Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said it had fired rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area today in response to Israeli airstrikes which struck sites belonging to the group yesterday. The Israeli military said at least ten rockets were launched towards Israel from southern Lebanon. “In …

Israeli defense minister said Tel Aviv is “ready to attack Iran”, adding Iran represented “a global challenge”, reported Anadolu Agency. Benny Gantz’s comments came in an exclusive interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth published on Thursday. “Iran seeks to pose a multi-front challenge to Israel by building up its …

Leaks about the Saudi authorities’ request from local employers in the kingdom’s southern governorates to dispense with their Yemeni workers have raised fears of the imminent deportation of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis residing in these areas. A leaked “Classified” document was reported by local sources to have comprised a …

Lebanon is falling deeper into an economic and social black hole. While Hezbollah is not immune to that crisis, it is still able to play with fire and attack Israel. It’s been a week since rocket-warning sirens alerted Israelis to the dangers of the collapse of Lebanon: a salvo of …

Tensions and failed negotiations on Qatari aid are bringing Israel and Hamas closer toward another open conflict, according to Palestinian sources. Israel and Hamas are headed toward another round of fighting, as international mediators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on bringing Qatari aid money to the Gaza …

We know what that shop looks like in places like Lebanon, it’s a bankrupt operation. The US needs to reassure allies that it will stick by the region in this difficult time. The rapid fall of Afghanistan and the way in which US political and military officials, as well as …

As China, Russia, Iran and others rise to the occasion, the ascent of the Taliban may signal a post-American world order The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rapid advance of the Taliban are not necessarily a simple cause and effect. The US had very few troops in Afghanistan, and …

The US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan parallels Israel’s disengagements from Gaza and Lebanon – In these scenarios, a weaker force achieved victory against a more powerful one through attrition. Twenty years after September 11, the Taliban has blitzkrieged through Afghanistan over the last month, taking province after province as the United …

Over the years Britain’s own foreign policy strategy has shifted from the blind presumption of the Blair years to a hard-nosed realism The most remarkable thing about America’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan was that it took so long to come about. This is not to suggest that …

Taliban artık Afganistan’ın yönetimini resmen devralmaya hazırlanıyor. En çarpıcı gerçek de Taliban’ın adım adım ilerleyişinin ABD başta olmak üzere NATO ülkelerinin gözleri önünde gerçekleşmiş olması. Dolayısıyla yeni oluşacak yönetim ve ardındaki sır perdesi aralandıkça asıl projeksiyonu daha sağlıklı görebileceğiz. Buna rağmen olan bitenler ve elimizdeki verilerle stratejik açıdan yaşanabilecek bazı …