The European Union on Thursday slapped sanctions on a Russian tycoon, who has close ties to President Vladimir Putin and is accused of interfering in a U.S. election, for helping undermine the security of Libya and breaking the U.N. arms embargo on the conflict-torn north African country.
Rights groups are voicing concerns over the release of 200 jihadist militants in a recent prisoner exchange in Mali.
The militants were freed by the government earlier this month in exchange for the release of four people, including a French aid worker, two Italian nationals and a prominent Malian opposition leader, who had been held captive by an al-Qaida-affiliated group in northern Mali.
Burkina Faso is being battered by a jihadist insurgency that came in from neighboring Mali in 2015.
Jihadists have killed around 20 people in attacks in three villages in northern Burkina Faso, the epicenter of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency, government officials said on Thursday.
Quelques jours seulement après la libération des quatre otages en échange de quelque 200 présumés jihadistes, le Centre du Mali a été le théâtre d’une double attaque lors de laquelle douze civils et au moins autant de militaires maliens ont été tués.
For the past several years, jihadi violence perpetrated by al-Qa`ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliated groups like Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) has contributed to renewed insecurity in the Sahara and Sahel. Despite the widespread violence that has emerged, few studies have focused on AQIM and its affiliates’ broader profiles of violence generally, or their use of specific tactics more acutely.
Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalın said on Wednesday that Turkey was ready for a rapprochement with Egypt after seven years of strained relations, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Egypt
“If Egypt reveals a willingness to act with a positive agenda on regional issues, Turkey would not leave it unanswered,” Kalın said.
The “new Ottoman Sultan”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is attracting Syrian and foreign mercenaries from around the world to fight within his army against neighbouring countries he conquers, trying to deepen the idea of the new Janissaries to implement his political, military and geopolitical agendas in the region, and to avoid using Turks in those wars.
Russia bombed parts of Idleb province Wednesday morning, just hours after the country was controversially admitted to the UN Human Rights Council.
Monitors reported a series of Russian airstrikes in the Jisr al-Shughour region, western Idleb, although no casualties were reported.
Muscat’s changed stance towards Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood activities funded by Doha are part of Sultan Haitham’s policy of positive relations with neighbours.
Political sources revealed to The Arab Weekly a remarkable shift in Oman’s stance towards the Qatari-supported Muslim Brotherhood’s activities in Oman.
Drones have proven their effectiveness in the course of hostilities, Azerbaijan has a sufficient number of such vehicles from Turkey and other countries to achieve its goal in Nagorno-Karabakh.