CURRENT GLOBAL ISSUES AND USA STRATEGIC ANALYSIS UPDATES
Afghanistan, talks so far fruitless, bloody clashes on the rise
A Taliban attack on Afghan military bases in Afghanistan's Nimroz province has killed 20 soldiers, while Afghan security officials have also claimed to have killed 20 Taliban elements.
According to the report of AVA news agency, the local officials of Khashrod city of Nimroz province said that the Taliban attacked the military base in Dehmazang in which 20 soldiers were killed and many others were injured.
A local official in Nimroz Province said the Taliban had also abducted six soldiers. The base was also attacked last week.
On the other hand, the Afghan army repulsed a Taliban attack in Zabul province. Twenty Taliban members were killed in the operation. The attack reportedly took place in Hassan Karez, in the Shajoi area of Zabul Province, where Afghan security forces repulsed the attack and the Taliban were forced to retreat. Significant Taliban weapons were also seized in the operation.
The warring parties in Libya have agreed on a permanent ceasefire
The United Nations has announced that the warring parties in war-torn Libya have agreed to a permanent ceasefire and an agreement has been signed at a ceremony.
According to Reuters, the United Nations has announced that the warring parties in war-torn Libya have agreed to a permanent ceasefire and an agreement has been signed at a ceremony.
A permanent ceasefire agreement has been reached in Geneva between the UN-backed government and the armed opposition fighting in Libya, which will ensure the implementation of a ceasefire in every part of Libya. The UN mission in Libya has confirmed the agreement on a permanent ceasefire on the social networking site Facebook, saying that an UN-brokered ceasefire agreement has been signed, a historic achievement.
Under the agreement, all foreign fighters in Libya will be repatriated within three months, while the prisoner exchange process between the parties will be completed on a priority basis.
As a result of talks with UN Ambassador Stephen Turko-William, five military commanders of Libya's internationally recognized government and opposition leader General Khalifa Haftar arrived in Geneva, where an agreement was reached between the two sides.
Sudan also succumbed to US pressure
US President Donald Trump on Friday officially announced that Sudan has also agreed to establish relations with Israel.
The White House announced on Friday that US President Donald Trump had announced that Israel and Sudan had agreed to normalize relations, the Fars news agency reported.
The White House said in a statement that the agreement was a "significant step" towards peace in the Middle East.
The US president announced that he was confident that Saudi Arabia would soon move towards establishing relations with Israel.
He said five other countries had also expressed interest in relations with Israel.
Reuters reports that Trump had separate telephone conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sudan's caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk, and Sudan's Interim Military Council chief Abdul Fattah al-Burhan. They talked about the relationship between Abib.
Iran bans US diplomats
The Islamic Republic of Iran has blacklisted US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Taylor and two other diplomats for involvement in terrorist activities and human rights abuses.
In a statement issued Friday, Iran's foreign ministry announced that Tehran had used strong evidence against Steve Fagan, deputy chief of staff at the US embassy in Baghdad, and Consul General Abel Rob Waller. It has been banned for engaging in activities that are in line with a bill passed by the Iranian parliament in 2017.
The State Department said in a statement that the three US diplomats had carried out "terrorist acts" against the Iranian government and its citizens.
Tehran says US diplomats supported terrorist groups such as ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front and used terrorist groups against regional countries.
It should be noted that the day before, the United States had blacklisted the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjid.
The Trump administration says the mosque has been blacklisted for working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Masjid was a close adviser to General Qasim Soleimani and has been instrumental in streamlining the IRGC's policies in Iraq.
5,000 killed in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan: Russian President
Russia's president says at least 5,000 people have been killed so far in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh issue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the ongoing war between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, the Fars news agency reported. He mentioned Russia's relations with both Armenia and Azerbaijan. He described the Karabakh war as "tragic" and said Russia was trying to end it.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, Armenian and Azerbaijani troops have launched attacks on each other's positions in the Karabakh region.
Both sides in the Qarabagh war are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
It should be noted that the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the issue of Karabakh began on September 27 and the foreign ministers of the two countries agreed on a ceasefire in Moscow, but still, clashes continue between the two sides.