I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided us with essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned unjustly. I spent most of my life on a strip of land not much bigger than Manhattan, surrounded by a massive razor-wire fence. Most of the time, it felt like …

Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at …

L’événement du «Déluge de l’Aksa» fut certes surprenant par son déclenchement. Mais il l’est plus, par les dimensions qu’il recèle. Je compte en souligner certaines, tout en les explicitant quelque peu, une à une. 1- Je commence par ce qui me semble être, de toute évidence, l’inexistence radicale et totale …

La dissolution du G5 Sahel entérine l’échec de la France, qui pensait pouvoir imposer son jeu à travers cet organe, explique à Sputnik le militant panafricain Abdoulaye Nabaloum. Une coquille vide. Le G5 Sahel, dont la dissolution a été actée par la Mauritanie et le Sahel, n’a été qu’un instrument …

Is Washington Overusing Its Most Powerful Weapons? Suppose that a company in Peru wants to do business with a company in Malaysia. It should not be hard for the firms to make a deal. Sending money across national borders is generally straightforward, and so is the international transfer of large …

Since October 7, Israel has declared war on Gaza, killing more than 15,000 Palestinians, including more than 6,150 children, and destroying civilian infrastructure that could sustain life in the future. However, Israel has also been mounting a silent war on Palestinians in the West Bank and within the 1948 borders, …

Latest Developments Two terror tunnels shafts in the West Bank were uncovered during an overnight operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on December 6. Terror tunnels are used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and to a limited degree by Hezbollah …

Moscow also said that Putin will then travel to Saudi Arabia and will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for an important visit. He is meeting with the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin …

Sweden and the United States have signed an agreement giving the US military access to 17 Swedish bases, which has been viewed as a response to Budapest and Ankara delaying Stockholm’s NATO bid. The military agreement is the first of its kind between the two countries and will allow the …

Several Belgian and European civil society groups began their two-week-long campaign on Wednesday with the aim of cancelling the currently negotiated EU Migration and Asylum Pact and starting afresh. Their “Not This Pact” campaign is backed by several civil society organisations active at the Belgian or EU level, including Caritas …