Eurasia

Leaders Of Iran-Backed Militias In Iraq Vow Support To Palestinian Factions In Hamas Attack, Threaten To Respond To Any Israeli Or American Attack Against Them

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a surprise attack on Israel on the early morning of a major Jewish holiday. As part of the attack, the Gaza-based terrorist group fired thousands of rockets into Israel and dispatched fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip. The following …

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What is Hamas – the Palestinian organization behind the attacks on Israel?

Hamas is the largest Palestinian extremist Islamic group, characterized as a terrorist organization by most of Europe, but many other countries. Now it has come to the fore again after entering southern Israel this morning in a surprise attack that is still ongoing at this moment . Hamas or the …

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Speedboats as a gift to Lebanon – We reveal a letter from the Ministry of Immigration

Cyprus wishes to oppose by any legal means the flow of illegal immigrants from Lebanon and the trafficking of persons from various circles, which is why it is proposing drastic measures to the neighboring country. With yesterday’s letter revealed by “F”, to his Lebanese counterpart Bassam Mawlawi, the Minister of …

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Greece: Will Newly Elected President Of SYRIZA Succeed In Breaking Dominance Of New Democracy? – Analysis

The Republic of Greece has a distinctive system of local self-government. Following its territorial reorganization in 2011, the country consists of 325 municipalities and 13 regions. In this structure, local officials serve a four-year term. The current local administration is predominantly led by mayors affiliated with New Democracy, a member …

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Learning from Failed Peace Efforts in Afghanistan

The United States should be applying lessons for when and how to negotiate with adversaries to other conflicts — starting with Ukraine. Over the course of 20 years, the United States made strategic mistakes in its war with the Taliban that helped fuel the insurgency and likely precluded an earlier …

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Leak Unveils Russian Oligarch Abramovich’s $1 Billion Art Collection. Despite Sanctions, It Has Not Been Seized or Frozen.

Documents leaked from Cyprus show that, just before Russia invaded Ukraine and Abramovich was sanctioned last year, the billionaire passed the massive collection to his ex-wife. Abramovich and his ex-wife, Dasha Zhukova, amassed a collection of hundreds of pieces of prestigious modern art, valued at $963 million in 2018.After warnings …

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US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria, Pentagon says

The United States on Thursday shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an aircraft of NATO ally Turkey. A Turkish defense ministry official said the drone that was shot down did not belong …

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Syrian ‘Cham Wings’ and Haftar’s Libyan army are complicit in smuggling of Europe-bound migrants

On 9 June 2023, a boat carrying approximately 750 migrating men, women, and children, left the shores of the city of Tobruk in Eastern Libya, heading to Italy. Most of those on board were Syrians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, and Palestinians. Their voyage and dream of reaching the shores of safety ended …

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Tormented Territory: The Emergence of a De Facto Canton in Northwestern Syria

Summary:Syria’s northwest has been progressively transformed into a de facto canton outside the control of the Syrian state. This is the outcome of a dynamic process that began in 2016 and that mainly reflected the security interests of Türkiye, Russia, Iran, and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This …

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Investigators worldwide continue to open ‘Pandora’s Box’ to pursue criminals identified in Pandora Papers two years after ICIJ’s landmark investigation

The Pandora Papers exposed the financial secrets of powerful people in more than 100 countries, leading to a worldwide crackdown on tax dodgers, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them. From India to Germany, Peru, the U.K. and beyond, two years after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists …

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