Civil War
Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan could spark civil war, Uzbekistan's intervention
April 22, 2010By Paul Goble Ethnic clashes threaten Kyrgyzstan’s survival, Russian analyst suggests Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz, on the one hand, and minority groups, on the other, if they come to involve ethnic Uzbeks, a Moscow analyst says, would...
Russian president Medvedev warns of Kyrgyz civil war
April 14, 2010Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Kyrgyzstan may be plunged into a civil war if the standoff between embattled President Kurmanbek Bakiev and the self-declared interim government is not resolved soon. Medvedev made the comments at Washington...
US congressional panel considers Armenian genocide resolution
March 04, 2010By Dorian Jones A U.S. congressional panel is set to vote on declaring that the 1915 massacre of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide. But Turkey warns that such a move could harm U.S.-Turkey relations. The resolution, being...
Chisinau commemorates 1992 civil war
March 03, 2010On March 2, 1992, Chisinau and the separatist region of Transnistria began a short, but bloody, civil war that ended in hundreds of deaths and injuries. The war ended on July 21, 1992, when then-President Mircea Snegur signed a ceasefire agreement with...
Moldovan communists say opposition may provoke civil war
June 25, 2009The ruling Communist Party (PCRM) does not rule out the fact that the opposition's actions may lead to "a Kosovo variant" in Moldova, to a civil war. A PCRM pre-electoral statement has said that if events develop under the opposition's scenario...
Iran's Contribution to the Civil War in Iraq, Occasional Paper Released
January 22, 2007WASHINGTON, DC (Moldova.ORG) -- The Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tank, has released a new Occasional Paper titled "Iran's Contribution to the Civil War in Iraq." The paper is authored by Mounir Elkhamri, Middle East Military...