/GPG/ /SG/ Geopolitics General #2369 - Serious business Edition

Palestine, Syria, Ukraine, Taiwan, Libya, Iran, Mali, Caucasus, Yemen, Ethiopia, Burma, Socotra, and other geopolitical happenings, as well as soup, pipelines and robots. /ug/, /sg/, /cwg/, /o/, Any Forums, /osint/, /ck/, /tg/, /k/, /soup general/, (NOT /ipg/)

NEWS
>Ukraine/Russia
President Zelensky says Ukraine will target Russian forces at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
>Syria
Erdogan: Soon we will unite the rings of the security belt by clearing the last areas in which the YPG organization is present in Syria
>China
Taiwanese foreign minister says China is using drills as excuse to prepare for invasion, "China has used the drills to prepare for the invasion of Taiwan"
>Kenya
The polls are open in Kenyas contentious elections between Raila Odinga and William Ruto, with 22 million people registered to vote
>Israel/Palestine
Ibrahim El Nablusi" commander of Fatah's military wing, has been killed by the Israeli army Israeli in Nablus Initial reports suggest.
>Iran
An agreement on restoring Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers could be near after another round of negotiations led to a “final text” offered by the European Union.

>Live maps
conflicttr.com/
southfront.org/category/all-articles/products/maps/
marinetraffic.com/
globe.adsbexchange.com/
defensepoliticsasia.com/ukraine/
liveuamap.com/

>Twitter sources
nitter.net/spriteer_774400
nitter.net/clashreport
nitter.net/bilalkareem
nitter.net/disclosetv
nitter.net/archer83able
nitter.net/LindseySnell
nitter.net/suriyakmaps
nitter.net/abduljabbar1612

>Conflict maps and reading list
pastebin.com/UCqfbpQn

>Official /gpg/ games
gaming-style.com/WarAttack/index.php?page=Game
lichess.org/

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Iran
twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1562115575102541826
reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-does-not-have-preconditions-dialogue-with-syria-foreign-minister-2022-08-23/
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Iran

Richard Nelson Frye defines Greater Iran as including "much of the Caucasus, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, with cultural influences extending to China and western India."

According to Frye, "Iran means all lands and peoples where Iranian languages were and are spoken, and where in the past, multi-faceted Iranian cultures existed."

Only in modern times did western colonial intervention and ethnicity tend to become a dividing force between the provinces of Greater Iran.

As Patrick Clawson states, "ethnic nationalism is largely a nineteenth century phenomenon, even if it is fashionable to retroactively extend it."

"Greater Iran" however has been more of a cultural super-state, rather than a political one to begin with.

"Many Iranians consider their natural sphere of influence to extend beyond Iran's present borders.

Portuguese forces seized islands and ports in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 19th century, the Russian Empire wrested from Tehran's control what is today Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, and part of Georgia.

Iranian elementary school texts teach about the Iranian roots not only of cities like Baku, but also cities further north like Derbent in southern Russia.

The Shah lost much of his claim to western Afghanistan following the Anglo-Iranian war of 1856-1857.

"Iran today is just a rump of what it once was. At its height, Iranian rulers controlled Iraq, Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, much of Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Many Iranians today consider these areas part of a greater Iranian sphere of influence." -Patrick Clawson

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twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1562115575102541826
>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that according to international law, Crimea should be returned to Ukraine.

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What is /sg/ reading right now?

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bros, why hasn't bird country defaulted yet? many 2-weeks have passed since devaluation and other shits&giggles

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Seeks like a condition

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after the hatawas and shites, now bird-country has moved to support asshat. I just hope asshat can see the trap!

reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-does-not-have-preconditions-dialogue-with-syria-foreign-minister-2022-08-23/

they should just have their make-up sex already and get on with their lives

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