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The 2015 annual report by NATO's Secretary General

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2016

Valuable Data from the Annual Report by NATO’s Secretary General

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a highly ready and technologically advanced multinational force made up of land, air, maritime and Special Operations Forces components that the Alliance can deploy quickly, wherever needed, when authorised by the North Atlantic Council

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SyriaSource

Feb 1, 2016

Going Slow on ISIL in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

The horrific Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, Daesh) suicide bombing near the Sayyida Zaynab mosque outside of Damascus is “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s calling card—his way of reminding people that the peace talks being organized in Geneva represent only one facet of the struggle for Syria. As Washington tries, in the face of long odds, to […]

Syria

UkraineAlert

Feb 1, 2016

The Future of Mykolayiv, the Future of Ukraine

By Michael Druckman

In many ways, the problems facing the city of Mykolayiv since the October 2015 local elections are a microcosm of the challenges facing Ukraine’s national leaders. The new mayor, with a strong track record of engaging with civil society on anti-corruption efforts and a fresh face to city politics, faces huge obstacles from old faces […]

Ukraine

SyriaSource

Feb 1, 2016

The Regime Advances with Russian Support

By Saleem al-Omar

With Russian air support, the Syrian regime retook Salma from the opposition. After blocking all exits from the city to trap opposition members within and heavily bombing them, regime and Russian forces took the city within several hours. The Assad fighters were not alone this time in the direct combat—Russian soldiers participated in the assault […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Feb 1, 2016

Top News: February 1, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Syria peace talks hit trouble after Damascus blast kills 60– Syria’s indirect peace talks likely to be delayed– Russian air force continues bombing ‘terrorists’ in Syria– Jordan PM links Syrian refugee admissions to foreign aid– Turkey warns Russia after alleging new airspace breach

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MENASource

Feb 1, 2016

Top News: Syria peace talks hit trouble after Damascus blast kills 60

By MENASource

Syria’s main opposition group met UN mediator Staffan de Mistura for the first time on Sunday, but the peace process ran straight into trouble after Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) bombers killed more than 60 people near the country’s holiest Shia shrine.

MENASource

Feb 1, 2016

Top News: Cartoonist Released After One Night in Detention; NGO Founder Detained at Airport

By EgyptSource

Cairo prosecutors ordered on Monday the release of Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish without filing charges against him a day after he was arrested. The Ministry of Interior said Gawish, the owner of a satirical caricature Facebook page, was arrested Sunday at the headquarters of the news website, Egypt News Network (ENN), which they raided after […]

MENASource

Feb 1, 2016

EconSource: Baghdad and KRG Agree to Cooperate on Economic Reform

By EconSource

A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) met Sunday with the Iraqi government and agreed to cooperate on reforms aimed at addressing an acute economic crisis.

UkraineAlert

Feb 1, 2016

Putin Gets It Wrong Again: Eurasian Economic Union Hurts Russia

By Anders Åslund

In June 2009, Vladimir Putin unexpectedly launched the idea of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan. Soon it was named the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). In September 2013, Armenia agreed to join, and Kyrgyzstan joined in 2015. This is a Russian initiative, dominated by Russia in all regards. Its secretariat is located in Moscow. […]

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MENASource

Feb 1, 2016

Can Tourism Save Oman from Cheap Oil?

By Giorgio Cafiero

Of all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, non-OPEC Oman is most vulnerable to low oil prices. In the 1990s, the sultanate discovered that its oil reserves were substantially smaller than previously thought and Oman’s sovereign wealth fund is a fraction of the size of other GCC nations.

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