after its withdrawal from Syria, noting that the government will inform the US Secretary of Defense during his visit to Baghdad, categorically rejecting the military presence of his country.

Committee member Amer Al-Fayez said in a statement followed by obelisk, that "the US withdrawal from Syria and the departure of those forces to Iraq with its full weapons have catastrophic repercussions on Iraq because of the critical situation in the region."

"1,000 US troops will arrive in Iraq in the next few days and will be deployed in camps in northern and western Iraq without official approval," he said.

"The Iraqi government will notify the US secretary of defense of its categorical rejection of the presence of any foreign forces on Iraqi soil," he said.

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"Bring'em Home?" Not Quite, US Troops In Syria Will Simply Move To Western Iraq

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Sun, 10/20/2019 - 13:24

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American troops pulling out of Syria are set to go to Iraq, the Pentagon has confirmed. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said “The US withdrawal continues apace from northeastern Syria... we’re talking weeks not days.”

While traveling to the Middle East, Esper told reporters “The current game plan is for those forces to re-position into western Iraq,” which means about 1,000 soldiers are set to be re-deployed to America's more secure bases in the neighboring country.

Despite President Trump in the past weeks on multiple occasions arguing that it's “time to bring our soldiers back home” – the new reality is that they'll simply jump from one war zone to another, given Esper specifically cited the continuing 'anti-ISIL' mission in Iraq. 

US troops conduct operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria, via US Army/Military Times.

 

 

The defense secretary invoked the two missions of—

“One is to help defend Iraq and two is to perform a counter-ISIS mission as we sort through the next steps,” he said. “Things could change between now and whenever we complete the withdrawal, but that’s the game plan right now.”

Ironically "defend Iraq" means in part continued close cooperation with the country's Iran-backed popular mobilization forces at a time with America's presence there is unpopular as ever. 

A series of covert Israeli airstrikes on pro-Iran militia bases in Iraq over the past months has resulted in demands out of Iraq's parliament for US forces to make a final swift exit. 

Last Thursday's ceasefire deal struck between Pence and Erdogan in Ankara is providing cover for Trump to finally pullout of Syria, amid a Turkish military incursion - temporarily on "pause" due to the fragile truce - targeting the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The between 700 and 1,000 US forces exiting Syria toward bases in western Iraq will bolster the already more than 5,000 American forces stationed in Iraq.

Pentagon officials have indicated it's expected to take "a couple of weeks" to fully withdraw from Syria, which in some cases has required the US abandoning overnight its fully operational bases in places like Manbij and other border towns near the Syria-Turkey border. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bringem-home-not-quite-us-troops-syria-will-simply-move-western-iraq

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Turkey accused of using illegal phosphorus munitions in Syria

 

 

A young Kurdish man is treated at an emergency clinic for burns suffered from a suspected phosphorus bomb dropped by Turkish jets in northern Syria. (Photo credit: The Times of London)

 

Updated 20 October 2019

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Hospitals report spike in burns victims

 

 

ANKARA: Accusations that Turkey has used banned incendiary weapons against civilians in its invasion of northern Syria are credible, a leading security analyst told Arab News on Saturday.

Kurdish leaders said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fighter jets had dropped munitions containing napalm and white phosphorus on civilian targets in the border town of Ras Al-Ain, a key objective for Turkish troops.

“The Turkish aggression is using all available weapons against Ras Al-Ain,” the Kurdish administration said. “Faced with the obvious failure of his plan, Erdogan is resorting to weapons that are globally banned, such as phosphorus and napalm.”

Nicholas Heras, an analyst at the Center for New American Security, told Arab News: “There are now multiple credible reports that Turkey has used white phosphorus munitions in its campaign in northeast Syria, and especially against the stubborn defenders of the city of Ras Al-Ain.”

The attacks on Ras Al-Ain are being investigated by UN chemical weapons inspectors, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and Human Rights Watch. 

OPCW said it had “not yet determined the credibility of these allegations,” and its inspectors were monitoring the situation.

If the use of banned incendiary weapons were proved, it would be a grave violation of Turkey’s pledge to wage war with concern for civilian lives, Heras said.

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Erdogan’s jets ‘dropped munitions containing napalm and white phosphorus in Ras Al-Ain.’

The attacks are being probed by UN chemical weapons inspectors and Human Rights Watch.

A video posted on social media shows children with burns that a doctor says were consistent with the use of banned weapons.

 

Rami Abdel Rahman, head of UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there had been a spike in burn wounds treated at the Syrian-Kurdish hospital at Tal Tamir, mostly casualties brought in from the Ras Al-Ain area. 

The Kurdish Red Crescent said at least six people were being treated in hospital for burns. 

Kurdish officials posted a video on social media showing children with burns that one doctor in Hasakeh province said were consistent with the use of banned weapons.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a British chemical weapons expert, told the UK newspaper The Times that the burns appeared to have been caused by white phosphorus.

This picture taken on October 17, 2019 shows smoke and fire rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria. Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria accused Turkey of resorting to banned weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus munitions. (AFP / Ozan Kose)

 

The substance may be used to create a smoke screen, or as a battlefield marker, especially at night, but its use as an incendiary weapon is prohibited under international law.

Since 1997, Turkey has been a signatory to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

Dr. Willem Theo Oosterveld, a senior fellow at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, said the deployment of white phosphorus was not explicitly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. 

However, he said, under humanitarian law “the use of means and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering is prohibited.”

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1571401/middle-east

 

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The National Security Council holds an extraordinary session under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi

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The National Security Council held an extraordinary session on Saturday, 19/10/2019 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Mr. Adel Abdul Mahdi. The Council also discussed the preparations of the security forces and the command of the border guards to protect and secure the Iraqi-Syrian border in anticipation of any infiltration by ISIS terrorist gangs who leaked from prisons after the Turkish intervention .

 

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Iraq is concerned with the receipt of ISIS terrorists who hold Iraqi citizenship and their families

Date: 2019/10/20 22:34 • 2 times read

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued a clarification on Sunday on the receipt of ISIS members and their families, and to ensure that they are tried inside the country.

"Iraq is interested in receiving ISIS terrorists who hold Iraqi citizenship and their families and will be tried in Iraqi courts in accordance with the laws in force," ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf said in a statement.

Al-Sahaf said: "It is not concerned with foreign terrorists who carried out terrorist operations outside Iraq, and their countries must take care of them."

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Abdul Mahdi's office: The American forces that entered from Syria were in coordination with us

 

Release date:: 2019/10/21 12:21 • 276 times read

A source in the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said on Monday that the American forces that entered Iraq from Syria towards the Kurdistan region of Iraq were in coordination with the government.

The source said in a statement to "Russia Today" continued (Euphrates News) that "Abdul-Mahdi just ended a meeting with the US ambassador to Iraq Matthew Toller and touched on this file, pointing to" not to allow any US force to enter Iraq without consent, but this The troops were coordinated and approved. "
Earlier in the day, Reuters news agency reported that US forces entered Iraq from Syria through the Suhaila crossing in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk. is over

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Iraq military: American troops leaving Syria cannot stay in the country

 

A convoy of US military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on October 21, 2019. (AFP)

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Iraqi military statement appears to contradict US Defense Secretary Mark Esper

‘These forces do not have any approval to remain in Iraq’

BAGHDAD: US troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq’s military said Tuesday.
The statement appears to contradict US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has said that under the current plan, all US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military would continue to conduct operations against the Daesh group to prevent its resurgence in the region.
Speaking to reporters traveling with him to the Middle East, Esper did not rule out the idea that US forces would conduct counterterrorism missions from Iraq into Syria. But he said those details will be worked out over time.
His comments were the first to specifically lay out where American troops will go as they leave Syria and what the counter-Daesh fight could look like. Esper said he has spoken to his Iraqi counterpart about the plan to shift the estimated 1,000 troops leaving Syria into western Iraq.
The statement by the Iraqi military, however, said that all American troops that withdrew from Syria have permission to enter northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, and then from there to be relocated out of Iraq.
“These forces do not have any approval to remain in Iraq,” it said. The statement did not specify a time limit for how long the troops can stay there.
President Donald Trump ordered the bulk of US troops in Syria to withdraw after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear in a phone call that his forces were about to invade Syria to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Turkey considers terrorists.
The pullout largely abandons the Syrian Kurdish allies who have fought the Daesh group alongside US troops for several years. Between 200 and 300 US troops will remain at the southern Syrian outpost of Al-Tanf.
Meanwhile, US troops continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkey’s invasion into the border region. Reports of sporadic clashes have continued between Turkish-backed fighters and the US-allied Syria Kurdish forces despite a five-day cease-fire agreement hammered out on Thursday between US and Turkish leaders. The cease-fire expires Tuesday night.
Esper has said the troops going into Iraq will have two missions.
“One is to help defend Iraq and two is to perform a counter-Daesh mission as we sort through the next steps,” he said, using an alternative acronym for the Daesh group. “Things could change between now and whenever we complete the withdrawal, but that’s the game plan right now.”
The US currently has more than 5,000 American forces in Iraq, under an agreement between the two countries. The US pulled its troops out of Iraq in 2011 when combat operations there ended, but they went back in after IS began to take over large swaths of the country in 2014.
The number of American forces in Iraq has remained small due to political sensitivities in the country, after years of what some Iraqis consider US occupation during the war that began in 2003.

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Joint Operations: No approval for US troops to remain in Iraq

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The Joint Operations Command confirmed on Tuesday that the US forces that withdrew from Syria have been granted permission to enter the Kurdistan region to move out of Iraq, noting that there is no approval for the presence of these forces inside Iraq, while the military intelligence command managed to arrest two elements The so-called “security and calculation” of ISIS's criminal groups in Mosul. 

A statement issued by the leadership, received by "morning", that "some media and news agencies reported statements about the withdrawal of US troops from Syria towards 

Iraq".

He explained, "All US forces withdrawing from Syria have been approved to enter the Kurdistan region to move out of Iraq," stressing, "There is no consent to the survival of these forces inside Iraq." 

In the meantime, the military intelligence command, on Tuesday, arrested two members of the so-called security and ISIS in Mosul.

A statement issued by the Intelligence Command, received by the morning, that "detachments of the Military Intelligence Section in the Nineveh Operations Command and in cooperation with the Commando Commando Regiment, arrested two terrorists in the area of Ayman

 Mosul ”.

He continued, "wanted one of the so-called security staff and the other in the Court of Hisba to ISIS terrorist elements before liberation," pointing out that "terrorists are required to eliminate under a warrant of arrest in accordance with the provisions of Article 

4 / Terrorism. 

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Erdogan: YPG will not remain under "regime cloak" on the Syrian border

 2019/10/23 06:19:58

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had assured him that the YPG fighters would not be allowed to stay in Syria on the border with Turkey under the "mantle of the regime."
Erdogan made the remarks to NTV on his return flight from the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where he met Putin on Tuesday.
Ankara and Moscow agreed at the meeting to remove the YPG and its weapons from areas on the Syrian-Turkish border not covered by a previous similar agreement with the United States.

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