November 30, 2020 Eurasia
With nearly 12 million cases and a quarter million deaths in the US so far (over 55 million cases and 1.3 million deaths world-wide), the COVID 19 pandemic is ravaging civilization. The disease is on track to be the deadliest epidemic since 1918.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia
The government in England has ordered schools not to use resources and materials from organizations that have expressed any desire to end capitalism. There are several different ways one can think about this, but I believe the best may be to envision a government ordering its teachers to never inform …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, South East Asia
Donald Trump is making sure that President-elect Joe Biden has great difficulty getting out of the starting gate in January. On the domestic front, the chief of the General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, is refusing to allow the start of the transition in the short period between the election in …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Syria’s state news media reported material damage from an Israeli strike on Syrian air defenses and Iranian militias in the country yesterday. Israel reportedly bombed targets in southern Syria again late Tuesday evening.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Dutch now take the helm of a training mission that focuses on “expert specialized capabilities.” The Netherlands is preparing to bolster its mission in Iraq by sending up to 150 additional troops to Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a vote by the Dutch Council of Ministers on Friday. The troops …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Egypt seeks to check Turkish influence in North Africa and the Horn, while its priority remains Nile Dam talks with Ethiopia. The incoming Joe Biden administration will find that key Middle East fault lines are increasingly present in Africa. On one side is Egypt, backed by Saudi Arabia and the …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A marked increase in Turkish military activity in the area between Ain Issa and Tall Tamer in northern Syria has raised the specter of a fresh Turkish military move to curb the Kurds before
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
In an address before parliament, the president said there “is no Kurdish problem” in Turkey and took aim at fellow AKP member Bulent Arinc over the latter’s comments supporting the release of a jailed Kurdish leader.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Clashes have rocked Ayn Issa, with fighting between Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed opposition gunmen and leaving 11 people dead reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
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November 28, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Short analysis by:Ejaz Hussain,London. The assassination of Dr Fakhrizadeh on Friday 27 November is not just ‘another’ incident—it’s causality is greater than it’s aftermath. Having followed closely the roadmap to JCPOA (October 2015), course of negotiations in Switzerland and Austria, and post-JCPOA developments—the compass of my anschauung of this highly …
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