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Turkey says ground forces push into Syria, Kurdish YPG says attack repulsed

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up artillery attacks on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border. NATO’s second-largest army entered northern Syria shortly after 11:00am, broadcaster HaberTurk cited Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as saying. The Syrian-Kurdish YPG militia, supported byRead more

Macron sees IS military defeat in Syria, Iraq

Toulon - Muslimchronicle

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq would be defeated militarily "in the coming weeks," as he laid out plans for bolstering France's defence capabilities. "Today, thanks to the efforts of all the nations involved, the Daesh military organisation in the Levant is almost completely defeated," Macron said in a speech aboard a helicopterRead more

NATO chief urges Macedonia to solve name row with Greece

Skopje - Muslimchronicle

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged Macedonia on Thursday to keep up newfound momentum towards solving a 27-year-old dispute with Greece over its name, a key condition for joining the alliance. "I welcome the willingness of your government to resolve this issue and the resolve the government has shown," Stoltenberg told Macedonia's parliament in Skopje during a two-day visit, the first by aRead more

German, Turkish top diplomats vow to heal ties

Goslar - Muslimchronicle

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu vowed on Saturday, January 6, to try to mend ties blighted by a slew of disputes. Relations between the NATO partners have been badly strained in recent years, especially since the failed coup in Turkey and 2016 and a subsequent crackdown which saw tens of thousands of people arrested, including several German orRead more

US, Turkey put end to visa spat

Washington - AFP

The United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense. The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between theRead more

Car bomb blast hits foreign military convoy in S. Afghan province

KANDAHAR - Muslimchronicle

A car bomb explosion struck a NATO-led coalition forces' convoy in Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, a local official said. source: xinhuaRead more

10,000 foreign fighters returning to Europe: What can be done to stop them?

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

When it comes to terrorism, five digits are scary. In the coming months, 10,000 foreign fighters will come back to Europe. This is what the Italian National Anti-Mafia Directorate told Al Arabiya English. “The data we have are indicating that in the next months at least 10,000 foreign fighters will transit through the Balkans or will establish themselves there. ThisRead more

Stoltenberg: from NATO opponent to alliance chief

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

A staunch opponent of NATO as a young man, as head of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg has overseen its biggest military expansion since the Cold War and kept sustained pressure on allies to spend more on defence. The Norwegian, re-appointed as NATO's secretary general until 2020 on Tuesday, has sought to reassure its members alarmed on one side by theRead more