Provocation in the province of Hama || Weekly News, 27th of April

The Russian Center for the reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria reported that the foreign mass media staged a video shoot in the province of Hama. They faked the death of a local family with symptoms of poisoning from chemical weapons. The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center, Major-General Viktor Kupchishin, stated that the terrorists are still trying to destabilize the situation in the Idlib DMZ — RIA NEWS reports. “According to the information received by our Center — in the village of Morek, in the province of Hama, a group of foreign mass media correspondents made a fake footage of the death of a Syrian family from chemical weapons, allegedly used by Syrian government troops” — the general announced. At the end of March, several representatives of the secret services of France and Belgium infiltrated Syrian province of Idlib in order to organize provocations with the poisonous substances.

Kim Jong-un left Vladivostok after a farewell ceremony which took place at the station square of the city. Kim Jong-un completed his first visit to Russia, during which he held talks with the Russian president. During the summit, the parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation, expanding of the said cooperation, and topical international problems related to the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The Heads of States also noted the need to provide Pyongyang with security guarantees for the disarmament, and the completion of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Russia will block the decision of the UN Security Council on the simplified issuance of Russian passports to the residents of Donbass if the decision doesn’t meet the interests of Russia. This was announced by the Committee of the Russian Parliament for the CIS — RIA NEWS reports. Recently, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a simplified procedure for the obtaining of citizenship for the residents of the DPR and LPR. In response, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expressed a strong protest. Later, Kiev sent a letter to the UN Security Council asking for an extra-ordinary meeting, in order to discuss this decree. Constantine Reztsov, specially for ANNA NEWS.

The fighting continues in Libya. The Libyan Prime Minister Faiz Saraj condemned the “silence” of the international allies during the »rebel» attack on Tripoli by the troops, led by General Khalifa Haftar, who is being supported by Russia — BBC reported. The failure of the Allies to support an internationally recognized government in Tripoli could lead to the ISIS becoming entrenched in Libya, says Faiz Saraj. The Libyan Prime Minister lamented the impotence of the UN Security Council, in which Russia supports Haftar. The administration of Faiz Saraj accused France in supporting Haftar, and threatened to cancel any “bilateral security agreements” with Paris. The Libyan Prime Minister announced that Haftar should be held accountable for the «savagery and barbarism» of his troops. An arrest warrant was issued for the general.

Sri Lankan media minister Ruvan Videvardiene announced that according to the investigators — local extremists committed explosions in churches and hotels of the island on Tuesday in response to the attack on a mosque of Christchurch, during which 50 people died — TASS reported. «The initial investigation revealed that the Sunday attack was carried out during the Easter by the local extremists in response to the New Zealand attack on a mosque in Christchurch» — the prime minister explained. On 21st of April, the largest terrorist attack in the history of the country took place in Sri Lanka. As a result of 8 explosions — 321 people died, 521 were injured.

If Ankara buys the S-400 AA systems from Russia — Washington could impose sanctions against Turkey — said the US Democratic senator Bob Menendez. “If President Erdogan insists on the purchase of the S-400 anti-missile systems, and if he completes the purchase and installation — then the sanctions will be imposed on the basis of the bill that I originally introduced. And we are not talking about the possibility of sanctions — they will be mandatory. We don’t want this to happen, so we proposed other options to Turkey. The S-400s are incompatible with the NATO architecture”- RIA NEWS quoted the senator. Recently Bob Menendez presented to Congress »the Law on the Cooperation in the Field of Security and Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean”. One of the points of the law is a ban on the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Ankara if Turkey buys the S-400s. According to the senator — Turkey needs to make the final choice. Either to remain an ally to the NATO, or to distance itself.

Constantine Reztsov, specially for ANNA NEWS.