Afghanistan revives terror challenges for Washington; Russia anticipates security vacuum; Erdogan senses an opportunity. Afghanistan: Islamic State appeals to “educated extremists” The Biden administration has vowed retaliation against the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) for the Aug. 26 attack on the Kabul airport thath killed 13 US armed service members and …

Turkey is seeking to downplay the jihadi threat that its troops face in Idlib, the last Islamist stronghold in Syria, opting to turn the spotlight to the Kurds instead. After losing three soldiers in a bomb attack in Idlib, the last bastion of Islamist rebels in Syria, Turkey pounded Syrian …

Erdogan’s choices limited as Russian-backed Syrian forces increase attacks, weigh final assault on Idlib Three Turkish soldiers were killed Sept. 11 in a bomb attack in Idlib, the last stronghold of Turkish-backed and Islamist opposition in northwest Syria — and Turkey responded by hitting US-backed Kurdish groups in northeast Syria. …

In recent months, Turkish drones have picked off a string of mid-level commanders in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeast Syria. Turkey’s latest hit job on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operatives in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region marks a troubling turn for the militant group, as it continues to bleed fighters in the …

Mit Kanzlerin Merkel verliert der Westbalkan eine wichtige Unterstützerin. Der EU-Beitritt muss für diese Länder als Perspektive erhalten werden. Wenn Angela Merkel nach 16 Jahren ihr Amt abgibt, verliert der Westbalkan eine seiner wichtigsten Unterstützerinnen – vor allem, wenn es um den EU-Beitritt geht, den Serbien, Montenegro, Albanien, Nordmazedonien, Kosovo …

Moroccan authorities have dismantled a cell of Daesh group-affiliated militants and arrested three suspects accused of plotting an assassination, security services said on Tuesday. The suspects, detained in the southern city of Errachidia, had planned “crimes of a terrorist nature against individuals” and selected a public servant for “imminent assassination”, …

Le déploiement d’un millier de mercenaires russes est évoqué. Paris s’emploie à faire échouer la signature. Selon nos sources, depuis début septembre, un contrat est prêt à être signé entre l’État malien – représenté par le président de la transition, Assimi Goïta, et son ministre de la Défense, Sadio Camara …

After Merkel, the incoming coalition will have to prove that democracy can meet Europe’s great challenges In Brussels last week, I found everyone waiting for Berlin. In Berlin, I found everyone electrified by an unexpectedly wide-open election. One thing, however, is clear: the new German government will be a coalition, …

UE ma chronić wartości, walczyć z pandemią i produkować mikroczipy – mówiła szefowa Komisji Europejskiej. SOTEU to skrót od orędzia o stanie UE (ang. State of the European Union), które przewodniczący Komisji Europejskiej wygłaszają w Parlamencie Europejskim corocznie od 2010 roku. Wzorowany na znacznie starszym przykładzie amerykańskim (tam SOTU ma …

For much of the Syrian civil war, the southern city of Deraa and the surrounding Houran Plains, an agricultural region near the Jordanian border, were divided between government forces and armed rebels. Fighting raged back and forth, killing thousands. It was not until Russia backed a government offensive in 2018 …