Eurasia

Even as Ukraine’s counteroffensive pushes slowly forward, some observers are calling for the warring sides to negotiate a ceasefire. This would create a de facto demarcation line separating areas held by Ukrainian forces from those under Russian control at the moment the fighting stops. Others argue, however, that a ceasefire …

A resurgence in tensions between the U.S. and Iran in Middle Eastern waters is harkening back to the playbook of clandestine maritime conflicts that has pitted the two countries against each other for more than four decades, according to analysts. Approximately 3,000 Marines and sailors landed in the Middle East …

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank triggered a banking crisis in Europe and America, which stabilized for a period after the acquisition of Credit Suisse. However, following another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in July, the situation has shown further signs of deterioration. First, a U.S. regional bank, …

Most analysts have labeled Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted rebellion and the Wagner Group mutiny a failure. And in many ways, that’s true. Indeed, Prigozhin and the contingent of Wagner fighters that eschewed signing contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence have reportedly been exiled to Belarus where Wagner appeared in recent …

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Italy’s La Stampa that Kovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti is a fortress and maximalist and that he would have acted differently in his place. Asked if he was worried that a new front would be opened in the Balkans after the war in Ukraine, …

Acceptance of the Franco-German proposal for an agreement with Kosovo is a reality that will eventually be surrender, given the context of the negotiations, historian Bojan Dimitrijevic said in an interview with FoNet’s Cosine series. Dimitrijevic believes that the best way to solve the Kosovo problem is a long-term dialogue …

“Ambitions for the formation of a Greater Serbia threaten peace in the Western Balkans. The key to peace is in Brcko District, Serbia’s Achilles Heel,” Writes Alexander Rottert in an article for the Swiss Noah Cirherze Zeitung. “Since November 21, 1995, the term ‘Dayton’ has been denoting a special kind …

L’actuel gouvernement polonais joue gros en ayant décidé de fournir à Volodymyr Zelensky des armes, des munitions et des mercenaires car voilà qu’il est en train de lancer les bases d’un nouveau front dans le nord de l’Europe avec le corridor de Suwalki qui sépare le territoire russe de Kaliningrad …

ISIS cells present in Idleb have not responded to campaigns by HTS, according to Athr Press. The General Security Service of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham-al-Nusra (HTS) has issued a statement refuting ISIS’ claim that they were responsible for targeting their leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, in rural Idleb. According to the …

The blast originated from an explosive device planted within a vehicle belonging to Military Security, according to Baladi News. On August 9th, 2023, a powerful explosion occurred in the Al-Chiya area of Daraa Governorate, targeting a high-ranking officer and other individuals associated with the regime. This incident took place near …