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Mass brawl in Dagestan during judo championship

28 February 2021

The incident took place during a fight for reaching the finals in an under-23 championship between contestants from Dagestan and North Ossetia in the town of Kaspysk.

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Tunisia's institutions head towards a dangerous deadlock

27 February 2021

Rivalry between the national institutions in Tunisia threatens the basis of this rare but fragile democratic state in North Africa. Some parties have called for street protests in support of one side or the other.

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EU renews sanctions against Belarus for a year

26 February 2021

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Divergent views emerge on future Sahel strategy

26 February 2021

Despite the deployment of the G5 force with the backing of France, the Sahel region continues to suffer from regular jihadist attacks. Although France and its allies participated in the G5 summit last week, they appeared to be pursuing diverging courses of action for combating threats from insurgents.

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Who is friend, who is foe, in Russia's war on terror?

26 February 2021

Last year, 72 terrorism-related crimes were foiled in Russia, 25% more than in 2019, President Putin told the FSB. Experts stress that extremist activity remains one of major challenges for the post-Soviet states. Bur Russians seem unclear who is friend and who is foe in their war on terror.

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Yemeni foreign minister and UN and US Envoys in intensive diplomatic talks in the Gulf as search continues for an end to the war in Yemen

25 February 2021

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Stand-off between Army and government in Armenia

25 February 2021

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan appeared to be well entrenched on Thursday despite the fact that the command of the armed forces called on him and his government to resign. Opposition attempts to rally round the call and force the prime minister out failed when Pashinyan called his own supporters out on the streets. Radio Liberty reporting from Yerevan estimated the pro-Pashinyan crowd to have been around 20,000.

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Water scarcity is one of the main environmental issues in the Middle East

25 February 2021

Water scarcity is one of the main environmental issues in the Middle East. About ten countries in the region are water-stressed countries.

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Mass brawl in Dagestan during judo championship

Tunisia's institutions head towards a dangerous deadlock

EU renews sanctions against Belarus for a year

Divergent views emerge on future Sahel strategy

Who is friend, who is foe, in Russia's war on terror?

Yemeni foreign minister and UN and US Envoys in intensive diplomatic talks in the Gulf as search continues for an end to the war in Yemen

25 February 2021 - Georgia shoots itself in the foot; Turkey in the Caucasus; Its cloudy in Tbilisi

Stand-off between Army and government in Armenia

Water scarcity is one of the main environmental issues in the Middle East