ISWNews Analysis Group: Russia said in a statement that in an operation on 16 February in Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Crimean Peninsula, 19 persons with charges of being in or collaborating with Salafi Jihadi Takfir wal-Hijra group are arrested.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to field reports, a Russian and Turkish military delegation discussed the fate of the town of Ain Issa in the village of Shrekrak, northeast of Ain Issa.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar signed an agreement to establish a joint Russian-Turkish monitoring center for the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the establishment of 16 observation posts in the Nagorno-Karabakh region by publishing a map of observation posts and patrol routes of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that a helicopter of the Russian army was shot down by Azerbaijan on the territory of Armenia.
The political record of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, shows that he has entered politics from the world of journalism and has a history of opposition to the pro-Russian government in 2007 and a political prison in which he was pardoned in 2009. Pashinyan, who has been a member of parliament for the country since 2012, founded the “Civil Contract” party in 2015 and the “My Step Alliance” in 2018.
Russia appears to be trying to achieve three goals through mediation between the Kurds and the Syrian government. The first goal is to implement oil contracts between Russia and Syria in the northeastern areas that are now under American control. Russia’s next goal, meanwhile, is to resolve the crisis politically by involving the Kurds in the political process as a concession to the West to enter the reconstruction of Syria and eventually become a trusted mediator in the international arena.
Azerbaijani media reported that the presidents talked about the conflict at Tovuz-Tavush border between Azerbaijan and Armenia last month.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Several satellite images released from Deir Ezzor airport showing two Russian Sukhoi-24 fighter jets s and Mill 8 and 35 helicopters and also four Sukhoi-22s of Syrian Army.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The US terrorist Africa Command (AFRICOM) released new photos of what it claimed to be “Russian” warplanes deployed in Libya.
Following the release of satellite images of the presence of Russian fighter jets at the airport under the control of General Haftar in Libya, a new media controversy over Libya has begun.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Following the oil ear between Saudi Arabia and Russia, UAE increased its oil production.
