January 8, 2021 Eurasia, Iran
This is a major step forward to a nuclear bomb, the most significant step the Islamic Republic has taken since the 2015 nuclear deal. Most of the noise surrounding the anniversary of the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and the end of the …
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January 8, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Over the last few months there have been constant rumors that the Gulf crisis that began in 2017 might be resolved with Qatar mending ties with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain. This is linked to a wider discussion about whether Turkey, a key ally of Qatar and a …
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January 8, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
These batteries will be employed in the defense of US troops against a variety of ballistic and aerial threats, the Defense Ministry said. Israel delivered the second of two Iron Dome defense system batteries to the US Army over the weekend, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
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January 5, 2021 Balkans, Eurasia
Kosovo experienced a watershed moment in 2020 when four guerrilla leaders who became political heavyweights in the post-war years, including President Hashim Thaci, were sent to stand trial for wartime and post-war crimes. Adecade after explosive allegations were made against Kosovo Liberation Army fighters in a report by Council of …
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January 5, 2021 Balkans, Eurasia
At a time when the West desperately needs to coordinate its policy towards Bosnia, Berlin’s unilateral push to appoint a new international overseer for the country is a troubling development. Berlin wants to replace Bosnia and Herzegovina’s long-serving High Representative Valentin Inzko – responsible for monitoring implementation of the 1995 …
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January 5, 2021 Balkans, Eurasia
Razed or ‘restored’ with little regard for their original form, Ottoman-era mosques in a mainly Muslim pocket of Serbia face extinction. In mid-December, a group of men, some of them armed, set up a roadblock at a construction site in the southern Serbian town of Novi Pazar, where an Islamic …
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January 5, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel continues to operate its “war between the wars” campaign against Iranian activity in Syria with airstrikes in the city of al-Zabadani, located near the Lebanon-Syria border on Wednesday morning. This is the second instance of an Israeli attack against Iranian-affiliated positions in Syria in less than a week.
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January 5, 2021 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday that he had reached agreement with the rival Hamas movement to hold presidential and parliamentary elections. Hamas did not immediately comment on Abbas’s announcement.
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January 5, 2021 Eurasia
Moscow is also working on other new weapons, such as an unmanned water vehicle called Poseidon. Russia’s work on its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is nearing completion, and President Vladimir Putin is paying close attention to the progress, Russian state media has reported.
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January 5, 2021 Eurasia, South East Asia
As Iran commemorates one year since the assassination of Quds Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Sunday, the IDF prepares for a possible attack by Tehran, a senior military source told The Jerusalem Post. The military is bracing for an attack not only by Iran itself but from its proxies, …
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