October, 2021

• 27 October

  Ex-Saudi official says MBS suggested killing former king with ‘poison ring’

  

  The Saudi government responded by describing Saad al-Jabri as “a discredited former government official with a long history of fabricating.” A former senior Saudi intelligence official has accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of once bragging that he could have the late King Abdullah killed to pave the way for …

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• 27 October

  Iran to push for inclusive Afghan government at Tehran conference

  

  The Iranian government is concerned for the Shiite Muslim and Persian-speaking communities in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Iran will host Afghanistan’s neighbors for a conference on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan will attend the meeting in the capital Tehran. China’s foreign minister will attend virtually. …

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• 27 October

  Sudan’s ambassador to US vows to oppose coup in Khartoum

  

  The United States is coordinating with Gulf states on messaging in hopes of avoiding bloodshed in Sudan. Sudan’s ambassador to the United States said in a statement today that he and other Sudanese envoys abroad would “resist” a military coup that deposed his country’s civilian-led transitional government on Monday. Nureldin …

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• 27 October

  Turkey’s spy-bust bombshell unlikely to further worsen ties with Israel

  

  The Turkish media may be abuzz with reports about the foiling of a Mossad-run spy ring, but Israel appears unimpressed, and observers see no further deterioration in the already frosty bilateral relations. Amid an ongoing quest for normalization with Israel, Turkey last week dropped a bombshell about busting a Mossad …

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• 27 October

  Turkish-backed factions outmaneuver Syrian jihadist group in Idlib

  

  The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in north Syria announced a series of mergers recently, derailing plans by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to seek rapprochement with some of the factions affiliated with the Syrian National Army. The Azm Operations Room, which consists of a number of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions, …

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• 27 October

  Turkey’s parliament votes to extend mandate for troops in Iraq, Syria

  

  The main opposition CHP announced an hour before the session that it would vote against the motion. Amid rumors of a Turkish military offensive in northern Syria, the Turkish parliament ratified today a motion that extends the government’s mandate of carrying out cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria for another …

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• 27 October

  Reversing Sudan’s Dangerous Coup

  Sudan is in peril. On 25 October, just weeks after a failed coup attempt, the country’s generals removed the civilian-led government that had been piloting a transition after an uprising unseated long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Soldiers surrounded Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s residence in the capital Khartoum, detaining …

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• 27 October

  Pääkirjoitus: Turkki on kuin häirikkönaapuri – maan talouskaaos ja presidentin suosion lasku näkyvät uhmakkaana uhona

  Presidentti Erdoganin diplomaattinen uhittelu yrittää kääntää kansan huomion pois Turkin talouskaaoksesta – ja presidentin omasta epäsuosiosta. Turkin presidentti Recep Tayyip Erdogan uhkasi viikonloppuna maan julistavan kymmenen ulkomaan suurlähettiläät ei-toivotuiksi henkilöiksi. Uhkaus koski Suomen, Hollannin, Kanadan, Norjan, Ranskan, Ruotsin, Saksan, Tanskan, Uuden-Seelannin ja Yhdysvaltain suurlähettiläitä. Kyseessä oli Erdoganin ärtynyt vastaus suurlähettiläiden …

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• 27 October

  Büyükelçilerin sınır dışı krizi nasıl aşıldı?

  Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın 10 büyükelçinin sınır dışı edilmesiyle ilgili çıkışı etkili oldu. Mesaj yerine ulaştı. Ama Türkiye, Batı dünyası ile ilişkilerin kopmasına yol açacak sınır dışı kararını almayarak, büyük bir krizin yaşanmasına fırsat vermedi. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın, “Türkiye’yi bilmedikleri, anlamadıkları gün burayı terk edecekler” sözünün adrese teslim bir mesaj olduğunu ifade etmiştim. …

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• 27 October

  Iran’s Growing Concerns About The New Iraq – OpEd

  Throughout history, Iran has engaged in efforts to counter Iraq’s identity, with the latter’s geographic location — bordering Persia on one side and Turkey on another — permitting it to represent the Arab world in direct conflict against Tehran and Ankara more than any other country. Iraq was the first …

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