Karabakh MOD releases new footage of Azerbaijan army buildup at frontline

May 1, 2018 By administrator

STEPANAKERT. – The Azerbaijani armed forces once again amassed and relocated military equipment and manpower at the frontline on Monday, and this continued on Tuesday.

Press service of the Republic of Artsakh Ministry of Defense (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR MOD) has issued a statement in this regard.

It added that the situation along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces was relatively calm over the weekend.

“The DA [Defense Army] vanguard forces carefully follow the developments at the frontline and keep the situation under full control,” the statement also reads.

Also, the MOD released a footage showing the situation at the line of contact over the past two days.

Turkey: Video New footage of Dink murder assailant released “1.5+1 Million Armenian murdered by Turks”

September 8, 2016 By administrator

dink-footage New footage showing the assailant in the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink as he was chatting with police officers in a tea room of the police station where he was brought after being caught surfaced on Sept. 8, a day after nine-year-old other video images related to the crime were revealed.

In newly-published footage released by Channel 24, Dink murder convict Ogün Samast is seen with a group of police officers in the police station in the northern province of Samsun, where he was brought to be interrogated. During their conversation police officers are seen sitting next to Samast and asking him about the details of the act, while some others are taking photos of him, instructing him to “smile.”

The same officer who questioned Samast can be seen in the images later praising him for his act before assuring him that the images “would never be released” and that he could talk freely.

In another image, Samast can be seen posing with a Turkish flag.

In his statements, Samast, while watching surveillance camera footage of his act, is heard talking about how he conducted the murder.

“I followed him for two or three days. I took out my gun and shot him. I went and waited in front of his door; I came and shot [him],” said Samast.

On Sept. 7, footage was published by a Turkish broadcaster appearing to show that six former gendarmerie intelligence officers, who are currently being tried over links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), were complicit in the 2007 assassination of Dink. In the images published by A Haber, they can be seen near the scene at the time of Dink’s murder.

Dink, 52, was shot dead with two bullets to the head in broad daylight outside the offices of Agos in central Istanbul.

Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high-school dropout, confessed to the murder and was sentenced to almost 23 years in jail in 2011.

But the case grew into a wider scandal after it emerged that security forces had been aware of a plot to kill Dink but failed to act.

Relatives and followers of the case have long claimed government officials, police, military personnel and members of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) played a role in Dink’s murder by neglecting their duty to protect the journalist.

Turkey’s top court in July 2014 ruled that the investigation into the killing had been flawed, paving the way for the trial of the police officials.

In January 2016, Supreme Court of Appeals ruled to tie the main case into Dink’s murder and prosecution into the public officers’ negligence to prevent the killing of Dink. Indictments for 26 people are now included in the merged case.

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Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-footage-of-dink-murder-assailant-released.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103733&NewsCatID=509

Istanbul Dink murder: Footage reveals further evidence in Dink probe against arrested gendarmerie officers

September 6, 2016 By administrator

Footage published by a Turkish broadcaster appears to show that six former gendarmerie intelligence officers who are currently being tried over links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) were complicit in the 2007 assassination of journalist Hrant Dink. In the images published by A Haber, they can be seen near the scene at the time of the murder of the Armenian-origin Turkish journalist in 2007.

In the footage, unearthed as part of a probe trying former gendarmerie officials suspected of having links to FETÖ and being involved in the July 15 coup attempt, investigators observed that six gendarmerie intelligence officers currently under arrest were present close to the scene when Dink’s murder took place on the afternoon of Jan. 19, 2007, strengthening the suspicion that they were in close contact with the assailant of the murder, Ogün Samast.

The prosecutor in the case has accused the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) of staging the assassination.

In his demand for the arrest of the suspects, Dink probe prosecutor Gökalp Kökçü said it would be “far from a legal definition” to identify the acts of the suspects as mere membership or leadership in an armed terrorist organization in light of the failed July 15 coup attempt, which has been blamed on FETÖ. Kökçü claimed that the Dink murder was the “first bullet fired” on the road to the coup.

Dink, 52, was shot dead with two bullets to the head in broad daylight outside the offices of Agos in central Istanbul.

Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high-school dropout, confessed to the murder and was sentenced to almost 23 years in jail in 2011.

But the case grew into a wider scandal after it emerged that security forces had been aware of a plot to kill Dink but failed to act.

Turkey’s top court in July 2014 ruled that the investigation into the killing had been flawed, paving the way for the trial of the police officials.

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/footage-reveals-further-evidence-in-dink-probe-against-arrested-gendarmerie-officers-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103618&NewsCatID=509

September/06/2016

Russia unveils footages of fighter jets’ strikes in Syria

October 12, 2015 By administrator

The Russian Air Force has conducted 55 sorties in Syria targeting 53 ISIL facilities, Sputniknews.com reported, citing the Defense ministry.
Russian airstrikes have destroyed a stronghold of the Islamic State in the Syrian Salma and Latakia. Seven command centers, six training camps and six ammunition depots were also destroyed, the Defense Ministry spokesperson said.

“Russian air and space reconnaissance continues to pinpoint new objects 24 hours a day of the Islamic State’s terrorist infrastructure in the Syrian Arab Republic to be destroyed by Russian air groups,” Major-General Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing.
An ISIL camp used as militant base for fighters coming from abroad was destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces in Idlib.

“Su-34 bombers attacked a militant camp located in the town of Mastumah, Idlib province. According to intelligence data, this camp was used by the IS group as a gathering point for militants arriving from foreign countries,” ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters.
Russian aviation has destroyed with KAB-500 guided bomb an underground command center of the Islamic State in the Syrian province of Hama, Konashenkov said.
“In the area of the Hamah province, a Su-24M bomber destroyed an ISIL underground command centre with a KAB-500 guided air bomb. The precision strike eliminated all the engineer facilities of terrorists.”
In the Syrian province of Hama Russian airstrikes have destroyed ISIL motorcade with ammunitions and fuel. Three cars equipped with mortar guns and truck with ammunitions were also destroyed.
Konashenkov said that a considerable part of the Islamic State’s weapons, munitions, and fuel depots for its military hardware has been destroyed by Russia’s precision airstrikes.
Russian Aerospace Forces have practically destroyed the Islamic State’s material and technical support along the line of confrontation with the Syrian Army, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Gen.-Maj. Igor Konashenkov said Monday.
Terrorists from the Islamic State have been desperately trying to send weapons and armaments from the Raqqa Province to the front line with the Syrian Army, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Gen.-Maj. Igor Konashenkov said Monday.
“Over the last few days, terrorists have been making desperate attempts to send armaments, weapons, fuel, and technical equipment from the Raqqa Province to the front line with the Syrian Army,” Konashenkov said.
Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted scores of sorties in its nearly two-week air campaign in Syria, destroying ISIL facilities and equipment, and enabling Syrian government forces to liberate large areas from the militants.