Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri dies in Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has died of natural causes in Afghanistan, according Afghanistan and Pakistan media on Friday.
Author: M Barbu
Analysis: Possible Israeli war on Hezbollah or Hamas; reasons, consequences
The recent military movement by the Israeli forces in the northern front along the Lebanese borders and also in regions bordering Gaza Strip is seen by some observers as Tel Aviv’s ground-making to take offensive moves in the near future.
ISIS built up arsenal in Iraq, Syria with accomplices in Turkey
A report by the Conflict Armament Research group said that overall more than 50 companies, in over 20 countries, produced or distributed goods that ISIS forces subsequently used to make IEDs, drones and improvised weapon systems.
Algérie : révélations d’un terroriste sur le « deal » des otages du Mali
NÉGOCIATIONS. Arrêté fin octobre en Algérie, un ancien élément des groupes armés du nord du Mali révèle les détails de la libération des terroristes contre celle des otages.
Conflit en Éthiopie: la diplomatie internationale à la peine
L’Éthiopie et le conflit dans la province du Tigré est toujours à l’agenda de plusieurs organisations internationales, mais sans grand résultat pour l’instant. Et les autorités fédérales n’entendent pas transiger.
Ethiopie : le chef de l’ONU estime essentiel de restaurer rapidement l’Etat de droit dans la province du Tigré
Le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, s’est dit lundi très préoccupé par la situation actuelle dans la province du Tigré en Éthiopie et a estimé « essentiel de restaurer rapidement l’Etat de droit, dans le plein respect des droits de l’homme».
EU Task Force Takuba in Mali
As a jihadi insurgency spreads across the Sahel, EU countries are responding to France’s call for increased troop deployments in the region. A Franco-Estonian elite unit, styled Task Force Takuba, has arrived in northern Mali and is based near the city of Gao. Czech and Swedish forces are due to arrive soon. From media reports, the deployments go beyond the training and support of indigenous military.
Turkey: Legitimizing Extremist Violence
Then there is the Turkish Hezbollah, a Sunni violent organization that aims to found a Kurdish-Islamic state based on sharia. Although the Turkish Hezbollah is not to be confused with the Lebanese Hezbollah, it too has links with the Shia regime in Iran.
Terrorism: A Warning from Iran to Europe
Now they [the Europeans] find themselves locked into what they know is a phoney and highly dangerous nuclear agreement that simply consigns confrontation with a nuclear-armed Iran to future generations.
They [the Iranian leadership] look at Europeans, as well as Americans, with contempt, as weak and decadent, lacking the courage or resolve to stick up for their own interests…. President Trump gave them pause for thought, especially when he ordered the death of Qasem Soleimani…. They have higher hopes of Biden, whom they expect to be more supine.
Mercenary Says Kremlin’s Wagner Group Recruiting Inexperienced Fighters
A war memoir written by a former Russian paratrooper who fought in Syria for the Kremlin-backed mercenary Wagner Group, owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a plutocrat nicknamed “Putin’s chef,” had been eagerly awaited.