Sudan “Shark Dive Expedition” The Wild Red Sea! With Blue Force Fleet. Who has not ever traveled to a place full of history and has stopped to think about what it would be like many years ago? Try to imagine, every change, every interaction and how this affected the present time. Try to imagine and understand how it could have been many years ago.
This is the way I explain it when someone asks me about Sudan.
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It does not seem that Turkey will put an end to its destabilising agenda in Yemen and the Horn of Africa any time soon despite its narrative of de-escalation with Saudi Arabia and its desire to benefit from Gulf reconciliation.
Its intent was illustrated by the Turkish presidency s decision to extend the duration of Turkey s military presence in the region.
The Turkish presidency has sent a memorandum to parliament to extend the mission of the Turkish Navy in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the territorial waters of Somalia for an additional year starting Feb. 10, 2021.
Turkey maintains presence in Gulf of Aden despite de-esclalation with Saudi Arabia
The Turkish presidency has sent a memorandum to Parliament to extend the mission of the Turkish Navy in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the territorial waters of Somalia for an additional year, starting February 10, 2021.
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Then-Turkish military chief of staff General Hulusi Akar and a Somali soldier participate during the opening ceremony of a Turkish military base in Mogadishu, Somalia September 30, 2017. (REUTERS)
ANKARA - It does not seem that Turkey will put an end to its destabilising agenda in Yemen and the Horn of Africa any time soon despite its narrative of de-escalation with Saudi Arabia and its desire to benefit from Gulf reconciliation.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is limping out of the longest period of internal turbulence in its 40-year history. At their annual summit on 5 January, the Council’s six member states signed the al-Ula Declaration, reaffirming their unity and “restoring collaboration” between Qatar and three of its neighbours – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain – as well as Egypt. These states had cut ties with Qatar in June 2017, imposed a land, sea and air blockade, which denied the country access to some of its most important trading arteries, and demanded that Doha accede to a list of thirteen demands. While the blockade did not fully isolate Qatar, it cost the Qatari economy hundreds of millions of dollars in lost income.
Description
Circular bronze medalet commemorating the return of the New South Wales Contingent from Sudan in June 1885. The obverse shows a profile of General Charles Gordon and the words GENERAL GORDON C.B. . The reverse shows a reclining figure and a ship sailing through Sydney heads with the words WELCOME RETURN N.S.W. CONTINGENT . A small hole has been made at the top of the medalet.
History / Summary
This medalet commemorates the return of the New South Wales Contingent from Sudan in June 1885. It is one of several medalets produced in various designs and metals to commemorate this occasion. The New South Wales Contingent, consisting of an infantry battalion of 522 men, 24 officers and an artillery battery of 212 men, sailed from Sydney on 3 March 1885 amid much public fanfare. They anchored at Suakin, Sudan s Red Sea port, on 29 March 1885 and were attached to a brigade composed of Scots, Grenadiers and Coldstream Guards. Shortly after their arrival they marched as part of