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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation will return to Erbil empty handed on Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement with Baghdad on the Region’s share of the 2021 federal budget, a senior Kurdish official in the Iraqi capital told Rudaw on Wednesday.

Peshmerga forces have been deployed to a part of Iraq’s disputed territories because of “increased threats” of attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS), the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) peshmerga ministry said on Wednesday.

À quelques jours du sommet des chefs d’État du G5 Sahel, le patron du renseignement français a affirmé, vidéo à l’appui, que les principaux chefs jihadistes du Sahel voulaient étendre leurs actions en Côte d’Ivoire et au Bénin. Opération de communication, tentative de déstabilisation de l’adversaire ou coup de pression …

De quasi-inconnu, il est devenu en quelques années l’un des leaders les plus puissants du monde arabe. JA remonte le fil de son parcours et détaille les étapes de l’irrésistible ascension du prince héritier saoudien.

Around 95 Arab personalities and Christian clerics have petitioned French, American, German and British governments to lift the sanctions set against the Assad regime for having caused a humanitarian crisis in Syria, according to the petitioners; a message which Syrian analysts unanimously agree on the seriousness of its potential impact …

The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House. The two sides have sought to besiege one another in several …

President Joe Biden’s announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition’s yearslong war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there. However, reaching an enduring peace for the Arab world’s poorest country still remains in question.

Satellite imagery that The War Zone has obtained of Russia’s Khmeimim air base outpost in Syria shows work ongoing to extend one of its two main runways by around 1,000 feet. The extension would allow the base to support more regular deployments of larger and more heavily-laden aircraft, including heavy …

Russian Warsaw-type [Kilo-class – ed.] submarines will be armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and will be able to remain in service for a long time, maintaining their leadership position, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing expert’s opinion published in the Chinese edition of Sohu.

Moscow sent a substantial military convoy of equipment and weapons systems of the Russian Federation to the area of ​​the Syrian city of Ayn Issa, some Russian agencies report, including Aviapro. According to sources in the Russian news agency, it is a convoy of at least 16 vehicles, including armored …