Eurasia

Taliban insurgents have killed at least 21 government troops in new attacks in Afghanistan as U.S.-brokered peace talks between the two warring sides remain stalled. The fighting comes as the United States is reviewing a February 2020 agreement with the Taliban, which required remaining American and allied forces to leave …

The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia jointly called on Friday for a special meeting of Southeast Asian nations to discuss this week’s military coup in Myanmar, saying this was a matter of concern for the region.

USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law. This freedom of navigation operation (“FONOP”) upheld the rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea recognized in international law by challenging the unlawful restrictions on innocent passage …

The 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have selected an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council, marking what the UN Special Representative called another “historic moment” on the road to unification of the war-torn country and national elections in December.

Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar’s unique visit to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region this week was dominated by the subject of the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). A number of his comments to the media, hinting at a rare coordination between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil against the PKK, …

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday announced the arrests of tens of Islamic State (ISIS) suspects in Deir ez-Zor in the past 24 hours, the first day of a new military operation launched in retaliation for the recent assassination of two female municipal employees.

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.