The head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group claims to have secured control of the salt mining town of Soledar in Ukraine’s east, but uncertainty remains as battles rage in the town centre.

• January 11, 2023

The US is accusing Russian military contractors of interfering in Sahel countries’ internal affairs.

• January 11, 2023

Eastern Ukrainian town renowned for its salt mines has been at the centre of days of fierce fighting.

• January 11, 2023

By Yeghia TASHJIAN, Beirut-based regional analyst and researcher, columnist, "The Armenian Weekly”

On December 12, under the pretext of environmentalism, dozens of Azerbaijani state-backed “eco-activists” blocked the only land corridor in the Stepanakert-Shushi section connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. As anticipated, the “environmental” slogans were soon politicized, and political demands were raised by enforcing a blockade. A humanitarian disaster was created for the 120,000 Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. The real question is why Azerbaijan went for such a provocation and at what risk? Hence, in this article, I will shed light on the current crisis based on my meetings with Azerbaijani experts (keeping their identities anonymous) on the sidelines of several international conferences and online interviews I have conducted to analyze the Azerbaijani perspective and highlight the threats, arguing that the current humanitarian crisis is much deeper than the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and it is related with the “battle of corridors” and beyond. READ MORE

• January 11, 2023

Decision on NATO membership rests with Turkey, Sweden says

• January 9, 2023

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine is sending reinforcements to defend two front-line towns in the Donetsk region that he called among the bloodiest in the fight against Russia’s invasion. Earlier Sunday, Kyiv rejected as “nonsense” a Russian government claim that Kremlin troops killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers in an overnight strike.

• January 9, 2023

NATO won’t let Serbia redeploy its security units in Kosovo, turning down a request made last month amid soaring tensions between the local Serb minority and Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says.

• January 9, 2023

Military bloggers blast commanders for shirking responsibility

• January 4, 2023