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S-500’S RADAR, PANTSIR SM UNVEILED (Video)

Sourced: Sputnik A video of all-altitude radar, which is part of Russia’s future S-500 air defense missile system, at work has made its way to a Rossiya-1 TV newscast. The news feature aired by Russian TV on Tuesday, shows high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptors, MiG-29 fighter jets, as well as Pantsir, S-300 and S-400 air defense systems… Continue reading S-500’S RADAR, PANTSIR SM UNVEILED (Video)

CYPRUS SEES GAS DEAL WITH EGYPT AS CAIRO WEIGHS ISRAELI SUPPLY

Sourced: Bloomberg By Georgios Georgiou, Paul Tugwell, Salma El Wardany, and Tarek El-Tablawy Cyprus is nearing an agreement to sell natural gas to Egypt, marking the second potential supply deal in as many days with the North African country vying to position itself as a regional energy hub after the startup of the giant offshore… Continue reading CYPRUS SEES GAS DEAL WITH EGYPT AS CAIRO WEIGHS ISRAELI SUPPLY

CHINA IS PLANNING TO BUILD 5 CAMPS FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES AMID FEARS OF INSTABILITY

Sourced : Business Insider By Tara Francis Chan China is planning to build five camps that could accommodate thousands of North Korean refugees, The New York Times reported Monday. According to The Times, a leaked document from state-run China Mobile that appeared on the microblogging site Weibo, said the telecommunications company was contacted to check… Continue reading CHINA IS PLANNING TO BUILD 5 CAMPS FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES AMID FEARS OF INSTABILITY

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA : EUROPE’S NEXT SEPERATIST TIME BOMB TICKING

Sourced : Bloomberg By Misha Savic and Gordana Filipovic Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik wants to pull his faction out of Bosnia-Herzegovina, breaking the tripartite power-sharing agreement that’s kept it together since the 1995 peace accord that ended Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. Dodik’s stance has earned him economic sanctions from the U.S.… Continue reading REPUBLIKA SRPSKA : EUROPE’S NEXT SEPERATIST TIME BOMB TICKING

HOW THE BALKANS WERE WON: A TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESS STORY

Sourced : The National Interest By Vuk Vuksanovic On October 10 2017, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went on a state visit to Serbia. While there, he met with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vučić, and stated: “Together with Serbia and with the entire Balkans, we want to make steps to resolve all the problems.” Vučić… Continue reading HOW THE BALKANS WERE WON: A TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESS STORY

JAMES MATTIS PLEDGES ERDOGAN US SUPPORT AGAINST PKK

Sourced : Al Monitor By Amberin Zaman US Secretary of Defense James Mattis pledged support to Turkey in its ongoing fight against rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during talks with the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish and US officials said today. The daylong visit was intended to help smooth fraught relations between… Continue reading JAMES MATTIS PLEDGES ERDOGAN US SUPPORT AGAINST PKK

CHINA OFFICIALLY SETS UP ITS FIRST OVERSEAS BASE IN DJIBOUTI

Sourced : The Diplomat By Charlotte Gao On July 11, China officially dispatched military personnel to set up its first-ever overseas base in Djibouti, the small country in East Africa. While foreign media call the new facility a “military” base, China instead calls it a “support base,” which “will ensure China’s performance of missions, such as escorting, peace-keeping,… Continue reading CHINA OFFICIALLY SETS UP ITS FIRST OVERSEAS BASE IN DJIBOUTI

UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS ACCESSION TO NATO AS COUNTRY’S FOREIGN POLICY GOAL

Sourced : Novinite The Verkhovna Rada (National Parliament) of Ukraine on Thursday, June 7, adopted a bill which sets as Ukraine’s foreign political objective the accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to an UNIAN correspondent. The adopted legislation provides that the main principle of Ukraine’s foreign policy is to deepen cooperation with the… Continue reading UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS ACCESSION TO NATO AS COUNTRY’S FOREIGN POLICY GOAL

UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA SEEK QATARI “CHANGE IN POLICY, NOT LEADERSHIP”

Sourced : The National By Suha Maayeh and Taimur Khan The severing of diplomatic ties and partial blockade against Qatar by the UAE and Saudi Arabia are not aimed at forcing a change in leadership, the UAE said on Wednesday. “This is not about regime change — this is about change of policy, change of… Continue reading UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA SEEK QATARI “CHANGE IN POLICY, NOT LEADERSHIP”