May, 2022

• 19 May

  Turkey foils Daesh suicide bomber in province bordering Syria

  As part of its countrywide counterterrorism operations, Turkey has arrested a suicide bomber allegedly linked to Daesh who was planning an attack in the southeastern province of Urfa, bordering Syria. Bashar Al-Mizhen, codenamed Abi Enes Al-Kathani, has confessed to the authorities. Mizhen, who joined Daesh in 2015 and received special …

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• 19 May

  Government’s counter-terrorism programme targeted mainstream rightwing views as ‘far-right’ while ignoring Islamist extremism and backing groups that promoted the TALIBAN, says bombshell leaked report

  Britain’s counter-terrorism programme has focused too much on far-Right fanatics and should now crack down on Islamist extremism, a report has found. An official review of Prevent – the Government’s flagship counter-extremism policy – has found there has been a ‘double standard when dealing with extreme Right-wing and Islamism’, according …

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• 17 May

  Ignoring The Middle East At One’s Peril: Turkey Plays Games In NATO

  

  Amid speculation about a reduced US military commitment to security in the Middle East, Turkey has spotlighted the region’s ability to act as a disruptive force if its interests are neglected. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off alarm bells this week, declaring that he was not “positive” about possible …

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• 17 May

  Russian-Ukraine War: New Opportunity For Demagogues To Destroy Freedoms At Home

  

  Politicians thoroughly enjoy times of war. Periods of bellicosity are when the most power-hungry members of the political class indulge in their most depraved political fantasies. The Russo-Ukrainian War has been no exception to this trend. Western politicians have been taking advantage of the largest conventional military conflict on European …

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• 17 May

  Pääkirjoitus: Suomi marssii Natoon ylpeästi etuovesta – kantona kaskessa on vielä iltalypsyä yrittävä Turkki

  

  Päätös sotilaallisesta liittoutumisesta muuttaa Suomen asemaa syvällisesti ja peruuttamattomasti. Tasavallan presidentti Sauli Niinistö ja maan hallitus pääministeri Sanna Marinin johdolla kertoivat sunnuntaina, että Suomi on päättänyt hakea puolustusliitto Naton jäsenyyttä. Samalla valtiojohto julkaisi Nato-jäsenyyttä puoltavan selonteon. Uutisen historiallisuutta ei voi korostaa liikaa, vaikkei se enää ketään yllättänytkään. Sotilaallinen liittoutuminen avaa …

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• 17 May

  Iraqi airstrike kills 3 ISIS suspects in Anbar

  

  The Iraqi Air Force killed three suspected ISIS militants in an airstrike on the country’s western Anbar province, the military’s Security Media Cell announced on Thursday. The strike killed three suspected ISIS members hiding in a tunnel believed to have served as a “hostel” for the group in Wadi Ashwa …

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• 17 May

  Hezbollah weapons at the heart of Lebanon’s elections Sunday

  

  It was a sea of yellow as thousands of men, women and children waving Hezbollah flags and wearing the group’s trademark yellow caps rallied on a giant plot of land in the ancient eastern city of Baalbek in support of the heavily armed militant group. One after another, many attendees …

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• 17 May

  Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

  

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a meeting of finance ministers for the Group of Seven leading economies. Yellen applauded Poland for helping refugees fleeing the fighting and working with neighboring …

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• 17 May

  EU’s Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency

  

  The European Union’s efforts to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine appeared to bog down on Monday, as a small group of countries continued to oppose a ban on Russian oil imports. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the 27-nation bloc has …

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• 17 May

  Turkey objects as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership

  

  Turkey´s president on Monday complicated Sweden and Finland´s historic bid to join NATO, saying he cannot allow them to become members of the alliance because of their perceived inaction against exiled Kurdish militants. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on comments last week indicating that the two Nordic countries´ path …

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