November 30, 2020 Eurasia
Bayik wrote in the French newspaper L’Humanité: “The PKK has a strategy for resolving the Kurdish question peacefully and democratically within the borders of the existing states based on constitutional guarantees. Cemil Bayik, Co-President of the Executive Council of the Union of Kurdistan Communities (KCK) called on Europe to side …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Kavkaz
The latest conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been a disaster for Iran. The terms of the cease-fire agreed on by Armenia and Azerbaijan represent a grave threat to Tehran’s long-term strategic interests. The effects of this are likely to affect the perception of the regime among the Iranian people, and alter …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored a squadron of Russian fighter jets targeting ISIS positions in the Syrian desert at the Hama-Idlib-Raqqa triangle. The attack which started in the early hours of the morning and is still underway. No information has been reported on the losses.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Reactions pour in to assassination of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh east of Tehran on Friday. Regional Condemnations Hezbollah Deputy Chief Sheikh Naim Qassem offered condolences to the Iranian nation on the martyrdom of Fakhrizadeh, stressing that the issue of retaliation is to be decided by the Iranian leadership itself.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Hezbollah Deputy Leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Friday that the retaliation for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Iran’s hands, warning that Hezbollah was fully prepared for any Israeli aggression.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Many Iran-backed militias participated in 2018 general elections via independent lists or general lists. There are increasing demands in Iraq for political parties with armed wings to be barred from participating in general elections scheduled for next summer in order to ensure participants have an equal opportunity at the polls, …
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
The Arab coalition is very much concerned over the expansion of the Qatari and Turkish sphere of influence within the legitimate government’s institutions and its political and partisan components.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, South East Asia
Japan will not accept China’s proposal to ease bilateral tensions over the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, the government’s top spokesman said Thursday, dismissing it as part of an attempt to advance Beijing’s claims to Tokyo’s territory.
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Iran
Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, said on Wednesday that the unilateral embargo measures against Syria and Iran are illegal, inhuman and doomed to failure. Ravanchi accused the US forces of being “busy occupying parts of Syria and plundering the oil and wealth of the country.”
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November 30, 2020 Eurasia, Pakistan, South East Asia
Russian fighter jets have executed several airstrikes targeting the hills of Kabani in Jabal Al-Akrad in the north-eastern countryside of Latakia. These airstrikes come after suspension of Russian aerial operations on the “de-escalation zone” for nearly 15 days.
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