Eurasia Press & News
Introduction At the Fourth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue, held in Guiyang, China on June 3, 2021, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi discussed various challenges to Afghan peace in the wake of the announcement of the unilateral …
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11 July
OPEC+ and the specter of Iranian oil
On the eve of the July 2021 OPEC+ meeting, it was expected that the threat of Iran’s imminent return to the oil market would force the cartel to reconsider its plans to increase production to reduce volumes that would be brought to market in the second half of 2021. There …
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Russian-Iranian relations under Raisi and possible post-Khamenei scenarios
On June 18, Ebrahim Raisi won a landslide victory in Iran’s presidential elections. After Raisi’s triumph, Maxim Suslov, the press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Tehran, transmitted a message from President Vladimir Putin congratulating Raisi on his win and pledging to strengthen Russia-Iran bilateral relations. Iranian Ambassador to Russia …
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The War at Home: The Need for Internal Security Sector Reform in Iraqi Kurdistan
The forces and agencies of Kurdistan’s Ministry of Interior and the Kurdistan Region Security Council, collectively referred to the Kurdistan Region Interior Forces, are now the region’s main security actors, but their role as instruments of partisan rivalry and enforcers of public loyalty to the political bureaus threatens the Kurdistan …
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Attack Targets U.S. Occupation Base in Deir-ez-Zor Countryside
Missiles were fired at a U.S. military base in the province of Deir-ez-Zor, but potential casualties were not revealed, SANA reports. The U.S. occupation military base at the al-Omar oil field in Deir-ez-Zor’s eastern countryside was targeted on Sunday evening with a missile attack for the second time in less …
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From War, to Turkey, to Top Scores: The Story of a Young Syrian Refugee
After fleeing war and taking shelter in Siirt, in 2015, Dlyar Safo got a full score on the LGS, thanks to the support he got from his teachers and family, according to Anadolu Agency. After fleeing the horrors of war in Syria, a young refugee taking shelter in neighboring Turkey …
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Defections Threaten Ahrar al-Sham Jihadist Movement
Defections due to financial problems and leadership feuds are threatening to dissolve the Ahrar al-Sham, according to Al-Monitor. The owner of the well-known @MzmjerSh Twitter account revealed in a thread on June 22nd that Ahrar al-Sham is experiencing major defections within its ranks.
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Draft Resolution to Abolish the Baath Vanguard and the Revolutionary Youth Union
Local media reported on a draft resolution abolishing the Baath Vanguard and the Revolutionary Youth Union organizations. The reports said that the draft resolution should receive approval at any moment, indicating that the resolution responds to political changes reducing the ruling Baath party’s dominance under the latest constitutional amendment.
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France: L’avenir troublé du contre-terrorisme au Sahel au menu du sommet France
Paris – Les chefs d’Etat du G5 Sahel devaient s’entretenir vendredi avec Emmanuel Macron, alors que la France n’a encore donné aucun détail sur la réduction de ses forces militaires dans la région, où les groupes jihadistes restent toujours aussi menaçants. Le nouveau président nigérien Mohamed Bazoum est arrivé vendredi …
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Libye : Russes, Syriens, Tchadiens… Où sont les mercenaires qui doivent quitter le pays ?
Lors du dernier sommet de Berlin, la communauté internationale a exigé que les quelque 20 000 mercenaires présents sur le territoire libyen quittent le pays. Mais qui sont ces combattants, d’où viennent-ils, qui les finance ?
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