May, 2022

• 12 May

  Turkey’s potential xenophobia goes beyond Syrian refugees

  

  Growing popular resentment of refugees and migrants is on course to become the second hot-button election topic in Turkey after the economic crisis, but the government is not in a position to force the return of Syrians, the main component of the problem. The danger of xenophobia is rising in …

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• 12 May

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shell militant bases north of Iraq’s Erbil – state media

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards artillery fire hit an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television described as terrorist bases. Iraqi Kurdish media reported that a shell had landed in a village in the Sidekan area near the Iranian border, around 60 miles …

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• 12 May

  Imperial Nostalgia and its Perils

  Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet …

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• 12 May

  Venäjän uhittelu näkynee myös Kaakkois-Suomessa

  Suomen halu hakea puolustusliitto Natoon vahvistuu tällä viikolla. Eduskunnan puolustusvaliokunta totesi tiistaina, että jäsenyys olisi Suomen turvallisuuden kannalta paras ratkaisu. Torstaina presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoo oman kantansa ja pääministeri Sanna Marin vanavedessä. Näillä näkymin jäsenhakemus laitetaan eteenpäin eduskuntakäsittelyn jälkeen ensi viikolla. Nato-hakemuksen eteneminen näyttää vääjäämättömältä. Ylen tuoreen kyselytutkimuksen mukaan 76 …

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• 10 May

  In the wake of the North’s election, more urgency is needed in the quest for compromise

  

  The people of Northern Ireland have spoken – the question now is when will the politicians they have chosen get back to work? When the 90 members of the legislative assembly gather on Thursday we will be looking for signals of hope – not the old sterile politics dubbed “whataboutery” …

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• 10 May

  Rosja deprawuje pamięć historyczną

  

  Według Kremla Rosjanie to „współcześni Żydzi”, którzy przeciw sobie mają „nazistów”, tj. kraje wrogie. Ma to przekonać Rosjan, iż ofiary są dziś równie uzasadnione jak 80 lat temu. Strach bywa naprawdę kiepskim doradcą. Władze miejskie Berlina tak wystraszyły się perspektywy starć 8-9 maja między Ukraińcami i Rosjanami, którzy żyją w …

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• 10 May

  SDF arrests suspected ISIS cell leader in Raqqa

  

  The US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that it arrested a suspected ISIS leader and two local collaborators in Raqqa on Sunday. “Our forces have raided a house where the terrorist was hiding with the help of two local collaborators who helped in securing shelter and movement,” the SDF …

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• 10 May

  Iraqi militia power plays bring back outcast Sunni leader

  

  Iran-linked parties in Iraq are playing on perceived and actual support for once-ostracized Sunni leaders to divide their political opponents despite inherent risks. Following series of meetings between Kurdistan Democratic Party and their Shiite and Sunnies allies in Erbil in order to form a majority government, a high delegation from …

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• 10 May

  Turkish foreign minister to visit Israel

  

  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s visit to Israel May 24 could finally open the way for both countries to reinstate their ambassadors. Israeli and Turkish representatives are both expected to participate May 10 at the spring meeting of the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC). But apart from the expected …

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• 10 May

  Syria’s Assad makes rare visit to Tehran

  

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a rare visit to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, Khamenei has not met …

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