During his presidential bid, Donald Trump hammered on about the threat posed to America by the self-styled Islamic State, and how he would defeat it. As an issue, it was perfect for him, since the Islamic State’s sociopathic brutality fueled fear and anger among his core supporters—emotions that candidate Trump was able to harness and use to his benefit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Azerbaijan and Armenia had signed a peace agreement, ending six weeks of fierce fighting between the two countries over Nagorno-Karabakh. The mountainous region is internationally-recognised as part of Azerbaijan but has been occupied and run by ethnic Armenians since 1994.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his country is under pressure from sisterly countries to recognise the State of Israel.
In statements made on Friday, Khan announced: “We have been under pressure from friendly countries to recognise Israel, however, we will not do so without a fair settlement to the Palestinians.”
En Guinée-Conakry et en Côte d’Ivoire, les dernières élections présidentielles ont fragilisé l’équilibre social. Au Burkina-Faso, les électeurs s’apprêtent à voter ce dimanche, 22 novembre 2020 à la présidentielle. Au Mali, l’opération Bourrasque (FAMa, Barkhane, FAN…) porte des coups sérieux aux narcoterroristes avec la mort de Ba Ag Moussa, un des lieutenants d’Iyad Ag Ghaly du “GSIM”. Au même moment, pour ancrer son pouvoir dans la Sous-Région, le président de la transition, Bah N’Daw, fait la tournée de quelques chefs d’Etat ouest africains dont le Ghanéen Nana Akufo-Addo, président en exercice de la Cédéao. En Europe, la France, l’Allemagne, etc., sont de nouveau sous cloche pour limiter la diffusion du coronavirus. Les crises sont partout et s’accumulent. Mais où allons-nous ?
Tué en juin par les forces armées françaises, le djihadiste Abdelmalek Droukdel a été remplacé par l’Algérien Abou Oubaïda Youssef al-Annabi à la tête de l’organisation terroriste Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique.
Après des décennies de violence on ne peut plus dire que l’islam n’a rien à voir avec l’islamisme. Chaque attentat met en évidence une cascade de complicités allant de la relativisation à l’apologie, de l’indulgence à la justification, le tout enrobé d’un complotisme victimaire.
Cairo is said to be waiting for what will emerge from the recent phone conversation between the Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan.
Well-informed Egyptian sources revealed that the close relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia did not prevent “each country from keeping a margin of independence to move as it sees fit at the level of the region.”
To start with, the mini-victory he [Erdogan] has won against Armenia may have whetted Erdogan’s appetite for further conquests. Pro-Erdogan papers in Turkey are beating the drums about “victory in the Caucasus” as the first time, since the end of the Ottoman Empire, that Turks have managed to “liberate” a chunk of Islamdom from “infidel” rule.
“In certain districts and on the internet, groups… are teaching hatred of the republic to our children, calling on them to disregard its laws. That is what I called ‘separatism’ …. If you do not believe me, read the social media postings of hatred… that resulted in Paty’s death. Visit the districts where small girls aged three or four are wearing a full veil, separated from boys, and, from a very young age, separated from the rest of society, raised in hatred of France’s values”. — French President Emmanuel Macron, Financial Times, November 1, 2020.
Top official says other countries must take responsibility for IS-linked suspects and families and tells them ‘give us a call’
The United States is ready to repatriate foreign nationals being held by Kurdish forces in camps and prisons in northeastern Syria, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.