How to Read Russian Expansionism in Africa
Read: Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to MercenariesIn recent years, military cooperation has come to the fore in Russia's Africa strategy.
Libya Renews its Ties in the Maghreb: Continuation, Not Departure
VIDEO: Mercenaries Reborn: How Private Armies Violate Human Rights
Historical Context
Besides geography, the countries of the Maghreb share a lot of culture and history.
The Myth of Miatsum: Armenia Stuck between the Past and Reality on the Ground
Read: Mercenaries in Karabakh: Who They Are and How They Got ThereThe recent statement by U.
Russia’s Lebanese Matryoshka Doll
Read: Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to MercenariesJust like France before it, Russia is trying to deal with Hezbollah separately from Iran, and this is evident from it receiving the Hezbollah delegation in Moscow last month and projecting the idea that Hezbollah can decide on its own without Iranian consent.
Where Does Libya Fit in Biden’s Foreign Policy Priorities?
Policy in Libya
The Biden administration’s foreign policy in Libya is focused on counterterrorism and Russia’s growing role there via the presence of mercenaries like the Wagner Group, as well as supporting the new Government of National Unity (GNU) and their mission to hold free and fair elections in December 2021.
The Coup That Never Happened and the “Karabakh Clan” in the Armenian Army
Read: Mercenaries in Karabakh: Who They Are and How They Got ThereHere it would be appropriate to recall the New Year's address of Prime Minister Pashinyan to his compatriots, in which he stated that his main domestic political goal was to change the elites, while he did not specify which particular elites he was going to lustrate and ostracize.
The American Injustice Industry: Why Shutting Down Guantánamo is Not Enough
On December 22, Trump pardoned four American mercenaries who belonged to the private military firm, Blackwater.
Government of National Unity: Where Does Libya Go from Here?
If regular Libyans are on board is another matter – protests recently resumed in Houn, a town beside Jufra Airbase, demanding the departure of mercenaries.
Has the Libyan Civil War Come to an End?
President Trump was even more nonchalant, particularly given his indulgence to Middle Eastern autocracies, until Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries started showing up.
From the Nixon-Reagan Tapes to Trump’s Tweets: Racism Has a Tradition in US Politics
Although the drugs epidemic in America has its root-causes in what Belen Fernandez explains as: “when members of the US ruling elite thought it would be cool to facilitate drug trafficking by right-wing terrorist mercenaries intent on sabotaging the left-wing government in Nicaragua” the detrimental consequences on African American communities persist even today.
Haftar Wants to Drag Turkey into the Libyan Conflict
This accident came amid the escalation of tensions between Turkey and Haftar, and one day after Haftar’s self-style army – the so-called Libyan National Army (composed of local militias and gangs, Salafi Maskhali radical groups and mercenaries from African countries) – threatened to target Turkish ‘strategic targets.
Moroccan Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
Enjoying the support of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, France and Russia, warlord Khalifa Haftar, who commands a ragtag army of former Gaddafi loyalists, tribal forces, Salafi militias and mercenaries, rejected the Skhirat peace accord.
Idlib: Russia Should Compromise and the US Should Help
They defended the PYD against Assad, they defended themselves against Russian mercenaries without the pretext that such a lethal engagement will lead to a total war.
Iran and the YPG: Friends or Foes?
-led coalition stroke Assad regime militias, killing at least 100 Assad militias and Russian mercenaries as well.
Hezbollah gains Ground in Syria While Humanitarian Tragedy Floats in Damascus
Amid the newly declared truce in Syria in December, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its mercenaries along with Hezbollah militants were storming over the Wadi Barada district of rural Damascus.
