March 25, 2019 Eurasia, Middle Orient
President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States is recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Syrian territory it captured in 1967’s Six-Day War and has controlled since then. Trump, in a Twitter comment, said the Golan Heights “is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of …
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March 25, 2019 Africa, Eurasia
Le gouvernement et les groupes armés centrafricains ont trouvé le 20 mars un nouvel accord de sortie de crise. Celui-ci prévoit un nouveau remaniement et un gouvernement au sein duquel les ministères régaliens devront être partagés entre les deux camps.
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March 25, 2019 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Ses pancartes et ses slogans à la dérision aussi ravageuse que désopilante sont brandies chaque vendredi par des centaines de manifestants qui défilent dans les rues d’Alger et même de Paris. Pour la marche du vendredi 22 mars, il a mis en ligne sur son compte Facebook 111 affiches et …
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March 25, 2019 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Hamas and Fatah, the two major Palestinian parties ruling the Gaza Strip and West Bank respectively, have been at war with each other for the past 12 years. They disagree on many things, but when it comes to repressing and violating the human rights of their people, Hamas and Fatah …
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March 25, 2019 Eurasia, Middle Orient
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are vowing to counter what they call Iran’s aggression in the Middle East.
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March 21, 2019 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran is pursuing a strategy in Iraq similar to that which it employed in Lebanon, where it built Lebanese Hezbollah into a major military and political force. Hezbollah has become a ‘kingmaker,’ determining who occupies key leadership positions in the Lebanese government. Similarly, with Iran’s extensive assistance, several Iraqi militias …
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March 21, 2019 Eurasia, South East Asia
A senior U.S. diplomat has told Afghanistan’s president that U.S. officials will no longer deal with his national security adviser, Reuters news agency reports, citing four knowledgeable U.S. and Afghan sources.
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March 21, 2019 Eurasia
China with a view to showcasing its military prowess had earlier organised a China-Africa Defence and Security Forum in 2018 that involved 50 African nations.
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March 21, 2019 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey and Iran carried out a joint operation against militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said according to state-owned media.
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March 21, 2019 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
An influential Iranian cleric says Iran might bring Shiite militias to the country from other parts of the Middle East to fight threats to the government. Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, told religious students in Qom this month that his government could use foreign fighters to …
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