Eurasia Press & News

Days after welcoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken as part of efforts to reset relations with the U.S., Saudi Arabia turned its attention to boosting ties with one of Washington’s main competitors: China, says Bloomberg. A Bloomberg report — Saudi Arabia Looks to China for Business as US Influence Wanes …

The invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 decisively demonstrated Russia’s repudiation of international law and order. Despite Moscow’s counterclaims, successive international bodies have determined that the Russian invasion constitutes an illegal use of force.[1] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights moreover estimates that the large-scale attack by Russia is …

Xi used the word ‘Palestine’ as he welcomed Mahmoud Abbas on a visit that follows Beijing’s offer to mediate peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated on Wednesday China’s support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the 1967 borders in a meeting …

Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) aided Syrian opposition forces in capturing a member of the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, as she was trying to infiltrate Türkiye, security sources said on Friday. MIT discovered that Helin Işenme, also known under several aliases, including Amara Amed and Sena, who …

The UAE-Turkey $40 billion trade agreement ratified in May is an expression of the friendship between the two countries’ leaders, according to experts. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured his third term as Turkey’s leader last month, continuing his 20 years of power while embarking on repairing relations with Gulf states, …

Iran has already been shipping drones via the Caspian Sea to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, White House says. The Biden administration on Thursday accused Iran of providing Russia with materials to build a factory east of Moscow to produce armed drones for use in the Kremlin’s …

Factions of the embattled party are maneuvering for greater influence even while longtime president Mahmoud Abbas remains in power. The recent public statement by senior Fatah official Mahmoud Alloul about the decline of his movement might be surprising but it reflects the deterioration that has been going on for some …

The Turkish Army “neutralized” 12 terrorists after PKK/YPG terrorists in Syria carried out a rocket attack on the Öncüpınar Border Gate area in the Turkish province of Kilis, the Defense Ministry has stated. No casualties were reported, while a fire broke out in an empty field where five rockets fell …

Baghdad officials urge all countries with citizens held at the camp to repatriate them Iraq has called for the closure of a Syrian displacement camp housing tens of thousands of people with suspected links to ISIS, saying that it has become a “source for terrorism”. Al Hol camp, named after …

The U.S. Army sent a convoy of about 40 vehicles from Iraq to Syria in another sign of support for the terrorist group PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG. The convoy arrived in Hassakeh, a city controlled by the terrorists, on Sunday, the same day the terrorist group fired rockets …