July, 2021

• 25 July

  Post-war Prospects for Nagorno-Karabakh

  

  The 2020 war over Nagorno-Karabakh left many issues unresolved and the front lines volatile. The parties should establish a formal communication channel to address urgent post-war problems, Russian peacekeepers need a clearer mandate and aid agencies must be granted access to the conflict zone. What’s new? A Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia …

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• 25 July

  Iranian forces in Syria establish new prison in Raqqa

  

  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is redeploying and building new bases and prisons in its areas of control in northeastern Syria after coming under repeated Israeli and US airstrikes. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opened its own prison in the Zamla gas field in the countryside of Raqqa in …

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• 25 July

  Ahmadinejad accuses ‘ring’ in Iran intelligence of espionage

  

  The serious allegation marked a new episode in the ex-president’s confrontations with the Revolutionary Guards and its powerful intelligence branch. Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused a “corrupt ring” inside Iran’s intelligence apparatus of maintaining “a systematic link” with foreign espionage agencies. “They have to brace for trials,” Ahmadinejad, who …

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• 25 July

  Intel: US to announce agreement to pull ‘combat troops’ from Iraq

  

  Security will be at top of agenda for US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue today, and when US President Joe Biden hosts Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on July 26. US and Iraqi officials are preparing a statement that will likely mention a time frame for the withdrawal of American “combat troops” from …

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• 25 July

  Turkish-backed rebels leave trail of abuse and criminality in Syria’s Afrin

  

  The serene topography of the Syrian enclave of Afrin belies the power vacuum and violence now afflicting many of the territories under the control of Turkish-backed forces in the war-torn country’s northeast. During 17 days of captivity, Leila Mohammed Ahmed witnessed, helplessly, 10 young women take their own lives after …

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• 25 July

  Russian International Affairs Expert Mirzayan: China Will Not Repeat Soviet And American Mistakes By Intervening In Afghanistan

  

  China, which shares a border with Afghanistan, is making preparations for a Taliban takeover of the country. China’s first preference will be to work with the new rulers and is signaling its population that despite the country’s outspoken policy against Islamists, it, unlike others, adhered to a non-intervention policy. It …

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• 25 July

  Tunisie: la puissante et discrète galaxie des frères Mabrouk

  Entre managers chevronnés aux commandes des filiales et membres influents de l’élite politico-économique franco-tunisienne, la plus célèbre fratrie du business tunisien a su forger une garde rapprochée aussi sélect qu’influente. Jeune Afrique a mené l’enquête.

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• 25 July

  A politikai pedofília napja – a kormány „gyermekvédelmi népszavazásáról”

  Ma eldőlt, hogy a Fidesz a szexualitást emeli a 2022-es választás egyik fő témájává. Meg harcot a szivárványszínű romlás szimbólumává maszkírozott „Brüsszellel”, az elmúlt évek megbízható kormányzati pofozóbábujával. A ma bejelentett „gyermekvédelmi népszavazás” közben minden, csak épp nem gyerekvédő. Nem problémamegoldásról van itten szó, hanem hatalmi harcról, egy demokratikus intézmény …

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• 25 July

  Декларация зависимости

  «Не можешь победить — возглавь». Именно под этим лозунгом нужно было проводить переговоры между США и Германией по «Северному потоку – 2». Безусловно, угроза американских санкций задержала развитие этого проекта более чем на полтора года. Но только самая экзальтированная часть экспертного сообщества предполагала, что газопровод не будет построен. Прошедшие переговоры …

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• 25 July

  Iraq Expects Announcement to End US Combat Mission

  Members of a top Iraqi delegation expect to reach an agreement Friday with the Biden administration to end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, the country’s foreign minister told VOA on Thursday. In an exclusive interview with VOA’s Kurdish Service, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein discussed the proposed nature of …

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