November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Quatre Français ordinaires écrivent à nos dirigeants Nous sommes des Français ordinaires. Nous n’avons pas habituellement l’occasion d’être publiés dans les journaux à grande diffusion. Nous espérons cette fois-ci que nous le serons. L’assassinat de l’enseignant d’histoire, M. Samuel Paty, nous oblige en effet à porter notre voix de simples …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Chinese fighter jets are apparently getting a mysterious new type of missile, a recent recruitment video of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shows. The unidentified missile could be an advanced anti-radiation missile or a new long-range air-to-air missile, and either possibility could significantly increase the PLA’s capabilities in …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Russia plans to build a naval base in Sudan, according to a bilateral draft agreement between the two nations. The agreement would allow Russia to establish a naval logistics base in Sudan for the repair and supply of warships as well as provide rest to sailors, according to the document …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead.
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey is ready to discuss U.S. concerns about the technical compatibility of Russian S-400 defences and U.S.-made F-35 jets, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday, repeating Ankara’s proposal for a joint working group with Washington on the issue.
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Russia’s peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan where thousands of civilians and soldiers have died in recent weeks of fighting, has released a map detailing the operation ahead, clarifying many of the territorial ambiguities of the truce between Yerevan and Baku announced on November 10. …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria issued a statement attacking Iran and its role in the Syrian conflict, and disavowed terrorist operations as well as extremism and takfir. The group said in its statement, issued on Tuesday and published on its official Facebook page, that it repudiates the Safavid dynasty and …
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November 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Ankara’s intervention was paramount in turning the tide of the Libya conflict, bringing the 14-month assault on the capital launched by the self-styled Libyan National Army, Egypt’s primary ally, to a close in June. In July, in the middle of contentious tripartite negotiations over an Ethiopian mega-dam that would determine …
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November 14, 2020 Eurasia, Kavkaz, Turkey
The Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan has released a report called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan”. The report published by the Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan and called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan” exposes the “lies, disinformation and …
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November 14, 2020 Eurasia, Kavkaz
UN human rights experts noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained peace in the region. They are nonetheless concerned by the use of mercenaries in and around the conflict zone until this …
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