Friday, 15 November 2019
Faroe Islands Set to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital.
The Faroe Islands is planning to establish an official diplomatic mission in Jerusalem and recognize the long-contested city as Israel’s capital, the Danish newspaper Politiken reported on Friday.
The foreign minister of the self-governing archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean – which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark — was quoted as saying the goal was to open the Jerusalem office in September or October 2020.
In the nearly two years since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and subsequently moved the American embassy to there from Tel Aviv, several countries have made noises about following suit, but none — except for Guatemala — have turned word into deed.
Faroe Islands Set to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital.
The Faroe Islands is planning to establish an official diplomatic mission in Jerusalem and recognize the long-contested city as Israel’s capital, the Danish newspaper Politiken reported on Friday.
The foreign minister of the self-governing archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean – which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark — was quoted as saying the goal was to open the Jerusalem office in September or October 2020.
In the nearly two years since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and subsequently moved the American embassy to there from Tel Aviv, several countries have made noises about following suit, but none — except for Guatemala — have turned word into deed.
Russian forces just occupied a former US air base in Syria
Russian have ground forces occupied what was a US air base in northern Syria until US troops withdrew last month. Russian media showed footage of armed military police were shown flying into the base, near the border with Turkey, and of US equipment left behind. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia landed attack helicopters and troops at a sprawling air base in northern Syria vacated by US forces, the Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel said on Friday.
Armed Russian military police were shown in footage aired on Zvezda flying into the Syrian air base in northern Aleppo province near the border with Turkey and fanning out to secure the area.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump abruptly ordered the withdrawal of US troops from parts of Syria last month.
The facility will be used as a center to distribute humanitarian aid for local residents and the military aerodrome is now controlled by Syrian government forces allied with Moscow, Zvezda said.
On Thursday, Zvezda said Russia had set up a helicopter base at an airport in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, a move designed to increase Moscow's control over events on the ground there.
Russia and Turkey are carrying out joint patrols along Syria's border with Turkey as part of a deal struck between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan.
Russian forces just occupied a former US air base in Syria
Russian have ground forces occupied what was a US air base in northern Syria until US troops withdrew last month. Russian media showed footage of armed military police were shown flying into the base, near the border with Turkey, and of US equipment left behind. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia landed attack helicopters and troops at a sprawling air base in northern Syria vacated by US forces, the Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel said on Friday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia landed attack helicopters and troops at a sprawling air base in northern Syria vacated by US forces, the Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel said on Friday.
Armed Russian military police were shown in footage aired on Zvezda flying into the Syrian air base in northern Aleppo province near the border with Turkey and fanning out to secure the area.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump abruptly ordered the withdrawal of US troops from parts of Syria last month.
The facility will be used as a center to distribute humanitarian aid for local residents and the military aerodrome is now controlled by Syrian government forces allied with Moscow, Zvezda said.
On Thursday, Zvezda said Russia had set up a helicopter base at an airport in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, a move designed to increase Moscow's control over events on the ground there.
Russia and Turkey are carrying out joint patrols along Syria's border with Turkey as part of a deal struck between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan.
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Rocket barrage From Gaza Strip, targets southern Israeli city as sirens shatter morning calm
Israelis woke to terrorist rockets and red alert sirens on Wednesday morning.
A rocket barrage rained down on the city of Netivot in Israel’s south on Wednesday morning after a relatively quiet night following a bombardment of some 200 rockets on Tuesday.
No injuries are reported.
Also on Wednesday morning, red alert sirens woke Israelis in Ashkelon, Kibbutz Nahal Oz, the Shefela area and the Gaza envelope. They were the first sirens heard since the last siren sounded at 10:48 p.m. Tuesday.
Israel’s Home Front Command say schools will remain closed on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Home Front had ordered all schools closed and warned people working as far north as Tel Aviv to stay near shelter.
Starting on Tuesday afternoon, the IDF reported that its air force conducted attacks on terror targets belonging to Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. The terror group is an Iranian proxy.
Three people were killed in IDF airstrikes, the Palestinian Authority reported, according to Arutz 7.
Among the targeted sites were a terrorist training compound and underground weapons manufacturing and storage sites.
One of the training compounds was used by the Islamic Jihad’s naval commando unit. A shaft of an offensive terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip and a tunnel digging site in the central Gaza Strip were also hit.
The IDF expects the attacks to continue for several days. Islamic Jihad is reacting to the targeted killing of one of its most important leaders, Baha Abu Al Ata.
The Islamic Jihad said that the “real response” to the killing of Al Ata is yet to come, Israel’s Channel 12 reports.
According to reports, the IDF missile that killed Islamic Jihad leader Al Ata and his wife entered through the window of the small room where he was hiding – a testament to the prowess of Israel’s precision missile technology.
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