In April 2022, less than a year after it took power in Kabul, the Taliban announced it would prohibit the cultivation, production, trafficking, trade and consumption of all narcotics in Afghanistan. At the time, many observers were skeptical of both the group’s sincerity, due to the revenues it had long generated from the drugs industry, and its ability to enforce the ban.
Analysis: There are concerns that the new government in Sanaa could be part of Houthi preparations for a resumption of fighting in Yemen.
After eight years in power, the Houthi-led government in Sanaa, which is not recognised by the United Nations, was reshuffled last week, marking a new phase in priorities.
The southern arena: IDF forces continued their activity in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza
Strip and the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip, expanding their activities in Khan Yunis
and Deir al-Balah. The Palestinian organizations continued firing rockets into Israeli territory,
including targeting the center of the country. Three IDF soldiers were killed in combat.
En juin dernier, dans le contexte des événements du 26 juin de cette année, jour où un groupe de militaires a fait irruption au siège du gouvernement situé sur la place Murillo pour renverser Luis Arce et prendre le pouvoir, la BBC a dit que la Bolivie était «le pays dans lequel il y a eu le plus de tentatives de coups d’État» depuis 1950.
“The Palestinian resistance resorted to suicide operations as a response to the US and international collusion with Israel…” one analyst said.
The Palestinian armed resistance groups decided to resume “suicide operations” within Israeli territories, signalling a new phase in the fighting as Israel’s genocidal war continues past its tenth month.
One might need to issue a warning on conspiracy theories that are, as a matter of fact, rather mad fantasies and hallucination. Such conspiracy fantasies tend to link things that are not connected and imagining patterns where there are none.
Both schemes are connected by the Cypriot company Dimicandum Invest Holding LTD and are linked to the Presidential Affairs Department of Belarus.
A European company assists Belaruskali in the export of sanctioned fertilisers. However, the only European element it contains is that of being registered in Cyprus. The company is owned by a native of Eastern Ukraine. The CFO is a former Belarusian official. Evidence gathered by BIC suggests that Viktar Sheiman, Aleksandr Lukashenko’s closest associate, is likely linked to this scheme, making money by inflating the transportation and expedition cost for the state-owned potash producer. In the course of this investigation, we have also uncovered another crime to which he may be linked – the illegal re-export of premium cars from Ukraine to Russia.
Nos collaborateurs Mathieu Olivier et Benjamin Roger retracent, dans une bande dessinée documentaire, « l’histoire secrète des mercenaires de Poutine », notamment sur le continent africain.
La couverture de l’album ressemble à des poupées gigognes. Au centre, petite, une tête de mort blanche trône au milieu du logotype noir de la société paramilitaire Wagner. Le logo estampille la poitrine d’un Evgueni Prigojine kaki. La silhouette menaçante de l’oligarque balafre un arrière-plan rougeoyant dominé par un visage incomplet mais reconnaissable, celui du président russe qui surplombe la fresque. La bande dessinée Wagner, l’histoire secrète des mercenaires de Poutine paraît, ce 8 février, aux éditions Les Arènes.
On July 12, at the NATO summit in Washington, Turkey threatened to take steps to exclude Israel from all cooperation with NATO. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that “until comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Turkey.” This threat should be challenged by NATO members.
The interaction of national armed forces and private business sectors offers a useful lens for viewing the politics of numerous countries of the so-called Global South. A rising trend of military political activism—often accompanied by military commercial activity—underlines the importance of drivers and outcomes in these relationships.