London-based Iran International says Javad Ghafari, who previously commanded Iranian troops in Syria, was appointed to orchestrate assassinations of Israelis in Istanbul
A London-based Iranian opposition news outlet on Friday published the name and details of an Iranian commander who it said was in charge of plans to kill Israelis in Turkey in recent months.
As a young boy, El Shafee Elsheikh dreamed of playing football for Queens Park Rangers.
Refugees from the civil war in Sudan, he and his family had settled near QPR’s west London ground when he was five.
Footballers were soon replaced by gangsters as role models when he was drawn into a world of drugs and violence on the council estates where he grew up.
Cet Égyptien d’une soixantaine d’années est un véritable vétéran du jihad international et un proche de la famille d’Oussama Ben Laden.
Emmanuel Macron est attendu ce jeudi 25 août en Algérie. Une visite officielle pour relancer la relation entre les deux pays. Paris et Alger espèrent tourner la page d’une série de malentendus et de tensions.
Après avoir quitté le Mali, les soldats français de la force Barkhane font désormais face à des réticences au sein de la population au Niger.
Au Niger, 15 organisations de la société civile se sont coalisées au sein d’un mouvement baptisé M62 créé pour exiger le départ de Barkhane. Selon Abdoulaye Seydou, le leader du M62, la force Barkhane “est nuisible à notre pays et à notre peuple pour trois raisons. Elle empêche toute collaboration avec le Mali. Ensuite, nous ne comprenons pas l’agenda de la France.”
L’ONU a exprimé auprès du chef de la junte en Guinée ses “profondes préoccupations” devant l’évolution de la situation des droits humains après la mort de plusieurs personnes lors de récentes manifestations et l’arrestation de nombreuses autres.
“Le ministère de la Santé a confirmé à ce stade le bilan de 21 morts et 117 blessés”.
Le bilan de l’attaque d’un hôtel de Mogadiscio par des islamistes radicaux shebab, qui duré 30 heures et s’est terminée samedi vers minuit, est monté à 21 civils tués, a annoncé dimanche le ministre somalien de la Santé.
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said the agreement to ship Ukrainian foodstuffs could be a stepping stone toward peace.
Flushed with the success of the Ukrainian grain shipment deal it helped negotiate, Turkey is hoping to eventually translate its position as a mediator between Kyiv and Moscow into a peace agreement.
Turkish strikes on Syrian government troops and overt Kurdish attacks on targets inside Turkey signal that both sides are changing the rules of the game as Ankara eyes normalization with Damascus.
Ankara’s reconciliation overtures to Damascus have been accompanied by growing Turkish attacks on Syrian Kurdish and government forces along the border — a sign of new engagement rules in a border strip extending 32 kilometers (20 miles) into northern Syria that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to see as a “safe zone.”
În ultimii ani și mai cu seamă în ultimele luni, rolul Ankarei în panorama geopolitică internațională a crescut considerabil iar o comparație cu importanța Turciei pe eșichierul politico-militar euro-asiatic la început de secol XV nu ar fi chiar hazardată.