January, 2021

• 8 January

  What Happened During the Holidays

  Israel have conducted another airstrike killing one, a car bomb killed children in northeastern Syria, calls for US to lift sanctions and ISIS launch attack against Syrian army. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.

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• 8 January

  Haftar gives Turkey a choice – ‘leave or war’

  Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has issued statements to Turkey, giving Turkey a choice between leaving the country peacefully or war, confirming that: “Decisive confrontation between the two sides is about to take place.”

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• 8 January

  Dirty tricks could see Muslims lose control of Al Aqsa Mosque

  If you want to divert attention away from your own criminal behaviour, nothing works better, it seems, than starting a fire in someone else’s backyard. Even better if you can find some useful idiots to light the match. Israel is an expert at this, and it is with the help …

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• 8 January

  Indonesia will never normalise relations with Israel

  A senior Indonesian MP has said that his country will never normalise relations with Israel, confirming that the US offered it $2 billion to make such a move, Shehab news agency reported yesterday.

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• 8 January

  Iran’s 20% enrichment is its biggest step toward nukes – analysis

  This is a major step forward to a nuclear bomb, the most significant step the Islamic Republic has taken since the 2015 nuclear deal. Most of the noise surrounding the anniversary of the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and the end of the …

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• 8 January

  Gulf reconciliation: Impact and implications for Israel – analysis

  Over the last few months there have been constant rumors that the Gulf crisis that began in 2017 might be resolved with Qatar mending ties with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain. This is linked to a wider discussion about whether Turkey, a key ally of Qatar and a …

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• 8 January

  Defense Ministry completes Iron Dome delivery to the US Army

  These batteries will be employed in the defense of US troops against a variety of ballistic and aerial threats, the Defense Ministry said. Israel delivered the second of two Iron Dome defense system batteries to the US Army over the weekend, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

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• 5 January

  Kosovo: Top Politicians Sent to Hague to Face War Charges

  Kosovo experienced a watershed moment in 2020 when four guerrilla leaders who became political heavyweights in the post-war years, including President Hashim Thaci, were sent to stand trial for wartime and post-war crimes. Adecade after explosive allegations were made against Kosovo Liberation Army fighters in a report by Council of …

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• 5 January

  Germany’s Push for New High Representative to Bosnia is Worrying

  At a time when the West desperately needs to coordinate its policy towards Bosnia, Berlin’s unilateral push to appoint a new international overseer for the country is a troubling development. Berlin wants to replace Bosnia and Herzegovina’s long-serving High Representative Valentin Inzko – responsible for monitoring implementation of the 1995 …

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• 5 January

  In Muslim Region of Serbia, Ottoman-era Mosques Perish

  Razed or ‘restored’ with little regard for their original form, Ottoman-era mosques in a mainly Muslim pocket of Serbia face extinction. In mid-December, a group of men, some of them armed, set up a roadblock at a construction site in the southern Serbian town of Novi Pazar, where an Islamic …

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