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Armenian “Genocide”: Ankara Reacts as expected, Berlin Trying to Calm Waters

The German Bundestag on Thursday approved a non-binding resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish forces as genocide with only one member of the parliament voting against it and another abstaining. Turkey reacted by recalling its ambassador in Berlin for consultations and also summoned Germany’s Chargé d’affaires in Ankara. Turkey’s […]

Spain vows to defend firmly national interests after Algeria suspends two-decade-old treaty

Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on Thursday that the Spanish government will “firmly defend” its national interests in light of Algeria’s decision to scrap a 20-year-old friendship and cooperation treaty. “We are analyzing the implications and the national and European consequences of that measure in a calm, constructive way, but also with […]

Algeria expels over 2000 sub-Saharans to Niger in inhumane conditions

Algeria continues its refoulement of Sub-Saharans abandoning over 2000 on August 1-12 on the borders with Niger in inhumane conditions, according to French radio RFI. The migrants were dumped in the desert in extreme heat about 15 kilometers away from Essamaka, where an IOM center is based. Aziz Chehou, coordinator of Alarm Phone Sahara (APS) […]