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By Marco Gombacci journalist and writer @theEUpost (November 30, 2020) – When we arrived in the war zone in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno Karabakh, a patch of land in the southern Caucasus disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the signs of the raging battle were everywhere. We visited the destroyed…

At a time when the region is experiencing greater tension against the backdrop of increased U.S. and Israeli targeting of Iranian targets and high-profile personalities, the most recent of which was the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, U.S. media said that the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz entered the…

TEHRAN — The Iranian Ministry of Defense confirmed the killing of the country’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Friday, blaming Israel for the assassination. Fakhrizadeh was head of the Research and Technology Center of the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry issued a statement indicating that unidentified gunmen attacked Fakhrizadeh’s…

TEL AVIV / RIYADH — Although Saudi Arabia has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to sign a normalization agreement with Israel before a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine is reached, an article in the Israeli Jerusalem Post argued that Israeli–Saudi normalization is not so far-fetched. Normalization, however,…

ANTWERP, Belgium — The trial of four Iranians, including a diplomat, accused of planning terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels in Belgium has begun on Friday. The accused, diplomat Asadollah Assadi, couple Naseema Naami and Amir Saadouni, and a fourth man, Mehrdad Arefani, appeared before the Criminal Court of Antwerp…

OTTAWA — A Canadian intelligence report revealed that ONG Currency Exchange Inc. has been implicated in the transfer of millions of dollars to Canada on behalf of the Government of Iran in violation of sanctions imposed on the latter country. ONG reportedly helped Tehran transfer funds from Bank Saderat, a…

QATAR / BAHRAIN – Despite the upcoming handover of power and ministries to the new Democratic US government, acting US Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller made an unannounced visit to Bahrain and Qatar, in what is his first foreign visit since taking office. On Wednesday, Miller visited the US Naval…

NEW YORK — Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in Libya for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams reiterated that the situation in Libya is still fragile and dangerous, referring to recent failures in the Libyan dialogue process. “All Libyan parties must proceed with dialogue in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The administration of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with the imposition of sanctions on individuals, companies, and entities associated or doing business with Iran. U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams said on Wednesday that the United States will impose sanctions on…

GERMANY / IRAQ – The Shingal Council for a Democratic Autonomous Administration this week issued a call to all Yazidis in the world to organize protests against the agreement signed on Shingal between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government. The KRG was represented in the deal…