Eurasia Press & News
Libya was the seventh-largest crude oil producer in OPEC and the third-largest total petroleum liquids producer in Africa, after Nigeria and Algeria, in 2023.1 At the beginning of 2024, Libya held 3% of the world’s proved oil reserves and 41% of Africa’s proved oil reserves.2 Despite Libya’s large oil reserves, …
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December, 2024
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13 December
Taliban’s minister of refugees killed in suicide attack in Kabul
Khalil al Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s minister of refugees and a terrorist wanted by the United States, was killed in a suicide attack today outside of his ministry building. Khalil served as the minister of refugees since the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan in August 2021. Khalil’s death was …
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13 December
In historic campaign across Syria, IDF says it destroyed 80% of Assad regime’s military
After rebel takeover, Israeli Air Force and Navy strike missile depots, naval vessels, fighter jets and more to ensure they don’t fall into wrong hands Following a major 48-hour bombing campaign in Syria, the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said it had destroyed most of the former Bashar al-Assad regime’s …
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13 December
SITREP 12/11/24: Zelensky Draws Line with US in Mobilization Impasse
The main narrative line of interest today comes by way of the tensions which have come to a boil over the US and Zelensky’s disagreement on lowering the age of mobilization. For months now it has simmered until reportedly coming to a full-on clash: This is the one area Zelensky …
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13 December
With Assad in Moscow and armed rebels taking control of Latakia governorate, what will become of Russia’s military bases in Syria?
Following the rapid overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Moscow is now facing the prospect of losing its naval and air bases in Syria. Russia’s two key bases are located in the Latakia governorate, which is already under the control of rebel groups. Syrian opposition forces have yet to take an …
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13 December
Images of Syria’s opposition flag raised at the embassy in Russia
The three-starred flag of the Syrian rebel groups has been installed over the Syrian embassy building in Moscow. At the Syrian embassy in Russia’s capital, Moscow, a group of men raised the opposition flag a day after the government of Bashar al-Assad fell in Damascus. “Today the [Syrian] embassy opened …
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13 December
Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?
Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. As he entered Damascus behind his victorious fighters Sunday, he even dropped …
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13 December
US patience with Turkey tested again over Syria, attacks on Kurdish partners
The Pentagon chief, the top US military general, and the top US diplomat all spoke to their Turkish counterparts this week Shortly after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the US military conducted one of its largest attacks on ISIS in years. Part of the reason for the …
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13 December
Preparing for potential ‘chaos’ in post-Assad Syria, Israel goes on the offensive
The Israeli military says it carried out nearly 500 strikes against Syrian military targets in the days since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, while its troops moved into a demilitarised zone in the Golan Heights that was established following the 1973 Middle East war. Analysts say Tel Aviv may …
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12 December
Pourquoi la Roumanie est si importante pour l’OTAN
L’OTAN construit actuellement en Roumanie la plus grande base militaire d’Europe, près de la frontière avec l’Ukraine et non loin de la mer Noire. Cette base vise à transformer considérablement l’infrastructure de l’OTAN. La Roumanie, flanc sud-est de l’OTAN avec un accès à la mer Noire, revêt une importance stratégique …
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