Radio Free Europe Dozens of Russia’s long-range bombers have been destroyed by drones smuggled into the country, claims Ukraine. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) released video it said showed Russian aircraft in flames at the Belaya airfield in the Irkutsk region bordering Mongolia on June 1. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that air bases in five different […]
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As mentioned the other day. The US and Israel have interests in Libya. Turkey and Russia do as well. I’ll try to bring something from my former site about a deal made between Turkey and Libya- it’s mentioned in the World Politics piece below and it is the agreement that annoyed Greece and Egypt to […]
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Turkey to host Russia-Ukraine talks
TASSpressreview Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer for Ukraine to resume direct talks in Istanbul on May 15 “without any preconditions” was the main result of the four-day events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vedomosti notes. Putin made the statement the same day as Ukraine and […]
My question is: Does Trump want to cool Turkey-Israel tensions over Syria (Perfidious Albion) Responsible Statecraft Since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster late last year, however, dynamics have shifted, transforming Syria into an arena of Turkish-Israeli competition. A major source of tension between Turkey and Israel stems from the former’s desire to see Syria emerge as a […]
Not sure if it’s been quite 20 years, myself, but, it’s definitely been at least 15 years of worsening relations between the two countries. Contrary to the abundance of mis/disinformation that’s crossed my screen, while doing my own work. “In any case, what’s the essence of the current escalation, which, unlike previous phases, has some […]
4th – Turkey knows the US stands behind Israel. Turkey is in NATO but is not supported by the US. So it’s likely better to make this type of arrangement in advance from a realpolitik perspective, even if just from a public relations point of view- Though I suspect this is more than just PR. […]
There has been recent news about these talks, I’m going to make some quick points after sharing the news Link Turkish and Israeli officials began talks on Wednesday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed on Wednesday that technical talks […]
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Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
Claims have been made that Turkey was scoping out areas of occupation in Palmyra, Syria. Long time readers here know there were areas in the north of Syria that did have Turkish outposts already present- part of the tripartite agreements made between Iran, Russia and Turkey. Palmyra is somewhat distant from those previous locations. That […]
There may be other posts at my old site, but, the two I’ve opted to republish, for now, should clarify the eastern med pipeline and the partnership of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. This also should explain another reason, why Israel is intent on ethnically Gaza, taking portions of Lebanon and controlling as much of the […]
https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2017/01/why-russia-might-want-cyprus-talks-to.html