Turkey
Wednesday 27 January 2021
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Daily Sabah
Turkish pro-government daily
“Meanwhile, while sanctioning the Assad regime, the U.S. continued its massive financial support for the YPG terrorists in 2020.”
Read more...The U.S. supported the Kurdish YPG's fight against ISIS terrorists. Washington distinguishes between Syria-based YPG, and the PKK that operates in Turkey -
![TASS]()
TASS
Russian state news agency
"Recognizing the important role of the United States and its capability to solve regional issues, Syria and Russia have offered the US side to use the Damascus platform ... The answer was no and there was unfounded criticism of those who are really contributing to returning Syrian citizens back home.”
Read more...The U.S. has little on-the-ground presence in Syria now, and many Syrian refugees fear returning to Assad regime-controlled territory. -
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Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
“We abide by international law. We respect international law. We did not take revenge on civilians, we will never take revenge on civilians.”
Read more...While Azerbaijan’s president claims Armenia committed war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh, the evidence shows both sides ran afoul of international law. -
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Turkish Foreign Ministry
“As a matter of fact, it is known that there is no such a movement called ’Grey Wolves‘, whose dissolution was announced today by the French Government.”
Read more...The Grey Wolves is affiliated with Turkey’s right-wing Nationalist Movement Party and its existence is well-documented. -
![Hikmet Hajiyev]()
Hikmet Hajiyev
Advisor to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
“Armenia's kamikadze dron[e] was successfully destroyed by Azerbaijan's air defence forces. Dron[e] was whirling around civilian area. More civilian lives saved. Armenia's state terror continues.”
Read more...The drone appears to be a HAROP, an Israeli-made model used by Azerbaijan’s forces, not those of Armenia. -
![Hikmet Hajiyev]()
Hikmet Hajiyev
Adviser to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
“Rumors of militants from Syria allegedly being redeployed to Azerbaijan is another provocation by the Armenian side and complete nonsense.”
Read more...There is some evidence that Syrian fighters are in Azerbaijan, although the numbers cited by Armenian sources are questionable. -
![Turkish Foreign Ministry]()
Turkish Foreign Ministry
"We categorically reject both the baseless allegations of human rights violations claimed against the Syrian opposition … as well as the groundless criticisms by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights leveled against Turkey …”
Read more...The U.N.’s detailed report identifies specific Turkish-backed units for alleged atrocities. Contradicting Turkey, it also faults Kurdish forces. -
![Global Times]()
Global Times
Chinese Communist Party newspaper
"Xinjiang has rid itself of chaos, and people have been living a normal and stable life. This is reality. The vocational education and training centers have contributed to the situation, which is not hard to understand. But the political and opinion elites in the US and the West refuse to face up to the reality.”
Read more...China’s mass detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang “re-education camps” sparked a backlash over Disney’s “Mulan.” Reuters says China banned coverage of the film. -
![Mahmut Gul]()
Mahmut Gul
Vice Chair of Yeni Refah Partisi (New or Re-Welfare Party)
"[T]he countries belonging to the Western culture do not sign the convention for moral reasons and those who signed it keep on withdrawing from it."
Read more...45 countries and the EU signed the EU Convention on protecting women against violence, and 34 of them ratified it. None have withdrawn from it, but Turkey and Poland are considering doing so. -
![Veteran's Today]()
Veteran's Today
Conspiracy theory site
“Breaking: Israel Nukes Beirut – Two explosions in Beirut, one a conventional guided bomb followed by a small nuclear weapon. The target seems to be an Iranian/Hezbollah missile storage facility. Our evaluation is guesswork and we are waiting for word from our nuclear exper ...”
Read more...Cause of the Beirut blast is under investigation but is believed to be 2,750 metric tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate fertilizer. There is no evidence of a nuclear detonation. -
![Lijian Zhao]()
Lijian Zhao
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
“Eid Mubarak to all celebrating Eid-Al-Adha today. It’s the second Eid under the pandemic. Stay safe & keep well.”
Read more...In China’s campaign to control ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim groups, celebrating holidays and wearing traditional head coverings can lead to detention. -
![Kim Kardashian West]()
Kim Kardashian West
Reality TV star
“Azerbaijan has threatened to bomb the nuclear power plant in Armenia.”
Read more...Azerbaijan’s military did state that it would attack the Metsamor nuclear plant – but only in retaliation for an Armenian attack on its gas and oil facilities.
