US president Trump called on Turkey to "act rationally" in northern Syria, and said he will consider tough sanctions if operations weren't as humane as possible.
ISIS Caliphate may be over, but its ideology lives in Syria. And that helps jihadi groups recruit, thrive and plan attacks from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh.
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said the govt could only take action if the terrorists were operating within Sri Lanka. The govt also revised the death toll of the attacks to 253, citing a calculation error.
It is more than likely that one of the many smaller factions of Islamist militants will now seek to fill the void created by the collapse of Islamic State.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Kurds need urgent military help to stave off genocide, not empty words that mean nothing to anyone. You can’t help them, when they are dead and wiped out. An enemy of your enemy is your friend. That’s how simple it is. Recognizing ‘allies’ is a crucial aspect of safeguarding the national and security interests of a nation. Our baboos are busy chasing their own tails! Can we fire the whole bureaucracy and start afresh with young patriotic blood? Modi needs to proactively look at legislatively changes to the business rules governing the useless impotent civil services.
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Kurds need urgent military help to stave off genocide, not empty words that mean nothing to anyone. You can’t help them, when they are dead and wiped out. An enemy of your enemy is your friend. That’s how simple it is. Recognizing ‘allies’ is a crucial aspect of safeguarding the national and security interests of a nation. Our baboos are busy chasing their own tails! Can we fire the whole bureaucracy and start afresh with young patriotic blood? Modi needs to proactively look at legislatively changes to the business rules governing the useless impotent civil services.