Eurasia Press & News
Oekraïne De Russische invasie in Oekraïne was 36 dagen oud toen president Zelensky de Tweede Kamer opriep zijn land te ondersteunen en op te staan tegen de Russische agressie. Eén van zijn zorgen was dat de wereld begon „te wennen” aan de oorlog, aan de raketaanvallen, aan de wreedheden. „Ze …
Read More »Ukraine Update: Kiev’s Allies Divided
Ukraine’s allies are in disagreement on the question of the war. On June 14, a New York Times report — A Link to Besieged Ukrainians Is Cut, as Allies Question Strategy — said: “The last bridge to the city of Sievierodonetsk fell as battles raged, and some Western officials questioned …
Read More »Palestinians: The House Demolitions and Land-Grabs No One Talks About
The raid on the village came after the Hamas-controlled Land Authority in the Gaza Strip ruled that the residents must be evacuated because they had built their homes on “state-owned” lands. Sources in the Gaza Strip said that there are 28 more villages slated for demolition by Hamas on the …
Read More »Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service continues anti-ISIS operations in coordination with Kurdish Asayish
“The coordination between the CTS and KRG CT entities is by far the most detailed of all Iraqi Federal coordination with KRG.” Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Services (CTS) arrested four ISIS members in coordination with the Kurdistan Region’s Asayish in Sulaimani province on June 8. In a tweet on Monday, the …
Read More »Syrians returning from Al-Hol camp stigmatised over IS ties
Noura al-Khalif married an Islamic State group supporter and then wound up without her husband in a Syrian camp viewed by many as the last surviving pocket of the “caliphate”. The 31-year-old woman has been back in her hometown outside the northern city of Raqa for three years but she …
Read More »Crypto-Carnage Hits Every Asset Class Tied to Crypto
It wasn’t just cryptocurrencies that crashed Monday, it was crypto exchanges, crypto mining stocks, publicly-traded companies holding large investments in crypto, and crypto ETFs. By the time the closing bell rang, ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF had tanked by 20.22 percent on the day, bringing its year-to-date loss to 50.4 percent. …
Read More »Israel puts Syria on notice over Iran
According to foreign reports, Israel is increasing its offensive activities in Syria against Iran-related targets. With negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program stalled and the world’s attention focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel appears to be intensifying its military activity in Syria. According to foreign news reports, Israel has …
Read More »PKK threatens journalists, lawmakers in Kurdistan as regional tensions rise
The media and a member of the Kurdistan Region parliament have spoken out against threats and pressure from the PKK, as tensions and drone attacks increase. As drones and rockets target both Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and Turkish military deployed to Iraq, an attack by PKK supporters on a …
Read More »Iran Opens Ababil-2 Drone Factory in Tajikistan: Reasons and Implications
On May 16–17, with much of the attention in Eurasia still fixated on the Russian-Ukrainian war, the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, paid a visit to Tajikistan, where he met with President Emomali Rahmon and senior military officials. In the most important event …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis resume direct talks, sources say
Warring parties Saudi Arabia and the Yemen’s Houthi movement have resumed direct talks to discuss security along the kingdom’s border and future relations under any peace deal with Yemen, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The so far sporadic negotiations between the two sides resumed last month …
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