FinPol Digest

  Saturday, 31 October 2020. Erdogan insulted French President Macron over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have angered the Islamic world. Meanwhile, the insult was prompted to call the French envoy to Turkey and political tensions between the two countries escalated. Erdogan described Macron as a mentally ill person who needed a psychiatric examination. However, Erdogan had the opportunity to escape the turmoil in his country, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Islamic world and calling for a boycott of the French products, pretending to protect the freedom and dignity of Muslims.   And this shows the difficult period in Turkey economically, politically and militarily. Erdogan took advantage of the deteriorating situation between the Muslim world and French. This calls into question Erdogan's betrayal of the interests of Muslims by waging war in the Middle East. Turkey is totally against security in the Middle East, and relations with the Middle East have deteri...

 Anti-government protests in Iraq have seen a never-ending curve and now have grown to the extent of police resorting to extreme measures. These protests have been going on for over a year and a few days ago the protests marked their one-year anniversary and on the second day of the show, the police clashed with dozens of protesters and fired tear gas in Baghdad. The police took this step when some of the protesters started burning tires and hurling rocks on the strategic Al-Jumhuriyah bridge across the Tigris River, an area that leads to the famous green zone. According to the photographs released by AFP, the police can also be seen using stun grenades. As per reports, the green zone is only separated by a concrete wall from where the protests are being held in Tahrir square. Iraqi reports cannot enter the green zone where the parliament, government offices, and the United States embassy is situated. Iraq has seen the largest protest ever since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. ...

Monday, 26 October 2020. US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged "major sanctions" against Turkey in reference to Russia's test of the S-400 fighter jet, in its offensive in northern Syria against Kurdish fighters. The long-running conflict between the two countries has exacerbated the political situation in the region, The Turkish military is directly involved in the crisis in the region, es pecially its military support to Azerbaijan. "Do people really think we should go to war with Turkey, a NATO member?" Trump said on his Twitter account. "The same people who got us into the Middle East mess are the people who most want to stay there,” Trump said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has challenged the United States to impose sanctions on his country if he can, while also launching a second attack on French President Emmanuel Macron, who last week described him as mentally ill. Speaking a day after suggesting that Macron needed mental health...

  Vladimir Putin has found himself in the middle of successive crises going on in Russia's neighboring countries. From political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan to massive uprising in Belarus, the Russian President is grappling to find solutions to these mounting flare-ups that appears to be spinning out of control. Amid these challenges, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh is the most concerning. With Turkey providing mercenaries and arms to Azerbaijan, Moscow needs to step up efforts to broker a 1994-like ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in a bid to settle the conflict. As Russia shares cordial relations with both warring sides, however, Putin will have to mediate the conflict diplomatically to sustain the country's position in the region. The land-locked country of Kyrgyzstan has been witnessing violent protests over the past few days. Seen as Russia's most loyal ally in the Central Asian region, Kyrgyzstan has been facing one of its worst...

 The EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the European joint mission in Libya, announced on Monday that Commodore Theodoros Mikropoulos, from the Hellenic Navy, finished his assignment as Chief of Staff of Operation and he will take on the position of Force Commander. As programmed, after six months Italy leave the Force Command of the EU joint mission to Greece. Colonel Filippo Quagliato, from the Italian Air Force, handed over the duty in the presence of the Operation Commander, Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini. “Commodore Mitropoulos was truly precious, he was very useful and measured in a complex the moment also due to the Coronavirus,” Agostini affirmed.  Theodoros Mitropoulos was born in Athens in 1965, has held numerous administrative positions on a regular, operational, and strategic level. The European Council officially adopted the decision to launch the Eunavfor Med Irini operation last March. The main task of the mission remains the implementation of the UN arms embargo on Libya. Si...

  Sunday, 18 October 2020. Haji Abukar Omar was arrested by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu last night. In an interview with Kulmiye Radio, which will be released today, Abukar Omar Adan said, "I support al-Shabaab in principle and I want the infidels in Halane to be killed. The arrest of Haji Abukar comes after he gave an interview to a radio station about the principles of Al Shabaab and his support for some of their principles. He also went on to answer a question, do you support the terrorist bombings? He replied that it was up to them to decide the purpose of the bombings, but he did not answer. In the interview, Haji Abukar made it clear that he supports the principles of extremist groups and the elimination of the "infidels" in the country and this has hastened his arrest. "I have never had anything in common with any politician. I have no interest in Al-Shabab’s principles. I want the destruction of non-believers in th...

  Saturday, 17 October 2020. Reports from the war-torn region of Nagorno Karabakh say Azerbaijan bought weaponry worth $ 77m from Turkey a month before the fighting broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh, proving that Turkey sold military arms to Azerbaijan. According to a report arms sales in the region has quadrupled compared to the past. Since the beginning of the war in Nagorno Karabakh, military relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan have emerged. Turkey has provided military support to Azerbaijan since the beginning of the war and has reportedly sold fighter jets and ammunition.  While working to expand and modernize the Azerbaijani defense sector by providing modern weapons. A spokesman for the Azerbaijani president's office said they had reached an agreement with the defense company from Turkey to purchase arms. Azerbaijani Defense Minister Z. Hasanov has declared that they are ready to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) from Turkey , as part of a defense ...