March, 2021

• 14 March

  Ukraine Plans To Nationalize Jet Engine Producer Motor Sich From Chinese Investors

  Ukraine plans to nationalize Motor Sich, an aerospace manufacturer that is majority-owned by Chinese companies, due to its strategic importance to national defense. “The decision has been taken to return Motor Sich to the Ukrainian people,” Oleksiy Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, said following a meeting …

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• 14 March

  Is Nigeria At Risk Of Becoming A Failed State? – Analysis

  The NY Times reported another kidnapping in northern Nigeria on February 26. Armed men abducted 317 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, in Zamfara state. One police officer was killed during the attack. This was the second mass abduction in as many weeks, and part of an …

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• 14 March

  US Approves $1.77 Billion Sale Of Advanced Boeing Spy Jets To Germany

  The US State Department has approved the sale of five P-8A Poseidon planes, advertised by Boeing as one of the “most advanced” weapon systems in the world, and other equipment to Germany at the cost of $1.77 billion. On Friday, the State Department’s office of Political and Military Affairs announced …

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• 14 March

  Slovakia: Police Detain Intelligence Head On Corruption Charges

  The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) has detained Vladimír Pčolinský, director of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) intelligence agency, over suspicions of corruption, Denník N reported. President Zuzana Čaputová has temporarily suspended Pčolinský from his position “because the act was allegedly committed in direct connection with the performance of the function …

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• 14 March

  Putin Discusses Karabakh With Armenia’s Pashinyan, Aliyev In Phone Call

  Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on March 11 and 12, the Kremlin said in a statement. The practical implementation of the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh, reached in the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, …

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• 14 March

  China’s Two Sessions And What They Mean For The United States – Analysis

  Every March,[1] nearly 5,000 delegates descend on Beijing for the meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC), generally simply referred to as the lianghui, or two meetings. The NPC, with nearly 3,000 members representing the country’s provinces and municipalities, is the …

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• 13 March

  Erbil attack a warning to Iraqi Kurds not the US, MME

  

  The recent missile attack on northern Iraq’s Erbil was aimed at “disciplining the Kurdish authorities” and not meant as a message to the United States, commanders of Iran-backed armed groups told Middle East Eye (MME). However, the commanders insisted they are unaware of who exactly carried out the 15 February …

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• 13 March

  ISIS operates in Iraq through border gaps and hidden tunnels

  

  More than three years have passed since the declaration of victory over ISIS in Iraq, but the terrorist organization continues to threaten the security of the country. ISIS has been exploiting the political conflicts and the presence of its cells in several places – particularly the borders with Syria – …

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• 13 March

  Peshmerga and the Global Coalition discuss security gaps in the disputed districts

  

  The Minister of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region discussed with the Commander-in-Chief of the Senior Advisers in the International Coalition in Iraq and Syria, today, Thursday, the latest developments in the region and the relations between the Ministry of Peshmerga and the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in the agreement on …

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• 13 March

  Turkey restarted diplomatic contacts with Egypt

  

  Turkey has restarted diplomatic contacts with Egypt, state-run Anadolu Agency and TRT stated on Friday. “We have contacts both at the level of intelligence and foreign ministries with Egypt. Diplomatic-level contacts have started,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency and TRT. Çavuşoğlu said …

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