US halts deployment & recalls troops from NATO’s biggest drill ‘Defender Europe 2020’ due to coronavirus threat The Pentagon has announced it will drastically reduce the “size and scope” of its participation in the NATO ‘Defender Europe 2020’ exercise, stopping just short of calling quits on the much-touted drill set to run until May. 17.03.2020
UK Health Officials Suggest Coronavirus Pandemic Could See Up to 7.9 Mln Britons Infected - Report The number of newly registered cases of the contagious Chinese coronavirus infection, known as COVID-19, continued its disturbing rise on Sunday, displaying an increase by 232 patients in the nation, according to the UK Department of Health. 16.03.2020
Israel and Iran Close Pilgrimage Sites Due to Coronavirus Pandemic - Reports Earlier this month, in an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia was forced to halt the umrah - the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca - due to coronavirus concerns. 15.03.2020
Trump has declared an emergency: the global economy is in a fever Economic news [ https://en. 14.03.2020
The future of Syria: a “buffer zone” from Turkey to Israel or a sovereign state The shaky truce that has now been established in Idlib gives some time to think again: what does the country expect of, which Russia has been providing military assistance since 2015, in the future? One of the main problems in this case is that a number of countries neighboring the SAR consider Syria not as an independent state to be reckoned with, but as a kind of “chessboard” for playing their games, very far from the interests of the Syrian people. 13.03.2020
First Brexit, then… CorExit? EU’s mild response to coronavirus epidemic could be the final nail in the coffin for European unity Rising tensions between member states of the EU, brought about by different approaches to dealing with the outbreak of Covid-19, could see the emergence of a new and particularly unwelcome problem for the bloc – CorExit. 12.03.2020
US now openly admits its goal in Syria is to make it 'difficult' for Moscow and Damascus to defeat terrorists The State Department’s special envoy for Syria has just admitted that the US aims to defend jihadist militants in Idlib against ‘Russian aggression,’ proving once again that the swamp in Foggy Bottom is alive and well. 11.03.2020
Oil Prices Bounce Back 7 Percent a Day After Global Markets Crash Crude prices slumped by over 30 percent on Monday in their biggest fall since the 1991 Gulf War, after the OPEC+ alliance failed to agree on a deal to introduce new production cuts last week. 10.03.2020
Coronavirus Prompts Iraqi Authorities to Close Holy City of Najaf – Reports Iraqi authorities earlier this month cancelled Friday prayers in the holy city of Karbala amid concerns regarding the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) that has spread into over 100 countries since the start of the outbreak in early December 2019. 09.03.2020
Istanbul Holds Rally to Condemn Violence Against Women This comes as the world marks the International Women's Day. 08.03.2020
Economic Contagion’: Coronavirus Outbreak Could Afflict US Markets, Causing Recession The US could potentially face a recession amid the COVID-19 outbreak as global coronavirus cases top 100,000, Dr. 07.03.2020
Stress test passed: Russia and Turkey continue to work in Syria Russian-Turkish relations have survived an important crash test after a harsh escalation of the situation in Idlib almost turned into a full-scale Turkish-Syrian war and threatened to derail the entire peace process in Syria. 06.03.2020
Putin-Erdogan summit: Prelude to Russo-Turkish clash or last best hope for Syrian peace? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Russia to discuss the situation in Syria with President Vladimir Putin. 05.03.2020
India & Pakistan officially becoming nuclear powers would spell 'disaster' for non-proliferation treaty – Moscow Extending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on the entire world is generally a good idea, but an official recognition of India and Pakistan as nuclear powers is not – their accession to the pact would ruin it, Moscow warned. 04.03.2020
Balancing act: How India is modernizing its military by buying latest tech from BOTH Russia & the West As the world’s second largest arms importer, India purchases the latest equipment from both Russian and Western manufacturers to meet its military needs – and it’s this unusual duality that makes India unique among modern armies. 03.03.2020
Pyongyang launches TWO projectiles towards Sea of Japan, South Korean military says North Korea has reportedly test-fired two projectiles that fell into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported early on Monday. 02.03.2020
Turkish drones in Idlib: how they are shot down by Syrian air defense Turkey is actively using drones in the fighting in Idlib. 01.03.2020
Ex-Prime Minister of Sweden suddenly became an advocate of Nord Stream-2 Everyone was surprised by the former Prime Minister and ex-Foreign Minister of Sweden Karl Bildt. 29.02.2020
Turkish soldiers were with ‘terrorist groups’ when they were hit by Syrian military – Moscow Turkish troops were acting inside “combat units” with jihadist militants in Idlib province when they were targeted by a Syrian government airstrike on Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. 28.02.2020
China’s Foreign Ministry summons US embassy official over Pompeo’s threat to eject Chinese reporters, promises response The Chinese Foreign Ministry has called for a meeting with a US embassy official after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to expel Chinese reporters working in the US, as the two sides become embroiled in a “press war. 27.02.2020
