Day: March 25, 2024

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to pay official visit to Armenia  1Lurer

The person who plotted the life of Taleh Garashov, the head of Lankaran City Executive Power, was arrested, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan said in a statement, Report informs.

Moscow attack latest: At least 40 dead at concert hall, says Russian intelligence service  BBC.com

Before an ISIS-K attack killed nearly 100 people in Kerman, Iran, the U.S. government allegedly provided Tehran with “a private warning” of an imminent terrorist threat, which was ignored. It now appears that, once again, Washington had considerable intelligence insight into ISIS-K’s plans to strike inside Russia. Once again, however, its warnings appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

Before an ISIS-K attack killed nearly 100 people in Kerman, Iran, the U.S. government allegedly provided Tehran with “a private warning” of an imminent terrorist threat, which was ignored. It now appears that, once again, Washington had considerable intelligence insight into ISIS-K’s plans to strike inside Russia. Once again, however, its warnings appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

Apply Now: $350,000 for AI Solutions Increasing Economic Growth  ICTworks

On 31 March 2024, Turkey will hold contentious municipal elections. These elections remain critical for President Erdogan’s pursuit of a new constitution to side-step presidential term limits and decimate the remaining elements of judicial independence [source]. Recently, Erdogan reiterated that he does not intend to seek re-election as President in 2028. Yet Turkey’s last constitutional referendum demonstrated that the incumbent president could manipulate an electoral victory to solidify his own political expediency by winning back cities lost in 2019. Unsurprisingly, the ongoing conflict in Gaza bears considerable influence over voter comportment inasmuch as Erdogan is focused on regional diplomacy and eager to internationalise the conflict.

The analysis proffered here is that these elections will have implications for civil unrest. Not to mention terrorism in the major cities, with the potential for boycotts motivated by economic nationalism.

Key Judgement 1. Parties in Istanbul and Kurdish-populated areas in the southeast will likely dispute and protest Turkey’s election results.

Key Judgement 2. Extremist groups, namely the Islamic State (IS), are likely to mount attacks against Western interests in the country during and after Turkey’s elections.

Key Judgement 3. Due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, anti-Western boycotts will likely continue to rise prior to the onset of Turkey’s elections.

Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side  EL PAÍS USA