Eurasia Press & News

The Financial Times reported last week that numerous Afghan opposition leaders such as the famous Panjshir Valley commander Ahmad Massoud have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan and that they hope to use this safe haven as a base to fight the Taliban. But experts caution that the prospects are poor for …

Calm in a crisis used to be a national characteristic; now we panic at the drop of a hat. A loss of trust in the elite is to blame. An alarming number of Britons seem to have acquired a proclivity to act in a way we used to believe was …

La decisión del Tribunal General de la Unión Europea de anular los acuerdos agrícola y pesquero firmados en el 2018 entre la Comisión Europea y Marruecos, por no haber consultado adecuadamente al pueblo saharaui, supone una importante victoria jurídica y política para el Frente Polisario. El tribunal da un margen …

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Jordan’s King Abdullah received a phone call from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the royal palace said on Sunday in what officials said was the first such communication since the start of the conflict in Syria a decade ago. The conversation was the latest step in thawing relations between leaders who …

Libya’s foreign minister said on Sunday that some foreign fighters have left the country as the unity government seeks to marshal international help to withdraw the many who remain. “The reports are correct. There is a very modest start,” Najla Mangoush said at a news conference in Kuwait when asked …

Saudi Arabia confirmed on Sunday it had held its first round of direct talks with Iran’s new government last month, part of a process begun earlier this year to reduce tension between the Gulf’s rival Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim powers. The longtime foes who severed ties in 2016 began talks …

On Sunday, Algeria closed its airspace to France over comments reportedly made by French President Emmanuel Macron, which have caused an escalating diplomatic row. The airspace’s closure could affect the French military that uses the Algerian airspace to support its forces in the Sahel. In an interview with the AFP …

Sudan’s Transitional Government has been accused of illegally expropriating the assets of Malaysia’s national oil company, Petronas, which could trigger legal proceedings against Khartoum in the International Court of Arbitration. Petronas is a multi-billion-dollar company, ranked amongst the largest corporations in the world with more than 20 years of successful …

The Iranian Minister of Intelligence, Esmail Khatib, warned the US and Israeli bases in the Kurdistan region of Iraq against attempting to disrupt Iranian security because they “will face an agressive and effective response.” “Let the counter-revolutionary sides and their supporters in the region know that by trying to breach …