Eurasia Press & News
In recent months, “Islamic State” extremists have been demanding tax payments from residents of towns and villages in eastern Syria. Clashes in the Syrian desert between Russia-backed Syrian government forces and “Islamic State” (ISIS) group extremists killed 11 regime loyalists Wednesday, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Britain-based …
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22 November
NATO in next ten years: the difficult adaptation of the Atlantic Alliance
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, a Washington think tank recently published, in partnership with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, the study entitled “NATO 20/2020: twenty bold ideas to re-imagine the Alliance after the US elections of 2020 “. According to the drafters, the document would aim to revitalize public …
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22 November
Turkey might provide military support and return Donbass to Ukraine
Several fronts on which the Turkish state has participated in recent years and months have gradually subsided. In Syria, the action is going according to plan, and attacks on Turkish convoys are already happening, although Russia is keeping Ankara’s actions short in this region.
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22 November
Nagorno Karabakh war showed the possible vulnerability of Russian army
The volleys of the last Karabakh war, which ended so mournfully for Armenia and so successfully for Azerbaijan, died down. What military-technical lessons should Russia learn from what has been demonstrated on the battlefield? Does our country have the opportunity to oppose something to the weapons that brought victory to …
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22 November
Jordan, Bahrain and UAE discuss peace for Palestinians in Abu Dhabi summit
Leaders from Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE discussed on Wednesday the need to achieve a just and comprehensive peace for the Palestinians.The statement came during a trilateral summit between Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Bahrain King Hamad Al-Khalifa, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. The meeting was held in …
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22 November
IS kills 11 pro-regime fighters in Syria clashes: monitor
Clashes in the Syrian desert between Russia-backed Syrian government forces and Islamic State group jihadists killed 11 regime loyalists Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said. Mobile IS units have remained active in the Badia desert since the jihadists lost the last shred of their self-proclaimed caliphate in March last year.
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22 November
156 UN nations affirm West Bank settlements, east J'lem not part of Israel
The 2016 UN Security Council Resolution 2334 called on its member states to ensure that they do not participate in actions of de facto annexation. The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee pushed back at the concept of de-facto Israeli annexation on Wednesday night, approving a draft resolution by 156-6 member …
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22 November
Greece, UAE sign political, defense agreements
The Greek prime minister’s visit to the United Arab Emirates comes amid tensions both states have with Turkey. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomed Greece’s head of government for an official visit today. The two states signed a foreign policy and defense agreement as their mutual tensions with Turkey in …
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22 November
Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal Cements Russian and Turkish Influence
In late September, the frozen conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh rapidly heated up. The six weeks of full-scale war that followed left thousands dead and tens of thousands more displaced. Unlike previous rounds of fighting that resulted in little exchange of territory, however, Azerbaijan’s …
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22 November
What the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Revealed About Future Warfighting
Last week’s Russia-brokered agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended 44 days of bloody clashes over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh—the first interstate war fought by conventional forces in recent years.
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