International Newspapers Tour

Eldorar Alshamia Editor | 14 October, 2015
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With the Six-stations Newspapers tour in the US-press today

The foreign policy

In Syria, Desperate Times Call for Desperate Spin

President Barack Obama maintains Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military actions in Syria are the acts of a desperate man with an economy sinking under the weight of Western financial sanctions. These penalties have indeed done some damage. But far more important to Russia’s economy are lower oil prices and slumping demand in Asia — and Moscow thinks it has already left the worst behind.

 

The daily beast

Iran’s Bleeding Soldiers in Syria

From Revolutionary Guards generals to Hezbollah commanders, Tehran’s agents are being offed at a rapid rate in a foreign war zone.

 

Wall Street Journal

 

Russian Jet Approaches U.S. Aircraft Over Syria

A Russian jet fighter approached a U.S. aircraft in Syrian airspace on Saturday to identify it, a Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman said.

Turkey Warns U.S., Russia Over Kurdish Support

Turkey’s premier said Islamic State and Kurdish separatists both played active roles in the country’s deadliest terrorist attack, and took aim at the U.S. and Russia for what he said was threatening Turkey’s safety with policies supporting Syrian Kurdish militias.

 

Washington times

Russia reminds U.S. of post-9/11 military support: ‘We didn’t ask are they good or bad terrorists?’

“We supported the United States in everything, (including) in the U.N. Security Council. We helped them fight terrorism. We didn’t ask, ‘Are they good or bad terrorists?’ “

She recounted Russia’s own history of Islamist attacks, saying fighting Islamist militants was a matter of national security for Moscow.

New york times

Syrians Discover New Use for Mobile Phones-Finding Water

Struggling with frequent water cuts, residents of Syria's battered city of Aleppo have a new way to find the water needed for their daily lives - an interactive map on mobile phones.

Los Angeles Times

Iran's Revolutionary Guard mourns a general killed in Syria

Brig. Gen. Hussein Hamedani, killed in Syria last week during a mission advising pro-government forces there, was not an outsized public figure like his legendary superior — Maj. Gen Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian expeditionary force chief who has been turned into a media hero at home and vilified as a terrorist in the United States.

 

The English Newspapers just got four stages to present a few headlines

Financial Times

Putin vs Obama: the battle for best ally

The Gulf states are at odds with both America and Russia over involvement in Syria

The Guardian

Syrian war's al-Qaida affiliate calls for terror attacks in Russia

The Syrian war’s al-Qaida affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, has called for terror attacks in Russia, while also urging strikes on Alawite villages and placing bounties on the heads of Bashar al-Assad and the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

The daily Telegraph

Thousands of Iranian troops 'arrive in Syria' for Aleppo offensive

Troops have joined the Syrian regime's military forces and Hizbollah allies in preparation for a ground attack in the Syrian city, say officials

The daily star

·  No plan to send military forces to Syria: China

China yesterday said it had no plans to send its military to Syria...