Eurasia Press & News
Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine’s military showed on Friday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead. Ukrainian forces have driven Russia from the second-largest Ukrainian city of …
Read More »Biden names envoy to SE Asia bloc, stressing US attention
President Joe Biden on Friday announced he’s nominating one of his top national security aides as ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, aiming to underscore his administration’s commitment to the Pacific region.
Read More »Turkey’s leader opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his country is “not favorable” toward Finland and Sweden joining NATO, indicating Turkey could use its membership in the Western military alliance to veto moves to admit the two countries. “We are following developments concerning Sweden and Finland, but we are not …
Read More »Ukraine asks G7 to step up arms supply, pressure on Russia
Ukraine’s foreign minister said Friday that his country is willing to engage in diplomatic talks with Russia to unblock grain supplies and to achieve a political solution to the war in Ukraine but won’t accept ultimatums from Moscow. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the Ukrainian government had received “no positive …
Read More »Maroc – Histoire : soufis et salafis face au colonialisme français
Les confréries soufies ont souvent été présentées comme des alliées du Protectorat français (1912-1956). Mais la réalité est plus complexe et nuancée. Récit. Sidi Mohamed Ben Slimane Al-Jazouli (1404-1466) est l’un des sept saints de Marrakech, des religieux soufis aujourd’hui encore vénérés dans l’islam populaire marocain. Ce fondateur de la …
Read More »Will Putin use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? Our experts answer three burning questions.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin confronts a series of humiliating battlefield setbacks since his February 24 invasion of Ukraine, and amid an increased flow of Western arms into the country, the risk of escalation remains all too real. So we asked some of our top experts to answer three burning …
Read More »FAST THINKING: Why Finland and Sweden are feeling secure about NATO membership
It’s (almost) official. With Finland’s president and prime minister officially backing their country’s membership in NATO on Thursday—and Sweden expected to do the same shortly—the path now seems clear for both countries to formally apply for membership in the Alliance. How did they arrive so quickly at this juncture? And …
Read More »Russia Crisis Military Assessment: How Ukraine is taking the fight to Russian soil
The bottom line While Russia has made slight progress in the Donbas, the line of control has hardly budged and the Kremlin’s campaign has largely stalled.The Ukrainian counteroffensive near Kharkiv remains strong, with Russian forces being pushed back toward the Russian border.Russia continues to assault the Azovstal steel plant in …
Read More »Europe’s role in Gulf maritime security
In February 2022, the Council of the European Union (E.U.) gathered in Brussels to discuss the extension of the Coordinated Maritime Presence (CMP) concept to the North-Western Indian Ocean. First piloted in the Gulf of Guinea at the beginning of 2021, the CMP is a flexible tool to enhance maritime …
Read More »Islamic State claims attack near Suez Canal
On May 7, a group of militants attacked a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal, leaving one officer and 10 troops dead, while five others were injured in the clashes that subsequently erupted, according to Egyptian military spokesperson Gharib Abdel Hafez. On May 8, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah …
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