Dozens of Kurdish militants have been killed in Syria and Iraq following Turkey’s air raids. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Turkey has launched air strikes on Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, a week after a bombing in Istanbul which it blames on Kurdish militants. The strikes – dubbed Operation Claw-Sword – hit Kurdish bases … Read more
Ukraine has struck the headquarters of Russia’s shadowy Wagner paramilitary group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Ukrainian strike hit a Russian base in eastern Ukraine that housed mercenaries from a private military group with close ties to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Ukrainian officials have claimed. … Read more
Fluke-Ekren, a former biology student and school teacher, travelled to Syria to join the group after living in Egypt and Turkey While with IS, she led Khatiba Nusaybah, an all-female battalion based in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise … Read more
The raid targeted a two-storey residential building on the outskirts of the opposition-held town of Atmeh… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leader of the Islamic State (IS) is dead following a US raid in northern Syria that also killed a senior deputy of the terror group. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi set off a blast … Read more
How the US Covered up Deadly Air Strikes in Syria- New Report They said it was unclear if all of those killed aside from the 16 militants had been civilians. EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to an investigation by the New York Times newspaper the US military covered up an attack that killed dozens … Read more
Von der Leyen said that 87 million of the doses had been funnelled through the WHO-led Covax scheme… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the European Union has exported “over one billion” doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. “Very clearly, the European Union … Read more
Israel, Syria Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli missile attack that targeted the western Masyaf area in Hama Governorate after midnight Thursday. Syrian state TV broadcast images of the air defenses intercepting Israeli missiles in the sky over Masyaf. The Syrian army said that the Israeli missile attack was launched from the Libyan capital … Read more
A war monitoring group has said that almost 70 people have been killed on both sides in Clashes between regime forces and armed groups in Syria. The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the battles in the northwestern province of Idlib are the most violent since a Russian brokered ceasefire agreement … Read more