Eurasia

Hezbollah announced a yearlong housing-assistance program on October 13, offering eligible families displaced by the 2024 and 2026 wars with Israel up to $14,000 for rent and furniture. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also met separately with Hezbollah and allied Shiite Amal Movement lawmakers to discuss government-administered reconstruction projects in …

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The Houthis are preparing to march on Riyadh while the Revolutionary Guards are driving America out of every continent. America’s security umbrella has failed to provide the Gulf petro-monarchies with the much-touted security against Iran and the axis of resistance. Instead, it has made them more susceptible to the realization …

The state utility now provides less than a third of the country’s electricity, a victim of chronic under-investment. Why? Because the people with the power to fix it are profiting from the racket that’s replaced it Lebanon now relies on diesel-powered generators for about half of its electricity supply, further …

Key Takeaways: Senior leaders in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have publicly discussed facilitating peace talks between Iran and Iranian Kurdish armed opposition groups based in the autonomous region, with PUK head Bafel Talabani describing the start of a process similar to Turkey’s and noting Tehran’s positive response. Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan …

Key Takeaways: President Trump stated on October 14 that the United States continues to share intelligence with Ukraine and is working with both sides to end the war, countering Zelenskyy’s claim of no advance warning before 39 Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on October 13. Ukrainian officials and …

Key Takeaways: Yemen’s civil war has reignited with Saudi Arabia, backed by Turkish and Pakistani forces, fighting the Iran-linked Houthis, who have forged opportunistic ties with Al-Shabaab, Islamic State in Somalia, Somali pirates, and AQAP for weapons, training, and smuggling routes.Non-state militant and criminal groups worldwide are building a crime-terror …

Key Takeaways: Bahrain has arrested scores of Shiite clerics accused of conspiring with Iran, sparking 125 solidarity demonstrations since May 9, threats from Iranian-backed militants to attack infrastructure unless 41 prisoners are freed, and 251 total arrests since the war began, heightening sectarian tensions. In Iran, ethnic minorities comprising about …

Key TakeawaysRecent waves of Iranian attacks on vessels in and near the Strait of Hormuz indicate that Iran retains the ability to effectively target vessels in the strait, which suggests that Iran has either overcome previous operational challenges or is adapting to such constraints through new tactics or capabilities.The Houthis …

How a True “Energy Cease-Fire” Can Curb Putin Ukraine is facing its most precarious moment since the early days of the war. Since late July, Russia has used its growing stockpile of ballistic missiles and a new generation of jet-powered drones to dramatically intensify its long-range attacks. It is now …