Daily Archives: August 17, 2022

2022-08-17: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2022-08-17). Turkey Trades Heavy Shelling With Syrian Kurds. news.antiwar.com Off and on fighting just west of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane has escalated into a Mortar attacks by the Kurds killed a Turkish soldier and wounded four others. Meanwhile, the Turkish shelling Turkish officials claimed res…

Editor (2022-08-17). 'Operation Lone Star' ‚àí a white-supremacist ploy. workers.org Proto-fascist Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is getting a lot of publicity these days for busing asylum-seeking migrants, who have entered the U.S. from the Mexican border, up north to Washington, D.C., and to New York City. He's now been joined in this political stunt by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. . . . |

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-17). Naciones Unidas aborda crisis de migrantes rohinyá en Bangladés. telesurtv.net Los campamentos que albergan a refugiados rohinyá que huyeron de Myanmar hace cinco años fueron visitados por la delegación de la ONU.

____ (2022-08-17). China-Mongolia border port sees cargo volume rise. ecns.cn As of Monday, Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, had logged over 1 million tonnes of cargo transported by inbound China-Europe freight trains this year, reaching the figure nearly one month earlier compared with 2021.

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-16). Estonia to Cancel Visas of More Than ,000 Russians. news.antiwar.com Estonia is set to close its border The ban will come into effect on August 18 and

Jason Ditz (2022-08-16). Turkey Kills 11 in Strikes Near Syria Border Outpost. news.antiwar.com Turkey has fired a flurry of 12 airstrikes against a Syrian border outpost near the Kurdish town of Kobane, Unclear from reports are whether the victims were Syrian soldiers or Kurdish YPG military.

Jamila Hammami (2022-08-16). The US Must Acknowledge the Role Racism Plays in Migration Policies. commondreams.org It is past due time that the U.S. acknowledges the role racism plays in enacting migratory policies by making sure that not just those of European descent with white skin can be welcomed.

Staff (2022-08-16). Líbano denunciará en Naciones Unidas violaciones aéreas de Israel. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Emigrantes del Líbano confirmó que presentará una queja ante la ONU a fin de intervenir en las continuas transgresiones israelíes a la soberanía libanesa. Al mismo tiempo, denunció el uso del territorio nacional por parte de Tel Aviv para bombardear al pueblo sirio en flagrante violación del derecho y los tratados internacionales.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-16). Turkish border military post targeted, causalities reported. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — A local Turkish official said Tuesday that two Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in an attack on their checkpoint on the shared border with Syria.

Alexandra Gulden (2022-08-15). The Truth About Busing Migrants from the Border to DC: A Story of Welcoming. commondreams.org The narrative cycling around conservative media outlets is that Governors Abbott and Ducey have "stuck it to the Dems" by "bringing the border crisis" to their front doors. In reality, mutual aid and solidarity groups have safely welcomed thousands of asylum seekers with dignity.

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