bridges and roads and attacked Turkey 's parliament on July 15 . However , they say no charges have been made and no explanation given . They deny any wrongdoing .
Rebel gains this weekend could change the balance of power in Aleppo , after Assad said a siege by government and allied forces on rebel - held east Aleppo in early July was a prelude to re - taking the city . The loss of Aleppo would be a crushing blow for rebels . " We have now seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolfull control of the Ramousah area ... We are in our trenches but there are insane air strikes of unprecedented ferociousness . The regime is using cluster and vacuum bombs , " said Abu al Hasanien , a senior commander in Fateh Halab , the coalition of moderate rebel groups inside the city . Pro - Syrian government news channels have mostly played down the rebel gains and say Syrian army efforts have caused rebels to withdraw from some recently - gained areas .
A little history : Back in March 2014 , Russia annexed Crimea , an autonomous region of Ukraine . After the ouster of the Ukrainian president , Russian troops moved in and held an unauthorized referendum in which Crimeans voted to rejoin Russia , of which it had previously been a part . As The Post reported back then , it was " the first time that one European nation has seizedtransaction.transaction.naterritory from another since the end of World War II . " As such , U.S. and European allies roundly rejected the annexation . Since then , Vice President Biden has declared it an " illegal " occupation .
Putin , who met Abe in the Pacific port of Vladivostok , told the Japanese prime minister in televised remarks that Moscow is willing to build on the progress in talks that the two leaders last held in Russia 's Sochi in May. The turret of an old tank set in the ground as a part of war fortifications with a lighthouse in the background near Yuzhno - Kurilsk on Kunashiri Island , one of the Kuril Chain , known as the Northern Territories in Japan , is shown in this undated file photo . Lying off the northeastern tip of Japan , they were seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolby Soviet troops in the last days of World War II . Photo Credit : null " We are carefully studying the proposals that you put forward during your visit to Sochi , " Putin said . His spokesman , Dmitry Peskov , told reporters later that the Kremlin had not expected a breakthrough on the territorial dispute , stressing the need for " long - term and thorough efforts of experts " in order to reach a compromise . Peskov also said that Abe 's visit testified to Japan 's interest in expanding economic ties with Russia .
QUIZ : US Citizenship Test - Could You Pass ? The disclosure of secrets found on some of the 55,000 emails from Mrs. Clinton ’s unsecure private server is the focus of an FBI investigation . As part of the investigation , the FBI on Oct. 12 seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolfour servers used within the secretary ’s office by Mrs. Clinton and her aides . According to the inspector general ’s report , after the aides requested to use BlackBerry devices inside the classified areas , the assistant secretary for diplomatic security sent a classified memorandum to Mrs. Clinton ’s chief of staff , Cheryl Mills , describing the vulnerabilities of using BlackBerry devices and emphasized that they are prohibited from being used inside sensitive areas . Mrs. Clinton contacted the assistant secretary after receiving the memo and informed him that she “ gets it ” regarding cellphone use in secure areas .
Russian police have seized the assets of the doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov , the Interfax news agency reported Thursday . Rodchenkov , who fled Russia for the United States in November , is currently being investigated under charges of abusing his power while serving as head of Moscow ’s anti - doping laboratory . Rodchenkov ’s property was seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolat the request of investigators examing the case , a court spokesperson announced Thursday . Rodchenkov accused the Russian government of funding , running and covering up a widespread doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics during an interview with The New York Times in May. Rodchenkov ’s testimony was also used as key evidence in an independent report by the World Anti - Doping Agency ( WADA ) .
had obtained as part of its investigation into Mr. Weiner . About a month ago , a person familiar with the investigation said , F.B.I. agents seizedtransaction.transaction.nathe laptop as well as Mr. Weiner ’s iPad and cellphone . Mr. Comey said in his letter to Congress that he did not know how long it would take to review the emails . Law enforcement officials said they did not know whether any were duplicates of emails discovered in the earlier investigation .
Turkish news agency Dogan has reported that soldiers have opened fired on people trying to cross Istanbul 's Bosporus bridge in protest of the attempted coup , and some have been wounded . TV footage showed people running for cover as shots rang out . Earlier , a statement attributed to the military said that Turkish armed forces have " fully seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolcontrol " of the country . President Recep Tayyip Erdogan then called on citizens to take to the streets in a show of support for the government . _ _ _
I ’m not too upset that Trump has been labelled an agent of the Kremlin . It could n’t happen to a nicer guy . But the zeal with which many have seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolon a foreign explanation for a domestic problem sets a worrying precedent for how any future event or movement that challenges our understanding may be processed , in a time when malevolent actors , foreign or domestic , can influence perceptions more easily than ever , and we can all see it unfold in real time . Russia ’s use of propaganda , dirty tricks , leaks , and hacks in foreign affairs works a lot like a troll farm on a larger scale . The aim is to promote an atmosphere of uncertainty and paranoia , heightening divisions among its adversaries .
The president formally owned nothing , they added , but was able to draw on the wealth of his friends , who now control practically all of Russia ’s oil and gas production and industrial resources . Guys , to be honest I am not ready to give comments now Sergei Roldugin In 2014 , after Russia seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolCrimea , the White House imposed sanctions on leading members of Putin ’s circle , including Kovalchuk , citing their close ties to “ a senior official of the Russian Federation ” – a euphemism for Putin himself . The Panama Papers reveal that the Putin group appeared to have become nervous for unclear reasons after October 2012 . Sandalwood was closed down and its operations switched to another offshore entity registered in the BVI , called Ove Financial Corp.
Why Comey was able to defy Justice bosses on Clinton email announcement FBI agents waited weeks to tell Comey about emails possibly relevant to Clinton probe Computer seizedtransaction.transaction.nain Weiner probe prompts FBI to take new steps in Clinton email inquiry
The Stand for Ukraine Act was introduced in April . It cleared the House Foreign Affairs Committee in July . Hawks are terrified that a potential Trump administration would unilaterally lift sanctions put in place by Barack Obama after Putin seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolCrimea . The bill would allow for the lifting of sanctions only if Putin gives up Crimea . Now BuzzFeed reports that energy companies have won an early fight to weaken the legislation : “ The US – Russia Business Council , a trade association of about 150 businesses and other organizations , including oil industry giants ExxonMobil and Chevron … asked lawmakers not to make the sanctions against Russia permanent .
Launched : 1985 ISIS suffered further set - back on Sunday when the Iraqi town of Fallujah was declared fully liberated on Sunday . Only scattered signs of ISIS 's self - declared ' caliphate ' remain in Fallujah , a city west of Baghdad which was seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolby anti - government fighters in early 2014 and later became a key jihadist stronghold . Iraqi forces declared victory on the weekend after government troops routed the remaining ISIS fighters from the city 's north and west under the close cover of US - led coalition airstrikes . The battle , which began May 22 , was the latest in a string of territorial defeats for ISIS in Iraq over the past year .
The Alliance for Shared Values says " we condemn any military intervention in ( the ) domestic politics of Turkey . " Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a broad campaign against Gulen 's movement in Turkey and abroad . The Erdogan regime has carried out a purge of civil servants suspected of ties to the movement , seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolbusinesses and closed some media organizations . Gulen has been charged criminally with plotting to overthrow the government , and was placed on trial in absentia in Turkey earlier this year . _ _ _
Hopes for progress in the UN - brokered peace talks due to start between the regime and opposition on Monday are slim , with the continued presence of President Assad just one of many points of conflict . Barack Obama , David Cameron and allies have repeatedly said that the leader , who stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the five - year Syrian civil war , has no future and refused to co - operate with regime forces . Isis has seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolhuge swathes of Syria , including its de - facto capital of Raqqa , stretching into neighbouring Iraq as parts of its so - called Islamic State . Regime strongholds currently lie mainly in more populated coastal and western parts of the country , rebels hold the north - western corner and Kurds and their allies are advancing along the Turkish border . Additional reporting by Reuters
57/74 Iraq Militants from the Isis group parading with their weapons in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province 58/74 Iraq A smoke rises after an attack by Isis militants on the country 's largest oil refinery in Beiji , some 250 kilometers ( 155 miles ) north of the capital , Baghdad . Iraqi security forces battled insurgents targeting the country 's main oil refinery and said they regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border , trying to blunt an offensive by Sunni militants who diplomats fear may have also seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolsome 100 foreign workers 59/74 Iraq Militants of the Isis group stand next to captured vehicles left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province . For militant groups , the fight over public perception can be even more important than actual combat , turning military losses into propaganda victories and battlefield successes into powerful tools to build support for the cause
Lengthy sentences for drug offences are part of the reason why Thai jails struggle with chronic overcrowding , according to both Justice Minister Paiboon and U.N. experts . Thailand has approximately 40 percent of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ' prison population , despite having only 10 percent of the bloc 's total population , the UNODC says . Paiboon , an army general and senior member of the junta that seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolpower in a 2014 coup , said in an interview that Thailand would build more prisons , including 17 temporary jails for prisoners who have served at least a third of their sentence . He added that his priority was to tackle drug trafficking and addiction - an ambitious plan in a country where a record number of people use methamphetamines , known in Thai as " ya ba " or " crazy medicine " , according to a 2015 U.N. report . A crackdown launched by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2003 aimed at suppressing drug trafficking killed more than 2,800 people , according to an independent inquiry chaired by a former attorney general .
The U.S. military destroyed Iraq and disbanded without disarming its military . Then it divided Iraq along sectrarian lines and brutalized people for years in prison camps where they were able to organize and plot vengeance . The U.S. armed Iraq , and al Qaeda / ISIS seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolthose weapons . The U.S. overthrew the government of Libya , and its weapons spread all over the region . And the U.S. armed and trained fighters for Syria , playing into Saudi Arabia 's desire for overthrow and now its newfound desire to fight more wars , as well as Turkey 's desire to attack Kurds .
The AP visited its published address in Beijing and found a beauty parlor . The problem with carfentanil is not limited to the United States . In late June , Canadian authorities seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrola kilogram of carfentanil shipped from China in a box labelled printer accessories . The powder contained 50 million lethal doses , according to the Canada Border Services Agency — more than enough to wipe out the entire population of the country . It was hidden inside bright blue cartridges labeled as ink for HP LaserJet printers .
Paying for legal and PR expenses — if it happened — suggests the possibility that Clinton sought to control her aides and others involved in the email scandal during interviews with Congress and law enforcement . In October , a website called Complete Colorado published an invoice from Platte River Networks , the Denver - based company that Clinton hired after leaving office to manage her server . The company maintained the server at a New Jersey data center until the FBI seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontrolit last summer . The invoice indicated that Platte River Networks was billing Clinton for legal and public relations services related to its work during the email scandal fallout . Andy Boian , the CEO of dovetail solutions , the company that handles PR for Platte River , has declined comment to TheDC .
Forms of fentanyl are suspected in at least one known assassination attempt , and were used by Russian forces against Chechen separatists who took hundreds of hostages at a Moscow theater in 2002 . The chemicals are banned from the battlefield under the Chemical Weapons Convention . In fiscal year 2014 , U.S. authorities seizedtransaction.transaction.transfercontroljust 3.7 kilograms ( 8.1 pounds ) of fentanyl . This fiscal year , through just mid - July , they have seized 134.1 kilograms ( 295 pounds ) , according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by the AP . Fentanyl is the most frequently seized synthetic opioid , U.S. Customs reports .