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Al Mayadeen: Israel establishes military positions, expands control in the south Syria

11:48 26.12.2024

Al Mayadeen: Israel establishes military positions, expands control in the south Syria

Israeli occupation forces have established military positions atop a strategic hill north of Quneitra, southern Syria, in a clear violation of Syria's territorial integrity, stresses ‘Al Mayadeen’. Israeli occupation forces have established military positions atop a strategic north of Quneitra in southern Syria, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Syria confirmed. This …

Qatar’s $500bn wealth fund targets bigger deals as LNG windfall looms, no Syria pipeline…

12:56 25.12.2024

Qatar’s $500bn wealth fund targets bigger deals as LNG windfall looms, no Syria pipeline…

Qatar’s $500bn sovereign wealth fund is preparing to deploy its cash more aggressively ahead of a petrodollar windfall that could ultimately double its size. Mohammed Al-Sowaidi, the Qatar Investment Authority’s new chief executive (photo), told ‘The Financial Times’ the fund expected to “do bigger-ticket deals” and invest with “more frequency” …

Russian Intel Service: Moldovan president Sandu plans to seize Transnistria power station

11:33 25.12.2024

Russian Intel Service: Moldovan president Sandu plans to seize Transnistria power station

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said that Moldovan President Maia Sandu had demanded that the country's government prepare a plan to take over the Cuciurgan power station in Transnistria, Sputnik Globe reports. Sandu held a meeting with the Moldovan government to discuss the country's energy security issues, the SVR said …

Trump adviser says Ukraine narrative is changing

11:31 25.12.2024

Trump adviser says Ukraine narrative is changing

The stances taken by EU and NATO nations on handling the Ukraine conflict have changed since Donald Trump won the US presidential elections in November, according to Representative Mike Waltz. “We’ve seen everybody’s narrative go from ‘As long as it tanks (sic), blank check, don't dare say anything else, or …

FT: Trump wants 5% NATO defence spending target, Europe told

11:29 25.12.2024

FT: Trump wants 5% NATO defence spending target, Europe told

Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that the incoming US president will demand NATO member states increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, but plans to continue supplying military aid to Ukraine, ‘The Financial Times’ writes. The US president-elect’s closest foreign policy aides shared his intentions in …

Sputnik from Bratislava: Putin and Fico discuss Ukraine, bilateral ties, and gas

13:06 24.12.2024

Sputnik from Bratislava: Putin and Fico discuss Ukraine, bilateral ties, and gas

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he had discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation in Ukraine and the possibilities for resolving the conflict, as well as relations between Russia and Slovakia, Sputnik reports from Bratislava. "In a long conversation, Vladimir Putin and I exchanged views on the …

View from Oslo: How will the Ukraine War end? (Russia wanted a neutral Ukraine. That was their only real demand)

11:48 24.12.2024

View from Oslo: How will the Ukraine War end? (Russia wanted a neutral Ukraine. That was their only real demand)

This is a deep and objective analysis of the situation around Ukraine, which was conducted by Ola Tunander, research Professor Emeritus, Peace Research Institute, Oslo. To avoid a nuclear war, the Western countries must change their attitude and their perception. They must understand that Russia also has security interests and …

View from Washington: Trump should recognize that Russia will remain a pillar of any future World Order

11:47 24.12.2024

View from Washington: Trump should recognize that Russia will remain a pillar of any future World Order

With the possible exception of China, no issue will figure larger on the foreign-policy agenda of the incoming Trump administration than Russia, writes at ‘The Hill’ Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who was the senior director for Russia on the National Security Council staff …

View from London: Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

11:44 24.12.2024

View from London: Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, writes ‘The Financial Times’. At a regional level, Erdoğan has a good claim to be one of two strongman leaders that are reshaping the Middle East. His hated rival, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is …

British military trend: Nobody wants to serve the Crown in the army

11:40 24.12.2024

British military trend: Nobody wants to serve the Crown in the army

Run, “Baby”, run! Soldiers quit the Armed Forces in their droves despite Labour pay rise, ‘The Telegraph’ notes. Around 15,000 people left the military in the year to October, 7,778 of which were declared “voluntary outflow” - meaning they left the Armed Forces of their own accord. During this period, …

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