Eurasia Press & News
Clashes are occurring regularly in the Palestinian territory as tensions further rise. At least 10 Palestinians were killed in fighting with Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Nablus on Wednesday. The particularly deadly incident could further ignite tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the territories. The Palestinian Health …
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February, 2023
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23 February
One of the biggest follies of our politics: Economists on Vučić’s spending of 700 million euros on more weapons
“There is great interest in the weapons of our defense industry, which is why an additional investment of about 700 million euros will be secured in that sector before the end of the year,” said Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia from the arms fair in Abu Dhabi. “We will …
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23 February
Palestinian Terrorist Leila Khaled: Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri Transferred PFLP Weapons To Europe; The KGB Provided Us With Equipment, Weapons
On February 12 and 13, 2023, the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published a two-part interview by the daily’s chief editor, Ghassan Charbel, with Leila Khaled, a former terrorist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a current member of the Palestinian National Council. Khaled was involved …
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23 February
Ukraine war at year 1: Europe seeks secure energy ties with Middle East
As the war in Ukraine drags on, Western sanctions on Russia, the world’s largest natural gas and second-largest oil exporter, have sent Europe hunting for alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa. The year-old war in Ukraine has shifted energy dynamics between Europe and the Middle East as Russia, …
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23 February
Turkey’s PKK Conflict: A Regional Battleground in Flux
Turkey is increasingly relying on airpower in its fight against the PKK. New parties have been drawn into the conflict as it spreads to new theatres in Iraq and Syria, which, for now at least, complicates potential efforts to settle things down. Early February brought a fresh demonstration of the …
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23 February
Operation “AND”
Sergei Strokan on what and why the main Chinese diplomat flew to Moscow The eight-day tour of the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi, which began last week in Paris, finishes in Moscow, and on the eve of the anniversary of …
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21 February
Albania to extradite Russian photographer over espionage charges
The Justice Ministry has given the green light for the extradition of Russian citizen and notorious photographer Svetlana Timofeeva who was arrested in Albania on charges of espionage in August 2022, though her lawyer fears she would face human rights violations if she returns to Russia. Timofeeva was caught along …
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21 February
France, Czechia say Russia must be defeated, not crushed
In statements over the weekend, the leaders of France and Czechia warned against seeking Russia’s total collapse after the war in Ukraine, saying it would be problematic for Europe and instead called for its defeat. In an interview with Journal du Dimanche, France inter and Le Figaro, on Saturday evening …
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21 February
Belarusian Fighters In Ukraine Set Sights On A Long March – Analysis
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Belarusian volunteer Dzyanis Prokharau and his comrades found themselves in a half-destroyed building near Bucha, a Kyiv region town now known for atrocities that survivors say Moscow’s forces committed there, surrounded by advancing Russian troops and waiting for Ukrainian soldiers to evacuate them. …
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21 February
China is playing the long game over peace in Ukraine
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced that his country was currently in consultations with ‘our friends in Europe’ over the framework of a peace proposal for Ukraine. It is to be laid out in full by President Xi Jinping on the first …
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