by CBBSS | Jul 30, 2021 | Regional News
Turkish police arrested an ex-British soldier for “terrorism” while he was on holiday in Turkey with his fiancee, the Telegraph reports. The man, Joe Robinson, reportedly joined the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG and took part in its operations against the...
by CBBSS | Jul 29, 2021 | Regional News
The International Monetary Fund is putting off the disbursement of the final 15 million euros of Kosovo’s 184 million-euro funding package because there is currently no government in Pristina, Reuters reports. Kosovo held parliamentary elections on June 11, but...
by CBBSS | Jul 29, 2021 | Regional News
Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin was forced to cancel his trip to Moldova on Friday after Romania blocked Rogozin’s plane from flying through Romanian airspace, forcing it to land in Minsk, Belarus, Balkan Insight reports. Rogozin has been banned from traveling...
by CBBSS | Jul 29, 2021 | Regional News
President Trump plans to sign the sanctions bill that overwhelmingly passed both house of the U.S. Congress, the New York Times reports. The bill imposes new sanctions on Russia, as well as Iran and North Korea, and restricts the president’s ability to lift...
by CBBSS | Jul 28, 2021 | International News and Analysis
A Voice of America piece suggests there is more to the Turkey-Russia S-400 missile defense deal than Ankara merely bucking NATO and increasing its cooperation with Moscow. Despite their improved relations, Turks still need visa to visit Russia, and Moscow still has a...
