Category: Conflict

KOSOVO SERBS TO QUIT PRISTINA GOVERNMENT AFTER DEPORTATION

Sourced: Balkan Insight By Filip Rudic, Erjone Popova Goran Rakic, the president of the main Kosovo Serb party, Srpska Lista, said on Tuesday that an Association of Serbian Municipalities will be set up independently from Pristina and that the party will leave the Kosovo government. “We informed President Aleksandar Vucic of this, and he said… Continue reading KOSOVO SERBS TO QUIT PRISTINA GOVERNMENT AFTER DEPORTATION

300,000 TROOPS WILL SOON TRAIN FOR WAR WITH N. KOREA

Sourced: The National Interest By Andrew Salmon Washington and Seoul have announced that their annual joint military drills will commence from April 1, while a massive diplomat effort is underway to lay the foundations for two summits designed to resolve issues on the troubled peninsula. The military drills, involving over 300,000 troops, were delayed because… Continue reading 300,000 TROOPS WILL SOON TRAIN FOR WAR WITH N. KOREA

WHAT DOES USA GAIN BY ARMING UKRAINE?

Sourced: The National Interest By Daniel L. Davis On March 1, the State Department authorized the sale of 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the sale because she said it shows the United States is “serious about protecting the interests of our… Continue reading WHAT DOES USA GAIN BY ARMING UKRAINE?

GREEK GOVERNMENT FEARS LENGTHY CRISIS WITH TURKEY

Sourced: EKathimerini By Vassilis Nedos The tension with Turkey fueled by the arrest of two Greek soldiers almost three weeks ago and the incendiary rhetoric coming out of Ankara has raised concerns in the government that the two countries are heading for a protracted crisis, and that Washington and Brussels can only do so much… Continue reading GREEK GOVERNMENT FEARS LENGTHY CRISIS WITH TURKEY

GOVERNMENT SOURCE: CANADA TO SEND TROOPS AND HELICOPRTERS TO MALI

Sourced: Reuters By David Ljunggren Canada will send helicopters and support troops, including medical staff, to join a United Nations peace-keeping mission in Mali later this year, a senior Canadian government source said late on Friday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will announce on Monday that Canada plans to send troops and aircraft to Mali… Continue reading GOVERNMENT SOURCE: CANADA TO SEND TROOPS AND HELICOPRTERS TO MALI

US URGES CYPRUS AND TURKEY TO RESOLVE EEZ DISPUTE

epa03010742 epa03010733 An aerial view from a helicopter of the Homer Ferrington rig operated by Noble Energy in the east Mediterranean, drilling in an offshore block on concession from the Cypriot government, 21 November 2011. Houston-based Noble started drilling for gas off Cyprus in September, in the island's first attempt to tap speculated offshore hydrocarbons deposits. Cypriot President Demetris Christofias visited the rig, which started drilling for gas on 21 November. EPA/STR EPA/STR

Sourced: Cyprus Mail US ambassador to Nicosia Kathleen Doherty said on Thursday that while the US recognises the Republic’s right to develop its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) it does not take positions on who has the right over maritime boundaries. At a press conference on Thursday, Doherty said that in terms of the hydrocarbons issue,… Continue reading US URGES CYPRUS AND TURKEY TO RESOLVE EEZ DISPUTE

TRUMP RISKS TRADING AWAY THE US-SOUTH KOREAN ALLIANCE

File - In this file photo taken on Dec. 10, 2015, U.S. and South Korean army soldiers pose on a floating bridge on the Hantan river during a joint military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea, in Yeoncheon, South Korea. Pyongyang will cast a decidedly dark shadow over U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' first trip overseas. Mattis is to make his debut with a visit to staunch U.S. allies South Korea and Japan, both of which host tens of thousands of American troops and, for good reason, see North Korea as their biggest national security threat. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Sourced: Defense One By Thomas Wright In August of last year, days before he was forced out of the White House, Steve Bannon gave an unusual interview to Robert Kuttner, a journalist at The American Prospect. The article made headlines because Bannon tore into his rivals, especially Gary Cohn, and in a progressive magazine no… Continue reading TRUMP RISKS TRADING AWAY THE US-SOUTH KOREAN ALLIANCE

KURDS ASK HIGHER AUTHORITY TO END CRISIS WITH BAGHDAD

ISOF soldiers captured in Mosul, Northern Iraq, Western Asia. 16 November, 2016.

Sourced: Al Monitor By Mustafa Saadoun With seemingly nowhere else to turn, beleaguered Iraqi Kurds are seeking salvation through Shiite religious authorities. The crisis between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish headquarters in Erbil appears to have laid waste to all other internal and external attempts to resolve the repercussions of the Sept.… Continue reading KURDS ASK HIGHER AUTHORITY TO END CRISIS WITH BAGHDAD

IS AMERICA PREPARING FOR A NUCLEAR WAR WITH CHINA ?

Sourced: National Interest Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin unveiled several new nuclear weapons last week in a replay of the Cold War. China, meanwhile, is continuing a similar buildup of high-technology strategic nuclear forces that remains largely hidden from view. Chinese secrecy about its nuclear forces and their use was a major theme of the Pentagon’s… Continue reading IS AMERICA PREPARING FOR A NUCLEAR WAR WITH CHINA ?

GREEK MINISTER OF DEFENCE: GREECE CLOSE TO “FATAL ACCIDENT” WITH TURKEY

Sourced: EKathimerini As tensions rise over the detention of two Greek soldiers who crossed the Turkish border accidentally and over Turkish aggression off Cyprus, statements by both Greek and Turkish officials over the weekend underscored the fragility of the situation. In an interview with French daily Liberation on Saturday, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos declared… Continue reading GREEK MINISTER OF DEFENCE: GREECE CLOSE TO “FATAL ACCIDENT” WITH TURKEY