June, 2021

• 27 June

  BDS says Hamas leader ‘betrayed’ Palestinians by meeting Moroccan PM

  

  The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement slammed Ismail Haniyeh for meeting with Morocco’s prime minister due to Morocco’s relations with Israel. The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is upset at a Hamas leader for meeting with the Moroccan prime minister due to Morocco having relations with Israel. BDS released …

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• 27 June

  US hopeful but ‘realistic’ on departure of foreign forces from Libya

  

  Joey Hood, the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, also said the United States expects the elections scheduled for December to take place. After a conference on Libya’s political future ended without a concrete plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces, a top US diplomat expressed optimism …

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• 27 June

  Turkey attacks Kurdish militants in northern Syria

  

  The fighters attempted to infiltrate territory held by Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies, according to Turkish state media. Turkish soldiers “neutralized” three Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in northern Syria, the Turkish state media outlet Anadolu Agency reported Thursday. The Turkish military uses the term “neutralized” to refer to …

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• 27 June

  Iran’s Rouhani blames hard-liners for deadlock with US

  

  The statement was yet another sign of frustration from the outgoing president, who has found hard-liners closing windows on a deal between his government and the United States. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani blamed “parliamentary bureaucracy” for the delay in the lifting of US sanctions that have almost brought the Iranian …

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• 27 June

  U.S. and allies increase pressure on Russia to keep humanitarian aid route into Syria open

  Bab al-Hawa, the crossing between Turkey and Syria that is the last authorized humanitarian corridor, is at risk of closing if Russia could vetoes a U.N. resolution requiring it to stay open. The U.S. and its allies on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on Russia to allow the continued operation …

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• 27 June

  Five years on from the Brexit referendum, the result is clear: both unions are losing

  Five years after the fateful referendum on 23 June 2016, what is the current balance sheet of Brexit? Answer: two weakened unions, the British and the European, and bad-tempered relations between them. Lose. Lose. Lose. The weakening of the British union is obvious. There will be another referendum on Scottish …

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• 27 June

  А было ли метание?

  Однажды наступает момент, когда надо переходить от слов к делу. Примерно десять дней назад начались учения, в ходе которых были задействованы перехватчики МиГ-31 и дальние бомбардировщики Су-34. И мощью нашей авиации были разбомблены объекты под Воронежем. Но не всё же нам бомбить Воронеж! Пора уже показать высокий класс и потенциальному …

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• 27 June

  Ingyenbátorság

  Gratismut, azaz ingyenbátorság. Ez a német közbeszéd józan részének kedvenc szava az elmúlt napokban E roppant találó kifejezést az olyan úgymond bátor kiállásokra használják, amikor az embert lényegében semmilyen kockázat, negatív következmény nem fenyegeti. A Németországot szivárványba borító hisztéria pontosan ebbe a kategóriába tartozik, nagyvállalatok, újságok, politikusok és hírességek egymás …

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• 27 June

  Die EU will Putin aus der Kälte holen

  Deutschland und Frankreich drängen darauf, nach sieben Jahren wieder EU-Russland-Gipfel zu veranstalten – und das angesichts der brutalsten Repressionswelle des Kreml seit Sowjetzeiten. Warum jetzt? Diese Frage stellen sich nicht nur in Brüssel viele, seit am Mittwochnachmittag die „Financial Times“ berichtete, dass Angela Merkel und Emmanuel Macron so etwas ähnliches …

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• 27 June

  Conflict Trends Update

  LIBYA Representatives of Libya’s new interim national unity government joined foreign stakeholders at an international conference co-sponsored by the UN and Germany in Berlin on Wednesday. The gathering aimed to renew foreign commitment to supporting Libya’s peace process, with a special emphasis on holding elections at the end of 2021 …

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