January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The United States will help cover Sudan’s more than $1 billion in arrears to the World Bank in exchange. Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed an agreement with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday agreeing to normalize ties with Israel as part of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords initiative.
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January 11, 2021 Africa, Eurasia
Ethiopia is accusing Egypt of deliberate hostility amid stalled negotiations on the controversial dam and tension between Addis Ababa and Khartoum. The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ethiopian chargé d’affaires to Cairo Dec. 30 to clarify statements by Dina Mufti, the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign …
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January 11, 2021 Africa, Eurasia, Middle Orient
Turkey is once again hinting at openness for dialogue with Egypt, but real progress remains elusive. Once again, Turkey is reaching out to Egypt for political rapprochement. Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters Dec. 30 that Turkey and Egypt are working on shaping a road map for …
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January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Picking the former defeat-ISIS envoy to oversee US Middle East policy sends a strong signal to Turkey. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to choose Brett McGurk, the former envoy to the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS), for a White House role managing US policy in the …
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January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Turkey’s overtures to Israel have been greeted with bemusement and contempt while hundreds of Hamas operatives remain in Istanbul. Turkey’s recent flurry of overtures to Israel has been ill-conceived, ill-communicated and ill-received by the Jewish State. Be it the now-scotched nomination of an overtly anti-Israeli pundit with close ties to …
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January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Fearing a secret agreement that may include reducing their presence in Qatar, the Muslim Brotherhood have launched a smear campaign against boycotting countries.
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January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran’s military training and exercises regularly focus on potential conflict with the United States. Iran’s military conducted a major drone drill on Tuesday, using unmanned aircraft produced in Iran.
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January 11, 2021 Balkans, Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel and Greece will soon sign a $1.68 billion agreement for the purchase of Israeli jets and the opening of a military flight school operated by an Israeli company. Israel’s Defense Ministry announced this morning that it is set to sign a $1.68 billion security agreement with Greece effective for …
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January 11, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Despite the elimination of the Islamic State from its last official territory in Syria in March 2019, IS cells that have been holed up in desert areas in eastern and central Syria remain active and terrorize civilians and soldiers alike.
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January 11, 2021 Africa, Eurasia
Wall Street has started trading in water futures contracts, just like gold, oil and basic commodities, coinciding with the stalled negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which raises the question of whether Egypt will agree to sell the Nile waters.
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