Tag: Greater Middle East

Greater Middle East
Cumhuriyet

Turkey convicts newspaper editor on ‘terrorism’ charges

BaluciIran carried out missile and drone strikes against targets of the Jaish al-Adl militant group in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Pakistan called the assault, which resulted in the death of two children, an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace. The unprecedented strikes, attributed to the Revolutionary Guards, are seen as a response to the recent deadly suicide bombing by the Islamic State in Iran. Pakistan retaliated the next day with strikes on villages in Iran's Sistan & Baluchistan province, reportedly killing seven, including four children. (Map via Wikipedia)

Greater Middle East
Lujain al-Hathloul

Saudi detention state under scrutiny

Wagner GroupIn the wake of a damning UN report linking Russian mercenaries to a Malian massacre, the US State Department said that Russia's Wagner Group paramilitary force may be using Mali as a secret arms depot to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report finds "strong indications" that Malian soldiers and "foreign military personnel" carried out a massacre at the village of Moura in March 2022, marked by torture, sexual violence, and the killing of more than 500 people—most of them by summary execution. The State Department additionally sees "indications that Wagner has been attempting to purchase military systems from foreign suppliers, and route these weapons through Mali as a third party." (Photo via Wikipedia)