Author: M Barbu

Bennett and Putin agree to meet during first phone call

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds first call with Vladimir Putin, agree to face-to-face meeting.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin made plans to meet in the near future, when the two leaders held their first phone call on Monday since the new government was sworn in last month. No date was set for such an encounter.

Bennett and Putin “agreed to meet soon,” the Prime Minister’s Office said after the call.

The US And NATO Leave Afghanistan (And The World) At The Mercy Of Terrorists – OpEd

The decision of the USA / NATO forces to withdraw from Afghanistan is a definite incentive for the Islamic terrorists and extremists to continue their offensive moves around the world. By withdrawing the forces, USA and other NATO countries have virtually conceded their defeat against acts of terrorism in a decisive manner. If the USA and other NATO partners think that they would not be affected by Taliban terrorists taking over Afghanistan, this would be a naïve view.

“The Americans were completely devoid of any strategy”

The West is pulling out of Afghanistan after 20 years, but the conflict remains – and the Taliban are stronger than they have been for a long time. And now? The renowned Taliban expert Ahmed Rashid talks to Tobias Matern about mistakes made by the West and the future role of the Taliban in Afghanistan

The West is leaving Afghanistan – have the USA and its allies achieved their goals?

A Mobster and Turkey’s Arms Shipments to Jihadis

Erdoğan’s government claimed the cargo was humanitarian aid to Turkoman locals in Syria but then filed criminal charges against the editors Cumhuriyet, for being members of a “terrorist organization,” espionage and revealing state secrets…. The prosecution asked for life sentences for two Cumhuriyet editors.

Since then, Can Dündar, then-editor-in-chief, has been living in Germany in exile.

Ongoing Palestinian Genocide & Gaza Concentration Camp Conditions By The Numbers

The world needs to know the horrendous dimensions of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide, and of the gross Apartheid Israeli maltreatment of 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and in particular of the 2 million inmates of the blockaded and bombed Gaza Concentration Camp. A numbers-based summary of these ongoing atrocities will strengthen global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the intolerable obscenity of Apartheid Israel and its racist supporters.

Mali : Crise au Sahel : « Ce que je pense », de Serge Daniel

On ne peut pas rester dans un camp militaire ou dans une brigade de gendarmerie bien barricadé de nos jours et espérer combattre le terrorisme. Il faut utiliser les mêmes méthodes que les terroristes, c’est à dire les attaquer en allant à l’offensive. C’est une guerre asymétrique. En 2010, j’ai suivi l’armée mauritanienne dans la forêt du Wagadou.
Nous avions mangé pendant deux jours de l’arachide. Il faut s’adapter au terrain c’est tout. La même année un colonel de l’armée malienne le colonel Gaston m’a permis de voir ses troupes en action contre les Jihadistes dans la forêt du Wagadou côté malien. Admirable. Hélas ça n’a pas continué.

Rising Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean

Overview

The Eastern Mediterranean has always been an area of important political and cultural developments, dense migration, but also a hotspot of international tensions. The past decades have been no different: the region remains a bridge for trade between Europe and Asia, whereas geopolitics have divided the island of Cyprus, and more migrants crossed the waters to escape hardship.

Massive exercise in Black Sea with US comes after Russia warning

Russia has warned the US and UK not to “tempt fate” in the Black Sea – only one place where there are naval tensions.

On June 21, the US Sixth Fleet announced it would participate in the Sea Breeze exercise that will take place from June 28 to July 10. Washington says that “this year’s iteration has the largest number of participating nations in the exercise’s history, with 32 countries from six continents providing 5,000 troops, 32 ships, 40 aircraft and 18 special operations and dive teams scheduled to participate.”

US Deficit To Top $3 Trillion Again: Budget Office

Meanwhile, federal debt is projected to rise to $23 trillion — nearly 103 percent of GDP, the report said.

The US economy is recovering faster than previously predicted, but the government will see a deficit over $3 trillion again this year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.