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Geopolitical logs for cca 2 months

A factual geopolitical "diary" by Lesley Zore

10/03/2020

YEREVAN: As Armenia demobilized following Kavkaz-2020 CSTO-aligned exercises, Azerbaijan answered border tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region with alleged artillery shelling. Armenia conducted an airstrike. Azerbaijan answered with an offensive. Azerbaijan was in the middle of exercising; a whole lot of the Turkish Armed Forces are present. Azerbaijan has pushed into the satellite region of Yerevan in the last few days, but cannot push any further due to mountainous terrain. Both sides are satisfied; Yerevan is glad with a stalemate and Baku took what he saw as takeable. Fierce clashes continue; Armenia with SAR-Kurd-Iran-CSTO support on one side, and Azerbaijan with much more condensed Turkish support on the other side.

10/03/2020

WASHINGTON: There are news articles about a US-centered poll on the web. The news claim over 60% of US Americans think a second American civil war is coming. It seems the source is a far-right militia organization named the Proud Boys; the ones Trump told to "stand back, stand by". This article is probably a piece of far-right propaganda calling for a race war. Racist accelerationism must be stopped, no matter the price. Death to fascism!

10/03/2020

MINSK: Though Cyprus had been vetoing this verdict for many weeks 'till the conclusion, the European Union has reportedly gained support of all member states to enforce sanctions on the Republic of Byelarus. Minsk threatens to blockade Lithuania in response. It seems those sanctions are directed to individuals only, but AlJazeera's reports are contradictory.(edited)

10/03/2020

BAKU: Armeni-Azerbaijani clashes intensify as three Azerbaijani airplanes' crews are KIA by Armenian AA.

10/03/2020

YEREVAN: Hopes for a ceasefire in the first week of the war shatter as numerous deaths are recorded in a heavy-battle onslaught on the Armenian-Azerbaijan border in the Nagorno-Karabakh region claimed by both parties. Heavy escalation is present.(edited)

October 4, 2020

10/04/2020

ACCRA: It's not news, but I urge you to take a look at recent events in the Ghana-Togo region in the last two weeks... Nobody is casting their time to take a look at what's happening there... West Togo is succeeding from Ghana!

10/04/2020

ACCRA: It is not clear whether the Ghana government or the secessionists control the Volta region. Please stand by for further information provision.

10/04/2020

YEREVAN: By Lelsey's calculations and estimates, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 2020 has approached at least 4'500 deaths.(edited)

10/04/2020

ACCRA: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Togoland we help edit Wikipedia articles as geopolitical news come.

10/04/2020

ACCRA: Republic of Ghana loses ability to conduct security operations in parts of Western Togoland regions. Study Group seems to be taking de facto oversight over unknown locations in the Volta region; security coherency of the Ghana Government is falling apart.

LG: Lesley Geopolitical publishes a study confirming "100% of channels following Lesley Geopolitical news note her as a news boy". The result is condemned as "sad" by highest paleontologists, sociologists and scientists.

YEREVAN: President of the satellite of Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh: NGKB) claims to have not attacked the Azerbaijani grounds with missiles today; Baku counters this with a photo which appears to present missile damage. The president of NGKB claims he personally blocked such a missile strike. We note over 400 between 400 and 600 tanks destroyed (Per opposition, respectfully)

YEREVAN: Armenian Government (NNS) states a number of foreigners arrested on charges of Espionage.

BAKU: Less than two hours ago, Tartar and Mingachevir (later being the 4th largest city in Azerbaijan with over 100'000 residents) were shelled by Armenia. A water reservoir was targeted, justified as a strategic "military" target, though our teams question validity of this. Less than an hour ago, Baku made additional claims on what cities are being shelled.

YEREVAN: Artsakh president badly wounded by Azerbaijan forces according to Baku; he appears to be completely fine in videos. Disinformation warfare continues on both sides after the internet shutdown in Azerbaijan and shelling denials and misinformations by Armenia.

YEREVAN: Armenia promises Azerbaijan concessions and informs Baku publicly of an optional ceasefire.

LG: Lesley Geopolitical team (Lesley Zore) is heading for bed. This is not their wish, but such is life in Slovenia. Bye bye .

NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Fighting de-escalating for the 009th hour. Clashes are tense but the border is stable.(edited)

BISHKEK: Nationwide rallies scheduled for today in Kyrgyzstan following opposition's denial to recognize the validity of latest election.(edited)

MINSK: Belarussian channel started to call Lithuania "former Soviet Lithuanian Republic", Ukraine the "former Ukrainian SSR" and Poland the "former Polish People's Republic", after Poland and Lithuania didn't recognized Lukashenko as legitimate president, and after Ukraine decided to call Lukashenko not by "President of Belarus", but by his name only. (acc. to The Balkan Argument, "Republic of Ukraine" - @D̴̽̌ḁ̷͒n̴̐͌i̴̇̎l̴͌͂k̷̒͑4̷̈́̊#9081)(edited)

10/05/2020

LG: dear @citizens, Lesley Geopolitical now refers to the disputed territories of the Republic of Ghana and the Western Togoland as the "Volga Region".(edited)

10/05/2020

LG & TBA: Lesley Geopolitical and The Balkan Argument, please welcome Lesley Zore, our news commentator. She will take care of observing geopolitical events as neutrally as humanly possible.

YEREVAN: Armenian Government (NNS) states a number of foreigners arrested on charges of Espionage.

YEREVAN: Armenia promises Azerbaijan concessions and informs Baku publicly of an optional ceasefire.

BISHKEK: There are calls to unify the opposition parties defeated in the latest election, which they dismiss as fraudulent.

LJUBLJANA: Aleksandra Pivec (Minister of Agriculture, Vice-premier) pre-interpellated. This move was expected given the circumstances regarding her alleged corruption. Prime Minister will have the final say on the verdict, but all expect her to be replaced with Jože Podgoršek, who had a word with the Premier Janez Janša.(edited)

10/05/2020

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10/05/2020

BAKU: Azeri army takes control of the city of Jabravil. Imambagi is now locked from three sides. Armenian forces in the siege of the southernmost fronts of the Nagorno-Karabakh are in a destructive military position; shelled from three sides, roads cut off.

BAKU: "Heavy clashes at Fuzuli and Jabrail axes" push Armenian and allied forces to Nagorno-Karabakh further backwards. Azerbaijan is getting ever closer to the Fuzuli city airport. If conquest continues at this pace, Fuzuli, city with population of 26 thousand will be sieged all the way to the city centre by mid-October.(edited)

October 6, 2020

10/06/2020

BAKU: Azerbaijan celebrates partial retreat of Nagorno-Karabakh forces while Armenia says it was a ‘trick’ that killed 200 ‘enemies’

Conflicting accounts from the two warring sides celebrate their own successes while keeping mum about setbacks as an Azerbaijani report of capture of three villages was met with Armenian claims of eliminating 200 enemy troops. Azeri Min. of Defence stated that Azerbaijani forces had destroyed an Armenian ammunition depot in Ballıca. and released footage apparently showing the destruction of Armenian materiel. (vanya.rus2003.rusexchange.ua)

BAKU: The Azerbaijani unit was subject to intensive artillery fire and lost some 200 soldiers before fleeing, the Armenian side insisted.(edited)

10/06/2020

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday commented with dissatisfaction on international efforts to tackle the Azeri-Armenian conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

BAKU: Speaking during a visit to the Azeri capital Baku on Tuesday, Cavusoglu voiced their fears that a ceasefire alone would not be sufficient to end the primarily ethnic Azeri-Armenian conflict; this constitutes one more Turkish appeal to the ethnic tensions as a justification for Ankara's intervention in the Lower Caucasus.

PARIS: Minsk Group, tasked with resolving the Donbass conflict and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire violations, failed to secure a truce in Lower Caucasus today after Azeri representation requests guarantees in exchange for a truce. Armenia also denied to accept a ceasefire agreement as presented, referring to its claims to territories taken by azeri forces in the last few days

10/06/2020

Ouagadougou: Citizens of Burkina Faso in poorest areas unable to vote in the upcoming election as political instability prompts violence into the region and disrupts the internationally recognized administration. Al Jazeera: "Wracked by a worsening conflict pitting government forces and international troops against various armed groups linked to ISIL and al-Qaeda, the country’s government ruled it unsafe for registration to take place in 17.4 percent of its electoral communes. As a result, more than 400,000 people were unable to register for the November 22 vote."(edited)

10/06/2020

ACCRA: GhanaWeb publishes an article detailing the bar on Western Togoland groups in the governmental region. We notice political violence rising in the Volta Region as the internationally accepted administrator (the Republic of Ghana) responds to own failures to consolidate total control of the region with political and administrative pressure on the region.

10/07/2020

ATHENS: Golden Dawn party, a radical far-right Greek political core party, was found responsible for hosting an extremist organization, which conducted crimes of murder, and is unofficially a suspect to crimes of discriminatory, sexual and similar nature. "The members shall receive the worst punishment you can imagine", Lesley Zore states. This incident, now almost a rule, follows Golden Dawn's catastrophic failure at the latest parliamentary election. Al Jazeera: "The courtroom and more than 10,000 anti-racism protesters outside the courthouse, who had been demanding a guilty verdict for hours before the result was announced, cheered when the judges revealed their decision.

But the mood turned sour as police were quick to release tear gas and use water cannons to disperse crowds. Witnesses said people were seen gasping as the tear gas filled the air." Regardless of this success, conservatism, tradition and far-right institutionalization have a strong grip in the Greek society. Lesley Geopolitical will not stick to objectivity when it comes to far-right extremism and crimes such as ones committed by the Golden Dawn. Same far-right tendencies as in Greece are sadly present in most countries, including those opposed to Greece.(edited)

October 8, 2020

10/08/2020

PARS: French politician(s) announce Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks between Armenia in Azerbaijan should be held in Moscow or Geneva. Given the Azeri and Armenian reaction to Minsk group's ceasefire proposals, external peace is unlikely, however.

10/08/2020

ACCRA: 100 arrests conducted related to the Western Togoland rebellion in the Volta Region.

10/08/2020

GENEVA: Superpowers interested in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Russia, the US) and their supervisor France will hold a mediation in Geneva. As delegations head to Switzerland, Armenia and Azerbaijan continue fighting. Lieuamap Caucasus reports no conquest in the last 24 hours.

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister announces Turkey will host the first round of Turkish-Greek negotiations over the mediterian sea. A peaceful solution seems more likely than in the weeks before, with Cyprus, however, being left out of talks.

WASHINGTON: Trump refuses to enter a virtual debate with Joe Biden, preferring presence regardless of his illness. This may be yet another of Trump's attempts to become even more controversial, thus giving him rhetorical points.

LJUBLJANA: The ultra-fascist government of Janez Janša may finally be dismantled as the welfare-capitalist and lib-cap opposition comes close to an agreement on the new prime minister. The opposition will soon have enough seats to kick the premier out and restore the less conservative sistem of Peterček ("The five parties").(edited)

10/08/2020

BISHKEK: After Kyrgyzstan parliament was stormed, Armed Forces and other forms of State-administered security are losing control as opposition takes over the streets. Is this the beginning of a swift coup d'etat, a civil war, or will it calm down with time? Let us observe Kyrgyzstan closely as it descends into mob rule. Seemingly random initiatives have been taking over positions of government by force, installing local administrations. However, those initiatives do not seem to cooperate well as they keep storming each-other as well. BBC: "Several co-ordination councils have been formed to enforce order on the streets and to carry out a transfer of power. Each of them claims to represent authority during the transition period." It certainly does seem that a coup is taking place. Wikipedia: "One group protesting in Bishkek managed to free ex-President Atambayev from jail on either 5 or 6 October, where he had been serving an 11-year-and-two-month sentence for corruption since June. Protestors also occupied the building housing the parliament and presidential administration. There were also reports that part of the parliament building was set ablaze. Protests continued throughout the day, eventually resulting in the death of one person and around 590 people being injured. A further few hundred were injured on the following day as well as protests continued. Following continued protests, the results were annulled by the Central Election Commission one day later. Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov and parliament speaker Dastan Jumabekov also tendered their resignation on 6 October. The parliament announced opposition figure Sadyr Zhaparov of the nationalist Patriotic party as acting Prime Minister, and Myktybek Abdyldayev as the new speaker of parliament. Zhaparov had been serving an 11-year and six-month prison sentence for taking a government official hostage in 2013 until his appointment. The mayors of Bishkek and Osh, as well as the governors of the Naryn, Talas, and Issyk-Kul regions also resigned. A group of 13 opposition parties said that they had formed the Coordinating Council of Popular Trust which would assume responsibility for formulating ideas to find a way out of the deadlock. It is unclear when new elections will be held." (yes, I cross-check wiki with sources, etc.)

October 9, 2020

BISHKEK: Al Jazeera: Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed an order dismissing Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov and his cabinet on Friday, his office said in a statement.

October 11, 2020

ISKENDERUN & ANKARA: A forest fire that broke out in three districts of Turkey’s southern Hatay province continued to burn for a second day on Saturday, Mezopotamya Agency reported. A woodland region between the districts of Iskenderun, Belen and Arsuz caught on fire on Friday morning when a power transformer unit malfunctioned. Several neighbourhoods have been evacuated, as the fires spread rapidly towards residential areas due to strong winds.

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli announced that seven apartment buildings, 11 houses, 14 businesses, eight factories, three warehouses and 35 bee hives had been affected. He said his ministry has launched an investigation into the possibility of sabotage.

Due to the continuing strong winds, firefighting aircrafts cannot be utilised so efforts continue on land, the minister said.

State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that the fire actually started across the border, in Syria’s northeastern Latakia province.

Anadolu accuses Syrian Arab Republic of possibly having started aforementioned fires by means of a military attack.

Nine plots in Hatay, including in the Arsuz and Belen districts, were designated as mining sites in August, and the Arsuz municipality at the time said the decision had been made “without any information on whether they were currently pastures, woodlands, water sources or protected natural or archaeological sites.” “Mining in Belen would kill the forests. Mining in Arsuz would destroy farmlands,” Nermin Yıldırım Kara, chairwoman of the Iskenderun Environmental Protection Association, had told reporters.(edited)

10/11/2020

YEREVAN: Armenia "will not" follow the ceasefire following alleged Azeri shelling. It seems that the ceasefire was broken on both sides just hours into agreement.

October 12, 2020

10/12/2020

ZAGREB: In the Croatian capital city, a minor shooting occurred. An alleged Ustasha nazi shot at the equivalent of a Parliament. A police person was wounded in the arm and the body and the suspect shot themself dead soon after. The investigation is underway; the official statement is such that "Croatia is a safe country" and "the event was random, not a part of any organized mass action".(edited)

October 13, 2020

10/13/2020

BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan MoPs to re-try to swell in a PM.

10/13/2020

LESLEY GEOPOLITICAL: LG opens its frequencies to the Union of Socialist Revolutionaries.

10/13/2020

ATHENS: Court considered penalties of up to 15 years in prison for individuals of the Golden Dawn who cooperated in terrorist, discriminative, violent and dangerous behaviour, organized by the far-right group.

CONAKRY: Protests erupt in Guinea preceding the presidential election, resulting in up to 90 deaths.

MINSK: Lukashenka is presented with Tikhanovskaya ultimatum with a two-week time limit.

MOSCOW: Lavrov announces success in negotiations with Ankara over Nagorno-Karabakh. However, the World Socialist Web Site announces a total break-down of those agreements.

YEREVAN: Armenia requests change in Turkish position before accepting any new ceasefires or peace agreements.

BRUSSELS: Brexit talks between London and Berlin collapse once again after both sides allegedly make "no progress".(edited)

October 14, 2020

10/14/2020

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia fails in bid for seat on UN Human Rights Council. China, Russia and Cuba win seats instead. Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Nepal were all successful in the vote as well. In total, 15 countries are now members of the UNHRC.

WASHINGTON, DC: MQ-9 drones and coastal defence systems to be sold to Taiwan (RoC).(edited)

10/14/2020

MINSK: Over 700 protesters detained in a single day.

WASHINGTON, DC: WSWS publishes enormous profits of the American banks made through social inequality created by the coronavirus crisis of unemployment etc.

TEL AVIV: Israel, US to work on laser AA weapons against UAVs.(edited)

10/14/2020

ANKARA: Republic of Turkey unofficially alleged of destabilising the gulf region by continuing military cooperation with Qatar. Seeing all thr developments Lesley Geopolitical has disucces that have to do with Turkey since the self-coup, it sure does seem that everyone in the region is turking away from Ankara.

TEL AVIV, BAKU: Israeli High Court rejects the calls to bar weapons sales to Azerbaijan. Myanmar reportedly follows the path equal to Israel.

10/14/2020

BEIRUT: Reuters: "Lebanon, Israel to hold talks on maritime border"

ANKARA: Erdogan denies involvement of the FSA in the Azeri-Armenian conflict.(edited)

10/14/2020

BISHKEK: A novel PM was, finally, approved by the parliament. Now, it is on the president to ratify their position and for the parliamentary re-election to take place.

October 15, 2020

10/15/2020

LJUBLJANA: Lesley declares red alarm. The country of Slovenia leaves European economic model for Brito-American. All public agencies related to economics are being unified in a single agency for finances. This is a clear violation of the EU legislature, as this new agency is directly responsible to the Parliament and the Government and does not function independently and cannot prevent formation of complete monopolies. This practically bars low-budget local economic initiatives from having any role in Slovenian wider market.

Simultaneously, the government closes schools, isolates most of the country's regions and mandates masks on the street. It is thought that there will be little exceptions to those rules, and they will not take care of personal circumstances.

10/15/2020

BISHKEK: Kyrgyz president resigns. See our server or scroll up for the backstory. Update: PM has recently declared themselves as having full power over the country, as there is no presidential institution limiting his decisions. Parliament of Kyrgyzstan confirms new PM's dictate over all branches of state government.(edited)

October 16, 2020

10/16/2020

BANGKOK: After months of protests, and the governmental declaration of emergency not long ago, the rallies defy the governmental bar and continue to voice their demands.

KABUL: After a prolonged deadly siege for the capital of one of Afghan provinces, Talibani agreed to give up their gains made in the last few days. Possibly, this move was done in exchange for normalization of peace talks and de-escalation of NATO activities in the area.

BAKU: Azeri forces shell Nagorno-Karabakh heavily. Armenia continues clashes on the border.(edited)

10/16/2020

NEW DELHI: Big Kashmir parties unify in an alliance to stand for more autonomy for the region after a prominent figure of theirs is released. Governmental reforms from 5 August 2019 are thought to be the first sociological-political point which may be questioned as calls for Kashmir self-determination are ever louder.

Thus, India has come to release all key Kashmir figures. A peaceful solution in cooperation with the Indian government and with no need of Pakistani intervention seems possible at the moment.

DOHA: Qatar receives hints of relations normalisation with Saudi Arabia.(edited)

October 18, 2020

10/18/2020

Lesley Geopolitical: Lesley Geopolitical is a geopolitical news server now displaying international news to The Map Game server as well! Contact Lesley Zore to learn more. She is our main reporter on news from Caucasus, Middle East, Sahara and other regions of international hotspot concentrations.

10/18/2020

KHARTOUM: International Criminal Court heads for Sudan "to discuss the arrest warrants currently in place in relation to /.../ Omar al-Bashir".

MANAMA: Israeli delegates arrive in Bahrain for talks on relations normalization with the Bahrain government. The US treasury secretary is present as an aide in support of Israel.

ANKARA, WASHINGTON, BAKU: NATO continues to diverge from Turkish role in the Middle East and the Caucasus with Pompeo denouncing Turkish role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (2020). As Pompeo declares Turkey a country whose military exports to Armenia increased six fold in a year, Erdogan accuses Russia, US and France of all actively and selectively supplying Armenia. This claim follows many Turkish allegations on Rojava and Iranian support to Yerevan. On the other hand, Armenia accuses Turkey of basically controlling the Azeri side of the conflict.

MOSCOW, YEREVAN: RIA reports increased activities of the Russian Navy in the Caspian Sea, allegedly either in support of Armenia (who does not access the sea) or to intimidate/warn Azerbaijan.

BAKU: It seems that the only thing Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on so far is to exchange dead bodies, as confirmed by the latest announcements by Azerbaijan.

MOSCOW: Russia denounces slander about a lockdown of Schools and the cancellation of the Unified State Exam in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic, which has embattled Russian Federation in recent months.

WSWS: World Socialist Web Site continues to counter EU policies of "herd immunity" although the scientific and technical branches of the government claim the goal to be "halting the spread of the pandemic until the vaccine is distributed".(edited)

MOSCOW: Russian Federation may deliver conventional military personnel in Syria into the Idlib front. This is seen as a push by Moscow to reverse the Turkish upper hand in negotiations gained by the successful resistance of FSA forces in the Idlib region. Assad's/SAA's/SAR's and YPG's/SDF's difficulties in fighting Turkey may come to an end if such an offensive takes place.(edited)

10/18/2020

HANOI: Greatest peaceful military losses in history declared as avalanches take the lives of a number of Viet soldiers.

Lesley Geopolitical Internal Message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylAaXmA7SGU server-internal self-promotion! Please do check out!

TEHRAN: ""As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from The Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry or transit through territories of the United Nations Member States previously imposed on a number of Iranian citizens and military officials, are all automatically terminated,” - Iranian Foreign Ministry. Nuclear blockade against Iran comes to an end. The arms embargo is canceled after the American calls for its extension. A reminder: in 2015, the Iranian nuclear deal aimed at preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. In 2018, the US refrained from playing a serious role in the deal any longer. In the last year, US pressure against Iran increased many fold as Trump uses Iran as a talking point of controversy to gain more rhetoric from.

LONDON, ANKARA: "Turkey transported 10 UK-made Banshee target drones to the Sinop firing range at the same time it was purportedly transferring its S-400 air defence systems to the same location,'' the Drive magazine said, citing reports. According to the magazine, the drones could have been part of the alleged capability tests of the S-400s Ankara purchased from Russia.

10/19/2020

LA PAZ: Bolivia holds elections. Importance of theirs is rooted in the transition from the regime set up after the 2019 coup d'etat.

ISLAMABAD: Protests to oust the Pakistan PM intensify. Protests turn into opposition rallies.(edited)

10/19/2020

ABUJA: SARS units (specialist squads of the Nigerian armed/police forces) are to be renamed into the SWAT squads. They are to be given more permissions. This has triggered an angry response by the population, accusing the units of torture, sexual and physical violence, of raids and other questionable behaviour.

10/19/2020

MANILA: CP of the Philippines continues its insurgency, now fighting PRC corporations.(edited)

10/19/2020

NEW DELHI: "Indian army says it apprehended the PLA soldier after he strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region /.../ and would be returned after the completion of formalities, the Indian army said in a statement on Monday." - Al Jazeera

10/19/2020

PRAGUE: Unconfirmed: The police force control in Prague is crumbling due to uprisings countering measures against COVID-19.

LA PAZ: Luis Arce restores Morales' party grip on presidential powers at an electoral victory!

October 24, 2020

10/24/2020

TRIPOLI, TOBRUK: UN approaches a "permanent ceasefire" between Haftar and Internationally Recognized Libyan Government. There are fears this ceasefire is just another false hope.

October 27, 2020

10/27/2020

BAKU, YEREVAN: In a few hours, a new ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia comes into effect. (per Pentagon)

MISK: Military-grade weapons used against protestors in Belarus as more than 100k flood the streets with the Byelarusian Rada 1918 flags, a.k.a. Central Council flags.

MISK: State shutdown strikes take effect in some hours to some days, attempting to halt all Belarus' economy and collapse the military and the government. (per opposition)

BANGKOK: Thai demonstrators declared an investigation against the King to be launched in Germany in relation to illegal royale activity conducted abroad.

MICHIGAN: Three right-wing organizations have filed a lawsuit to overturn SoS Jocelyn Benson’s order banning open carry of firearms at polling stations. It seems these groups demand arms at polling stations.

LJUBLJANA: After 6 months of protests, 4 of those really active, anarchist technocrat protest movement against the far-right government of Slovenia collapses. After a failed small coup attempt weeks ago, and new militant bans on the protests conducted by the authorities, the weekly protests were called off by the organizers and all prominent members.

10/27/2020

BAKU, YEREVAN: As fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region approached 5000 deaths according to the Russian Federation, this rhetorical figure seems to be expanded on by per enemy fatalities which can be summed up to 6614 Azeri soldiers killed, 397 civilians killed, 188 Syrian-Kurdish volunteers killed and at least 2000 Armenian soldiers. Thus, fatalities already exceed 9'000 deaths. The fighting has been ongoing for a month now.

YEREVAN: Pro-Armeni forces withdraw from last pockets of their resistance between the Azeri break-in in the southern front and the Iranian front. Although this on one hand proves the ineffectiveness of the US ceasefire announced not long ago, it also promises an end to the conflict's spillovers into Persia.

WASHINGTON: As Amy Coney is installed as a supreme ("constitutional") judge, anti-authortiation and anti-racist organizations continue to voice alarms over DC's far-right rhetoric policies.

LJUBLJANA: For a few days in a row now, nearly 0.1% of the country tests positive for coronavirus every day. Given the stability of the trend, 2-4% of the country could be actively positive at a time soon. Experts warn only 10% of infections are caught in testing, providing a suspicion that this number may in reality exceed one third of the population in a week's time.

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian far-right government, which recently halted months of protests, is prompted to call for a referendum about its proposal to invest 780 million euros into the military. Slovenian state budget's yearly revenue is currently at 9 billion euros, with 13 billion expenses yearly. Additionally spending almost a billion on military (twice the usual yearly military budget) for tanks seems unreasonable to many, who see no point in the State of Slovenia having a military when it's protected by everyone. Disbanding the military or reorganizing it into emergency support units has been an alternative for some time now.

October 28, 2020

10/28/2020

NEW DELHI: Following well-known clashes in the Himalayas that have been ongoing for quite some time now, India signs a surprise defence pact with Washington. The US promises India a guarantee of military protection. Lesley Geopolitical dismisses this gesture as purely symbolic and shall not be taken as a threat of a world war.

MINSK: Tsekhanovsky-ordered strike does not backfire in a breakup, but does not move towards any kind of a success either.

BANGKOK: Thai PM announces his refusal to resign amid political pressure inflicted on the government through riots and fierce ideological clashes.

TEHERAN: Regardless of Armenian retreat from the Salient below the Southern Front of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, Iran moves ballistic and other strategic forces to north of Persia, to prevent further spillovers of the conflict by the means of sheer force.

DAMASCUS: Following a minor resurgence of clashes in the Ildib front between Russian support troops and the FSA/Turkish fighters, Syrian Arab Republic receives an ultimatum by Ankara to prevent any offensives around Idlib or prepare for an all-out war.

ANKARA: Inflation of the Turkish Lira continues as Turkish gamble for its power in the region approaches new levels in the last years.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia accuses Houthi forces of launching a drone offensive through the whole border. Houthi replies, basically with "smh".

10/28/2020

DODOMA: Tanzania elections will soon come to a close, with the hitherto president probable to secure their chair. The opposition voices fears of a corruption scandal as irregularities are portrayed in the election. Fractions of the opposition threaten with a rebellion, should the government come to a fraudulent verdict on the vote. Elections end in half an hour, approximately. The hitherto president has blocked social media services and SMS providing on the eve of election. Preceding legislation already barred international organizations from reporting on the election. The Internet has also been restricted. [Al Jazeera, Quartz Africa News, BBC]

YEREVAN: Shelling in Armenian and Azerbaijani held areas of Nagorno-Karabakh despite the ceasefire has amounted to a damaging force, which has already come to cost many lives. Although the two countries climbed to 9'000 deaths by the time the truce was approached, the number of fatalities was expected to drop as the ceasefire was to come into effect. However, the opposite is evident. [Wikipedia, Reuters]

WARSAW: Lesley Geopolitical (https://discord.gg/d4y594K) already reported on the new sexist, transphobic and destructive laws passed by the Polish Visegrad Law&Justice party, restricting abortions. In response to protests which erupted as a backlash against the ruling elite, Law Justice chairperson Jaroslaw Kaczynski with silent approval by Duda condemns those protests and calls for a rise of Polish nationalism. He also threatened to topple the protests by sheer force, shall they continue. Kaczinsky based his appeal on Catholicism of the country, which is quite a strong force in the Clerical policies of the Third Polish Republic [Reuters, Euronews, APnews]

PARIS: Lesley Geopolitical Server did not find it necessary to comment on childish behaviour of certain nation-states condemning each-other for drawing caricatures and issuing economic blockades in relation to this. However, with Turkey now resorting to Legal Action threats and calls for International Community's blockade of France, Lesley Geopolitical News (https://discord.gg/d4y594K) has come to the verdict to voice its analysis on the matter. We do not take interest in which of the two sides has it right. We do, however, observe the worsening of Turko-French relations. Erdogan seems ready to use every single piece of material against France he has to worsen relations with the European Union. We see the unbelievable high support of Turkishg Troops for Azerbaijan, while France supplies the Armeni. We see Turkish war in Syria, where the EU was first sided with the Opposition but now refuses to fund the FSA. More prominently, we can observe the border tension between Turkey on one side and Greece, Cyprus on the other. Turkey has artificially distanced itself from its European allies. We can only wait for when Erdogan will use the way Angela Merkel dresses to sue the EU at the International Court of Justice. [Reuters, BBC, DT Next]

10/28/2020

TRIPOLI, TOBRUK: GNA publishes accusations of mass burials against the Hafter Forces, who have lost the grounds of alleged graves in the latest GNA offensive supplied by Turkey. So far, Tripoli and Tobruk have exchanged many allegations and threats amid the Turkish intervention in the conflict, which followed the almost-victory of the East. With newest allegations threatening to break what little of a truce there is between the warring sides in what Libya has become, it is vital to notice how much of a hotspot of the conflict between Ankara and the outer world Libya has become. With Tripolitania and Cyrenaica covered with blood and death, it is only the question of time before either Moscow/Paris or Ankara/Washington decide to press on with their UAV strike force, mass bombings of civilian infrastructure and raids against humanitarian organizations in the region. [Reuters, Al Jazeera, Daily Sabah, LiveUAmap Libya, Lesley Geopolitical]

ANKARA: Erdogan promises to launch a new offensive into "Rojava" areas of what is internationally recognized as Syrian Arab Republic, controlled by the SDF-YPG forces. Turkey continues to accuse libertarian left militias controlling Kurdish-majority regions in Levant of supporting the PKK's uprising against Turkey for some time now. Those allegations, although dismissed by both PKK and SDF-YPG, continue to be Erdogan's justification of the actions undertaken by the FSA in the region of Afrin some time ago and by Turkey itself in the region of Ra's al 'Ayn later on. Some hint or point at this speech being a response to the newest Opposition vs. SAA clashes in the Ildib front, though others point at this being an attempt by Ankara to justify another invasion into Kurdish-held areas of Syria. Erdogan as well published his accusations on the number of Kurdish volunteers to Armenia: 2 thousand, he says. [Hurriyet Daily News, Reuters, Daily Sabbath, National Post, Devidisource]

10/28/2020

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TOKIO: Highest military alarms are raised as Moscow reportedly prepares to generate a full-on strike against Japanese alleged presence in disputed areas, following Russian disagreement with Tokyo on Kuril islands. Reportedly, Moscow announces to deploy deadly S-400 AA Missiles to the islands to fight off Japan; a new cold war between Tokyo and Moscow that could become hot real soon starts to form. As both sides keep their gunpowder dry, it is unclear whether these tensions are truly worrying or are they a misunderstanding. This news article will possibly get an update in Lesley Geopolitical notices any further tensions between the two powers. [Eurasian Times, Russia News, News-lynx, Russia news review]

MOSCOW: Russian Aerospace Forces claim to have tested a new-generation anti-projectile defence short-range missile, aimed at protecting civilian and strategic targets in the scenario of a ballistic war. The missile is finally capable of protecting positions from deadly projectiles. The missile was tested in Kazakhstan, marking this a result of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) or the Commonwealth of Independent States. This system could very much be sold to Russia's allies - and not so much allies as well. Just let us remember the sales of S-400 to Turkey or India for example. [TASS, Russian RT, Al Jazeera]

10/28/2020

LESLEY GEOPOLITICAL: You can always DM Lesley Zore if we made any mistakes, false claims, etc.(edited)

October 29, 2020

10/29/2020

PARIS: France increases the number of standing army in urban city centre areas two fold; to be at 7'000. This is a hardly precenced increase conducted in relatively peaceful times (in regards to their justification of terrorism). This comes as France continues its armed support to Haftar in Libya, to Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, to Kurds in Afrin, to Greece and Cyprus in the Medditerean. All these actions are opposed to Turkish presence in the region, which has come into a cold war with both Moscow-Beijing and NATO. [Al Jazeera, Slovenian RT, French Govt]

BEIRUT: Tripoli investigators will charge no top officials, no politicians, no industrialists. Only low-to-mid level officials are being indicted: 25 of them, to be precise... Regardless of international pressure to take into consideration general political neglect, industrial exploitation, corruption and political pressure on workers in the port where the summer blast killing over 200 occurred yesterday. [Lebanese Forces, Al Jazeera]

DODOMA: Tanzanian election violence already reported on by GeoPolitical News (https://discord.gg/d4y594K) escalates as opposition officially declares fraud. Opposition parties hint at organizing an uprising. We are observing the situation. [Tanzanian RT, Al Jazeera]

LONDON: jeremy Corbyn is dismissed from his position of the head of the UK Labour party following anti-semitism allegations. This comes following a number of leftist allegations of anti-semitism against the Labour party. The Intersectionality-oriented left wing of the Labour party continues to push for replacing the party leadership with the economically left fraction. Until then, Labour continues to operate at the level of American Democratic party. [Al Jazeera, The Irish Times, Reuters, Reuters Canada]

10/29/2020

WASHINGTON: USA moves ahead with its sale of F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates. Greece will also receive them: those F-35s, which had been promised to Ankara before the cold war with Turkey erupted. [i24NEWS, Reuters, The Times of Israel]

WASHINGTON: As riots in West Philadelphia resurge, they are met with lethal police force. Many are found dead and hundreds arrested, as White House officially declares the clashes "the Liberal Democrats' war against the police", a legally complicated statement. Federal guard deployed in support of police forces. Protests have recently spread to New York city. [WSWS, TRT World, WAtoday, WS Journal]

YEREVAN: In accordance with the only section of the latest ceasefire conducted correctly, Armenia received dead bodies of soldiers fatally wounded in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict until now. [RFE-RL, MENAFN, Armenian RT]

MOSCOW: Mayor of Ufa dies. [RFE-RL. Could not be verified with other sources but the source is trustable and why would someone fake that]

BISHKEK: Following the Coup d'Etat, already described by GeoPolitical News Server (https://discord.gg/d4y594K), we declare Kyrgyzstan safe and stable once again. Order in the sense of governmental control has been reinstalled. We quit observing the region slowly, as Bishkek proves itself stable again. [Al Jazeera, Reuters, RFE-RL, Kyrgyz RT, Moscow Times, Hurriyet Daily, others]

10/29/2020

TEHRAN: As Trump goes on abusing worsening of the Iran-US relations to gain on both controversy and importance at the home front, his efforts to gain political ground by ruining his activities abroad continue as "US seizes missiles and sanctions 11 firms over Iran oil dealings". [Al Jazeera, Institute for War, Eurasian Times]

10/29/2020

MINSK: Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko comments on the political situation in their neighbour Poland. As his politics are quite authoritarian and conservative, it is intersting to note he is ready to go so far as to supprt queer anarchist and feminist protests in Visegrad to fight off the EU. It must be sore for the old man, we note. [Belarusian RT, Institute for war]

October 30, 2020

10/30/2020

ATHENS, ANKARA: A bad earthquake strikes Turkey and Greece, badly damaging Athens, Mytilini and Izmir. At least 20 blocks of flats collapsed in Anatolia. In areas cleaned of debris, at least 25 people are found dead and over 800 injured. The death toll is expected to rise as both countries will clear the worst affected areas. Across all of the Balkans, alarms were readied and some even fired preliminary warnings before canceling the alert. The city of Izmir with 4.5 million residents was hit badly. A minor tsunami was summoned by the earthquake as well. his earthquake comes in the midst of the Ankara-Athens conflicts in the Mediteranean. [The Map Game, CNN, Al Jazeera, CBSnews, Express](edited)

10/30/2020

PARIS: Lesley's fears are confirmed as white supremacist groups begin to abuse the recent developments in Nice, France, to justify anger and violence. Islamophobia and ultranationalism, fueled by worsening of Turkish-European relations and the recent political pressure against immigration, must be condemned. GeoPolitical News has already reported on all these factors. As we can see, the cold war between the EU and Erdogan is receiving a new image: that of populist protests against everyone not fitting the AWD. @FOUNDER s of the Map Game server, Lesley of the https://discord.gg/d4y594K, and all our members, strongly discourage such behaviour from continuing. We call for an end to discriminatory violence which has seen a rise in recent years, be it islamophobic, racist, transphobic, ultranationalist or otherwise fascistoid. We condone terror of religious extremists, but as my history teacher once said... "It sure is possible for religiously-led fanatics of any belief to storm this place... We must, however, see the result such an action would provoke: the Glory to Slavs movement would never calm down ever again, and the sole mosque in the Capital would be engulfed in flames - just like the Slovenian house was in Trieste in the year of 1920. We acknowledge the current rates of ultranationalist violence in the region... So let us weight the casualties a terrorist attack would truly bring on each 'side'." At least as much as we condemnt the terrorist attack, we condemn the terror and exploatation conducted by the neo-nazi, ultra-capitalist, anti-egalitarian armed wing of the radical right. [Sources not necessary this time around](edited)

October 31, 2020

10/31/2020

ATHENS, ANKARA: Earthquake death toll climbs to 25, injuries to over 800 [Al Jazeera, Hurryat Daily, Greeek RT]

TRIPOLI: Internationally-rec. gov't PM refuses to step down regardless of promises made months ago. This move is applauded by NATO powers, attempting to prevent a power vacuum which would secure Hafter a swift victory. [Al Jazeera, Libyan RT]

DAR ES SALAAM: Opposition denounces the latest elections in Tanzania, street protests called for. Violence in the most populated areas erupt in the midst of what may be a fresh geopolitical hotspot. We continue to observe the region. It seems the parties only demand an electoral re-run, which the government is not willing to conduct. 20 people have been killed during the election, numbers continue to rise. The ruling party has secured a constitutional majority with 97% of parliamentary seats and has control over the presidency. [Al Jazeera, CHADEMA, Agence-France Presse]

MOSCOW: Yerevan has been arbitrarily distanced from CSTO defence pact, with Russia declaring it will help Armenia if and when the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict breaks into what is internationally recognized as mainland Armenia propper. This new definition of the Ruso-Armenian defence pact rassures safety of the Azeri geopolitical movement, as Turkey continues to supply Baku, and as Russia gives support to both sides. It is only the EU, in response to the cold war between Ankara and the World, who now supports solely Armeni forces.

SANTIAGO: Chilean anti-government protest continues as military engages force to demolish both Local Workers' Councils set up not long ago to initiate a leftist revolution, and the demonstration movement.

YEREVAN: Azeri forces are around 10 kilometers from the Nagorno-Karabakh capital of Stepanakert. Is the Turko-Azeria alliance capable of taking all the land they claim? How will this element of the Turkish Cold War develop? Thousands of Azeri soldiers push towards Sushi, Shosh.

10/31/2020

TBILISI: Georgian parliamentary election probable to oust the ruling party, due to a change in the system of voting. Election is to finish in a few hours.

ANKARA: Turkish Cold War escalates as Turkey, EU and the US fail to come to a conclusion on whether the earthquake was of magnitude of 6.6, 6.9 or 7.0 per VILL respectively.

ANKARA: As Turkish Lira continues to drop amid Erdogan's actions in Caucasus, the Black Sea, Greek Border, Mediterian, Cyprus, Libya and Syria, Turkish Central Bank promises to pay 10 billion USD in debt in the three months ahead of us.

MOSCOW: Regardless of Russian successes in provocations relating to the latest clashes in Libya, regardless of successful defence of Cyrenaica from the GNA in Libya and regardless of Russian rigidness in the Caucasus, Russian Ruble continues to drop. This week, losses were immense.

TRIPOLI: Internationally-rec. gov't of Libya in Tripoli holds local elections (municipalities).

BERLIN: Decade after deadline, Berlin Brandenburg Airport construction comes to an end.

DONBASS: Donbass People's Republic's People's Militia deputy chief-of-staff predicts escalation in the Donbass/Lugansk - Ukraine conflict as pro-Kyiv forces continue to shell DPR positions regardless of Russian Federation's warnings.

November 4, 2020

Yesterday at 4:02 PM

INTERNAL: Lesley Zore voices her apologies for not posting news for around 4 days. Sorry, she really was overwhelmed. We're gonna go on as usual now.(edited)

Yesterday at 4:26 PM

ADDIS ABEBA: Responding to an armed attack by an opposition party, the government of Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency in the Tigray region of 6 million people, ruled by that party. Armies have been sent to combat the rebellion in the region. Situation falls out of control as Tigray local government declares it's gained control of the Northern Command, which would promote this to a civil war in the country of 109 million people. Fierce fighting has already been reported. It seems that the rebellious region's ruling party is made of seperatist activists of the region who had previously been a part of the coalition with the ruling president. At least 50 people have been executed by the government in what is called "a response to the crossing of the red line". [The Guardian, Al Jazeera, BBC, UN News]

ANKARA, ATHENS: In Turkey itself, the final death toll from the earthquake a few days ago is published. In the worst-affected center of population, Izmir, a city with population of over 4 million, over 180 buildings have been reduced to rubble and debris; over 22'000 buildings were damaged; 114 people died and over 1'000 were injured in the initial shaking and in the 1600 aftershocks that followed. [Al Jazeera, AA TR, Reuters]

TBILISI: We have already reported that the election which was scheduled to happen a day or so ago would most probably remove the ruling party from their seat as the electoral system is no more positioned in their favour. However, the party has received just enough votes to form a one-party government. Unsatisfied opposition has denounced the election was rigged, however, there is no indication of violence in the republic.

DODOMA: Violence in Tanzania, which came to an edge of a civil war following a disputed election, has come to an end after a number of controversial arrests and eventual releases. Protests have ended, and the tensions as well... We will keep monitoring the region until peace is solid.

YAMOUSSOUKRO: Tensions in Ivory Coast escalate tremendously as the ruling president secures third term in what has been declared a falsified electoral outcome. 40 people have been killed since. Many locals have been detained, houses set ablaze, civilian barricades burned, as clashes continue to intensify. Special forces blocked access to houses of members of the opposition. Opposition reportedly declared a boycott election. [Al Jazeera, AP News, France24, BBC]

NO! We feel the urge to respond to some of our readers, who've reached out to Lesley, requesting reports on the US presidential election. She's decided not to do so, let's leave that to the mass media. We are geopolitical, not a newbie internal politics source.

TRIPOLI, BEIRUT: Warring sides in Libya lowered the intensity of clashes as a ceasefire has been agreed upon. [Al Jazeera](edited)

Yesterday at 5:03 PM

COLOMBO: Government of Sri Lanka has adopted constitutional changes, giving the presidential figure extensive, possibly dangerous, powers. This follows an approval of 18 new members of the committee for public finance. The president has been given powers to appoint and dismiss ministers. They have been given the power to oversee and veto resolutions of distanced organizations that oversee electoral fairness, have to do with human rights, and/or act as an international watchdog for the country. This has been imposed by the new 20th Amendment. [WSWS, News LK, The Guardian, ICJ, The Diplomat, Indian Express, Constitutionnet]

Yesterday at 5:15 PM

MINSK: Lukashenko accuses the Law & Justice party of Visegrad's Third Polish Republic of undermining his presidential position with clerical rhetorics and infiltrators, a so-called "Anti-Belarusian Fifth Column". We have decided to observe how much Lukashenko's rhetoric adapts to the situation. When talking with Moscow, he has been using pro-imperialist rhetorics, politely asking for loans. His rhetoric with the west is the opposite. He has stood up for women's rights and queer folks in poland following the sexist and transphobic bill ratified by Warsaw not long ago... Though his internal politics are sexist and transphobic themselves, and he would - most probably - approve that statement. Now he is referring to the fifth column as though he was some kind of a stalinist. The fifth column was a name for a fifth imaginary army of the Falangists in the Spanish Civil War. The term was referring to all internal enemies of the pro-left Spanish Republic... But not to rightists! It referred to Anarchists, to Trotskyists; though the name "trotskyist" was as well used for everyone who was of a different leftist orientation than the state. It is interesting to observe Alexandr Lukashenka turn to rhetorics, intended to attract leftier audiences. [understandingwar]

TBILISI: It seems that all opposition parties, unhappy with what they call a "fraudulent landslide victory" of the ruling party, have enacted a boycott on the latter. [OC Media, Al Jazeera]

LJUBLJANA: In the Slovenian Capital, protests broke out yesterday. Individuals who do not believe coronavirus exists gathered in the city center. There were around 200 of them. They were throwing bricks, using smoke grenades and firing small rockets. It has been independently shown the ruling party has had a lot to do with cooperating with certain provokators inside the protest. SWAT units, a water cannon and a helicopter were used to disperse the crowd. This has been ongoing in Czechia, Italy, and now Visegrad states for some time. Worried by violence between these groups and the state, but also worried about the negative stigma this will bring to people who factually cannot wear masks, we condemn those protests limitlessly. The Slovenian government has publicly blamed Anonymous Slovenia for the attack. Yep, they blamed an ideology. And the media. Of course, the media is both guilty for COVID-19 and denies its existence? It also seems that a combination of protesters and heavily armed police units beat a photographer/journalist to unconsciousness for taking photographs of special forces and asking the demonstrators "tricky questions". [Slovenian Press Agency, Slovenian RT]

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian far-right Prime Minister Janez Janša has made Slovenia globally known by being the first president to congratulate Donald Trump on victory when that still hasn't been achieved. Ways used by Visegrad politicians to build on PR have been just shameful in the latest months. [Twitter, Slovenian RT]

11/06/2020

ADDIS ABEBA: Fresh civil war escalates as the Government conducts airstrikes against positions of TPLF in Tigray. [EPA, Al Jazeera, Abiy speaking, Sudan News Agency]

ABU DHABI: US sale of UAVs worth 2.9 billion goes ahead. [Reuters, United Arab Emirates RT]

YEREVAN, BAKU: Alarmed. Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert days to weeks from falling AT THIS PACE as Azeri forces cut the city of Shushi off logistically. The city of Shushi is well-known as an undefeatable fortress and is the last real defence before the Capital City. [RFE-RL, Armeni RT, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Azeri RT](edited)

November 7, 2020

WASHINGTON D.C.: It seems that Joe Biden has been capable of first arriving at 270 electors with too much difference for elector dishonesty or similar tactics to work in favor of Donald Trump. Currently, a normal and peaceful transition of power seems probable. As said already, we are not interested in American elections any more than in Georgian, Ivory Coast, Tanzanian or other currently destabilizing political struggles. We condemn both prominent US presidential candidates in regards to many crimes of theirs, including ones for which we wish a penalty was enforced: a penalty which Discord does not let us discuss. However, we congratulate the US on giving neo-nazi terrorist cells 0.1% less funding from now on. Not much will change. Neoliberalism continues. As of now, many have congratulated Biden, but some congratulated Trump before winning - like Slovenian Premier. The new Vice-President is to be noted as well: shall the 77-year old Biden die mid-term, the US will have the first woman, the first feminist, the first socdem, the first non-nationalist president in its history. Also let us note ultranationalist rebels starting to form their own, destructive, voice across the country, now angry as their main lighthouse president leaves the scene. Arrests of ultranationalists trying to rebel against the electoral results began already. The Secret Service has responded and installed sufficient protections for Joe Biden. However, so far, this has been insignificant, and has been overshadowed by Biden's supporters. [Reuters, The Guardian, NBC News, Slovenian RT, Al Jazeera, TASS]

COPENHAGEN: It seems the Danish Government will extinguish minks or limit their existence to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This measure is done as spread from minks to humans is detected, though heavily disputed. The russian duma has declared this measure irrational, "brutal" and "hysterical". At least 15 million minks will be put to death. We do not take interest into what they do, but in Ruso-Danish tensions that may pop up. [The Washington Post, TASS, NPR, The New York Times]

YEREVAN: reports are published of military positions in Shushi being bombarded heavily.(edited)

November 8, 2020

COPRNHAGEN: As Coronavirus has mutated to spread from minks to people, thus spreading more effectively, countries begin to block entries from or through Denmark. As the situation in north Jutland worsens, national parliaments who a day ago named the execution of farmed minks "brutal", begin to see reason in the Danish reaction. [Reuters, The Scottish Sun, Al Jazeera, BBC]

YEREVAN: There are reports the fortress city of Shushi has been seized by Azerbaijani forces and now the Turkic alliance is a kilometer from Stepanakert, the capital city of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian MoD states clashes continue in and near the city. Azerbaijan continues to alleged Armenia of fascist policies. Both sides continue to use ww1-era rhetorics in their state war propaganda. [Al Jazeera, LiveUaMap, Armeni RT, Azeri RT]

TRIPOLI, TOBRUK: GNA continues to accuse Haftar of mass burials. The two sides continue to exchange diplomatic insults and accusations. [Al Jazeera, Liveuamap, Reuters]

ADDIS ABEBA: As governmental offensives in the Tigray region continue, international watchdogs report the civil war as a great challenge for Abiy's role as a PM. Integrity of the nation-state is questioned as the 109-million residents country heads to a fragmentation, and a possible breakup. However, not all projections are necessarily so bleak. Officially speaking, the leadership of Tigray has already been replaced. [Al Jazeera, The Guardian, BBC News]

MINSK, MOSCOW: A rapid-response exercise to be undertaken by Moscow for its CSTO members, with the west alledging this as an excuse to deploy CIS soldiers to Belarus. [Understanding war, Belta, Russian RT]

TIRANA: The Democratic Party questions whether the bill proposed by PM Rama to strengthen his political position is constitutional, predicts a legal battle. This comes following similar stuff from 2016. The move of the DP was expected. [Exit, Opemam, AP news]

November 11, 2020

11/11/2020

ADDIS ABEBA: The novel civil war projected to expel 200'000 citizens in weeks. Insofar, hundreds have been reported dead in the clashes, predominantly civilians. Reportedly, a spillover of the Tigray militia has been pushed into Sudan. [Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Council on Foreign Relations]

BELMOPAN: National election takes place in Belize. The conservative party's fourth term as the ruling party of the coalition is challenged by the coronavirus and the recent recession. [NACLA, Al Jazeera, Foreign Brief]

MOSCOW: Though this news log is not interested in Coronavirus, we want to point out how the US publishes its vaccine efforts of achieving a 90% effective vaccination, and a day later, Russian Federation tells us the same but 92% effective. Nice PR, keep it up. [Reuters, Russian RTV]

YEREVAN: Following weeks of negotiations by the Minsk Group and later Moscow-organized trucers themselves, Karabakh ceasefire comes into place. However, fatalities continue to appear as fighting for northern Shusha drags on. However, LiveUAmap reports no clashes recently and a very very very clear border seems to have been drawn, police departments and local Azeri administration is set up in the region taken by Baku in the latest weeks. It seems Turkey and Russia have aquired rights to monitor the region in return for war-time support. [Reuters, Al Jazeera, LiveUAmap, Politico, The Moscow Times]

GAZA: Saeb Erekat, a prominent Palestinian advocate in the mediterian Levant dispute, dies aged 65. A lot of Palestinian momentum dies with them. This is key to geopolitical situation in the Middle East. [Reuters, NYT, France 24]

November 18, 2020

ADDIS ABEBA: reports of slaughters of civilians come from TIgrayan refugees, alleging both the TPLF and the Federal Government of war crimes following the Ethiopian offensive in the secessionist party-held northern-most state of the country, where thousands of refugees have fled so far. In regards to the insufficient logistical and humanitarian situation of the region, the disputed areas have reportedly run out of edible commodities and medical supplies, so crucial to an area underdeveloped in its health infrastructure in the midst of a pandemic. [Al Jazeera, Reuters, Ethiopian RTV, TPLF, Amnesty International, AP News]

BAGHDAD: Rockets hit the country's disengaged and demilitarized areas (where they are supposed not to hit). Civilian(s) were killed and some displaced. [Al Jazeera, Arab News, Al-Monitor, LiveUAmap, Iraq Security Media Cell, Iraq Army]

SANA: Saudi Arabia declares it will only accept a ceasefire with the Tehran-backed faction upon a green light on forming a disengagement zone blocking the border. [Reuters, The Levant, Associated Press]

TBILISI: Following a disputed election in the country of Georgia (we already covered that, join our server for more info), the US Secretary of State - Mike Pompeo - visits Georgian president Salome Zurabishvili. They published a verdict of having to discuss "running fair elections", but according to US Embassy in Tbilisi and other local sources, the meeting was rooted in discussion about Georgia's territorial integrity: the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which enjoy de facto sovereignty, still have a shadow blocking them: the shadow of a possible US intervention in Georgian politics to reclaim Russian satellite states since the war in 2008 so clearly de facto CSTO entities, though officially not such. It is possible the "fairness" of election is a codeword for access to casting ballots in the two seperatist areas. [RFE-RL, Al Jazeera, Atlantic Council]

November 19, 2020

KABUL: Australian special forces, engaged with fighting the Taliban armed faction in Afghanistan, have been charged with brutally taking the lives of unarmed civilians and conducting questionable behaviour. Following Iraq Logs and Afghan War Leaks, this further upsets the balance in the area which has so many times come close to both a ceasefire and a boiling point. Canberra government has since voiced apologies. [The Age, Al Jazeera, Reuters, BBC, The Guardian, ABC News]

WASHINGTON & ABU DHABI: A team of US Senators have voiced their intentions to form a political blockade on Donald Trump's incumbent-presidential plan to sell a number of UAVs (drones) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is well-known for its diplomatic, military and financial siding with their allies in the recent-most conflicts in Yemen and Libya, and elsewhere as well. The deal worth 23 billion dollars, which is for example more than the state budget of Belarus, or of Nigeria and Azerbaijan combined., may collapse [Al Jazeera, Wikipedia lists, Times of Israel, Politico, Army Times]

YEREVAN: Following a devastating defeat for Armenia and its ethical faction which supported Yerevan's control over Nagorno-Karabakh, the area recently captured by Azerbaijan, Armeni Prime Minister declares himself responsible for the lost war and pledges to take responsibility for the damage done and his willingness to help the survivors and victims of the war which killed hundreds officially, but resulted in between 5'000 and 12'000 deaths per international sources. This follows a reported assisination attempt on the aforementioned politician and mass manifestations protesting the peace deal. [Al Jazeera, Tasnimnews, BBC, Armenpress, Arabnews, Reuters, Slovenian RTV, Russian RTV, Armeni RTV, Azeri RTV, Turkish RTV]

TEL AVIV: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Golan Heights "as a visit to Israel". This is a de jure (following de facto) recognition of Golan Heights belonging to Israel, by the United States of America. It seems the "no step on snek" world is ever more willing to accept Israeli administration over the area. Assad's republic, nor the PLO, in the meantime did not voice any objections. This follows extensive rocketing of Syrian areas by the Israeli armed forces. [Reuters, France 24, Yeshiva, Idaho Statesman, WION, The New York Times, Independant, Syrian Arab News Agency ]

YEREVAN: Update. Manifestations protesting the Armeni peace deal with Azerbaijan have turned into a serious call for the government to collapse. Armeni SSR flags are waved everywhere. All central streets have been blocked. [TASS, RFE-RL]

YEREVAN & MOSCOW: It is possible Russia may proceed, after peacekeeping the newly established disengagement border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, to ask the United Nations to recognize CSTO or CIS forces as an international legitimate peacekeeping institution. [Understanding war, Sputnik International]

YEREVAN: Russian forces patrolling the newly established border in Nagorno Karabakh, have started inspecting each passing vehicle. It is expected the patrolling will last until late 2021 to guarantee stabilization. [Sputnik International, Understanding war, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Azeri RTV, Armeni RTV]

TIRANA: The Government has presented a state budget with the highest expenditure value in the history of Albania. However, they still forgot to allocate any funds to build, update and maintain state infrastructure, like roads and railways. It is expected this worth would extend a billion USD. Congratulations to Albania! (Truly, it has been argued this was done to lower the outcome but... It looks more like a mistake.) [Exit News, Independant Balkans News, Intellinews]

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BAKU: Azeri forces have entered a part of areas of Nagorno-Karabakh, acquired through the peace deal. Armenian army will retreat from the region step-by-step, and Baku has taken the first of such areas. More Armenians flee the area, burning down their own houses left behind. [Al Jazeera, TRT world]

ADDIS ABEBA: Tigray refugees report further genocidal activity by both the TPLF and the Federal Government of Ethiopia. Slaughters, sexual violence, pogroms and burning continue. By now, federal forces have enclosed the capital of Tigray - the city of Makelle. TPLF fired rockets into the metropolis of Bahir Dar, the regional capital of the Amhara area. [Tiska Negeri, Reuters, Al Jazeera]

KHARTOUM: UN estimates for displacements in the Ethipian civil war of Tigrayan succession implode from 5'000 to 200'000 as Ethiopian military takeover of the region pushes more to immigrate into Sudan. The government there is preparing for the worst, especially in regards to a health crisis which such a packing of refugees could create, as Sudan is not fully able to guarantee hygiene in refugee camps. [Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, Voice of America, Associated press, Gulf Times, Anadolu Agency]

TEL AVIV & DAMASCUS: Pompeo visit to Golan Heights takes place. Thus, the US has voiced recognition of Golan Heights being a part of Israel. This was the first high diplomate, and especially the first US Secretary of State, to visit Golan Heights as a part of a visit to Israel. By now, Syrian Arab Republic has voiced condemnations. PLO remains silent. [The Times of Israel, Reuters, Egypt Independent, BBC, France 24, The Hill, Yeshiva World News, UrduPoint News]

YEREVAN: Attempted assisination of Armeni Prime Minister, which we already reported on (join our server for more info), results in mass arrests. Armenian National Security Service continues to lock down political opponents of the prime minister as people go to the streets and block the whole center of Yerevan. Instabilities scale as both calls for resignation of the president and further left calls to reinstall the SSR continue. [OC Media, The Times of Israel, RFE-RL, Armenian RTV]

November 22, 2020

BAKU:As Azeri army enters regions evacuated by the Armenian forces according to the peace deals, it continues to find all infrastructure and residence burned down by the leaving civilians. This old news has acquired an epilogue: Azerbaijan intends to sue Yerevan on the basis of "war crimes, crimes against humanity, vandalism". Invalidity of such legal action is hinted at by international media. [MENAFN, Al Jazeera, AZERTAC, Azeri gov]

GUATEMALA CITY: The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala building has been set ablaze by protestors. Civil unrest in the country brings the area closer to a turmoil as the government passes a controversial budget bill cutting spendings drastically. Calls against corruption, and to end the crisis an "alternative way" intensify. [Al Jazeera, Daily Beast, The Ridgefield Press, The Guardian, The New York Times]

OUAGADOUGOU: Elections are taking place in Burkina Faso as of writing this. As we have already reported, 17.4% of the country's electoral communes are inaccessible due to governmental loss of certain areas to militant groups linked to Al-Queida and NATO-sponsored disloyalties as well. This represents 7% of the residents of the country. [Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Associated Press, Euronews, Voice of America, Relief Web, US Embassy in Burkina Faso]

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Government has rejected mediation of the African Union between the Federal and Tigrayan forces. This follows days old unofficial dismissal of the suggestion by the PM. The mediation was requested by the TPLF. Ethiopian forces are by now only 100km from the capital of TIgray. There are no clear reports from the region as communication lines have been shut and the internet possibly blocked. [Al Jazeera, The East African, Reuters, TRT World, Slovenian RT, Ethiopian gov.]

TEL AVIV & GAZA: In response to a palestinian rocket hitting an emptied factory, Israeli forces conducted a number of air strikes in the Gaza Strip, amounting to unverified scales of damage. It is certain damage has been caused to Palestinian infrastructure. Israeli Defence Forces claim to have hit military targets. Flames and destruction could be spotted in the Palestinian-controlled cities of Rafah and Khan Younis. [Reuters, Arab News, Al Jazeera, The TImes of Israel, Israeli gov]

WASHINGTON: International alarms are raised as the Pentagon completes withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies. The treaty was used to allow for countries of other countries to project and conduct observatory flights over others' territories as a tool of international surveillance. This treaty was giving the Russian Federation up to 42(?) flights over the US and gives USAF between 8 and 31 flight accesses over the Union State. The treaty was first proposed by the US and only has much purpose/sense with both Moscow and Washington incorporated. [RFE-RL, Wikipedia, TASS, Brookings]

MOSCOW: Russian Federation issues a clear response to the finalization of the USAF withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies. After alleging this action as unacceptable, Russian diplomats call for other NATO members of the treaty to officially guarantee their loyalty and firm membership in the cooperation. The whole treaty is shaking. [TASS, RFE-RL, Mid, Lesley Zore cannot guarantee truthfulness of this announcement]

TBILISI: After our reports over Georgian election and instabilities following the event, we report that the second round has ended with a historically low turnout (26%) and all 17 leftover seats (87% of the vote) were taken by the Dream Party (already victorious in the first round). [OC Media, Foreign Brief, Wikipedia, Agenda, Pledge times, TASS]

November 23, 2020

MEKELLE: As Ethiopian governmental forces say they have surrounded the Tigray's capital, the leadership of the TPLF denies this claim, showing that only days ago, Ethiopia claimed to be "only 100km away". According to the TPLF, Ethiopian forces "have not moved an inch for more than one week". Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) requests the Tigray People's Liberation Front to surrender within 72 hours. It has threatened to take the Tigray capital hostage with artillery strike. In the meantime, Tigray government reports break ins of Eritrean armed forces, which Eritrea denies. Ethiopia claims they are to start encircling Mekelle with tanks and armored vehicles. No claims could be confirmed, as all communication lines are down. [Al Jazeera, TPLF, Ethiopian gov, DW, The Guardian, Reuters, New Business Ethiopia]

MOSCOW: Russian Federation vetoes UN bans and condemnations on the al-Kaniyat militia. [Libyaalahrar, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Pressreader]

LESLEY ZORE: There is almost no news today, please contact me with material if you have any other ideas, thank you.

November 27, 2020

TEHRAN: Probable key Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated. Israel was blamed by the IRGF. Casual diplomatic fallout follows. [Al Jazeera, Reuters, Slovenian RTV, Irani RTV, Jerusalem Post]

BAGHDAD: Tensions in Iraq as pro- and anti-government protests clash. The political landscape remains as it is. [Reuters, LiveUAmap]

MINSK: Lukashenka announces resignation, shall the new constitution come in place. We are not to discuss all the background again. This may be a win to Svetlana. [Radio Free Europe, NBC News, Belarusian RTV, The Canberra Times, TASS]

MOSCOW: Russian Federation sends protests to US following a brief alarm as a US destroyer entered Russian exclusive naval areas. CSTO has threatened to "ram" the destroyer. [TASS, Daily Mail, The Sun]

TEHRAN: Iran vows violent revenge for the death of the nuclear researcher. [Fars, Sputnik International, Iran Front Page, Politico]

MEKELLE: Ethiopian army captures the capital of the previously TPLF-controlled Tigray region, according to reports by both sides. Possibly, the TPLF forces are retreating to transit into guerilla tactics. [Al Jazeera, Reuters, Ethiopian RTV, TPLF, BBC, Anadolu Agency]

ABUJA: An armed massacre supplied by the army seems to have happened in the farmlands of Nigeria, with 110 fatalities. Not much is known yet. [Al Jazeera, NPR, North Africa Journal, The Nation Newspaper, Daily Post Nigeria]

TEHRAN: It seems at least 10 readers have contacted us in fears of an all out war between Iran and Israel. Let us comfort you; Persian threats of retaliation usually amount to a retaliatory assisination or a minor rocket attack in Iraq, or a support deployment to the SAA. [internal message]

MONTENEGRO: In 2018, the Montenegrin parliament accepted the symbolic nullification of the paper which ascended the Kingdom of Montenegro into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Days ago now, the Serbian ambassador to Montenegro voiced his opinion that the unification of two kingdoms in 1918 was "liberation" to the people of Montenegro. For this, they were declared persona-non-grata and ordered to leave the Montenegrin soil within 72 hours. In turn, Serbia expelled the Montenegrin ambassador. At the same time, the Russian Federation has supplied Belgrade with a number of new tanks for a low or zero of a price. Update: Serbia has taken back their expulsion of the diplomate(s). [Slovenian RTV, Exit, BBC, RFE-RL]

ADDIS ABABA: TPLF retracts their claims of full retreat from the capital; they claim to continue fighting near the capital. [Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail. Heavily unverified.]

TEHRAN: Iran Parliament has come to the retaliatory conclusion in regards to the assisination of the Iranian nuclear scientist, to block nuclear inspections on Iranian soil. Burial ongoing. [Al Jazeera, Forbes, TRT World, Sangbad Pratidin]

YEREVAN: Armenian president asks for constitutional amendments, formation of government of national accord, to limit the powers of all governmental bodies. Governmental resignation and a preliminary election is called for, in the meantime for a technical interim government to be installed. [TASS, AA]