May 25, 2022 Africa, Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
In addition to economic concerns, the Muslim Brotherhood’s dwindling influence in the region and new regional order emerged after the Abraham Accords forced Ankara to mend ties with Egypt. Turkey’s Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati’s upcoming visit to Egypt scheduled for June 1 has created excitement, particularly among Turkey’s pro-government media …
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May 25, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Erdogan ups the ante as NATO allies offer cool response to Ankara’s demands over Sweden, Finland membership. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey will soon launch a new military incursion against US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria. Erdogan said the operation would extend the Turkish armed forces’ areas …
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May 25, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In a move aimed at cutting off the militant group’s sources of revenue, the Treasury Department designated a Hamas official, three financial facilitators and six companies. The Biden administration sanctioned on Tuesday what it described as a network of Hamas financial facilitators and companies across the Middle East that generate …
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May 25, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
After the killing of IRGC colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, reports claim that Israel has multiplied its efforts against Iranian entrenchment in Syria and Lebanon, against Hezbollah’s precision missile project and against terrorism by Iranian agents. Iranian websites list Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei as deputy director of the Quds Force’s technological …
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May 25, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
The Turkish finance minister is planning a visit to Egypt next month in the latest step toward rapprochement between the two countries. In a new step toward rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey, Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati will visit Egypt on June 1. The visit, the first …
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May 25, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
From the vantage point of the West, giving in to Ankara’s demands from Finland and Sweden amounts to letting an autocrat design the security architecture of Europe. US President Joe Biden’s announcement of his country’s unequivocal support of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids came as a veiled rebuke of …
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May 25, 2022 Balkans, Eurasia
Enraged by the Greek premier’s remarks to US Congress against arms sales to Turkey, Erdogan denounces Greece, along with Sweden and Finland, for supporting terrorism. Opening up a new battlefront with NATO allies, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late Monday that he had “written off” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis …
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May 24, 2022 South East Asia
All the Pacific Island nations invited to the foreign ministerial conference had already embraced Beijing’s “One China Policy.” Some of these states once had diplomatic links with Taiwan but were wooed away by Beijing’s offer of financial loans, investment and corrupt practices, such as direct interference in the domestic political …
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May 24, 2022 Eurasia
Почему Украина выбрала не героическую смерть на миру, а публичное пленение защитников «Азовстали» 20 мая министр обороны России Сергей Шойгу отчитался перед президентом Путиным о локальной победе — «полном освобождении комбината («Азовсталь») и города Мариуполь от украинских боевиков».
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May 24, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
After meeting US defense officials in Washington, defense minister says they are ‘decisive’ about Guard Corps terror designation as nuclear deal talks remain stalled Following meetings with top American defense officials, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Sunday that the US remains hopeful for a deal with Iran, but is standing …
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