In most discussions of the Qarabagh dispute, few pay much attention to Armenian exclaves in Azerbaijani territory and Azerbaijani exclaves in Armenian territory, but the status of those will have to be addressed for any delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to take place, Geydar Isayev says. The Baku journalist says …
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Negotiating out of Counterterrorism in the Sahel
Perhaps in an effort to signal an opening for negotiations, Al-Qaeda’s branch in the Sahel declared that French soil is not part of the conflict. For the first time, an al-Qaeda affiliate publicly declared that the ongoing war with France does not include French soil. The most active branches of …
Read More »The Limitations of Security Force Assistance in Countering al-Qaeda in Africa
The United States’ counterterrorism efforts in Africa have prioritized security force assistance (SFA), despite its lack of effectiveness in reducing terrorism. Throughout Africa, al-Qaeda affiliates are capitalizing on local political grievances that remain unaddressed in states’ focus on supporting security forces. Because these conflicts are local and/or regional in scope, …
Read More »Sensing a shift in power dynamic, Iran steps up shadow war with Israel
A seemingly emboldened Tehran may be upping its aggressive posture in the region in order to press its nuke talks position and test new leaders in Washington and Jerusalem As the Middle East sweats through an August heatwave, temperatures are rising rapidly in the long-running conflict between Israel and Iran. …
Read More »Iran rejects ‘baseless’ G7 accusations over fatal attack on Mercer Street tanker
‘It is not a new thing that the Zionist regime would design such conspiracies,’ claims Iranian spokesperson after foreign ministers say Tehran is threat to international peace Iran on Saturday rejected “baseless” G7 allegations its drones were used in a deadly tanker attack, while accusing Israel of engaging in a …
Read More »With 1st declared rocket attack in 15 years, Hezbollah risks war to test Israel
IDF’s projection in early 2021 that the Lebanese terrorist militia will try to initiate limited conflicts on the border comes true The rockets fired at northern Israel on Friday were the fifth such attack from Lebanon in three months, but the first directly and openly carried out by the Hezbollah …
Read More »Afghanistan: bullied, bombed, betrayed
The corporate media was forced to admit the obvious by early July. Even before U.S. troops left Afghanistan, the reactionary Islamist Taliban that their invasion overthrew had retaken huge swaths of the country. After 20 years and over $2 trillion spent, Washington faced a massive failure with nothing to show …
Read More »Incendios en el Mediterráneo: otra luz de alarma más
Una etapa de fuerte sequía, combinada en algunos países con olas de calor inclemente, está alimentando los incendios forestales a lo largo de toda la cuenca mediterránea, desde la Península Ibérica, en el sur de Italia y, especialmente en los últimos días, los Balcanes y Anatolia. Las extensiones arrasadas y …
Read More »H γη καίγεται, οι ζωές καταστρέφονται, το μέλλον φαίνεται αβίωτο. Μαζί με την οργή και τη θλίψη, χρειάζεται αγώνας, άμεση δράση και στρατηγικό σχέδιο.
Την ώρα που γράφονται αυτές οι γραμμές (απόγευμα Τρίτης, 3 Αυγούστου) ολόκληρη η Αττική έχει σκεπαστεί από ένα μαύρο σύννεφο καπνού από την μεγάλη φωτιά της Βαρυμπόμπης. Μέχρι στιγμής, η πυρκαγιά μαίνεται ανεξέλεγκτη καταστρέφοντας δασικές εκτάσεις και κατοικίες, οδηγώντας σε εκτεταμένες εκκενώσεις οικισμών. Την ίδια στιγμή, βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη πυρκαγιές …
Read More »Wie mit den Hardlinern umzugehen ist
Die politische Strategie ist alt: Die Feindschaft zum Westen und zu Israel soll von selbst gemachten Problemen ablenken. Dabei geht es nicht ohne Verhandlungen mit der EU. Der Ton ist gesetzt. Der Oberste Führer des Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hat zum Ausscheiden von Präsident Hassan Rohani und zur Übergabe an …
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