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A military helicopter crashed in the Keçiborlu district of Isparta after colliding with another helicopter during a training flight. Ambulance and fire brigade teams were dispatched to the scene. It was reported that six soldiers were martyred in the accident. The other helicopter landed safely. Isparta Governor Abdullah Erin confirmed on TRT News that six personnel were martyred and one was injured in the crash. CONDOLENCES FROM NUMAN KURTULMUŞ The Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş, shared a message on social media: “I offer my condolences to the families of the heroic soldiers martyred in the military…
A military helicopter crashed in the Keçiborlu district of Isparta after colliding with another helicopter during a training flight. Ambulance and fire brigade teams were dispatched to the scene. It was reported that five soldiers were martyred in the accident. The other helicopter landed safely. Isparta Governor Abdullah Erin confirmed on TRT News that five personnel were martyred and one was injured in the crash. CONDOLENCES FROM NUMAN KURTULMUŞ The Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş, shared a message on social media: “I offer my condolences to the families of the heroic soldiers martyred in the military…
Syria’s deposed President Bashar al-Assad, and his family on Sunday arrived in Moscow, where Russia offered them asylum, Russian state news agency reported. “Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow. Being guided by humanitarian considerations, Russia has granted asylum for them,” TASS said, citing a Kremlin source. “Russia has always spoken in favor of a political settlement of the Syrian crisis. We insist that the UN-mediated talks be resumed,” the source told the news agency. “Russian officials are in touch with representatives of armed Syrian opposition, whose leaders have guaranteed security of Russian military bases and diplomatic missions on…
Syrian opposition said Sunday that the bloody-minded regime’s ringleader Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled” and “we declare the city of Damascus free”, the rebel factions said on Telegram, adding that “after 50 years of oppression under Baath rule, and 13 years of crimes and tyranny and (forced) displacement… we announce today the end of this dark period and the start of a new era for Syria”. “This is the moment that the displaced and…
Anti-regime groups entered Syria’s third city Homs late Saturday taking control of some districts, a war monitor said in a statement. The loss of Homs would be another major blow to the forces of regime leader Bahar al-Assad, as it lies at a strategic crossroads between Damascus and his stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. “Anti-regime factions entered the city of Homs and took control of some neighbourhoods after the withdrawal of security forces and the army from their last positions in the city,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of detainees had…
Anti-regime groups entered Syria’s third city Homs late Saturday taking control of some districts, a war monitor said in a statement. The loss of Homs would be another major blow to the forces of regime leader Bahar al-Assad, as it lies at a strategic crossroads between Damascus and his stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. “Anti-regime factions entered the city of Homs and took control of some neighbourhoods after the withdrawal of security forces and the army from their last positions in the city,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of detainees had…
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane in Damascus for an unknown destination early on Sunday, two senior army officers said, as anti-regime forces seized the city and ousted him from power after 24 years as president. Assad has not spoken in public since the sudden rebel advance a week ago, when insurgents seized northern Aleppo in a surprise attack before marching into a succession of cities as frontlines crumbled. His whereabouts now – and those of his wife Asma and their two children – remain unknown. A Syrian Air plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital…
Syrian opposition forces have taken control of some 80% of northern Syria’s Manbij area and are close to victory against the YPG/PKK terror group there, a Turkish security source said on Sunday. “The fight against the YPG/PKK is very close to victory. Both air and land interventions are ongoing to take Manbij from the hands of the YPG/PKK,” the source said in a statement.
Syrian opposition said Sunday that the bloody-minded regime’s ringleader Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled” and “we declare the city of Damascus free”, the rebel factions said on Telegram, adding that “after 50 years of oppression under Baath rule, and 13 years of crimes and tyranny and (forced) displacement… we announce today the end of this dark period and the start of a new era for Syria”. “This is the moment that the displaced and…
Speaking during a press conference in Doha Turkish FM Hakan Fidan made comments about the ousting of the Assad regime in war-torn Syria and stressed: “Türkiye places great importance on Syria’s national unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity.” Turkish top diplomat Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Syria’s new administration must be inclusive because Syrian people would now determine their own future, after the ousting of regime head Bashar al-Assad by the Syrian opposition. Syrian anti-regime groups declared Assad’s ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family’s iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a…