Eurasia

When U.S. President Joe Biden decided not to invite Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to last week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, the Venezuela leader—whose presidency was for years deemed illegitimate by the U.S, the United Kingdom, the European Union and many of Venezuela’s Latin American neighbors, among others—set …

Turkey on Tuesday affirmed it is taking all the necessary security measures within the framework of its cooperation mechanisms in the fight against terrorism. “It is a fact that Turkey is a safe country and continues to fight against terrorism in the most effective way through domestic and cross-border operations. …

Iraqi Security Forces arrested four members of an ISIS cell tasked with conducting assassinations in the country’s central-eastern Diyala province on Wednesday. The Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with Iraq’s armed forces, stated that security services were able to “arrest four terrorists against whom judicial warrants were issued” …

A senior leader of the terrorist Islamic State organization was captured in a raid in Syria on Thursday, according to the US-led coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group. The terror leader was not named in the statement issued by the coalition, under the heading of Operation Inherent Resolve, …

Protests have erupted around the world against Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons. But any country in possession of nuclear weapons also puts us all in perpetual danger. (Photo: Kwh1050/Creative Commons) At the outset of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin  declared  that other countries “will face consequences …

President Biden is confronted with two decisions: The first is whether to go to Saudi Arabia this summer to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to try to persuade him to increase his country’s oil output. The second is whether to speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try …

The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, continues to market himself as a moderate leader. The leader of Hayar Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, continues to promote his image as moderate and close to the public through a series of propaganda …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Rashad al-Alimi as part of his first foreign tour since his inauguration, amid efforts to consolidate the cease-fire and reach a solution that ends the crisis in the war-torn country. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Yemeni Presidential Leadership …

A senior IS leader was detained by US-led forces during a pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. A senior Islamic State (IS) leader was detained by the US-led coalition during a helicopterborne, pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi is believed to be “an experienced bomb …

Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov, President Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister, has warned that the outcome of the war Moscow launched against Ukraine will determine Russia’s future, and if Ukraine falls, “the Baltic states will be next.” Kasyanov, now an outspoken critic of the president, told the French news agency …