November 23, 2022 Africa, Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkish analysts believe that the enthusiastic handshake between Sisi and Erdogan may facilitate the budding rapprochement but will not be a magic wand, particularly in Libya. Brushing aside name-calling and accusations of the past, the Turkish and Egyptian presidents shared an enthusiastic handshake on the sidelines of the opening ceremony …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Some experts are warning that Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia’s Rosatom, might become a tool to advance Russian interests in the region. A potential security threat has emerged for NATO and Europe at large: the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear plant. Experts say the project by Russia …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
The US military says it opposes Ankara’s plans to send ground troops against Syria’s Kurds, but it has stood down in the face of similar attacks in the past. A suspected Turkish drone strike hit a Kurdish-led militia base in northeast Syria on Tuesday, killing two members of a local …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Τουρκικά γεράκια λένε απροκάλυπτα ότι, όπως τα τουρκικά αεροπλάνα πήγαν νύχτα στη βόρεια Συρία, μπορεί να κάνουν το ίδιο και στην Ελλάδα. Δεν πρέπει να έχουμε την ψευδαίσθηση ότι θα έχουμε άλλη αντιμετώπιση. Οι Κούρδοι της περιοχής αυτής ήταν σύμμαχοι των Αμερικανών στον πόλεμο κατά του Ισλαμικού Κράτους. Όμως, οι …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia
Pençe-Kılıç operasyonundan sonra yazılı ve görsel medyada “Türkiye’nin terörle mücadeledeki kararlılığı” ve “operasyonun başarısı” üzerine haber ve yorumlardan geçilmiyor. Peki, Pençe-Kılıç operasyonu Türkiye’nin “terörle mücadele” adına düzenlediği kaçıncı sınır ötesi operasyon? Her operasyondan sonra televizyon kanallarında haritaların başına geçerek operasyonun başarısını anlata anlata bitiremeyen ve şu kanal senin, bu kanal …
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November 23, 2022 Balkans, Eurasia
The EU warned of “escalation and violence” on Monday (21 November) after Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach a deal in emergency talks in Brussels to end their long-running dispute over car license plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo. “After many hours of discussion (…) the two …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia
Austria, whose long-time reliance on Russian gas made it one of the EU’s most dependent countries before the war in Ukraine, has now seen its gas imports from the country dwindle to 21%, the government informed. Austria’s long-time dependence began in the 1960s when it received fossil gas in exchange …
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November 23, 2022 Balkans, Eurasia
Bulgaria’s caretaker government and Lukoil Neftochim Bulgaria have agreed that it can continue operating and exporting oil products to the EU until the end of 2024, as long as it pays its taxes in full, despite European Commission warnings this would breach the bloc’s sanctions regime. According to the Deputy …
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November 23, 2022 Eurasia
La popolazione al confine, intanto, vive nel terrore perché i razzi cadono anche sulle case, sulle scuole, sugli uffici e non solo su obiettivi militari Muoiono i civili nel Kurdistan siriano e iracheno ma anche in Turchia. Nel silenzio generale della comunità internazionale Ankara porta avanti senza sosta l’operazione Spada-Artiglio, …
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November 22, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Several areas of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were targeted overnight after an IRGC commander warned of possible ground invasion and the Iranian ambassador set out demands. A massive orange fireball lit up the sky in an area outside the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on the night …
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