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October 26, 2021 Iran, Middle Orient
Israel carries out strikes in Syria in an attempt to thwart Iranian entrenchment and the smuggling of advanced weapons to Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon. Iran has begun deploying advanced anti-aircraft missile batteries to the region, including in Syria where Israeli jets routinely carry out airstrikes, in an attempt to …
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October 26, 2021 Middle Orient, Turkey
The Sudanese military has arrested civilians in the transitional government and seized power. Turkey and Qatar both called for de-escalation in Sudan Monday following a coup in the African country. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release, “We are deeply concerned with the news regarding the coup attempt …
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October 26, 2021 Magreb, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey’s withdrawal of a limited number of Syrian militia from Libya is aiming to sidestep potential accusations of spoiling the election process in the war-torn nation as December elections near. Turkey has withdrawn a limited number of Syrian mercenaries from Libya over the past weeks, but the problem of foreign …
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October 26, 2021 Middle Orient, Turkey
After threatening to expel 10 foreign envoys, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday appeared to de-escalate a diplomatic row sparked by the ongoing imprisonment of Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala. A tense diplomatic crisis in which 10 ambassadors to Turkey faced possible expulsion from the country appears to have been defused …
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October 26, 2021 South East Asia
How did the Chinese come to possess such prowess? From us. The Chinese… know that a democracy whose economy is weakened by COVID of a curious origin, a multi-trillion dollar budget that would plunge us into historic debt; a nation staggering under the burden of a possibly enfeebled national leadership, …
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October 26, 2021 Africa
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained on Monday and moved to an undisclosed location by the country’s military, in an apparent coup. Hamdok was arrested after refusing to support the coup by issuing a statement in favor of it, Reuters reported, citing the country’s information ministry. Five other senior …
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October 26, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Former Saudi Arabian intelligence officer Saad al-Jabri said in an interview with the CBS News program 60 Minutes that Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), currently the Saudi crown prince, spoke in 2014 about the idea of killing the sitting monarch at the time, King Abdullah, to pave the way for Abdullah’s …
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October 26, 2021 Iran, Kavkaz
The second Nagorno-Karabakh war (September-November 2020) in the southern Caucasus ended with Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia, which had held the Nagorno-Karabakh area since the first war between the two countries (1991-94). Azerbaijan’s victory in the war has important geopolitical and economic ramifications for the southern Caucasus region and for the …
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October 26, 2021 Eurasia
The Polish government is hardly an appealing champion for the cause, but its critique of the extension of EU law is a sound one In a parallel universe, the UK would never have left the EU and would instead have adopted the strategy now being tried by Poland. A couple …
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October 26, 2021 Eurasia
La Pologne ne veut pas quitter l’UE, elle veut en changer les règles, c’est la grande différence avec le Brexit. Mais le rapport de force n’est pas, cette fois, favorable à Varsovie. Il y a un énorme paradoxe dans la crise avec la Pologne qui s’est invitée hier à la …
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