August, 2021

• 17 August

  Ashraf Ghani and the Fate of Afghanistan

  

  On August 11, 2021, Pakistan’s Prime Minster Imran Khan said, “I tried to persuade the Taliban… three to four months back when they came here…The condition is that as long as [Afghanistan’s President] Ashraf Ghani is there, we [Taliban] are not going to talk to the Afghan government.” Three days …

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• 17 August

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Leaves Country As Taliban Forces Enter Kabul

  

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Taliban has left Afghanistan, just hours after the insurgency’s forces surrounded the nation’s capital city of Kabul Sunday — all but ensuring the collapse of the national government and a return to rule by the insurgent group for the first time in two decades. Ghani and …

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• 17 August

  Afghan President Ghani Flees Country as Taliban Enter Kabul: ‘It’s Over’

  

  Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as Taliban militants entered the capital city of Kabul. Ghani flew to neighboring Tajikistan, a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official told Reuters. However, the Afghan president’s office said it “cannot say anything about Ashraf Ghani’s movement for security reasons.” “That’s it. …

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• 17 August

  Sudan urges UN replace Ethiopia soldiers with multinational forces

  

  Sudan yesterday renewed its demand to replace the Ethiopian forces in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the disputed Abyei region on the South Sudan border with multinational forces. This came during a meeting of the Security and Defence Council (the highest security body), according to …

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• 17 August

  Hezbollah fires back as Israel shells south Lebanon

  

  Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said it had fired rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area today in response to Israeli airstrikes which struck sites belonging to the group yesterday. The Israeli military said at least ten rockets were launched towards Israel from southern Lebanon. “In …

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• 17 August

  Israel ready to attack Iran, defense minister says

  

  Israeli defense minister said Tel Aviv is “ready to attack Iran”, adding Iran represented “a global challenge”, reported Anadolu Agency. Benny Gantz’s comments came in an exclusive interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth published on Thursday. “Iran seeks to pose a multi-front challenge to Israel by building up its …

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• 17 August

  Saudi Arabia to deport 800,000 Yemen workers, say sources

  

  Leaks about the Saudi authorities’ request from local employers in the kingdom’s southern governorates to dispense with their Yemeni workers have raised fears of the imminent deportation of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis residing in these areas. A leaked “Classified” document was reported by local sources to have comprised a …

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• 17 August

  As Lebanon crumbles, Hezbollah becomes even more emboldened

  

  Lebanon is falling deeper into an economic and social black hole. While Hezbollah is not immune to that crisis, it is still able to play with fire and attack Israel. It’s been a week since rocket-warning sirens alerted Israelis to the dangers of the collapse of Lebanon: a salvo of …

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• 17 August

  Palestinians warn: Israel, Hamas headed toward another war

  

  Tensions and failed negotiations on Qatari aid are bringing Israel and Hamas closer toward another open conflict, according to Palestinian sources. Israel and Hamas are headed toward another round of fighting, as international mediators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on bringing Qatari aid money to the Gaza …

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• 17 August

  Afghanistan debacle message for US allies, including Israel – analysis

  

  We know what that shop looks like in places like Lebanon, it’s a bankrupt operation. The US needs to reassure allies that it will stick by the region in this difficult time. The rapid fall of Afghanistan and the way in which US political and military officials, as well as …

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