Eurasia Press & News

Russia’s peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan where thousands of civilians and soldiers have died in recent weeks of fighting, has released a map detailing the operation ahead, clarifying many of the territorial ambiguities of the truce between Yerevan and Baku announced on November 10. …

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria issued a statement attacking Iran and its role in the Syrian conflict, and disavowed terrorist operations as well as extremism and takfir. The group said in its statement, issued on Tuesday and published on its official Facebook page, that it repudiates the Safavid dynasty and …

Ankara’s intervention was paramount in turning the tide of the Libya conflict, bringing the 14-month assault on the capital launched by the self-styled Libyan National Army, Egypt’s primary ally, to a close in June. In July, in the middle of contentious tripartite negotiations over an Ethiopian mega-dam that would determine …

The Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan has released a report called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan”. The report published by the Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan and called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan” exposes the “lies, disinformation and …

UN human rights experts noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained peace in the region. They are nonetheless concerned by the use of mercenaries in and around the conflict zone until this …

Some analysts say the Turkish president felt compelled to sacrifice his son-in-law to save what could be saved. The sudden resignation of Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak announced the end of the model that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to impose, which is based on replacing those who are politically …

As we wrote earlier [November 10 – ed.], A ceasefire between Armenia, the forces of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan was reached through an agreement with Moscow. Russia immediately announced the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and deployed troops and military equipment along the conflict …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced a seven-nation tour of US allies, which have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden despite Donald Trump’s refusal to concede. Pompeo said he will leave Friday for Paris and then head to Istanbul and the former Soviet republic of Georgia before visiting Jerusalem …

The terms of the Russian-sponsored deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia speak of Moscow’s reluctance to let Turkey increase its influence in the region. Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to end hostilities in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh under a Russian-sponsored deal that sidelines the United States and Europe from settlement …

Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as America’s next president! People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn and poverty-stricken world were shocked by the brutality and racism of the Trump administration, and are anxiously wondering whether Biden’s presidency will open the door to the kind of international cooperation that we …