Eurasia Press & News

El fenómeno se amplía, escapa a todo control y alarma a cúpulas militares y de servicios de inteligencia. Yihadistas, grupos criminales y paramilitares hacen uso del dron como arma letal, como en el reciente ataque contra el primer ministro iraquí. Mustafá al Kazimi salió indemne el domingo de un ataque …

More than two months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the United States’ botched evacuation efforts, Washington is still struggling to formulate a coherent counterterrorism approach for what happens next. There is a wide range of assessments on the strength and intentions of jihadist groups operating in …

The troubling assessment undermines President Joe Biden’s fundamental justification for fully withdrawing from Afghanistan. The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan is poised to develop the capability to launch attacks against the U.S. in as soon as six months, U.S. intelligence agencies believe. One of the Pentagon’s top civilian officials …

It is impossible to study international terrorism without reading and hearing repeatedly that the United States cannot kill its way out of the problem. When evaluating the efficacy of leadership decapitation in terms of a broader counter-terrorism or counter-insurgency campaign, it is critical to think beyond targeting individual leaders and …

Tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan are aggravating – and at times benefitting regional powers. Iran’s policy toward Azerbaijan has domestic implications for the former, because a large percentage of the Iranian population is of Azeri origin. Iran perceives that Azerbaijan’s alliances with regional adversaries, particularly Israel, pose a significant threat …

A leading Sudanese Army general announced a state of emergency and the dissolution of the joint civilian-military government, signaling a coup that would halt the country’s fragile political transition to democracy. Members of the brutal militia commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka “Hemedti”), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), were patrolling …

British radical preacher Anjem Choudary, who was jailed for encouraging support for ISIS, has turned to alternative social media channels, such as Telegram, to continue preaching after Twitter and Facebook banned him. Choudary, 54, was released early from a five-and-a-half-year sentence from HMP Belmarsh in 2018, imposed after he used …

Nouveau coup dur pour la GLCI. Alors qu’elle est déjà en proie à une guerre de succession, son premier surveillant, qui était proche de l’ancien grand maître Hamed Bakayoko, vient de disparaître. Selon nos informations, Habib Touré De Movaly est décédé le 26 octobre, dans un hôpital parisien, d’un cancer …

The Sudanese military has ousted civilian leaders in a power grab that leaves the country’s transition in limbo. Led by the African Union, external actors should pull out all the stops to reverse a coup that could tip Sudan into sustained unrest and chaos. Sudan is in peril. On 25 …

The Huthis have taken al-Bayda, the southern approach to Marib and its oil reserves. A battle for this prize likely would not conclude the war, however. The new UN envoy should work to avert that showdown while revamping the framework for making peace in Yemen. What’s new? After consolidating their hold …