Eurasia Press & News

To the memory of Noel Ignatiev. Dixi et salvavi animam meam. With these Latin words Karl Marx concludes his Critique of the Gotha Program (1875) – “I have spoken and saved my soul.” One is unaccustomed to religious expression from the great communist, unless it be sarcastic, yet here he …

While the conventional wisdom is that Russia allowed Turkey to soften Armenia for the kill, then swooped in and imposed its own terms, talk of Russia’s big win may be somewhat overstated. Of all Turkey’s recent foreign forays, it was the fastest and most decisive.

Japan and the United States held negotiations in Washington on the cost-sharing agreement for Tokyo’s hosting of American troops, the Japanese government said Wednesday.

The labeled terrorist organization [Muslim Brotherhood] said, with a straight face, that it “wishes Mr. Biden, the American people, and the peoples of the whole world to continue to live in dignity under the principles of freedom, justice, democracy and respect for human rights.”

After reports by SANA on the death of four US soldiers, the US military has denied the allegations, describing them as false reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. The US military has denied suggestions made by Syria’s national news agency that four American soldiers from an anti-Islamic State group force were killed in …

The Syrian government announced that it intends to benefit from Russian experience in managing cities, especially in old Damascus, while Russia affirmed its willingness to cooperate and lend its experience in the field, amid a clear disregard for the Iranian presence in that region.

Several Senate races remain undecided. If Republicans maintain their majority, it could complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s Iran policy. A few undetermined election results are holding the future of the US Senate hostage. The Middle East policy of the incoming Joe Biden administration depends on whether Republicans are able to maintain …

Egypt boosts its naval power after Germany agrees to sell naval equipment to Cairo amid tensions in the eastern Mediterranean that is rich in oil and gas resources. Germany agreed Nov. 2 to sell naval equipment to Egypt, including nine patrol boats and a coastal defense ship, according to a …

Iranian officials have not been eager to speculate on what a Joe Biden US presidency means for their country. Despite US President-elect Joe Biden’s team expressing interest in rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian officials are not eager to discuss the idea.

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Mazlum Kobane said the former vice president’s victory may well spell change in Ankara’s behavior. The victory of former Vice President Joe Biden in the US presidential election has raised expectations of renewed and constructive US engagement across the world. Such expectations are acutely …