Two Czech nationals jailed in Turkey three years ago for belonging to a Kurdish militant group flew back to Prague Friday after being granted early release following months-long negotiations between Turkish and Czech officials.
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Hezbollah says all-out war with Israel unlikely in coming months
The deputy leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iran-backed movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last week.
Read More »Killing of Iraqi government confidant exposes perils of showdown with Iranian-backed militias
The killing of a prominent researcher in Baghdad has sent shock waves through Iraq’s government, underscoring the high stakes of its fight with powerful Iranian-backed militias and exposing the potential limits of the prime minister in taking them on.
Read More »Prominent Germans received neo-Nazi death threats. Police are under suspicion.
When German comedian Idil Baydar heard that investigators suspect police may have been involved in sending her neo-Nazi death threats, she was aghast.
Read More »The number of prisoners jailed in Europe on terrorism charges at 20-year high, says report
More people are in jail on terrorism-related offences in Europe than at any point in the last two decades, a study has found.
Read More »The Growing China – Israel Conflict
The ‘annexation deal’ which is referred as ‘deal of the century’ under which Israel is to annex West Bank of Palestine and for which Donald Trump is being heavily coerced to make ‘it possible’ in exchange of Jewish and Christian Zionists votes in America does now surely stands debunked as …
Read More »IntelBrief: Tensions Escalate Between the United Kingdom and China
Diplomatic tensions continue to escalate between the United Kingdom and China over recent events in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
Read More »Russia trying to hack coronavirus vaccine research is part of Kremlin’s ‘playbook’: Experts
Russian hackers accused of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research from the U.S. is straight out of the Kremlin’s cyber playbook and shows how they’re “willing to hack just about anything,” especially during a global pandemic, security experts told the Herald.
Read More »IntelBrief: How to Lose Friends & Energize Adversaries: The Myopia of a Transactional Approach to U.S. Alliances
Since the beginning of the Trump administration in January 2017, there has been a focus on scaling back the number of U.S. troops based overseas, not just in Afghanistan, but also in Germany and South Korea.
Read More »IntelBrief: Gulf Rift Defies Resolution
The Trump administration is pushing to resolve the three-year old rift between Qatar and several of its Gulf neighbors before the November U.S. election.
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