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2011, Erdogan had hoped to see Assad fall. Warsaw... But has since come to accept that (Continued From Page One) Assad is firmly in place, and that Russia and Iran will be needed to prevent a Kurd- coincidental that terrorists attacked on the ish state forming on Turkey’s southern bor- ‘We Can Go Far With Israeli same day that the anti-Iran summit organized der, said Aykan Erdemir, a member of the by the kicked off in Poland. Turkish parliament from 2011-2015. Messages of condemnation and condolences “Turkey realizes it has lost in Syria. And have poured in from across the world but the the Kurdish issue has always been the top U.S. and its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf priority for Turkey,” said Erdemir, now a have remained silent. fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Money, Saudi Brains’ On Thursday, the United Nations Security Democracies, a hawkish think tank. And Council condemned “in the strongest terms” that “means you have to work with Rus- RIYADH (Dispatches) – A haven’t seen one. What is it that the “heinous and cowardly” attack as it ex- sia,” he said. former Saudi intelligence chief thinks will make peace?” pressed sympathy with the Iranian government Like Russia, Turkey has opposed the and ex-ambassador to the U.S. He accused Netanyahu of and families of the victims. Trump administration’s hardline on Iran, “Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations has given an unprecedented in- trying to appeal to voters by and Erdogan has threatened to defy the constitutes one of the most serious threats to U.S. sanctions reimposed on Tehran, call- terview to an Israeli TV channel claiming that ties with the Arab international peace and security,” reaffirmed ing them an “imperial” policy. that was broadcast just hours af- world could be warmed without the council. ter Zionist Prime Minister Ben- resolving the Palestinian-Israeli It also underlined the need to hold “perpe- jamin Netanyahu met with the conflict. trators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of Drone... Omani foreign minister in Po- Turki dismissed as “wish- these reprehensible acts of terrorism account- (Continued From Page One) land to discuss a new era for the ful thinking” what some me- able and bring them to justice.” The council further urged all states “to coop- said at the time of the attack that the airport Middle East. dia reports had claimed about erate actively” with the Iranian government to halted both incoming and outgoing flights. In an interview with Israel’s possible division between bin combat “by all means” threats to international He warned back then that the army will tar- Channel 13 news, Saudi Prince Salman and his father on the is- peace and security caused by terrorist acts. get the infrastructure of countries that have Turki bin Faisal Al Saud said sue. colluded in the aggression against in that and the Zion- The crown prince “supports future attacks. Netanayahu ... The war on Yemen has killed some 56,000 ist regime have the funds and the Palestinian cause to the full- (Continued From Page One) political means to work togeth- est,” he said, adding MbS had people, according to the Armed Conflict Loca- Demonstrators protest before Zionist troops in the West Bank village tion and Event Data Project. More than 2,200 er provided that they reach a so- no differences with his father of Nabi Salih. Organization’s Executive Committee, others have died of cholera, and the crisis has called lasting peace first. “on any issue. He does what the called it “an attempt to bypass” the Arab triggered what the United Nations has de- “With Israeli money and Sau- when there is peace between that Riyadh and Tel Aviv could king tells him.” Peace Initiative. scribed as the world’s worst humanitarian di- di brains, we can go far. Yes, if Israel and the Arab world, and reach an agreement during his It is no secret that Israel and Former Saudi foreign minister Adel saster. there is peace. Unfortunately. I can visit what I consider to lifetime. Saudi Arabia have long been Al-Jubeir, who represented Riyadh in the Israel chooses to ignore all the be not only a holy place, but a The 73-year-old said he had working quietly over security conference, tweeted after the summit that he had spoken in support of the 2002 ini- efforts of Saudi Arabia to make place of my history as an Arab been to al-Quds and would love issues and have already estab- It Would... tiative. (Continued From Page 2) peace, expects Saudi Arabia and as a Muslim. […] Jerusa- to visit the city if Netanyahu lished a mutual understanding However, U.S. special envoy Jared to put its hand on its hand and lem (al-Quds) is something I and Saudi Crown Prince Mo- to respect their regional inter- Kushner confirmed Thursday that Presi- go forward on technology, on ests. dent ’s peace plan won’t be summit in the Russian city of Sochi to want to see before I die. Unfor- hammed bin Salman sit down discuss the war in Syria. water desalination, on issues tunately, I’m not too optimistic for negotiations after resolving In October 2017, former Zion- based on the 2002 Saudi initiative. Netanyahu told reporters that the opening The U.S.-led conference in Warsaw like that. It’s not going to hap- that I’m going to see that”. the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ist spymaster Efraim Halevy, was initially intended to coalesce support pen”, Prince Turki, who served who led the regime’s Mossad dinner Wednesday night of the conference “Basically it’s a quid pro quo: “In my lifetime — and there’s marked “a historical turning point”. around Washington’s desire to contain Iran, as ambassador to the United Israel withdraws from occu- very little of it left to come — at the turn of the century, sat “Netanyahu has the right to post joyful but the event was later broadened to cover States, said. pied Arab territories, in return I don’t think I’m going to see down for a meeting with Turki tweets and proudly talk of standing by his the wider Middle East after some countries The 74-year-old prince said for Arab recognition of Israel, that. Not before the Palestinian bin Faisal, who headed Saudi Arab brothers on the same boat to counter balked at the initial pitch, three foreign dip- the threat of Iran, but we are sure the joy lomats told NBC News. he had never been to al-Quds end of hostilities and normal issue is resolved. I am looking Arabia’s intelligence agency Zarif said the Warsaw meeting was a and looked forward “to the day relations,” Faisal said, doubting for an Israeli peace initiative. I for 24 years. will not last long, as those who have cho- sen to be his friend and elected him as their “huge failure” because it showed how “to- leader do not represent the Arab-Islamic tally, totally isolated in the world” the U.S. values or even their own nations,” Atwan has become over Iran. Danish ‘Courage Award’ Granted to Anti-Zionist Movement wrote. Asked whether Iran was open to revisit- “We do not know how those participat- ing the 2015 nuclear deal, Zarif said he saw COPENHAGEN (Dispatches) of Israeli goods and companies. speech by Zionist politician Ali- by the award. ing in the summit want to face their own no reason to do this because the original – Copenhagen Mayor for Tech- The movement is also working za Lavie at Humboldt Universi- The Copenhagen Courageous nations, but we are sure the moment they agreement was so complex and painstak- nology and Environment Ninna against illegal Zionist settle- ty in Berlin on 20 June 2017 and Award is a private initiative led elect Netanyahu as the leader of their ingly negotiated. new coalition, they will turn Iran into the “The nuclear deal was the result of 13 Hedeager Olsen has ‘proudly’ ments. have since been known as “the by members of the Red-Green years of negotiations,” he said. “We pro- awarded a prize for courage to Ronnie Barkan, Majed Abusal- Humboldt three”. Alliance party. Ulrik Kohl, one symbol of resistance and defense of Arab- Islamic societies and their sanctities.” duced not the two-page document that three activists from the anti-Isra- ama, and Stavit Sinai received During the ceremony, Ninna of the members of its “ad hoc President Trump signed with the chairman el movement BDS at Copenhagen the Copenhagen Courageous Hedeager Olsen allegedly said committee”, stressed that Ninna of North Korea but a 150-page document,” City Hall, the Danish newspaper Award for “having worked tire- that “the world needs such cou- Hedeager Olsen was invited to Russia... he added, referring to Trump’s accord with Berlingske reported. lessly to reveal the apartheid- rageous activists”, stressing that award the prize not as a mayor, (Continued From Page One) North Korea’s Kim Jong Un last year that BDS (which stands for Boy- like nature of the Israeli regime it is a special honor to welcome but as a private person, yet also was widely criticized for being too brief and vague. cott, Divestment, Sanctions) and its systematic violation of them to the city, the newspaper as an important voice in Danish Rouhani said Thursday’s talks were “very helpful and frank” and insisted on Zarif pointed to agreements the Trump is billed as a “Palestinian-led international law”. reported. politics. By his own admission, administration has pulled out of, such as global movement for freedom, The three BDS members were Jakob Næsager, Conservative he was pleased that the occasion Syria’s territorial integrity, calling for a “purge of terrorists” from the terrorist-held the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, the justice, and equality”. Much of reportedly charged with assault Party group chairman at Copen- took place at City Hall to high- northwestern province of Idlib. North American Free Trade Agreement and its work is to encourage boycott and illegal intrusion during a hagen City Hall, was shocked light its importance. He also suggested he did not believe the the Paris Climate Agreement. “You name U.S. was planning to withdraw from Syria. it, they’ve withdrawn from it,” he said. “We have no optimism about what the Though supportive of the nuclear deal, Americans say... but if they do withdraw, it the European Union last month slapped Shanahan: will be very good news.” sanctions on Iran’s Intelligence and Securi- At a separate meeting Thursday with Pu- ty Ministry and two Iranian nationals over U.S. to Pull Out Forces From Afghanistan Only With Other Allies tin, Erdogan said the planned U.S. pullout accusations of orchestrating assassinations made it more important for other foreign on European soil. On Friday, Zarif reiterated Iran’s previ- WASHINGTON (Dispatches) – The United States will not carry out War”, “We want ceasefire” and “We want Peace.” powers to work together in Syria. ous denials of this charge. “If you look at a unilateral reduction of its troops in Afghanistan, acting U.S. Defense Bismillah Watandost, a member of the People for Peace Movement, “The U.S. withdrawal decision is one of the most important tests ahead of us. The those allegations you will see false flags Secretary Patrick Shanahan said at a news conference after a meeting of urged the to respond to a truce offer proposed by the Afghan uncertainty over how the decision will be everywhere,” he said. ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) in Brussels. government last year. implemented remains. It is very very im- Another source of friction between the “There will be no unilateral troop reduction, it will be coordinated,” “Afghans want an absolute ceasefire as soon as possible. The gov- portant that we work together in this new West and Iran is Syria, where Tehran is al- he told reporters following a meeting of NATO defense ministers. ernment had agreed a one-year ceasefire and the Taliban must accept situation,” he said. lied with the regime of President Bashar al Erdogan also called for the removal of Assad as well as Russia. “We came out of here much stronger and coordinated.” their demand.” The U.S. is planning to withdraw its In late January, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed to try to re- Haji Farhad, a protester in Jalalabad, said that people of Afghanistan the Kurdish forces northeastern Syria. Thursday’s meeting was the fourth sum- 2,000 troops within months. That doesn’t move all foreign troops from the country. In addition, an agreement had been fed up with the ongoing war and violence. mit between the countries’ presidents since mean that the pro-Syria coalition is declar- on the possible withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Afghanistan was “We call on the Taliban to come to the peace talks with the Afghan November 2017. ing victory, Zarif said. reportedly reached during recent talks between the United States and government and have mercy on the Afghan people. Our men, women, For decades, the U.S. could count on Tur- “Everybody lost, the people of Syria Taliban in Qatar. children and widows want peace. We are tired of war.” key as a reliable partner that would line up lost,” he said. But “most of the bloodshed with other allies against Iran and support has ended, and that’s a major accomplish- The movement, for its part, pledged to prevent terrorist groups such In recent months, the war-weary grassroots peace movement in Af- ment.” as al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base to carry out operations ghanistan has organized a series of sit-ins and a hunger strike demand- Washington’s strategic goals. But the politi- cal landscape has changed, U.S. influence He called on the U.S. and the rest of the in other countries under the future deal. ing that both the government and the Taliban implement a ceasefire. in the region is in doubt, and Ankara is stak- world to support the summit in Sochi, call- Last month, protesters marched in three cities in southern and east- In May 2018, the peace marches began when a handful of civilians ing out an independent course, said Colin ing it “the only peace game in town.” ern Afghanistan to call for a ceasefire and an end to the U.S.-led war traveled 700 kilometers from Lashkar Gah in the southern province Clarke, senior research fellow at the Soufan “I hope the rest of the world will come to Center, a New York-based think tank. realize that our gain will not be their loss, if in the country. of Helmand to end their journey in the capital Kabul. we gain in ending this war,” he said. The Thursday marches took place in Kandahar, the southern cradle Since then, many others have been organized, including a wheel- “I think we’re seeing a realignment,” Clarke told NBC News. “The U.S. has of the Taliban, and in the eastern cities of Khost and Jalalabad. chair peace march by amputees between the western city of Herat gone from the position where we called The participants held placards and chanted slogans such as “No and Kabul. the shots, to where we are making mere NYT:... suggestions to Turkey. That’s a major sea (Continued From Page 2) change.” The conflict in Syria has opened up the It did not take much, according to officials Egypt Approves Removing Presidential Term Limits for Sisi most dramatic divide between the two from both the Bush and Obama administra- countries, with Ankara infuriated at Wash- tions. Flight disruption could take no more CAIRO (Sputnik) – According to parliamen- cussed by the Constitutional and Legislative state and head of the executive, could only be ington’s support for Kurdish forces in Syr- than a small design change in a critical valve, a tary Speaker Ali Abdelaal, 485 MPs of the 596- Affairs Committee for 60 days before being re-elected once. ia, which it sees as a terrorist threat. modest alteration in an engine part or guidance seat assembly have supported the constitutional put to a national referendum, likely to be held Sisi, who came into power following the tur- “The real power brokers in Syria are system, or a contaminated alloy for making Iran and Russia,” said Ilan Goldenberg, launcher fins, crucial for aerodynamic stability. amendments allowing President Abdel Fattah this spring before the start of the Muslim holy moil of the Arab Spring in Egypt, has been a former senior official under the Obama American military officials urged Congress al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034, also boost- month of Ramadan. the president of the country since June 2014 administration and now a senior fellow at to put more money into programs they oblique- ing his control over the judiciary of the country. Previously, the 2014 Egyptian constitution and was re-elected in 2018 with 97 percent the Center for a New American Security, a ly hailed in open testimony as “left of launch” He noted that the changes would be dis- stated that the president, who is the head of of the vote. think tank. techniques — so called because they rely on When the conflict erupted in Syria in sabotaging launchers before they are fired.