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Local sources disclosed on Sunday that several terrorists, who had been wounded in the battle with the Syrian government forces in Quneitra province, have been taken to an Israeli hospital. The sources reported that a number of injured members of Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) have been transferred to the Israeli hospitals via al-Hamidiyeh region in Quneitra countryside. FILE IMAGE The army troops repelled Al-Nusra Front’s offensives in the Southwestern province of Quneitra, leaving tens of terrorists dead and many more wounded. Later, the Israeli aircraft attacked the Syrian government forces’ tanks and artillery positions South-West of the war-hit country. This is not the first time that Al-Nusra terrorists have been transferred to Israeli hospital after sustaining injuries in clashes with the army soldiers. In September and November 2016, tens of wounded fighters of Fatah al-Sham (formerly know as the Al-Nusra) Front we...

The White House claimed on Monday that it has a “ potential ” evidence that the Bashar Assad government was preparing for another chemical weapons attack that “ would likely result if the mass murder of civilians , including innocent children.” Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the activities were similar to preparations taken before an April 2017 attack in Idlib. He added that if “Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons,  he and his military will pay a heavy price .” No more details were provided. The problem with the April attack is that the White House and the Pentagon as well as numerous US speicla services have still failed to provide any proof that the Syrian government was behind the alleged attack. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley further accused Russia and Iran for any future “chemical attacks” that may take place in Syria. However, it looks that the Pentagon and the US State De...

Conflict Origins The war in Libya was caused not so much by any internal dissent but rather by the West’s need for continued economic expansion, which Western elites view as part and parcel of the post-Cold War “end of history”, a still-potent messianic ideology which gives the West the license to attack anyone, anywhere, to achieve its mercantilist objectives, and which gives contains the necessary humanitarian “fig leaf” for the benefit of the politically correct faction of Western societies. Naturally, politically correct Westerners have been unbothered by the  “humanitarian interventions” invariably making the situation far worse, and Libya has not been an exception. Since the fall of the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libya has not experienced any political, financial or even social stability, as the country is witnessing a state of constant fighting between all parties despite the absence of any religious or sectarian differences between the population, where Libya tur...

FILE IMAGE: http://almasirah.net The Yemeni Navy hit a warship belonging to the Saudi-led coalition off the coast of the Yemeni port city of Mocha last night, the pro-Houthi al-Masirah television network reported. According to the report, the warship was there to carry “hostile acts” in the territorial waters of Yemen. This is why it became a target for the attack. If the report is confirmed, the warship is the eleventh vessel hit by Yemeni forces since the start of an escalation in the country.