November, 2020

• 15 November

  Turkey’s Defence Industry Grows, with Western Help

  Turkey is touting its domestic defence industry, but its expansion remains dependent on Western know-how. Acall by Greece last month for its European Union partners to consider an arms embargo on Turkey in a standoff over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean has highlighted the growing collaboration between the Turkish …

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• 15 November

  Islam, freedom of religion and recent Jihadi attacks

  It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, is incompatible with modern …

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• 15 November

  Les Français exigent des actes contre les islamistes qui les menacent sur leur sol

  Quatre Français ordinaires écrivent à nos dirigeants Nous sommes des Français ordinaires. Nous n’avons pas habituellement l’occasion d’être publiés dans les journaux à grande diffusion. Nous espérons cette fois-ci que nous le serons. L’assassinat de l’enseignant d’histoire, M. Samuel Paty, nous oblige en effet à porter notre voix de simples …

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• 15 November

  Air Force video reveals Chinese fighter jet's mysterious new missile

  Chinese fighter jets are apparently getting a mysterious new type of missile, a recent recruitment video of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shows. The unidentified missile could be an advanced anti-radiation missile or a new long-range air-to-air missile, and either possibility could significantly increase the PLA’s capabilities in …

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• 15 November

  Russia Plans Naval Base On Sudan's Strategic Red Sea

  Russia plans to build a naval base in Sudan, according to a bilateral draft agreement between the two nations. The agreement would allow Russia to establish a naval logistics base in Sudan for the repair and supply of warships as well as provide rest to sailors, according to the document …

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• 15 November

  Turkey offended by Pompeo’s plan to discuss religious issues

  Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead.

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• 15 November

  Turkey again calls for joint U.S. study on Russian S-400 systems

  Turkey is ready to discuss U.S. concerns about the technical compatibility of Russian S-400 defences and U.S.-made F-35 jets, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday, repeating Ankara’s proposal for a joint working group with Washington on the issue.

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• 15 November

  Another map redrawn in blood Six consequences of the six-week war for Nagorno-Karabakh

  Russia’s peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan where thousands of civilians and soldiers have died in recent weeks of fighting, has released a map detailing the operation ahead, clarifying many of the territorial ambiguities of the truce between Yerevan and Baku announced on November 10. …

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• 15 November

  Muslim Brotherhood Responds to Saudi Arabia, Attacks Iran

  The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria issued a statement attacking Iran and its role in the Syrian conflict, and disavowed terrorist operations as well as extremism and takfir. The group said in its statement, issued on Tuesday and published on its official Facebook page, that it repudiates the Safavid dynasty and …

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• 14 November

  Trimming Turkey’s wings: Ankara and Cairo fight for influence in Africa and East Med

  Ankara’s intervention was paramount in turning the tide of the Libya conflict, bringing the 14-month assault on the capital launched by the self-styled Libyan National Army, Egypt’s primary ally, to a close in June. In July, in the middle of contentious tripartite negotiations over an Ethiopian mega-dam that would determine …

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