Eurasia

Qui sont ces gens qui s’insurgent contre le passe sanitaire mais ne trouvent rien à redire à l’empilement dangereux des lois antiterroristes? Parfois, j’aimerais bien que les gens de droite m’expliquent leur conception de la liberté. Je vais finir par croire qu’il y a une liberté de gauche et une …

Le président Macron a été giflé lors d’un déplacement dans la Drôme. L’impayable Jean-Luc Mélenchon profite de cet évènement honteux pour se victimiser et y voit une illustration des menaces qui planeraient sur lui. La France a chaud. Les thermomètres devraient indiquer 30 degrés à la fin de semaine, dans …

Dans une noté envoyée aux préfets le 4 juin, le ministre de l’Intérieur impute «le développement de faits extrêmement violents» aux «conséquences de la crise sanitaire»… Adressée aussi aux directeurs généraux de la police et de la gendarmerie, la note compare les cinq premiers mois de l’année 2021, rapprochés à …

Yemen’s Houthis have threatened Israel in the past, including threats to attack Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and fire rockets and drones towards Israel. The Houthis arrested a Mossad spy in Yemen and plan to release documents over the next few days about the spy’s operations in the country, …

Hamas had intelligence, research and development offices in building Israel struck last month. Hamas worked on a device to disrupt the Iron Dome missile-defense system in the same Gaza building that housed the Associated Press and was bombed by Israel during Operation Guardian of the Walls, Ambassador to the UN …

Deterrence is “an elusive concept subject to the cruel judgment of the time,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi said. Operation Guardian of the Walls was not meant to overthrow Hamas, but to bring about deterrence by severely hitting the capabilities of the terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, …

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of US Central Command, on Monday warned about Iran’s destabilizing activities and the roles of Russia and China in the Middle East. During a special briefing, he spoke about his visit to Iraq and Syria and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “Another priority is deterring Iran’s …

At least five Egyptians were abducted by Islamic State militants on Tuesday in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said. The five were driving to their workplace in the small town of Bir al-Abed when the militants from the Islamic State group stopped their vehicle and …

At some point before the summer of 2018, an arms deal from the US to Saudi Arabia was sealed and delivered. A 227kg laser-guided bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of many thousands, was part of that sale. On August 9th, 2018 one of those Lockheed Martin bombs was dropped …

Ethiopia announced a plan to build dozens of additional dams at a time when tensions with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam are on the rise due to failure to agree on filling and operating the dam. Egypt has recently criticized the statements of Ethiopian Prime Minister …