Eurasia

Cooperation between the Shi’ite militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen

The cooperation between the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen has intensified in recent weeks, as reflected in announcements of joint UAV and cruise missile attacks on Israel “in support of the Palestinians” and in response to Israel’s [alleged] “massacres” in the Strip Gaza. Between June 6, …

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Reactions to the Deaths of Fuad Shukr and Isma’il Haniyeh

In the southern suburb of Beirut on July 30, 2024, the IDF eliminated Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and the head of the organization’s strategic array. The attack was carried out in response to a rocket fired by Hezbollah which hit the Druze village of Majdal Shams and …

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Iran: Desperately Seeking Gorbachev

Gorbachev had a thin resume as an apparatchik who had risen in the party by doing nothing, in fact, by being nobody. When he came to London to be promoted by Margaret Thatcher, his 10-line resume introduced him as the Central Committee’s agricultural tsar who had risen to be party …

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in precision strike on his room during visit to Iran

Hamas’ top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated during a visit to Iran in what the terror group claimed was an “airstrike” directly on his room that was conducted by Israel early Wednesday. His death dramatically escalates tensions in the Middle East and raises the specter of all-out war between …

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Target Tehran: The Implications of Ismail Haniyeh’s Assassination

Over the past two days, Israel assassinated Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah figure close to Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, and is believed to be behind the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political office, while he was in Tehran attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president. The assassination …

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La Russie choque l’Occident : le nouveau MiG-41 pourrait être un cauchemar de science-fiction

Le MiG-41 russe, présenté comme le remplaçant du MiG-31 «Foxhound», devrait repousser les limites de l’aviation avec des capacités s’étendant jusqu’à l’espace inférieur. Promettant des vitesses supérieures à Mach 4, des lasers anti-missiles et des armes EMP dirigées, le MiG-41 ressemble à de la science-fiction. La Russie choque l’Occident : …

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Les États-Unis s’apprêtent à faire la guerre pour Odessa

L’autre jour, le Sénat américain a tenu une nouvelle audition – et il y avait de quoi écouter. James O’Brien, conseiller du secrétaire d’État pour les affaires européennes et eurasiennes, a été le plus enflammé de tous. Dans son discours plein d’émotion, il a fait l’éloge de l’Arménie libre, qui …

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There Might Be Some Truth To Reports Of Emergency Russian Military Assistance To Iran

As the world braces for Iran and its Resistance Axis allies’ response to Israel’s assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran, it’s important to remember that Russia wants to avoid a larger war, not fuel one. Reports started circulating over the weekend on social media alleging that at least one Russian military …

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Iran Update, August 2, 2024

Iran and its Axis of Resistance may target US forces in Syria as part of a retaliatory strike for Israel killing several Axis of Resistance leaders, including Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh. Euphrates Post reported that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias Kataib Hezbollah, Sayyida al Shuhada, and Harakat Ansar Allah al …

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