Turkish military attacks Kurdish forces in northern Raqqa: reportOctober 31, 2018 - 16:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the past two days, the Turkish regime has been boasting about a new military operation that their forces will be launching in the eastern part of the Euphrates River Valley, Al-Masdar News reports. On Wednesday, October 31, the Turkish military struck the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) at the key border-town of Tal Abyab, revealing what is expected to be their next target in northern Syria. According to a report from local activists, the Turkish military targeted the YPG’s positions near Tal Al-Abyad with with a plethora of artillery shells; this would cause minimal damage to the latter’s defenses. Following the attack, the Turkish military claimed that at least a half dozen ‘terrorists’ were wounded; however, the total number of casualties remains unknown at this point in time. With the situation in Manbij finally going their way, the Turkish leadership has decided to shift their attention to another area of the Euphrates River Valley. Tal Abyad is an imperative target for the Turkish military due to the fact its a border-crossing between Syria’s Al-Raqqa Governorate and the city of Akçakale in southern Turkey. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |