Eurasia

Key Takeaways Iranian-backed Iraqi militias are likely responsible for at least some of the recent drone attacks against Gulf states. It is very unlikely that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias would conduct drone attacks against regional states if the Iranian regime opposed such attacks, which suggests that Iran has not ordered its …

Trump s’est piégé lui-même. Poursuivre le blocus ferait exploser l’économie juste avant les élections de mi-mandat, mais reculer serait synonyme d’une perte de crédibilité pour les États-Unis. Washington déclenche la “guerre des ports”… Le cheikh Naim Qassem s’apprête à déjouer le coup d’État interne, et Téhéran brandit l’arme du baril …

Notre gouvernement nous incite à dépenser, consommer, parier, saluer le drapeau & nous taire. Mais protester sera inutile quand le navire aura coulé et que l’eau glacée aura envahi nos poumons. Les chiffres sont alarmants. La dette nationale américaine dépasse les 39 000 milliards de dollars et ne cesse d’augmenter. …

Beirut will enter ‘symbolic’ talks with no leverage and reluctance to be seen negotiating, sources say Lebanon’s opening demand will be singular and clear on Tuesday when it enters direct talks with Israel, a Lebanese political source with knowledge of the scheduled Washington meeting told The National. The Lebanese ambassador …

Putin’s meeting with the oligarchs, at which the Russian president “passed his hat around” and offered to chip in for the war, marks a new stage in the state’s interaction with private business, confirming the trend toward archaization in Russia. The economy has already rejected foreign investment and Western technology, …

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Russians to obtain asylum. This applies not only to Western countries and the United States, which have begun deporting Russian refugees en masse, but also to Russia’s neighboring countries. Human rights activists The Insider spoke with note that the immigration and political situation in a …

In the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács worked for Igor Korol, the leader of the most powerful organized crime group in Budapest, which reported to the main underworld boss, Semyon Mogilevich. According to Kovács, his duties included, among other things, transferring large sums of cash, which Mogilevich regularly sent to Police …

A coordination group comprising the International Energy Agency (IEA), the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects fuel prices to remain under pressure amid the current Middle East conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US. “Even after a resumption of regular shipping flows through the Strait, it …

After six weeks of conflict, the cost in munitions expenditure and damage is unprecedented given the time period hirteen military service members killed and 365 injured, 46 aircraft damaged or destroyed, and between $25 billion and $30 billion spent. That is the cost of the US war on Iran so …

Maritime ​access restrictions in the Gulf are ​being enforced as the fragile Iran war ceasefire looked close to breaking point. Iranian ports and coastal ​areas, including ​locations along ‌the Gulf ⁠of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz are being affected, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency. …