February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran’s Defense Ministry has unveiled a new domestically-designed and manufactured satellite launch vehicle capable of putting satellites into an orbit of 500km above the ground.
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
On Wednesday, the security cabinet is set to meet to discuss tensions with Tehran, including concerns that the US could return to the JCPOA nuclear deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the Finance and Defense ministers and financial and military officials took part in a …
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The blast caused no injury, no damage to the building and only damage to windshields of several cars parked in the vicinity. The blast caused on January 29, 2021 by a “very low-intensity improvised device” outside the Israeli Embassy building in New Delhi is considered by Israeli and Indian authorities …
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Zarif said that the uranium enriched by the Islamic republic could immediately be scaled back to comply with the nuclear deal if the US lifts sanctions. If Iran wanted a nuclear weapon, it would have built one already, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said in an interview with CNN published …
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Hezbollah claims to have downed an Israeli drone, but the Israeli military claimed that it crashed. Hezbollah said it downed an Israeli drone on Monday.
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Officials warned the US Navy may not visit the Haifa area if a Chinese state-run company takes up management of the city’s port.
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia
Despite warnings by human rights groups, the previous US administration designated Yemen’s Houthis a terrorist organization, which locals fear will only add to their misery. Yemen’s Houthi group, officially known as Ansar Allah, is presently among the organizations the United States designates as terrorists. One day prior to new US …
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February 7, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Bombings in Afrin, Azaz and a village near al-Bab claimed at least 18 lives this weekend. Three car bombings struck Turkey-occupied northern Syria on Saturday and Sunday, killing at least 18 people, including at least four children. More than 60 people were believed to have been injured in the three …
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February 7, 2021 Africa, Eurasia
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan continue to trade accusations on the failure of the Nile dam talks, in what some say is an attempt to draw the attention of the new US administration into the regional file.
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February 7, 2021 Africa, Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Myths and falsehoods abound in Turkish and Arab press about Turkey’s regional ventures, nourishing overblown elations and fears. Turkey’s regional ventures, spurred by Ottoman nostalgia, have earned it a hostile Arab front led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Though Turkey’s ambitions have hardly translated into a …
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