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Syria. Over 20 soldiers killed and injured in Turkish bombardment on regime positions in Tel Tamr countryside (SOHR)

Al-Hasakah province: SOHR sources have reported that a regime soldier died of wounds he sustained last night due to Turkish bombardment on regime military...

Armenia/Azerbaijan. Armenian PM Says Almost 3,800 Soldiers Killed In War With Azerbaijan (RFE RL)

A total of 3,773 Armenian servicemen were killed during the 44-day war with Azerbaijan last fall, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said in giving...

Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz President Signs Controversial ‘False Information’ Bill Into Law (RFE RL)

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed into law the controversial “false information” bill that many domestic and international rights groups have harshly criticized, saying the legislation...

Iran. Iran’s Prison Chief Apologizes After Leaked Abuse Videos (RFE RL)

In a rare admission by Iranian authorities, the head of the country's prisons apologized for "unacceptable behavior" in Tehran's Evin prison after videos purportedly...

Fisheries Policies/Indo Pacific/China/Europe. Fish and ships: Chinese fishing and Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy (ECFR)

Frédéric Grare The fisheries sector has gradually become a central geopolitical issue in the Indo-Pacific. Out of the 84.4m tonnes of fish caught in seas across the...

Afghanistan/Germany. Germany and Afghanistan: Time to ditch bad governments, not good governance (ECFR)

Christoph Heusgen The Afghanistan operation was a textbook mission: we applied a comprehensive approach to crisis management. We knew the challenges we faced could not...

Afghanistan. How it could have been different (ECFR)

Carl Bildt The 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack will now coincide with the consolidation of the second Taliban emirate in Afghanistan, greeted by...

Afghanistan/Europe. Three lessons for Europe from the fall of Afghanistan (ECFR)

Jean-Marie Guéhenno Europe needs to take a hard look at what worked and what did not work in Afghanistan. Only then can it gradually and...

Space. Solar Orbiter captures Venus glare (ESA)

On 9 August 2021, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 7995 km of the surface of planet Venus during a gravity assist flyby. The...

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