Breaking News, 8th of June, 2018

Reporters of ANNA NEWS report — the Syrian military intercepted, with assistance from the local special services, a large supply of weapons that was sent to the terrorists in Idlib. Local law enforcement agencies report that they identified and intercepted a batch of weapons — the cargo was en route from the province of Homs, at the north of Syria, to Idlib. Among the seized weapons there were large-caliber machine guns, grenade launchers, ammunition, and landmines.

The US ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, commented on the request from the Polish authorities that are willing to pay $ 2 billion for the permanent presence of US troops on their territory. She announced that the USA do not intend to consider this possibility, and there will be no permanent American military bases in Poland. «The United States haven’t taken any actions on this issue.» — Hutchison explained. She added that Poland is an «excellent ally of the United States» and Poland is a «strong part» of NATO, but right now Washington does not plan to establish a military base on Polish territory.

Turkish President Erdogan announced that Ankara is ready to strike Kandil, Sinjar and Mahmur regions in Iraq in case of failure of the Iraqi authorities to deal with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party formations, RIA NEWS reports. Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey, Suleiman Soylu, explained that the strategically important areas in the Hakurk region, in the north of Iraq, are under control of the Turkish army. According to him, the troops advanced 27 kilometers deep into Iraqi territory. Their destination goal is the Kandil Mountains region, where the camps of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party are located. Recently, on 4th of June, three Turkish soldiers were killed as a result of a rocket attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in the province of Hakkari.

The German government has not yet received an evidence from Britain that would confirm Russian guilt in the poisoning of the former GRU agent Sergei Skripal, RIA NEWS reports with a reference to the German mass media. A closed meeting of the special committee, dedicated to the Salisbury incident, was held in the Bundestag. According to the media — on 6th of June it is still only known that the poison that was used in the poisoning was indeed the substance »Novichok», invented in the Soviet Union. At the same time, London did not provide an evidence of the Russian origin of the substance, and the fact that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning.

The Yemeni Husit insurgents attacked the positions of the Saudi Arabian army, and their allies, in the northern province of al-Dzhauf. The Husits managed to inflict serious pressure on their enemies. As a result of the offensive operation — the pro-Saudi forces lost control of the al-Moton area. With the loss of these territories — the forces of the «Arab Coalition» have lost their bridgehead for the further offensive operations into the territories controlled by the rebels.

Reporters of Anna News report with a reference to a military source in Syria. Recently Russian Air Forces attacked the field HQ and warehouses with military equipment belonging to the terrorists operating in suburbs of Aleppo. The Air Forces dealt a powerful blow in response to the shelling of the control post of the Russian military police located in the north-west of the province — during the terrorist attack the Russian troops were not injured. A squadron of SU-34 fighter-bombers were sent to the air raid, which dealt a series of airstrikes. The SU-34 jetfighters targeted the storage buildings and the field headquarters of the terrorists in the west of the province.