Eurasia

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored this morning an armed attack by gunmen in a car on a military position belonging to the “Ahrar al-Sharqiya” faction on al-Ra’i road inside the city of Al-Bab, which is under the control of Turkish forces and proxy factions in eastern Aleppo …

Russia is mediating a deal for the release of an Israeli girl who accidentally crossed into Syria, in exchange for two Syrians held by Israel, Syrian state media said on Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment on the report by SANA news agency during an interview with …

A large cache of weapons used by militants of the Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) Takfiri terrorist group in the Southern Syrian provinces of Homs and Deir Ezzur was discovered by the country’s government troops with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces drones, a Spokesman for the Russian …

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that Russian forces meet, on the tenth of this month, with the elders and sheikhs of Arab tribes in the city of al-Qamishli, in coordination with the Syrian regime. The meeting was attended by the head of the tribe of Bani Sab’a and other Arab …

In recent months, Cairo has shifted its approach to reach out to different Libyan players and has been able to correct some of its past mistakes, hosting several meetings between Libyan rivals. Egypt is moving to contain its losses in Libya by engaging in diplomacy in the western part of …

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition CHP, demanded the government declare who should take responsibility “for the failure of the operation launched to rescue our 13 citizens,” and criticised Erdogan for undermining the secrecy of the offensive.

Tehran has been seeking to step up military cooperation with Beijing and Moscow amid regional tensions with the United States. Iran’s armed forces on Tuesday launched a joint naval drill with Russia in the north of the Indian Ocean designed to “enhance security” of maritime trade, state television reported.

The $197 million sale of 168 tactical Raytheon-made Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAMs) was requested by the Egyptian navy to improve defense in coastal areas and around the Red Sea, the State Department said. US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday approved a nearly $200 million arms sale to Egypt, confirming …

There is no greater danger than that posed by Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest manufacturer of communications networking gear…. Huawei poses a mortal threat to the U.S. economy. Beijing has been using the company to steal data.

France says it will not draw down its troop presence in Africa’s Sahel region, despite earlier reports that it could bring home hundreds of soldiers following significant gains against extremists. Addressing via videoconference regional leaders from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad, French President Emmanuel Macron said there would …