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BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the alliance intends to expand its training mission in Iraq as the coronavirus pandemic begins to recede. Stoltenberg said he expects defense ministers of NATO member states to agree to gradually expand the training mission in Iraq, deploying more NATO…

BERLIN / TEHRAN — A German diplomatic source said that the German Government is in constant contact with international partners, including the United States, in order to resolve the Iran nuclear issue peacefully and noted that Berlin considers it unacceptable for Tehran to prevent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors…

TEHRAN / DOHA — In an attempt to indirectly improve relations with neighboring countries, Iran continues to build ties with Qatar, which has recently restored its relations with fellow Gulf countries and adopted more moderate policies with other countries in the region. On Monday, in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agents of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) arrested two armed men near the White House on Saturday. According to the spokesperson for the Secret Service, at 5:30 p.m. on 13 February, two people approached a USSS officer near the intersection of Pennsylvania Street where the White House…

THE HAGUE — In a leaked report, the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid, NCTV) has expressed serious concerns about the influence of anti-Western rhetoric by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the rise of Salafism in the Netherlands. Salafism is generally regarded as…

PARIS — A new French intelligence report presented to French President Emmanuel Macron revealed evidence of Turkey’s involvement in illegal activities in the country. The report stated that the Turkish Embassy in Paris has become a center for intelligence activity. Turkish intelligence reportedly established a huge network of 650 religious…

This article was originally published in German on 22 January 2021 by Die Welt. By Alfred Hackensberger, Christina zur Nedden, Marc Neller, Christian Putsch, Ibrahima Yakubu Two recent reports with a total of some 900 pages come to a similar important conclusion: discrimination and persecution against Christians around the world…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken asked the newly appointed Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley to form a team consisting of diplomats and experts to negotiate with Iran, according to a source close to the Biden Administration. According to the source, several of those asked to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Joe Biden has suspended the decision of former-President Donald Trump to withdraw 12,000 U.S. soldiers from Germany and redeploy them elsewhere. Head of the United States European Command (EUCOM) Gen. Tod D. Wolters (USAF) announced that the Pentagon had suspended the withdrawal. “So far, all…

TRIPOLI — Turkey continues to send Syrian mercenaries and its own military personnel to Libya despite a 23 January deadline for all mercenary and foreign forces to leave the country. The continued Turkish interference was reported by U.S. journalist Lindsay Snell who has been reporting on Turkish involvement in regional…