Consulate attack. On April 1, the Israeli air force struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, where military advisers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reside. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi was reportedly killed in the attack. Washington communicated directly to Iran to say it wasn’t involved – and that it didn’t even know about it […]
Turkish elections. Turkey’s main opposition party is leading in mayoral races in the country’s three largest cities following nationwide local elections on Sunday. According...
Russia and North Korea. The director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, visited Pyongyang for talks with the North Korean minister of state...
Raising concerns. Russia denied entry into the country to 40 Kyrgyz citizens, Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The Central Asian country warned...
Sanctions squeeze. Several large Chinese banks have stopped accepting yuan payments from Russia over the past two months due to fears of secondary U.S....
Plugging the defense gap. Serbia recently acquired essential components for its 2K12 Kub air defense system from Hungary. The deal includes procurement of target...
Japanese changes. Japan will relax its strict defense equipment transfer rules to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets set to be jointly developed...
Border row. Armenia and Azerbaijan are trading accusations of occupation following talks on delimiting their shared border. Azerbaijan is demanding the return of four...
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