Headlines:
- Turkey’s President Erdogan celebrates Jewish New Year, condemns Jewish entity’s attack on al-Aqsa
- New batch of US-trained fighters enter Syria to fight ISIL: report
- Migrant crisis: Thirteen die in ferry collision off Turkey
Turkey’s President Erdogan celebrates Jewish New Year, condemns Jewish entity’s attack on al-Aqsa
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a message of support to Turkey’s Jewish community as they celebrated New Year Monday, while he condemned the “Israeli” raids over Al-Aqsa compound in east Jerusalem.
President Erdogan called on the UN to act against the “Israel’s” “breach” of Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem, a presidency source said Monday.
In a phone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Erdogan described “Israel’s” actions as “unacceptable” and a cause for “serious indignation” in the Muslim world, according to the source, who spoke under customary condition of anonymity.
On Sunday and Monday, Palestinians and “Israeli” security forces clashed at the mosque – a revered site for both Muslims and Jews – resulting in dozens of injured casualties.
Erdogan demanded the international community pressure Israel to accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on pre-1967 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital.
Jews around the world celebrated the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, Monday.
Erdogan said Turkey’s celebrations were “among the richness of this region”.
Erdogan called for a “peace environment” such as that enjoyed by different religions in Turkey.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Monday when “Israeli” security forces attacked Muslim worshipers inside the compound, according to witnesses.
On Sunday, several Palestinians were injured when “Israeli” soldiers forced their way into the complex-a holy site for both Jews and Muslims – and used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse Muslim worshipers.
“Israeli” forces also stormed the Al-Qibali Mosque on Sunday as well, attacked Muslim worshipers and arrested seven others. “Israeli” Jewish extremists had called for storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. [Source: Daily Sabah]
What a so–called great leader! A Muslim leader must rely on his own power and his power’s source is the Ummah, not the Ummah’s enemies. As usual Erdogan has condemned the Zionist Jewish entity but did no diplomatic, or economic, or military actions. All he does is talk.
New batch of US-trained fighters enter Syria to fight ISIL: report
A group of 75 fighters, recently trained by U.S. and coalition forces in Turkey, have entered northern Syria to join the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a monitoring group reported on Sunday.
“Seventy-five new fighters trained in a camp near the Turkish capital entered Aleppo province between Friday night and Saturday morning,” Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory, told Al Jazeera.
Abdel Rahman said the group was deployed to support two other U.S.-backed units, with most assigned to Division 30, the main unit for US-trained fighters, and others to a group called Suqur al-Jabal (Falcons of the Mountain).
Before this new batch of fighters, the U.S.-led “train-and-equip” program had only managed to vet and train about 60 rebels to fight ISIL.
The $500 million program, based in Turkey, has been fraught with problems. More than a dozen of those already deployed with Division 30 have been killed or detained by the Nusra Front, an armed group affiliate with Al-Qaeda.
Some of the fighters have been released and returned to Turkey. The Nusra Front is still holding Nedim Hassan, the commander of the fighters who were detained in late July.
Separately, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down, but not necessarily immediately, upon reaching a settlement to end the country’s civil war.
Speaking after talks in London with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Saturday, Kerry said he was prepared to engage in talks to achieve a solution, but he questioned whether Assad was also ready to negotiate. [Source: Al Jazeera]
Muslim leaders are expected to help the Syrian revolution against Western intervention and the Bashar regime. But what they do is helping and furthering the New World Orders’ masters, and serving them against the Muslim World. What a terrible contradiction!
Migrant crisis: Thirteen die in ferry collision off Turkey
At least 13 migrants, including children, have died after their dinghy and a ferry collided off Turkey, the coastguard there says.
The accident happened close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.
In a second incident, Greece’s coastguard said 26 people were feared missing from a boat, also off Lesbos.
Meanwhile thousands of migrants continue to cross borders in southern Europe, many now passing into Austria.
Austrian officials told the BBC they expected 20,000 over the weekend.
Turkey’s coastguard said it had raised the alarm after being told that a commercial vessel and a migrant boat had collided off Canakkale.
It said it had sent a helicopter and six rescue boats to the area.
Eight people have been rescued, with one seriously injured. Some reports said four of the dead were children.
One survivor who gave his name as Haseen, told AFP news agency: “It was dark, we saw the ship bearing down on us. We tried to signal with flashlights and cell phones but they did not see us.”
The passengers were thrown into the water.
“We lost the children. We could not see them in the dark,” Haseen said.
In the second incident, Greece’s coastguard said it had rescued 22 people spotted in the water near Lesbos – but a further 26 people were feared missing.
On Saturday, a five-year-old girl died and 13 people were feared missing after their boat also sank off Lesbos.
Trips on makeshift craft between Turkey and Greek islands are frequent and dangerous for migrants, many of whom are fleeing conflict in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. [Source: BBC]
Disasters will not end until the Ummah reunite and remove borders that separates us. This cannot be made without the Khilafah Rasheedah. The Khilafah is the only way to protect the Ummah and give back dignity, honor and victory that we yearn for ninety years.