May, 2022

• 28 May

  US rejects entry to 16 Afghans staying at base in Kosovo, seeks to relocate them to other countries

  

  A group of 16 Afghan evacuees living at an American military base in Kosovo since the fall of their country to the Taliban last year have been deemed ineligible to enter the U.S., according to media reports and government officials. The State Department is seeking other countries willing to take …

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• 28 May

  Battalion from Army’s 173rd Airborne back in Italy after Latvia deployment

  

  More than 300 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade are back at their home base after deploying to Latvia to support NATO following the February launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some 330 troops assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment finished the return trip to Italy on …

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• 28 May

  Army Gen. Cavoli tells senators that NATO expansion could force Russia to move troops in the Baltic region

  

  The nominee to be the next commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe told senators on Thursday that expanding the alliance would change the security landscape in the region to Russia’s detriment. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the U.S. Army’s top general in Europe, said adding Finland and Sweden to NATO …

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• 28 May

  How to Prepare for the Next Ukraine

  

  Washington Must Ramp Up Support for Vulnerable Partners—Before It’s Too Late It is too soon to predict how Russia’s brutal, unjustified war against Ukraine will end. But for now, it is clear that the Russian military has shockingly underperformed in the first phase of the war, whereas the Ukrainian military …

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• 28 May

  Putin Against History

  

  How His War Has Erased Russia’s Past—And Endangered Its Future If a Ukrainian grandmother with pro-Russian views did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her—or at least that is what the Russian government decided in April. At the time, Anna Ivanova inhabited a village near Kharkiv. One day, …

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• 27 May

  Turkey’s top diplomat visits Palestine

  

  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his counterpart Riad al-Maliki in Ramallah and reaffirmed support for a Palestinian state before his next meeting with Israeli leaders. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey will continue to support Palestine’s fight for independence and sovereignty on the first leg of his two-day …

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• 27 May

  Israeli forces find tough resistance in Jenin camp

  

  Tension continues to prevail in the Jenin refugee camp where rounds of violence take place daily amid an Israeli threat of a large-scale military operation using helicopters. The Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank continues to be a flashpoint as clashes between the camp’s armed fighters and the …

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• 27 May

  Qataris to receive visa-free access to UK, invest $12.5 billion

  

  Qatar and the United Kingdom have announced they will cooperate on energy projects while Qatar’s energy minister criticized Europe for “demonizing” oil and gas companies. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited London yesterday, meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Several agreements came out of the meeting, …

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• 27 May

  Iran nuclear deal’s future a ‘huge question mark,’ US negotiator says

  

  US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley told lawmakers that prospects for a renewed agreement with Tehran were “at best, tenuous.” Whether Iran and world powers can reach a deal to salvage the landmark nuclear agreement is a “huge question mark,” the Biden administration’s chief negotiator told US lawmakers on …

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• 27 May

  Genocide for Profits

  

  Putin’s genocidal war on Ukraine may have less to do with empire and far more to do with profits. Enormous profits. There has been considerable commentary about Putin’s war motives, from a belief that Ukraine is little more than an insurgent province of Mother Russia to a fear that Ukraine …

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