Turkey’s ties with Ukraine have complicated relations with Russia. Ukraine has used a Turkish drone for the first time in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, according to Turkish media. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted a video yesterday showing an aerial view of an unspecified target …
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More than 85 Houthis killed near Yemen’s Marib: Arab coalition
The Arab coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it carried out 21 attacks targeting “mechanisms and elements” of the Houthi militia in two districts near the strategic city of Marib in the last 24 hours. The coalition said more than 85 Houthi militants have been killed and nine military vehicles …
Read More »Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa
When the news circulated that Morocco’s leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if the PJD’s defeat was, in itself, a blow to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement. Regionally, …
Read More »Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq’s kingmaker in uncertain times
Al-Sadr’s party controls 70 of a total 329 parliamentary seats in Iraq and the movement has a large base across country. Muqtada al-Sadr remains one of Iraq’s most influential political figures and plays a pivotal role when it comes to the country’s future. He is currently considered the kingmaker, but …
Read More »ISIL attack on Iraqi village kills 11 ‘defenceless civilians’
Police said the ISIL attackers used several vehicles and semi-automatic guns in their attack. At least 11 people have been killed and others wounded in an ISIL (ISIS) attack on a village in Diyala province in eastern Iraq, according to the country’s security forces. The attack on Tuesday targeted “defenceless …
Read More »US military exit from Syria unlikely anytime soon, officials say
Speculation has been rife American forces would withdrawal from Syria after the Afghanistan pullout in an effort to end ‘forever wars’. The United States will not be withdrawing its roughly 900 troops from northeast Syria any time soon, despite mounting speculation it would do so following its much-maligned August pull-out …
Read More »Poland Claws Back Sovereignty from European Union
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that Polish law takes precedence over European Union law. The power struggle has angered European federalists, who are seeking to turn the 27-member EU into a European superstate — a United States of Europe — and who do not take kindly to those who challenge …
Read More »Apel do polityków: nie wierzę, że jesteście tak źli i zdesperowani jak Łukaszenka
Nie przestraszycie dyktatora ze wschodu, twardo wypychając z Polski ludzi czy budując mur. W tym starciu wygra ten, kto będzie większym sk…em i nie będzie się liczył z życiem ludzi. A tu szans – mam nadzieję – nie macie. Panie prezesie, panie premierze, panowie ministrowie. Z rosnącą bezradnością, jak tysiące …
Read More »Iran Warns Europeans of US Influence
Deploring the European parties’ failure to honor the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned against the approaches that could give the US the perception that Europe belongs in its sphere of influence. Although Iran has always honored its commitments, the European parties have failed to fulfill their …
Read More »Alleged US drone strike kills former ISIS commander: SDF
An alleged US drone strike killed former ISIS commander Subhi Ibrahim Muslih and two of his guards in Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) on Monday, said Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official Farhad Shami. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor reported that the strike’s target was a member of …
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