February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Within a 24-hour period, Turkey’s ruling party and its supporters managed to, first, admit they botched a deadly raid in northern Iraq, blamed “terrorists” for killing people harmed in the raid, and then moved the target to attack domestic political opponents. Turkey’s AK Party, which has been in power almost …
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia
The operation was carried out by the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing in the ministry, the Shin Bet and the Customs Authority. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Defense Ministry on Monday said they have blocked the transfer of more than $100,000 worth of Turkish merchandise and money …
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia
The Arab Coalition intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, state news agency SPA reported early on Monday. The Coalition Spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said the drone was the latest in a series of attempts by the Houthi militias to “target civilians and …
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February 18, 2021 Africa, Eurasia, Magreb, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey has confirmed that its troop presence in Libya will remain in place pending Libyan government approval and the status of the 2019 Ankara-Tripoli bilateral military agreement. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin confirmed the decision in an interview with state broadcaster TRT.
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel’s military has for the past decade repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria, conducting hundreds of air raids against military bases, missile production sites and training facilities.
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran and Russia to hold a joint naval drill in northern part of the Indian Ocean in the “near future.” Iran’s army test fired a sophisticated short-range missile on Sunday, state media reported.
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia
The extremist group was supposed to have lost its last scrap of territory in Syria in March 2019, but in recent months it has ramped up attacks against regime forces, especially in the east of the country bordering Iraq. US forces in Syria are focused on fighting the remnants of …
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel fired several missiles early on Monday targeting areas near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syria’s state news agency reported. An opposition war-monitoring group said the strikes killed six Iran-backed fighters.
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
No less than 13 intelligence and police personnel, including two intelligence directors, were killed. A Turkish operation in northern Iraq ended in a bloodbath after special forces failed to rescue 13 elite intelligence and police officers who had been kidnapped by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants.
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February 18, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran is seeking to expand its influence over regime-controlled areas, according to Asharq Al-Awsat. Despite Iran insisting that it only plays an advisory role in Syria, a recent report published by a UK-based war monitor confirmed that Tehran is actively consolidating its influence over regime-controlled areas in the war-torn Levantine …
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