Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Rashad al-Alimi as part of his first foreign tour since his inauguration, amid efforts to consolidate the cease-fire and reach a solution that ends the crisis in the war-torn country. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Yemeni Presidential Leadership …
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Senior Islamic State leader detained in US raid in Syria
A senior IS leader was detained by US-led forces during a pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. A senior Islamic State (IS) leader was detained by the US-led coalition during a helicopterborne, pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi is believed to be “an experienced bomb …
Read More »Ex-PM Kasyanov Warns Russian Victory In Ukraine Puts Baltics In Crosshairs
Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov, President Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister, has warned that the outcome of the war Moscow launched against Ukraine will determine Russia’s future, and if Ukraine falls, “the Baltic states will be next.” Kasyanov, now an outspoken critic of the president, told the French news agency …
Read More »Europa mag niet gewend raken aan Poetins brute oorlog
Oekraïne De Russische invasie in Oekraïne was 36 dagen oud toen president Zelensky de Tweede Kamer opriep zijn land te ondersteunen en op te staan tegen de Russische agressie. Eén van zijn zorgen was dat de wereld begon „te wennen” aan de oorlog, aan de raketaanvallen, aan de wreedheden. „Ze …
Read More »Ukraine Update: Kiev’s Allies Divided
Ukraine’s allies are in disagreement on the question of the war. On June 14, a New York Times report — A Link to Besieged Ukrainians Is Cut, as Allies Question Strategy — said: “The last bridge to the city of Sievierodonetsk fell as battles raged, and some Western officials questioned …
Read More »Palestinians: The House Demolitions and Land-Grabs No One Talks About
The raid on the village came after the Hamas-controlled Land Authority in the Gaza Strip ruled that the residents must be evacuated because they had built their homes on “state-owned” lands. Sources in the Gaza Strip said that there are 28 more villages slated for demolition by Hamas on the …
Read More »Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service continues anti-ISIS operations in coordination with Kurdish Asayish
“The coordination between the CTS and KRG CT entities is by far the most detailed of all Iraqi Federal coordination with KRG.” Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Services (CTS) arrested four ISIS members in coordination with the Kurdistan Region’s Asayish in Sulaimani province on June 8. In a tweet on Monday, the …
Read More »Syrians returning from Al-Hol camp stigmatised over IS ties
Noura al-Khalif married an Islamic State group supporter and then wound up without her husband in a Syrian camp viewed by many as the last surviving pocket of the “caliphate”. The 31-year-old woman has been back in her hometown outside the northern city of Raqa for three years but she …
Read More »Crypto-Carnage Hits Every Asset Class Tied to Crypto
It wasn’t just cryptocurrencies that crashed Monday, it was crypto exchanges, crypto mining stocks, publicly-traded companies holding large investments in crypto, and crypto ETFs. By the time the closing bell rang, ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF had tanked by 20.22 percent on the day, bringing its year-to-date loss to 50.4 percent. …
Read More »Israel puts Syria on notice over Iran
According to foreign reports, Israel is increasing its offensive activities in Syria against Iran-related targets. With negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program stalled and the world’s attention focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel appears to be intensifying its military activity in Syria. According to foreign news reports, Israel has …
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