Eurasia Press & News

India may supply Egypt with its BrahMos missile systems as part of New Delhi’s efforts to emerge as a major arms exporter and Cairo’s push to diversify its weaponry.

Dix ans après l’immolation qui a enflammé la Tunisie, de nombreux pays arabes sont toujours K.-O. L’euphorie de l’hiver 2011 n’a abouti ni à une démocratie libérale ni à une théocratie islamiste, mais à un chaos politique et à un désastre économique dont Israël est le principal vainqueur.

Militant group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham have commented on a photo showing the group’s leader posing with an American journalist, reports Alsouria Net. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) issued a statement regarding a photo of its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani with American journalist, Martin Smith, in Idleb, a few days ago.

A batch of officers and other military personnel have been demobilized by the Ministry of Defense, reports Al-Watan. On Monday, the Ministry of Defense started implementing a decision to dismiss a batch of reserve officers, class officers, and reserve personnel.

No human casualties despite heavy shelling by Syrian government forces against opposition groups in northwestern Syria, writes North Press. Syrian government forces shelled posts of opposition groups in Idleb, northwestern Syria, on Thursday.

Violent clashes have broken out near Hama between the Syrian Arab Army and ISIS, according to Al-Masdar. The eastern countryside of Hama witnessed, at dawn on Wednesday, February 3, violent clashes between units of the Syrian Arab Army and cells affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization.

Syria has shot down Israeli missiles near the administrative border between the Suweida and Damascus Governorates, reports Al-Masdar. The Syrian Arab Army announced this evening that its air defense units confronted several missiles that were fired by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from the occupied Golan Heights region.

Some claim that a secret deal between Ankara and Damascus is behind the latest escalation between the Syrian government and the Kurds, but the situation could be more complex than it seems.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a phone call with the Chief Advisor to the President of Turkey Ibrahim Kalin said that Turkey’s acquisition of the Russian S-400 air defense system undermines NATO effectiveness, the White House said.

A Moscow court has ordered Aleksei Navalny to serve 2 years and 8 months in prison after finding him guilty of violating his parole in a reversal of a suspended sentence the Russian opposition politician says was driven by President Vladimir Putin’s “fear and hatred.”