Eurasia Press & News
Islamist militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria on Sunday, security sources and residents said.
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December, 2020
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25 December
Report: gov’t spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters
Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday.
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25 December
Hamas slams PA for 'politically-motivated' arrests
In July, Fatah and Hamas announced that they have reached agreement to work together to topple Israeli and US “conspiracies.” Efforts to end the Fatah-Hamas rift suffered yet another blow as Hamas said on Monday that the Palestinian Authority was continuing its crackdown on supporters of the Islamist movement in …
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25 December
IDF relieves soldier from combat duty after freezing in terror attack
The soldier was seen in a video walking backward instead of responding to a Molotov cocktail attack. The IDF on Monday removed a soldier from his combat position following an incident in which he responded passively to an attack against him.
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25 December
Terrorist attack in Jerusalem's Old City, perpetrator shot
The suspect, reportedly a 17-year-old Palestinian from Qabatiya, was armed with a Carlo-type submachine gun and shot at a police post. A terrorist attack took place in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday evening, Israel Police reported.
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25 December
Three dead in Sinai bombings
The Egyptian military has reported several operations against Islamist insurgents in the Sinai Peninsula recently.
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25 December
Muqtada al-Sadr shakes up Iraqi politics by calling for new Shite bloc
Muqtada al-Sadr’s calls to restore the “Shiite Home” were viewed as an attempt to revive the electoral Shiite alliance that cracked during recent legislative elections.
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25 December
Is Sudan shifting positions in Nile River negotiations?
Sudan and Ethiopia have recently agreed to resume the negotiations on the Nile dam that Addis Ababa is building, amid Egyptian silence. Sudan recently backtracked on its position regarding the resumption of its participation in negotiations over the controversial giant hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, as …
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25 December
Saudi Arabia makes major regional moves as Biden administration arrives
By modifying its foreign policy goals, the kingdom is bracing itself for the approaching change of administration in Washington.
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25 December
Turkish defense industry risks big damage from US sanctions
The US sanctions targeting Turkey’s defense industry agency may be seen as rather mild by some observers, but they threaten to deprive Turkey of key military technology should they last more than a year. The new US sanctions against Turkey over its purchase of Russian air defense systems stand to …
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