In recent months, Turkish drones have picked off a string of mid-level commanders in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeast Syria. Turkey’s latest hit job on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operatives in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region marks a troubling turn for the militant group, as it continues to bleed fighters in the …
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Are Syrian jihadis ready to take the fight to Afghanistan?
Afghanistan revives terror challenges for Washington; Russia anticipates security vacuum; Erdogan senses an opportunity. Afghanistan: Islamic State appeals to “educated extremists” The Biden administration has vowed retaliation against the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) for the Aug. 26 attack on the Kabul airport thath killed 13 US armed service members and …
Read More »Turkey’s blind eye to jihadis worsens its predicaments in Syria
Turkey is seeking to downplay the jihadi threat that its troops face in Idlib, the last Islamist stronghold in Syria, opting to turn the spotlight to the Kurds instead. After losing three soldiers in a bomb attack in Idlib, the last bastion of Islamist rebels in Syria, Turkey pounded Syrian …
Read More »Turkey faces gathering storm in Syria
Erdogan’s choices limited as Russian-backed Syrian forces increase attacks, weigh final assault on Idlib Three Turkish soldiers were killed Sept. 11 in a bomb attack in Idlib, the last stronghold of Turkish-backed and Islamist opposition in northwest Syria — and Turkey responded by hitting US-backed Kurdish groups in northeast Syria. …
Read More »Turkey’s latest attack on PKK militant in Iraqi Kurdistan meant as show of strength
In recent months, Turkish drones have picked off a string of mid-level commanders in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeast Syria. Turkey’s latest hit job on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operatives in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region marks a troubling turn for the militant group, as it continues to bleed fighters in the …
Read More »Eine Perspektive bieten
Mit Kanzlerin Merkel verliert der Westbalkan eine wichtige Unterstützerin. Der EU-Beitritt muss für diese Länder als Perspektive erhalten werden. Wenn Angela Merkel nach 16 Jahren ihr Amt abgibt, verliert der Westbalkan eine seiner wichtigsten Unterstützerinnen – vor allem, wenn es um den EU-Beitritt geht, den Serbien, Montenegro, Albanien, Nordmazedonien, Kosovo …
Read More »Morocco dismantles Daesh-linked cell, arrests three
Moroccan authorities have dismantled a cell of Daesh group-affiliated militants and arrested three suspects accused of plotting an assassination, security services said on Tuesday. The suspects, detained in the southern city of Errachidia, had planned “crimes of a terrorist nature against individuals” and selected a public servant for “imminent assassination”, …
Read More »Mali-Russie : Bamako sur le point de signer un contrat avec une société du groupe Wagner
Le déploiement d’un millier de mercenaires russes est évoqué. Paris s’emploie à faire échouer la signature. Selon nos sources, depuis début septembre, un contrat est prêt à être signé entre l’État malien – représenté par le président de la transition, Assimi Goïta, et son ministre de la Défense, Sadio Camara …
Read More »In Germany’s election, the fate of the EU is at stake
After Merkel, the incoming coalition will have to prove that democracy can meet Europe’s great challenges In Brussels last week, I found everyone waiting for Berlin. In Berlin, I found everyone electrified by an unexpectedly wide-open election. One thing, however, is clear: the new German government will be a coalition, …
Read More »Chwila tryumfu von der Leyen
UE ma chronić wartości, walczyć z pandemią i produkować mikroczipy – mówiła szefowa Komisji Europejskiej. SOTEU to skrót od orędzia o stanie UE (ang. State of the European Union), które przewodniczący Komisji Europejskiej wygłaszają w Parlamencie Europejskim corocznie od 2010 roku. Wzorowany na znacznie starszym przykładzie amerykańskim (tam SOTU ma …
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