L’attaque contre le Premier ministre slovaque, Robert Fico, rappelle étrangement l’assassinat de Lee Harvey Oswald et le rôle du réseau Gladio opérant sur le sol européen, et de nouvelles attaques sur le territoire européen ne peuvent être exclues avec l’objectif sans équivoque de semer le chaos à travers le continent. …
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18 May
Turkey’s Syrian Mercenaries Come To The Sahel In Africa
Long a sinecure of former colonial powers, large parts of Africa have in recent years become a wide-open marketplace for new foreign players. While much of the focus – and hysteria – in the West has been about the resurgence of China and Russia in Africa, there is also a …
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18 May
Sino-Russian Alliance Has ‘Concrete, Tangible’ Goals – Analysis
As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits China for the first time since beginning a new term, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have been at pains to underline their “long and strong” friendship, and a strategic partnership that has been described as having “no upper limits.” “I have emphasized on …
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18 May
Russia Starting To Regain Positions In South Caucasus – Analysis
What a difference a few weeks can make. Earlier this spring, the Kremlin appeared to be yielding so many of its positions in the South Caucasus—or at least was on the defensive—that some Russian commentators discussed how Moscow may have entirely and permanently “lost” the region to the West (see …
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18 May
With €1bn bribe, the EU is rewarding Lebanon’s bad behaviour
The manner in which Brussels has meted out €1 billion to Lebanon smacks of opportunism and a reward for flouting reforms, writes Benjamin Fève. Bad behaviour certainly has its rewards. That is, at least, if you are among Lebanon’s political elite, who secured €1 billion in financial aid from the …
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18 May
In the besieged and starving city of El Fasher, a deadly battle for Sudan’s Darfur region looms
In-depth: The Rapid Support Forces have surrounded and besieged the Sudanese army’s last Darfur holdout in El Fasher – a city gripped by famine and fear. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have encircled and besieged El Fasher in North Darfur in recent weeks, but fears of an all-out assault on …
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18 May
From Bosnia to Ukraine: How a Serb Sportsman Became a Russian Fighter
A Bosnian Serb former martial arts fighter has been posting videos and pictures online, documenting his new life as a volunteer soldier with a Russian unit fighting in Ukraine. BIRN was able to track his posts, following his journey to the frontline.Afew weeks after returning home to Modrica in Bosnia’s …
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18 May
HUNGARY THROWS DIPLOMATIC WEIGHT BEHIND BOSNIAN SERBS DURING DODIK VISIT
The Hungarian government pledged political support to Milorad Dodik as it hosted the Bosnian Serb leader in Budapest, saying it would vote against the UN resolution on Srebrenica. But there was no new Hungarian aid announced. The president of the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, was in …
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18 May
Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with Israel over the past seven months, …
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18 May
Experts react: What will Putin and Xi’s ‘new era’ of cooperation mean for the world?
Keep your “friends” close. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Beijing to celebrate a “new era” of cooperation in an increasingly “multipolar world.” Putin’s visit comes as Russian forces are ravaging Kharkiv, and just after the Russian president reshuffled his military leadership ahead …
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