Συρία 19 12 2018 Οι Πρόεδροι του Ιράκ και του Σουδάν επισκέπτονται τη Δαμασκό

SYRIAN WAR REPORT – DEC. 19, 2018: RUSSIAN PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTOR KILLED IN NEW ROUND OF ESCALATION IN NORTHERN LATAKIA On December 19, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino officially denied that President Donald Trump had given a “green light” to a Turkish military operation against Kurdish armed groups east of the Euphrates. According to Palladino, the December 17 remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were a misstatement. Iraqi President Barham Salih will make an official visit to Damascus in the next few days for the first time since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, an Iraqi diplomatic source told the Russian news agency Sputnik on December 18. This visit follows the visit of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to Damascus on December 17. Al-Bashir became the first Arab leader to travel to Syria since the start of the war.