October, 2022

• 12 October

  Biden Promises Zelensky Further Advanced Air Defense Systems After Attacks

  

  Immediately upon Monday’s major wave of airstrikes on dozens of cities and towns across Ukraine, the Zelensky government renewed its appeal for Washington to urgently send more anti-air defense systems to help “close the skies” – as President Zelensky had earlier in the war said to Congress. President Biden in …

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• 12 October

  Putin may meet Erdogan to discuss idea of Russia-West talks, Kremlin says

  

  President Vladimir Putin may meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan this week to discuss a Turkish proposal to host talks between Russia and the West on Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia had not received any signals about the prospect of negotiations with …

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• 12 October

  Iran’s crackdown on protests intensifies in Kurdish region

  

  Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country’s west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police as oil workers demonstrated at a key refinery, activists said. Riot police fired into residential neighborhoods in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan …

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• 11 October

  Protests In Iran Spread To Oil And Gas Sector

  

  Protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman have spread to workers in the oil and gas sector, online videos appear to show. Videos posted on social media Monday show demonstrations taking place at Asaluyeh, Iran’s large offshore natural gas field on the Persian Gulf. Workers can be …

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• 11 October

  Will Biden’s Support For Iran Protests Backfire?

  

  The Biden administration, unlike the administration of President Barack Obama, has decided to take an activist approach to aiding anti-government protests in Iran in response to the death of a young woman (this time for not wearing the required headscarf properly). Not only did President Joe Biden publicly side with …

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• 11 October

  Albanian National Security Council convenes over Iran cyber attacks

  

  The Albanian President Bajram Begaj called a meeting of the National Security Council in Tirana on Monday, with senior government officials in attendance, to discuss matters related to the ongoing cyberattacks against state infrastructure by Iran. Over the weekend, the Homeland Justice Telegram channel, which has served as an outlet …

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• 11 October

  US drone attack kills Islamic State member in northeast Syria, official says

  

  A U.S.-led coalition drone strike in northeastern Syria on Monday killed an Islamic State group militant, a a Kurdish-Syrian security official said. Speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, the official told The Associated Press that the strike targeted the IS member driving a motorcycle in the village …

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• 11 October

  Germany, Norway, and Denmark to buy 16 ZUZANA-2 howitzers for Ukraine

  

  The delivery of the artillery systems from Slovakia to Ukraine is scheduled to start from 2023. Germany, Norway, and Denmark have decided to jointly purchase 16 ZUZANA-2 self-propelled wheeled tank howitzers from Slovakia to provide additional assistance to Ukraine. The move was announced on 2 October. The procurement of the …

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• 11 October

  Ukraine receives surface-to-air missile systems from US

  

  Zelenskiy also thanked the US for providing HIMARS to strengthen the Ukrainian troops’ offensive stance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed the delivery of national advanced surface-to-air missile systems (NASAMS) from the US, according to media reports. The development follows a recent announcement made by US President Joe Biden to …

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• 11 October

  Russian failures a sign of “authoritarian vulnerabilities”

  

  Moscow has sustained a series of military defeats in recent weeks, some controlled, while others saw Russian forces routed. The ongoing failures of Russia’s military in Ukraine as Kyiv continues its fight to retake occupied cities bear the hallmark signs of the vulnerabilities of authoritarian regimes, according to Celeste Wallander, …

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