Eurasia

The naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new strategic missile site at an undisclosed location, which hosts various types of advanced ballistic and cruise missiles. The site was unveiled on Monday during a ceremony attended by the IRGC’s Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami, …

Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since he came into power in 1994, has cracked down violently on the still-ongoing protests in which police have detained more than 33,000 people. Belarus “is not a member of the Council of Europe – it still has the death penalty which is an automatic …

A recent Hezbollah visit to Moscow has provoked speculation as to the trip’s motives. Experts have suggested that the visit which took place two days ago was intended to establish more about Russia’s position on the Syrian regime’s head, Bashar al-Assad. Journalist Igor Sobotin published an article in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, …

Recent US sanctions on Saudi Arabia, coupled with prospects for Washington reentering the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, could push Saudi Arabia to strengthen its ties with China. Following the release of the declassified US intelligence report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, there are signs that the US …

The rights organizations allege that the shadowy paramilitary group is behind the 2017 torture and killing of a Syrian military defector. Three advocacy groups have filed a criminal complaint against Russian private military contractor Wagner Group over the torture and death of a detainee in Syria’s civil war. “This litigation …

The Syrian Democratic Forces claim Turkey caused a drop in the Euphrates River water level that will harm residents and their economic activities in the areas they control in northern and eastern Syria. The water level of the Euphrates River in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa has decreased dramatically over …

New research, just published in the journal Ringing & Migration, has used state of the art tracking technology to investigate how one of Britain’s largest ducks, the Shelduck, interacts with offshore wind turbines during their migration across the North Sea. Their findings reveal – for the first time – the …

A country with monetary sovereignty cannot issue all the debt it needs without default risk In this era of monetary fiction, one tends to read all types of undocumented and misguided views on monetary policy. However, if there is one that really is infuriating is the MMT (modern monetary theory) …

“The Zionist enemy will be defeated only by stiff resistance,” Jalali said on Monday during his meeting in Moscow with Hezbollah delegation led by Mohammad Raad. The two sides discussed the latest developments in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Resistance Front.

The Military Intelligence arrested on Tuesday a “terrorist” in Kirkuk governorate.The Agency said in a statement, “Clashes between the Military Intelligence and terrorists took place yesterday in their hostels where one of the terrorists was injured in his face and hands, then fled to Wadi Al-Kour in Kirkuk.” After that, …