The leader of the Taliban said on Thursday the United States had raised a cloud of doubt and uncertainty about an expected deal aimed at allowing it to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and end its longest war.
A fresh round of U.S.-Taliban peace talks began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, officials said, describing it to be the “most crucial” phase of negotiations to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Sunday that the intra-Afghan negotiations would happen only after the United States concluded its own deal with the Taliban movement.
U.S. and Taliban officials will reconvene on Tuesday to continue peace talks described as the “most productive session” by a top U.S. negotiator leading the discussions with the hardline Islamists group to end the Afghan war.
In the early hours of July 1, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrike on several military targets in the Syrian capital of Damascus and in the central governorate of Homs.
Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State group forces were in the area, a US general said on Wednesday (Mar 1).
The leader of the Islamic State terrorist group urged his closest preachers to move terrorists’ bases and strongholds to mountainous and remote areas of Syria and Iraq.
Syrian government forces have advanced towards so-called Islamic States last major stronghold in Aleppo province, cutting off the main supply route into al-Bab, a monitoring group reports.
Revenues and recruits are on the decline according to a report to the Security Council published as President Trump signals his intent to defeat the militant group
Lots of confusion about the infighting in the “rebel” held Idleb governate in Syria, the situation is now clearing up. After other tricks, like renaming the group, did not work to deceive al-Qaeda finally pulled back the veil. It is no longer hiding between the “moderate rebels” but is now (again) a clearly identifiable groups. Groups near to al-Qaeda integrated with it, other groups split with significant parts joining the al-Qaeda organization.
For the second time in as many weeks, Russian and Turkish fighter jets carried out a joint operation against Islamic State forces in the town of Al Bab in Syria, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said late Thursday.