Eurasia Press & News

US President Donald Trump is a radically transparent person but still manages to surprise. After promising for years that he would put pressure on Ukraine to agree with Russia to halt fighting, Trump has recently followed through. He directed his administration to extort the Ukrainian government for a natural resources …

Abstract: As an older generation of Islamic State ideologues, fighters, and propagandists dies out or is arrested, and the center of gravity for the Islamic State as a group shifts to Central Asia and Africa, a younger cadre of supporters is taking up the mantle of support for the group. …

In-depth: Since January, Operation Iron Wall has brought unprecedented, Gaza-style violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, paving the way for annexation From a Palestinian home illegally turned into a military base in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week he had ordered his army …

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” observed Joan Didion. Yet politicians are different. They tell stories not so much to live, but to survive. Stories give leaders an aura of purpose and control, imbuing their decisions with great meaning; ushering in new beginnings and, of course, new ends. …

Cyprus has been unlawfully detaining Syrians for years. With the EU’s support, it started deporting them too. For Abu Iskander Alshami the question of returning to a post-Assad Syria is fraught with uncertainty. “My situation is similar to 90% of Syrians – undecided,” he told The New Arab. We spoke …

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a ceasefire with Turkey after jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called for the group’s dissolution and disarmament. Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband. It was the …

Royal Air Force surveillance flights towards Gaza keep taking place when hostages are released. The Royal Air Force (RAF) has operated surveillance flights near Gaza on all five days of the ceasefire that Hamas released hostages, Declassified has found. No spy planes were sent towards the strip on the other …

The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry, which Labour sees as key to economic growth in Britain UK military spending and aid to Ukraine are effectively providing a public subsidy to British arms firms.One major MoD …

Israel struck sites in southern Syria again earlier this week, in what has become a regular occurrence since the fall of the Assad regime late last year. Forging national unity in Syria will be enough of a challenge on its own but is only further exacerbated by Israel’s repeated strikes …

The Trump administration is placing economic and diplomatic pressure on the Iraqi government to reduce its economic ties to Iran and weaken Iranian influence throughout the country. Trump officials are insisting Baghdad prevent the flow of U.S. dollars to Iran and crack down on alleged Iraqi cooperation with Iran’s illicit …