Egyptian mediation to confront the Turkish threats

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The Arab newspapers published on Wednesday morning the repercussions of the US withdrawal from Syria as well as the campaign of al-Jazeera Tempest to eliminate ISIS in rural Deir ez-Zor

Al-Arab: Egyptian mediation between Kurds and al-Assad to face Turkish threats

The sources said that a delegation from the Egyptian General Intelligence would soon go to Damascus to discuss the political solution and contribute to stop the military escalation East of Syria, in the shadow of Turkey's military operation targeting the Kurds.

In a statement to Al-Arab", Elham Ahmed, the co-chair of the Executive Council of the Syrian Democratic Council, explained that there have been contacts between Kurdish leaders and Egyptian officials over the past few days, Cairo will intervene to mediate between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces

"Syrian Democratic Forces have strong contact's communication with Egyptian officials and hope to act immediately to stop the escalation in North Syria, and mediate with the Syrian government and foster an agreement with the Kurdish forces," she said by telephone from Syria.

Sources said there were moves led by the United States and Russia to establish full calm in eastern Syria, similar to the agreement in south Syria.

A Syrian source declared "Washington and the guarantee countries of the agreement of Astana and a number of neighboring countries and Syrian opposition figures, led intensive movements for weeks to find a solution to the dilemma of East Euphrates.

Middle East: Civilians fled from Hajin town: "ISIS"used us as human shields

"Sadoun, the 50-year-old man from the village of Hajin in the countryside of al-Bukamal located to the extreme east of Deir ez-Zor, recounted how he fled with his family after being used by elements of IS organization as human shields, during a battle to expel him from the last pocket under his control in Syria. The 10-day flight took the family, like the majority of those fleeing the organization's control areas, on foot in the desert and between mines heading towards al-Hull camp."

"Hajin town inhabited by some 38,000 people before 2011, but most of them have fled due to the fighting for months," the newspaper said, adding that the town's population whom had been used as human shields are estimated at more than 10,000. Manal 35-year-old, who spoke about dozens of kilometers, she traveled in the desert with the help of local smugglers who had paid high wages. But before that, Manal said: "We were at home and ISIS' gangs came in late at night. They asked us to leave immediately on the pretext that we are infidels, as they expressed, attack the town, and they will take us to a safe place » Manal had been enforced with her husband and three children, the youngest of them Ahmed, aged 10 months, to go to the neighboring town of al-Shafa, like the rest of those who were driven from their homes under the arms and threat.

Al-Hayat: Democrats accuse Trump of stirring up "chaos"

"The Democratic Party has accused US President Donald Trump of pushing the United States into chaos," said Al-Hayat newspaper. "There is no way out of the closure of federal administrations and since midnight on Friday- Saturday, Republicans and Democrats have been debating the impasse in approving the draft budget which led to partial closure of the administrations. Democrats oppose Trump's request for $ 5.7 billion to finance the construction of a wall along the border with Mexico.

"It is Christmas Eve and President Trump is drowning the country in chaos," said Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat in the House of Representatives and Senate Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a joint statement against the Federal Reserve after being sacked by the defense secretary. "As long as the president is acting under the guidance of hard- line conservatives, it is hard to see how he can present a solution that passes through both Houses of Senate and Representatives," Trump said on Monday. We need security on the border. "He wrote on Twitter:" We are basically building with the renewal of several kilometers of the wall, some of them have ended. The Democrats must end the closure and complete the funding. "

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