December, 2020

• 9 December

  The Polisario Front Asks the African Union To Sanction Morocco

  SADR President Brahim Ghali insisted that Moroccan troops unleashed the war when they entered the Guerguerat demilitarized on Nov. 14. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) President and Polisario Front Secretary, Brahim Ghali, called on the African Union (AU) to apply sanctions to Morocco for its occupation of Western Sahara …

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• 9 December

  Iran: 'Smart satellite-controlled machine gun' killed nuclear scientist

  The Islamic Republic has given contradictory details of Fakhrizadeh’s death in a daytime Nov. 27 ambush on his car on a highway near Tehran. The killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a “satellite-controlled smart system,” …

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• 9 December

  Border Police, Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes

  Clashes in the West Bank injured several Palestinians just days after a minor was shot and killed by IDF fire. Undercover Border Police officers and Palestinians were injured in clashes in the West Bank village of Kalandiya on Monday, just days after a Palestinian teenager was killed by IDF fire …

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• 9 December

  Turkish inflation creeps higher as Central Bank pressed to act

  Turkey’s annual inflation hit 14.03% in November, well above forecasts, raising pressure on the nation’s new Central Bank governor to impose tight monetary policies. Turkey’s annual inflation rose higher than expected in November, climbing to 14.03% according to data released Thursday by the Turkish Statistical Institute.

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• 9 December

  How realistic are Turkey’s ambitions over strategic corridor with Azerbaijan

  Turkey is pinning high economic hopes on a transport link that would connect it to Azerbaijan and beyond, but Russia and Iran have caveats and the viability of Turkey’s projects are open to question. Having agreed a joint military center with Russia to monitor the cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey is …

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• 9 December

  Facing EU sanctions threat, Erdogan calls for dialogue once more

  Ahead of a European Council summit in which EU leaders will discuss sanctions on Ankara this week over energy prospecting activities in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated calls for dialogue, urging bloc members not be swayed by Greek and Cypriot agendas.

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• 9 December

  EU antitrust regulators OK bid by Japan's DIC to buy BASF unit

  EU antitrust regulators approved on Monday DIC Corp’s bid for German chemicals group BASF’s pigments unit after the Japanese printing ink maker pledged to sell a U.S. facility to address competition concerns.

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• 9 December

  Israel demolishes historic stairway leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque

  The Israeli Jerusalem Municipality yesterday demolished a historic stairway which leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Lions’ Gate (Bab Al-Asbat) and the Old City of Jerusalem.

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• 9 December

  Turkey, Azerbaijan drone success should worry Europe, says European Council analyst

  The success in drone warfare conducted by Turkey and Azerbaijan is a cause of concern for Europe and should force it to consider its options, a senior policy fellow and analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has warned.

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• 9 December

  Trump Exits Somalia

  These are things that might have been done earlier. During the last, flickering days of the Trump administration, activity is being witnessed across countries which have a US troop presence. Numbers are being reduced. Security wonks are getting the jitters. Is the imperium shrinking? Will President elect Joe Biden wake …

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