September, 2020

• 14 September

  AFRICOM: Russian fighter jets flown by mercenaries are conducting combat activities in Libya

  Russian fighter jets mercenaries are flying in Libya are engaging in ground strikes and combat activities, U.S. Africa Command says. According to Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, AFRICOM’s director of intelligence, there are at least 14 Russian fighter aircraft that are based out of Al Jufra and Al Khadim airfields …

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• 14 September

  Palestine On The Edge Of The Precipice

  I believe that for us Arabs to survive and progress we must have in common more than religion, language and rhetoric. We need unity, transparency and honesty.

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• 14 September

  Conflict Trends

  Eastern Mediterranean The EU’s seven Mediterranean states – France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Cyprus – met on Thursday to discuss escalating tensions with Turkey over maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Ankara’s regional foreign policy. Crisis Group expert Nigar Göksel says that, over the past month, Turkish …

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• 14 September

  Turkey’s Challenge to the Regional Status Quo Begins in the Eastern Mediterranean

  On July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands of worshippers in the streets around the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul for a doubly symbolic moment. Surrounded by a swarm of politicians, soldiers, security forces and imams, the Turkish leader made his way into the giant, former Byzantine cathedral …

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• 14 September

  Russia To Mediate Between Syrian Government and Russian-Backed Militia

  Russia has overseen meetings in southern Syria between the different factions, to discuss reconciliations and defected officers and soldiers writes North Press.

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• 14 September

  Sixty-Two Syrians Returning from Lebanon Arrested, Disappear

  The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented today 62 cases of arrest and enforced disappearance of Syrians returning from Lebanon by the Syrian regime forces, since the beginning of the year.

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• 14 September

  Lavrov’s Unspoken Words

  While many expected the Russians to put more pressure on the regime, they appear to largely support the latter’s political choices, political commentator Akil Hussein says

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• 13 September

  Erdogan nurtures elite mercenary force to rival Russia's Wagner Group

  A close confidant of Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Adnan Tanriverdi claims expertise in all the dark arts of warfare. In the eyes of some, he is the Islamic world’s most powerful gun-for-hire, a well-connected ex-general with thousands of battle-hardened Syrian mercenaries at his command. A close confidant of Turkey’s …

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• 12 September

  Turkey conducts naval exercise off Libya coast

  Search, rescue exercise carried out within scope of Turkish Naval Task Group’s activities, says Defense Ministry

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• 12 September

  Quand le Sénat se couche devant l’islam politique

  Les sénateurs n’ont pas de courage, mais se réservent le droit d’en avoir un jour « Élections sénatoriales, c’est parti », titrait le 4 septembre dernier sur son site la chaîne parlementaire Public Sénat. Comment ne pas soupçonner que c’est pour ces élections, qui auront lieu le 27 septembre prochain, …

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