Eurasia Press & News
The US sanctions targeting Turkey’s defense industry agency may be seen as rather mild by some observers, but they threaten to deprive Turkey of key military technology should they last more than a year. The new US sanctions against Turkey over its purchase of Russian air defense systems stand to …
Read More »Turkey’s Kurdish party target of tug of war between Islamists, ultra-nationalists
As Turkey’s ruling party and its nationalist ally face a deeper legitimacy crisis, pressure on Kurdish politics is intensifying. Picture this: You’re watching the evening news and you see a political party emblem — in this case, the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) emblem — on which, in place of …
Read More »Brexit Still Hasn’t Solved the Problem of Northern Ireland
The two main political parties in Northern Ireland announced a deal last month to restore the region’s power-sharing government, which had ceased to function three years ago.
Read More »In Northern Ireland, There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Good Brexit’
One of the main attractions at the local museum in Newry, a bustling market town some 40 miles south of Belfast, is an old wooden sign.
Read More »Brexit’s Finish Line Is Only the ‘End of the Beginning’ for Britain and the EU
Britain’s impending departure from the European Union on Jan. 31 is merely, as Winston Churchill might have said, the end of the beginning.
Read More »The Many Contradictions of ‘Global Britain’ in the Gulf
Since the 2016 Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom has been trying hard to figure out its new position on the global stage. Not without a certain degree of nostalgia, the ruling Conservative Party has put forward the idea of “global Britain,” reviving old imperial networks and repositioning London at their …
Read More »‘Removing Iran or Hezbollah From Syria Is Totally Out of the Question’: Shaaban
Bouthaina Shaaban has said that Iran and Hezbollah will not leave Syria and the US has no place making such a suggestion writes Al-Masdar.
Read More »What did Mikdad Tell Moscow?
Faisal Mikdad reportedly delivered two messages to Russia, stating that a conclusion to the situation in Idleb was desired and that Assad was here to stay writes Alsouria Net.
Read More »Nine dead as Kabul car bombing targets Afghan lawmaker
Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured including women and children, Afghan Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi said. A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said.
Read More »Trump's bizarre defense of Russian hacks becomes dangerous – comment
Trump has declared that “everything is under control” when all experts have said that the damage may take months or years to calculate. US President Donald Trump’s statement on Saturday contradicting all his cyber and law enforcement agencies, as well as his loyal Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, about Russia’s …
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