March, 2021

• 17 March

  Erdogan’s Islamic credentials no longer a winning hand among Turkey’s Kurds

  

  The ruling party’s increasingly strong alliance with nationalists has dampened support among the country’s Kurds. On a recent morning, young couples gathered for the inaugural class of a newly built, government-run “marriage school.” A woman wearing a black Islamic-style headscarf flips open a laptop as she prepares to lecture the …

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• 17 March

  Syrian Files Criminal Complaint in Moscow Against Russian Fighters

  

  A criminal complaint has been filed in Moscow on behalf of a Syrian citizen who was tortured, killed, and had his corpse mutilated by six individuals in 2017 in the Homs Governorate. The complaint demands the initiation of criminal proceedings against alleged members of the so-called Private Military Company (PMC) …

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• 17 March

  Joint Operations forces threw two explosive devices to disperse protesters around KDP Headquarters

  

  Eyewitnesses revealed information about the two explosions near the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in Kirkuk. Eyewitnesses from the demonstrators told Shafaq News Agency that the Joint Operations forces threw two explosive devices to disperse the protesters. According to Shafaq News Agency correspondent, the explosions took place a few hours …

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• 17 March

  Two rockets fall inside Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops, source

  

  Two Katyusha rockets fell inside Iraq’s Balad air base, 80 km north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces. A security source told Shafaq News Agency. The source said, “Two Katyusha rockets landed on an empty yard in the northwestern part of Balad Air Base in Saladin Governorate but caused no …

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• 17 March

  Foreign Ministry: European Union Responsible for Bloodshed, Suffering in Syria

  

  On Monday, an official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates confirmed that the European Union is responsible for the shedding of Syrian blood and the suffering of the Syrians through its support for terrorism in all its forms and the practice of economic terrorism. The source added …

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• 17 March

  Foiled Terrorist Operation Intended To Target Damascus With Explosive Belts

  

  A security source said on Monday that competent authorities foiled a terrorist operation intended to target Damascus with explosive belts, killing three terrorists and arresting three others. The source added that in cooperation with honest citizens in Zakyah and Kanaker in the Damascus countryside, the terrorist operation, plotted by terrorists …

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• 17 March

  China’s rise is exactly the kind of threat NATO exists to stop

  As promised, President Biden and his administration are moving swiftly to repair America’s damaged relationship with its NATO allies — following four years in which President Donald Trump bitterly complained that they weren’t pulling their weight. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s first official call after his confirmation was to the long-suffering …

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• 17 March

  Post–Revolution and War, Armenia Must Find a Geopolitical Balance

  The shattering events Armenia has undergone in the last two years—the 2018 Velvet Revolution, the defeat in the 2020 Karabakh war, and the resulting crisis—couldn’t fail to impact on the country’s foreign policy. The regime change sparked hopes that Armenia’s democratization would guarantee international support and protect it from external …

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• 17 March

  Why Russia Is Hedging Its Bets in Afghanistan

  It’s been a year since the United States and the Taliban reached their historic agreement on bringing peace to Afghanistan, but as expected, it has not led to any rapid results. Talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have been taking place in the Qatari capital Doha since last …

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• 17 March

  A Better Way Forward For Afghanistan – OpEd

  Afghanistan news channel TOLOnews last week disclosed the contents of a letter that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had written to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. It concerned the slowness of progress in the peace process and the US’ intention to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by May 1. This …

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