June, 2022

• 25 June

  Islamic Jihad ramps up the threats toward Israel in West Bank

  

  The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza is currently leading the confrontation with Israel amid calls for an escalation in response to the Israeli army’s assassination of members of the movement in the West Bank. The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported June 13 that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement is …

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• 25 June

  Iraq targets desert ‘wali’ and braces for impact of possible conflict

  

  Counterterrorism operations in Iraq’s western desert have resulted in the killing of an Islamic State leader as regional tensions rise across the border ahead of a likely Turkish military operation in northern Syria. Iraq has in recent weeks stepped up counterterrorism operations in its western desert and other areas amid …

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• 25 June

  NATO blinks as Turkey maintains threats to block Sweden, Finland from alliance

  

  Turkey’s strategy in blocking Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO memberships could soon start to pay off. Ankara’s threats to block Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO memberships may yield some modest dividends, with the security alliance weighing whether to devote its last session during a summit in Madrid next week to “challenges” to …

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• 25 June

  Iran replaces IRGC’s intelligence chief

  

  Taeb’s apparent dismissal comes after Israeli media outlets identified him as masterminding plots against Israeli citizens in Turkey. Iran has replaced the head of the intelligence unit for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Taeb, the IRGC confirmed on Thursday. “Guard Corps chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami appointed Gen. …

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• 25 June

  Taiwan Scrambles Jets to Intercept Chinese Warplanes Threatening their Airspace

  

  On Tuesday, a sortie of 29 Chinese military aircraft was spotted flying in the southwestern area of Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). According to the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense, the fly-by is the third-largest batch of warplanes from Beijing this year. The spotted aircraft comprises eight Shenyang J-16 …

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• 25 June

  Tunisian police arrest ex-prime minister Jebali on suspicion of money laundering

  Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, who is also a former senior member in the Ennahda Islamist party, on suspicion of money laundering, his lawyer told Reuters. Police in the city of Sousse seized Jebali’s phone and his wife’s phone and took him to an unknown …

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• 25 June

  Riyad’la swap, Şam’la sevap

  2018’in ekim ayında gazeteci Cemal Kaşıkçı’nın İstanbul’da öldürülmesinin ardından diplomatik ilişkileri kopma noktasına gelen Türkiye ile Suudi Arabistan arasında buzlar eriyor. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın nisan ayında ziyaret ettiği Suudi Arabistan’dan dün Türkiye’ye üst düzey bir iadeiziyaret gerçekleşti. Bu hafta önce Mısır’a, ardından Ürdün’e giden Suudi Arabistan Veliaht Prensi Muhammed bin Selman, …

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• 23 June

  Russia’s President Putin On New Global Configuration

  

  At the plenary session during the 25th year of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia’s President Vladimir Putin lambasted the United States and its Western and European allies, wholeheartedly predicted the end of the unipolar system and bristled at the idea of creating a new global order that might …

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• 23 June

  North Macedonia Doubts French Push To Solve Dispute With Bulgaria

  

  As France made last-ditch efforts to unclog North Macedonia’s stalled EU accession process, currently blocked by Bulgaria, ahead of this week’s EU summit, North Macedonian experts expressed strong doubts about the French proposal. At a debate held in Skopje on Monday, experts said that if media leaks about the unpublished …

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• 23 June

  How Crypto And CBDCs Can Use Less Energy Than Existing Payment Systems

  

  Most of the world’s central banks have already agreed they should help fight climate change, a critical challenge that necessitates reductions in both energy consumption, which is our focus here, and the carbon emissions associated with the energy consumed. To meet these aims, it’s important to pay attention to the …

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