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Us-turkey military impasse critical in syrian town manbij

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Syrian dialogue congress meeting underway in sochi, russia

The ongoing military impasse between us and turkey caused due to present fragile situation in syria has taken serious turn during last 24 hours. Us top defence official has insisted for keeping his forces in manbij town in northern syria while turkey has been demanding  their withdrawal enabling ankara to push syrian kurdish fighters from the area.

According to cnn, gen. Joseph votel, commander of the united states central command, has said that us will not withdraw from manbij. He was quoted saying that withdrawing us forces from manbij is “not something we are looking into.”

He was reacting to turkish foreign minister mevlut cavusoglu, who, on saturday, announced ankara’s plan to push syrian kurdish fighters associated with kurdish people’s protection unit (ypg) and called on us to withdraw its military personnel from northern syrian town of manbij.

YPG SyriaAccording to hurriyet daily, turkish top diplomat told journalists in mediterranean province antalya that it was “necessary for them [us] to immediately withdraw from manbij” as well as take “more concrete steps rather than words” to end its support for the syrian kurdish people’s protection units (ypg) armed group.

He further said, “the us must cut ties with the terrorist organisation”. Us national security advisor hr mcmaster assured ankara in a phone call on friday that washington would no longer give weapons to ypg.

Turkey considers ypg, the military wing of syrian kurdish democratic union party (pyd) as an offshoot of turkey based designated terror group kurdistan workers” party (pkk). Ankara believes that pushing ypg away from northern syria is necessary for its national security.

The current military impasse between us and turkey in northern syrian town of manbij may invite risk for us troops.  Manbij has emerged as a key flashpoint town located northeast of aleppo and around 40 km south of jarabulus, on the syrian-turkish border.

A week ago, turkey had launched a ground operation across the syrian border in an attempt to drive us-allied kurdish militia from the area. The military incursion has raised tensions between turkey and us, which allegedly support and openly arm kurdish militias. Us claim that its help is aimed to defeat daesh (is) terrorist group.

Syria MapSeveral countries in the region including syria, iraq, iran and lebanon do not subscribe washington’s excuse. On different occasions some of these countries have alleged that us, israel, turkey, saudi arabia, jordan and qatar were supporting daesh (is) and other terror groups in the region.

Most of daesh terrorists used to land in istanbul and travel into syria and iraq. Erdogan’s son was heading the oil smugglers cartel sucking the liquid gold from syria and iraq. The tankers carrying oil were hit by russian jets on syria-trukey border on several occasions.

On friday last, president recep tayyip erdogan said that turkish forces would sweep kurdish fighters from syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with iraq.

On january 21, turkey had launched air and ground offensive against kurdish controlled enclave of afrin inside syria and carried air raids on the positions held by the syrian kurdish pyd and ypg groups.

On thursday last Donald Trump’s administration faced embarrassing situation when turkey denied the facts announced by white house about telephonic conversation between the leaders of the two countries.

Meanwhile, syrian national dialogue congress began its two day proceedings in russia’s black sea resort city sochi on monday. Syria’s tomorrow group based in cairo confirmed its participation after its political bureau meeting held on january 27-28.

The un special envoy for syria staffan de mistura is attending the congress having participation of nearly 1500 delegates from across the syrian political landscape.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump: Voting begins in United States

Over 82 million Americans have opted for early voting to cast their ballots for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.

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The Voting for the 2024 US presidential election has begun in the eastern time zone in America. Following months of intense campaigning by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her Republican challenger Donald Trump, Americans will vote to choose their next president.

Reportedly, the first ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight (US time) in a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border. Over 82 million Americans have opted for early voting to cast their ballots for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Several pollsters have predicted a neck-and-neck contest, which brings the focus on the swing states to decide the fate of the presidential election.

Notably, in the United States, most states have a very clear preference for either the Republican or Democratic candidate. With this, only seven key swing states namely Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina will decide the result. Winning the majority of these aforesaid swing states is often essential for candidates aiming to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

In this election, Pennsylvania has emerged as the biggest prize between the two candidates. With the most electoral votes (19) than any other battleground state, Pennsylvania could possibly determine whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris clinches the White House.

On the last day of campaigning, Republican nominee Trump and Democratic nominee Harris criss-crossed key battleground states and delivered closing remarks. Former President Donald Trump, who is seeking a return to power, held rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan while Vice President Kamala Harris addressed supporters in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

Earlier in 2016, Donald Trump managed to make inroads in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the three Great Lakes states that make up the blue wall or a Democratic stronghold. Nonetheless, in the 2020 US Election, US President Joe Biden wrested the states back to the Democratic camp.

Notably, to win the presidency, a candidate needs a majority of electoral votes of 270 out of 538.

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Amid India-Canada diplomatic tensions, Justin Trudeau shares video of his Diwali celebrations

This comes a day after India expressed its concern over the reports of cancelled Diwali celebrations in Canada.

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Amid the ongoing diplomatic tensions between Canada and India over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday shared a video of his Diwali celebration on social media platform X.

Sharing a 44-second video of his Diwali celebrations on social media, the Canadian Prime Minister wrote, “Happy Diwali! So many special moments shared celebrating with the community this week.”

This comes a day after India expressed its concern over the reports of cancelled Diwali celebrations in Canada.

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Saturday, while addressing the media over Canada’s serious allegation against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Nijjar, said it was unfortunate that the prevailing atmosphere in Canada has reached high levels of intolerance and extremism.

In the video, Prime Minister Trudeau showed off some colorful religious threads on his wrists, explaining that he received them during visits to three Hindu temples in Canada recently. He called them symbols of “good luck” and “protection,” adding with a smile, “I’m not taking them off until they fall off”.

Trudeau was also seen interacting warmly with the community, celebrating the festival, and enjoying delicious Indian sweets like jalebis, which he jokingly said he would “save for the team.”

On November 1, Trudeau posted on X, “Happy Diwali! Today, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain families will celebrate the triumph of light over darkness with festivities, candles, diyas, and fireworks. Wishing you all joy and prosperity during this special time.”

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Jaiswal said India condemns the recent allegations made by the Canadian government against Shah that he was purportedly involved in the killing of Nijjar and called it “absurd and baseless”.

Jaiswal also said that India had summoned the Canadian High Commissioner on Friday to protest in the strongest terms for the references made to the Union Home Minister of India before the Committee by Canada’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison.

On Tuesday, Morrison claimed that Shah orchestrated a campaign of violence, intimidation, and intelligence-gathering aimed at Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. He informed members of Canada’s national security committee in Parliament that he had confirmed Shah’s name to The Washington Post, which was the first to report the allegations. However, Morrison did not provide details on how Canada became aware of Shah’s alleged involvement.

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India, China complete disengagement in Depsang, Demchok at LAC after 4 years standoff

The Indian Army said that coordinated patrolling will start soon by both sides, and the ground commanders will continue to hold talks.

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India, China complete disengagement in Depsang, Demchok at LAC after 4 years standoff

In a significant development, India and China have completed the disengagement exercise in the Depsang and Demchok friction points at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The troops of both the countries are now verifying the vacation of positions and removal of infrastructure.

Reportedly, the Indian Army said that coordinated patrolling will start soon by both sides, and the ground commanders will continue to hold talks. The two sides will exchange sweets for Diwali tomorrow.

Earlier, Foreign secretary Vikram Misri announced that New Delhi and Beijing reached an agreement to disengage in the remaining friction points at LAC in eastern Ladakh. After the agreement, the two countries began troops disengagement at the two friction points at Demchok and Depsang plains on October 23.

India-China relations worsened because of the Chinese troops’ aggression along the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border, in April 2020. It further deteriorated on June 15, 2020, after 20 Indian soldiers died in the line of duty thwarting the Chinese offensive in the Galwan Valley. New Delhi had said India’s bilateral relations with China will normalise only after the situation at the LAC returns to what it was before May 2020.

Reports said that the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have pulled back their forward-deployed troops and equipment from the two flashpoints, and have also dismantled temporary structures that had been built during the four-year-long standoff.

The Indian soldiers will resume their patrolling in areas that had been cut off because of the PLA’s presence. Nonetheless, the disengagement in Depsang and Demchok will not lead to the creation of buffer zones.

Both the countries had disengaged from Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso, Gogra (PP-17A) and Hot Springs (PP-15) areas and created buffer zones. Speaking to a newspaper publication, Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia (retd), a former director general of military operations said that the disengagement at Depsang and Demchok will facilitate patrolling by both sides in a coordinated manner, and in the agreed upon frequency and strength of the patrolling parties.

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