December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Facing an assault by Turkish forces and intense pressure by the Russians, the Syrian Democratic Force are remaining resolute in their ownership of Ayn Issa reports Al-Masdar.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday, the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday. The Iraqi military said an “outlaw group” fired eight rockets. Most of the …
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December 25, 2020 Africa, Eurasia, Magreb
Islamist militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria on Sunday, security sources and residents said.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia
Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In July, Fatah and Hamas announced that they have reached agreement to work together to topple Israeli and US “conspiracies.” Efforts to end the Fatah-Hamas rift suffered yet another blow as Hamas said on Monday that the Palestinian Authority was continuing its crackdown on supporters of the Islamist movement in …
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The soldier was seen in a video walking backward instead of responding to a Molotov cocktail attack. The IDF on Monday removed a soldier from his combat position following an incident in which he responded passively to an attack against him.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The suspect, reportedly a 17-year-old Palestinian from Qabatiya, was armed with a Carlo-type submachine gun and shot at a police post. A terrorist attack took place in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday evening, Israel Police reported.
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December 25, 2020 Africa, Eurasia
The Egyptian military has reported several operations against Islamist insurgents in the Sinai Peninsula recently.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Muqtada al-Sadr’s calls to restore the “Shiite Home” were viewed as an attempt to revive the electoral Shiite alliance that cracked during recent legislative elections.
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December 25, 2020 Eurasia
Sudan and Ethiopia have recently agreed to resume the negotiations on the Nile dam that Addis Ababa is building, amid Egyptian silence. Sudan recently backtracked on its position regarding the resumption of its participation in negotiations over the controversial giant hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, as …
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