Is Iran Losing Its Grip on Its Proxy Militias in Iraq?
Earlier this month, a prominent researcher and security expert in Iraq, who was close to the new prime minister and to Western governments, was gunned down outside his home in Baghdad.
Can Another Shaky Truce in Libya Actually Hold?
Nearly a decade into Libya’s grinding civil war, it seems next to impossible to imagine stability, let alone a political settlement. The country is as torn as ever between the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli, which is backed militarily by Turkey, and the rival forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s breakaway Libyan National Army, backed by a motley crew of Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and France.
Iran and Saudi Arabia Battle for Supremacy in the Middle East
The struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East has insinuated itself into nearly every regional issue, fracturing international alliances and sustaining wars across the region, while raising fears of a direct conflict between the two powers that could involve the U.S.
Des réfugiés rentrent en Centrafrique, inquiets et dépités de ne pas voter
Dans le bus de l’ONU qui le rapatrie, Yacouba Dialo est heureux de rentrer en Centrafrique après six ans réfugié dans un camp au Cameroun, mais il peste de ne pouvoir voter dans trois semaines pour élire le président et les députés de son pays, ravagé par sept années de guerre civile.
Dix pays d’Afrique francophone renforcent leurs capacités régionales dans la lutte contre les stupéfiants
L’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants (OICS) a commencé cette semaine une activité de formation dont bénéficient 43 fonctionnaires en charge du contrôle des stupéfiants de dix pays d’Afrique francophone.
Du 7 au 14 décembre 2020, des fonctionnaires du Burkina Faso, du Cameroun, de la République centrafricaine, de la République démocratique du Congo, du Gabon, de la Guinée, du Maroc, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Togo participent à des séances visant à renforcer le respect des trois conventions internationales relatives au contrôle des drogues.
Au Tigré, accord ONU-Ethiopie pour des missions conjointes d’évaluation humanitaire
Les deux parties avaient déjà conclu il y a une semaine un premier accord censé garantir un accès « sans restrictions » à la province du nord du pays. Sans succès.
Un nouvel accord est intervenu entre l’ONU et l’Ethiopie pour organiser des missions conjointes d’évaluation au Tigré afin d’acheminer de l’aide humanitaire, a annoncé mercredi 9 décembre le secrétaire général des Nations unies Antonio Guterres.
The Taliban are Mega Rich: – Here’s How They Fund Their War in Afghanistan
From drug revenue to extortion to charitable donations, the Taliban has plenty of avenues to fill their coffers.
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.
Libya anti-tank missiles almost certainly Iranian, UN report says
A UN analysis of photos of four anti-tank guided missiles in Libya found that one “had characteristics consistent with the Iranian-produced Dehlavieh” missile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reported to the Security Council.
Turkish embassy rebuffs Saudi TV claims that Ankara is upset about Bashagha’s France, Egypt visits
The Turkish embassy in Libya’s capital Tripoli has dismissed the claims of Saudi channel “Al-Arabiya”, which is based in the UAE, about the meeting between the Turkish ambassador and Head of Libya’s High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri, denying to have sent any message to the Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha about his visits to Egypt and France.
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.