July, 2021

• 20 July

  Can African Union revive Nile dam talks?

  

  After the UN Security Council expressed support for the African Union-sponsored talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the African grouping is reportedly seeking a new round of talks to resolve the dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, in its capacity as the African …

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• 20 July

  Has Erdogan achieved his goal to build his ‘New Turkey’?

  

  As Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, the putsch has served as a founding myth for Erdogan’s “New Turkey.” Some dates serve as milestones. For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, July 15 is one of them. The failed coup attempt to remove Erdogan …

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• 20 July

  Kıbrıs’ta ne olacak?

  Erdoğan Kurban Bayramı vesilesi ile KKTC’ye bir ziyaret gerçekleştireceğini açıkladı. Ziyaret çerçevesinde mecliste bir konuşma yapacak olan Erdoğan’ın konuşması esnasında Kıbrıs’la ilgili önemli müjdeler vermesi bekleniyor. Müjdenin içeriği şimdilik kamuoyu tarafından bilinmiyor. Yorumcuların bir kısmı müjdenin Maraş’la ilgili olacağını söylüyor. Diğer taraftan Azerbaycan yetkilileri ile KKTC yetkilileri arasında üst düzey …

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• 20 July

  Πρόεδρε αφυπνίσου… χάνεται και η Αμμόχωστος!

  Σε αμηχανία βρίσκεται ο Πρόεδρος Αναστασιάδης σε ό,τι αφορά τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στο Κυπριακό, περιμένοντας τις κινήσεις του Ταγίπ Ερντογάν στις 20 Ιουλίου για τα Βαρώσια. Δυστυχώς, για τον τόπο και τον λαό μας, πληρώνουμε τις παλινδρομήσεις και την αδράνεια του Προέδρου Αναστασιάδη και τους ολέθριους χειρισμούς του τα τελευταία …

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• 19 July

  Taliban Active in Pakistan as Dead and Wounded Militants Arrive from Afghanistan

  

  Afghan Taliban and their local associates are active in Pakistan’s border regions, local sources told VOA, as Pakistan has acknowledged that bodies of militants killed in Afghanistan arrive in Pakistan, and wounded Taliban are treated in local hospitals. In a June 27 interview with Geo News, a local Pakistani channel, …

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• 19 July

  Protests Roil Havana as Cubans Push Back Against the Regime

  

  Thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets this week to organize some of the largest protests seen in the country in decades. Videos circulating on social media show Cuban security forces violently beating protesters before detaining them and hauling them off to prison. Demonstrators rallied against declining living conditions, …

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• 19 July

  Gulf States Divided amid Mounting Challenges

  

  Forty years after the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the six monarchies that constitute the grouping are more divided than ever on key issues. The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council differ over how to counter the threat from Iran—the same threat that prompted the GCC’s initial formation. U.S. …

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• 19 July

  Russia Increasing its Security Footprint Throughout Central Africa

  

  While Russia has not been considered a key military power in Africa since the Cold War, it is quickly becoming a preeminent military force in central Africa. Central African Republic (CAR) has become the country most dependent on Russian military support in its battle against anti-government rebels. The United Nations …

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• 19 July

  Islamic Jihad: No imminent war with Israel

  

  Islamic Jihad Gaza politburo said Saturday that the region is not ready for another round and that the May war was a Palestinian success that both the PA and Israel are refusing to accept Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second largest terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, said on Saturday …

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• 19 July

  Erdan: We’ll defend our right to Jerusalem against Hamas lies

  

  Israeli ambassador to UN Gilad Erdan spoke on Aish Hatorah rooftop, overlooking Western Wall and Temple Mount, ahead of Tisha Be’av. Israel will continue to defend its rights to Jerusalem against the falsehoods spread by the terror group Hamas, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States Gilad …

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