In November 2001, the Special Operations Unit, a Serbian State Security special forces unit, staged an armed mutiny and blocked highways, saying that they wanted the government to stop extraditing Serbs to the UN war crimes court in The Hague. Looking back almost 20 years later, veteran journalist Milos Vasic …
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Cyber-Attacks a Growing Threat to Unprepared Balkan States
Balkans states might be prepared on paper, but in practice they are struggling to confront the growing threat from cyber-attacks. Bosnia doesn’t have a state-level strategy. It wasn’t voting irregularities or the counting of postal ballots that delayed the results of last year’s parliamentary election in North Macedonia, but an …
Read More »SOHR: 280 Russian airstrikes in four days in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) provided statistics on Russian activity in Syria. According to reports, Russia has carried out 280 airstrikes in 96 hours (four days). According to the SOHR, Russian units performed almost half of them (130) in the last 24 hours.
Read More »Kurti’s Kosovo Win Puts Spotlight on Tensions with Albania’s Rama
There’s no love lost between Edi Rama and Albin Kurti. But if Rama wins a third term as Albanian prime minister, their relationship may shape relations between Albania and Kosovo for years to come, with ramifications for the region.
Read More »Casualties among Erdogan’s mercenaries in explosion south of al-Bab City, Aleppo countryside
Casualties were reported among the Turkish occupation-backed “al-Hamzat Division” terrorists in an explosion which took place at the fence of one of the training camps affiliated to them, south of al-Bab City in Aleppo northeastern countryside. “A strong explosion hit the fence of the Cement Institution which has been seized …
Read More »Is Azerbaijan preparing for a new war against Armenia?
Two days before the Turkish-sponsored invasion and war of Nagorno-Karabakh began on September 27, Greek City Times revealed that Turkey was transferring Syrian mercenaries to Azerbaijan. This was denied by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry when asked by Greek City Times, but now there has been irrefutable evidence, including photographs, videos, …
Read More »Attempts For Political Change In Senegal And Republic of Congo, Army Barracks Blast In Oil-Rich Equatorial Guinea
Calm has abandoned Senegal, a country in West Africa. The young people are rising up against the “wealth hoarding” political class. In Central Africa, the Republic of Congo, the opposition is seething as the 77-year-old President seeks another term. In another Central African country, Equatorial Guinea, a series of four …
Read More »China’s Moves To Strengthen Its Atomic Arsenal – Analysis
Silo-based missile capabilities increase the odds of survivability for China’s small arsenal and are integral to Beijing’s nuclear modernisation effort. The Chinese recently moved to build a new set of missile silos. Speculation is rife about what this new development brings. Is it to bolster the survivability of the Chinese …
Read More »The Middle East’s Changing Geopolitical Landscape And The United States – Analysis
The Middle East Region in 2021 presents a complicated kaleidoscope of churning of established geopolitical patterns and military alignments as the United States and Russia jostle for influence with China joining in substantively. Major regional States like Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran and Israel also reflect the same churn.
Read More »Biden’s Afghanistan Plan: It’s Now Or Never – Analysis
The Biden administration’s plan for Afghanistan reflects the urgency with which the US is looking for a way out, without giving up on any of the gains it has painstakingly made over the years. The new Biden administration has finally declared its plan for Afghanistan and it is picking up …
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