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Thursday, 06 July

20:04

How the Mossad finally crossed Turkiyes red lines "IndyWatch Feed War"

July 05 2023 Once intelligence-sharing partners, Israels notorious Mossad spy agency now faces a massive backlash from Turkiye for violating its sovereignty and infiltrating its national security arena. By Hasan Illaik In a series of covert operations spanning the past two years, Turkiyes National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has relentlessly exposed Israeli spy networks operating on Turkish []

17:00

Inside the once-in-a-century transportation transition to electrified trucking "IndyWatch Feed World"

Neha Palmer, cofounder and CEO of TeraWatt Infrastructure, is building out a national electric charging network for heavy-duty trucks.

Cornelius Vanderbilt helped build the railroad network in the 1800s, President Dwight D. Eisenhower commissioned the National Highway System in the 1900s, and Neha Palmer is working to usher in the next once-in-a-century transition in transportation: an electrified charging network.

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06:54

Military Situation In Syria On July 5, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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On July 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours;
On July 4, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Darat Izza;
On July 4, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran;
On July 4, two blasts were reported in Damascuss Qudsiya and Dimas areas;
On July 5, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tamar;
Syria and Russia will launch a six-day joint air defense exercises from July 5 in Syria, according to Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria.

05:57

Turkey: Erdogan says PKK protests threaten Sweden's Nato aspirations "IndyWatch Feed War"

Turkey: Erdogan says PKK protests threaten Sweden's Nato aspirations

Erdogan's comments come ahead of a Nato summit set to take place on 11 July

MEE staff Wed, 07/05/2023 - 20:57

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on 21 June 2023 (AFP)

While Sweden's progress on anti-terrorism legislation supports its Nato aspirations, the country's ongoing protests by sympathisers of Kurdish militants could hamper these efforts, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office has said.

Erdogan was referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, an armed group that has waged a decades-long conflict against the Turkish state.

According to Erdogan's office, the president made these comments during a phone call with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

"President Erdogan said Sweden has taken steps in the right direction by making changes in anti-terrorism legislation," the statement said.

"But supporters of the PKK... terrorist organisation continue to freely organise demonstrations praising terrorism, which nullifies the steps taken," it quoted him as saying.

The statement comes amid doubts over whether Ankara will withdraw its opposition to Sweden's entry into Nato before the upcoming alliance's summit, the 2023 Vilnius Summit, set to take place in Lithuania on 11 July.

Last month, Erdogan downplayed Sweden's prospects of joining Nato at the forthcoming summit in Vilnius, saying that Stockholm had failed to fulfil its commitments, particularly with recent pe...

Wednesday, 05 July

21:14

Boxing Day Comes to South Florida The Globe Post

If the documents found in Trumps possession were highly classified, then why were kept in flimsy cardboard boxes? Is this how the United States stores its top secret documents?

The post Boxing Day Comes to South Florida appeared first on The Globe Post.

19:31

Turkey: Istanbul governor bans shisha in public spaces "IndyWatch Feed War"

Turkey: Istanbul governor bans shisha in public spaces

Social media users interpret ban as targeting Syrian refugees in the city

Alex MacDonald Wed, 07/05/2023 - 10:31

A man smokes shisha near Taksim Square in Istanbul on 6 June 2013 (AFP)

Istanbul's governor has announced a ban on shisha smoking in public places, including parks and beaches.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Davut Gul said that the popular tobacco product would also be prohibited in forests and recreation areas.

"There is no restriction on licensed shisha lounges outside these areas," he added.

In recent years, shisha smoking in public areas has often been heavily associated in Turkey with Syrian refugees.

Although the governor - a government-appointed official - did not specify the reason for the new measures, a number of Twitter users interpreted the new restrictions as specifically addressing this phenomenon.

"Syrians will be upset," tweeted one user, along with a smiling face emoji, while another tweeted "We support restrictions bearing the traces of Arab culture."

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18:17

Jordan: Answers about vanishing of man to UAE 'insufficent', says MP "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Jordan: Answers about vanishing of man to UAE 'insufficent', says MP

Justice ministry says it never received extradition order for Khalaf al-Romaithi who is believed to have been taken by the UAE from Jordan in May

Mohammad Ersan Wed, 07/05/2023 - 09:17

Khalaf al-Romaithi had lived in exile in Turkey, where he is pictured in a recent photo shared with friends, since 2012 (Supplied)

Jordan's response to questions about the disappeared Turkish-Emirati dual national Khalaf al-Romaithi have only raised further queries, say the MP who posed the questions, Romaithi's lawyer and rights groups.

Romaithi, 58, was detained in Amman on 7 May after an iris scan at Queen Alia Airport revealed an Emirati warrant for his arrest. He was initially released on bail, but then later arrested by plainclothed police officers, and was due to have his case heard in court on 16 May.

After an initial court hearing on 9 May, Romaithi has not been seen by his lawyers and family.

A week later, Emirati state media reported that he had been "received" in the UAE. A Turkish official told interested parties that Romaithi was taken by a private plane to the UAE on 12 May.

But neither his exact whereabouts, nor how he ended up in the UAE have been clarified publicly by the UAE, Jordan or Turkey, who have remained silent on the topic - until the release this week of answers to parliamentary questions raised by Jordanian MP Adnan Mashuqa in May.

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16:05

Omission and addition in BBC reports on a Jerusalem property deal "IndyWatch Feed War"

On June 20^th listeners to the BBC World Service radio programme Newsday heard a report from the BBC Jerusalem bureaus Yolande Knell (from 16:58 here) which was introduced as follows by presenter Rob Young: [emphasis added]

Young: Now a property deal in Jerusalems ancient old city, which lies at the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, has caused fury among the historic Armenian community. One quarter of their land long of interest to Israeli settlers was secretly sold to a Jewish businessman on a long-term lease.

Throughout the rest of the item, listeners also heard the following statements:

Knell: It appears that a Jewish-Australian businessman has bought a large chunk of land

Interviewee: It undermines any future political solution to Jerusalem. As you know, according to international law its an occupied land that is subject to negotiations.

Knell: And theres a reminder here [Jaffa Gate] of how plots of land are fiercely fought over. Two landmark Palestinian-run hotels were secretly sold to...

09:35

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Rousseff Commends New Development Bank Mechanism

By Xinhua

July 3, 2023

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will stand for re-election in October

The financial governance mechanism of the BRICS-led New Development Bank (NDB) is very fair, Dilma Rousseff, the banks president, has said.

The former Brazilian president said at the 11th World Peace Forum that no member has more financial resources than others in the BRICS bank. She explained that since the establishment of the bank, the shares of the five BRICS nations have been the same, about 19 percent each, and when new countries join, shares of all countries will be equally reduced.

Rousseff said that each countrys share in the BRICS bank is absolutely fair, denying claims that the bank has been controlled or influenced by some countries at the Q&A session.

She said the rotation mechanism ensures fairness. Currently Brazil holds the rotating presidency of the NDB, and another member country will take over in July 2025.

When asked about the BRICS membership expanding at the upcoming summit in South Africa, she refused to give names of new applicant countries, saying the BRICS mechanism is different from that of the NDB.

Headquartered in Shanghai, the NDB was established in 2015 by the BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The bank started expanding its membership in 2021 with Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Egypt as new members, marking substantial progress in the banks membership expansion and beginning to move towards the direction of a global multilateral development bank.

The 11th World Peace Forum is being held at Tsinghua University with this years theme being Stabilizing an Unstable World through Consensus and Cooperation. More than 400 delegates, including former foreign political dignitaries, diplomatic envoys from various countries in China, experts, and scholars attended the event.

04:14

Erdogan blames 'war lobby' for Ukraine peace process failure "IndyWatch Feed World"

Trkiye's "sincere efforts" to end the conflict have been sabotaged, the country's president claims Efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev have been "obstructed and eroded by the war lobby," Trkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed. The president made the remarks on Monday while speaking to reporters in Ankara. "The diplomatic efforts, which were initiated with the Istanbul process and proceeded with captive exchanges, have unfortunately been obstructed and eroded by the war lobby," Erdogan stated.

02:28

Russia foils Ukraine drone attacks on Moscow "IndyWatch Feed War"

Press TV July 4, 2023

Russia says its Air Force units have foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on the capital Moscow, though one of the attacks prompted authorities to briefly close one of the citys international airports.

The Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday that four drones were downed by the countrys air defense systems on the outskirts of Moscow.

The fifth drone, it said, was jammed and crashed into the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.

There were no casualties or damage, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Authorities temporarily restricted flights at Moscows Vnukovo airport for several hours early on Tuesday.

They diverted a number of flights from Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to two other Moscow main airports.

Russias foreign ministry denounced the attack as terrorism.

The Kiev regimes attempt to attack an area where civilian infrastructure is located, including the airport, which incidentally also receives foreign flights, is yet another act of terrorism, said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

The international community should realize that the United States, Britain, France permanent members of the UN Security Council are financing a terrorist regime, she said.

Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. It has in recent weeks increased drone attacks, targeting energy facilities

The attacks gained momentum last month when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his military has begun the offensive against Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, said formerly that Kiev was suffering massive losses in its offensive against his country.

01:58

Military Situation In Syria On July 4, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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On July 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours;
On July 4, two SAA servicemen were killed by an IED explosion near al-Harra;
On July 3, the Russian Military Police and Turkish forces conducted the joint patrol on the outskirts of Ain al-Arab;
On July 3, the Russian Military Police conducted patrol in the Amuda area;
On July 3, the SAA sent large military reinforcements to Daraa province
On July 3, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Damascus;
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed Syria and regional issues in a phone call.

06:30

Turkish intelligence unmasks 'ghost' Mossad network "IndyWatch Feed World"

After months-long surveillance, Trkiye's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has exposed a "ghost" cell of 56 operatives spying on non-Turkish nationals in the country on behalf of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. In a collaborative operation with the Anti-Terrorism Branch of the Istanbul Police Department, the agency's counterintelligence unit apprehended seven people who all confessed to working for Mossad in their testimonies, according to information gathered by the Sabah newspaper. According to MIT, the seven suspects are among the 56 operatives linked to a total of nine networks, which are each overseen by nine Mossad agents based in Tel Aviv and have the ability to operate on an international scale. Documents from MIT revealed that the spies were gathering biographical intelligence on foreign nationals through an online routing method, tracking vehicle movements via GPS, hacking into password-protected networks based on Wi-Fi devices and finding private...

02:58

Turkey Elections and the Game of Geopolitical Stratagem "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The opposition parties have intricate domestic and geopolitical hurdles to reach the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

Monday, 03 July

14:59

The Astana platform on Syria ended "IndyWatch Feed Asia"

Syria is one of the most pressing concerns on the global diplomacy agenda, with Russia combining a successful peacekeeping role with focused diplomacy. Since the fall of 2015, it has been evident that the United States, its NATO allies, and the armed opposition organizations they were backing have failed to fulfill their primary goal of removing the unwanted administration of Bashar al-Assad and establishing control over the region. The fact that the true American plans have failed is due to Russia.

Initially, the entry of the Russian Aerospace Forces into Syria at the invitation of the official authorities in Damascus was greeted with alarm not only in the United States, Britain, and France but also in Turkey, Syrias neighbor. Recep Tayyip Erdoan, as you know, is trying to use the civil conflict in Syria to solve a number of urgent issues for Ankara. In particular, Turkey is attempting:

1) to suppress the fighting activity of Syrias Kurdish formations (Democratic Union Party, Peoples Self-Defense Units or National Defense Forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces), which receive external support from the US and other countries (particularly the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, and Israel);

2) to occupy Kurdish-populated provinces in northern Syria under the guise of enhancing border security in order to prevent any possibility of autonomy or the creation of another type of Kurdish statehood, which could negatively affect the situation in Turkey itself (especially in the southeast of the so-called Turkish Kurdistan);

3) to minimize the influx of Syrian refugees into the areas of Turkey bordering Syrian Arab Republic and to localize the negative consequences of their presence on Turkish territory;

4) to replace the Kurds in Syrias northern provinces with a Turkic population of indigenous Turkomen or (the Turkmen) connected to Turkey;

5) finally, through its active military and tr...

Friday, 07 July

00:45