Category: Global Politics

Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi is an Algerian national and is replacing Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed by French forces in June.

DoJ is pursuing operatives of China’s Operation Fox Hunt, the clandestine effort to repatriate Chinese fugitives using coercion and threats.

Targets also included “storage facilities, headquarters, and military compounds,” as well as the Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries.

In a press conference this afternoon, Acting SecDef Christopher Miller announced his intentions to bring U.S. troops home by mid-January.

13 million people have been killed or displaced by the war in Syria which equates to more than half the pre-Civil war population.

The Russian troops will be tasked with guarding the “Lachin corridor”, which links the Karabakh capital, Stepanakert, to Armenia.

“With great pride and joy, I inform you that the town of Shusha (Shushi in Armenian), has been liberated,” Aliyev said

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran’s position on the US is clearly set and does not change with “the movement of individuals.”

The powder keg situation in nearby Syria has conflicting factions competing and at times fighting against one another in the Golan Heights.

Erdogan said that Turkey will protect its borders and that Russian airstrikes indicate that Moscow is not looking for peace in the region.

Reuters has identified the kidnapped American as 27-year-old Philip Walton. He was abducted by armed men on motorcycles.

While the ceasefire deal is drawing early praise, many Libyan civilians have publicly expressed skepticism that the truce will hold.