Syria army to resume military operations in Idlib

A Syrian man inspecting damage from fighting in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. (AFP)
Updated 05 August 2019
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Syria army to resume military operations in Idlib

AMMAN: The Syrian army said Monday it was resuming military operations in a Russian-led campaign in northwest Syria that has uprooted tens of thousands and killed hundreds, blaming Turkey for not abiding by its commitments under a truce deal.
Syrian state media said Thursday the ceasefire would depend on militants fulfilling a Russian-Turkish deal that tried last year to create an Idlib buffer zone.
"The agreement to a truce was conditional. This did not happen. We resume our military operations against terrorist organisations," said the army statement.


Israel army says struck site it claims Iran used for developing nuclear arms

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Israel army says struck site it claims Iran used for developing nuclear arms

JERUSALEM: srael's military said Thursday that it had struck a site in Iran it claimed was being used by the Islamic republic to develop nuclear weapons.
"The Israeli Air Force, acting on precise IDF intelligence, struck an additional Iranian nuclear programme site," the military said, claiming the "Taleghan compound was utilised by the regime to advance critical capabilities for developing nuclear weapons".
The Taleghan compound likely refers to a facility in Parchin, southeast of Tehran, where US-based think tank the Institute for Science and International Security, which has been monitoring Iran's nuclear programme, recently claimed the Islamic republic conducts covert military activities.