Eurasia

Latest Developments Hezbollah fired 30 rockets toward the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on the evening of March 5. Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepted 13 of the projectiles, while 17 fell in open areas. One rocket fell in the yard of a house in a community. The …

One Israeli was killed, and eight others were wounded in a shooting that occurred Thursday morning near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of occupied East Al-Quds/Jerusalem. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Palestinians opened fire on Israeli vehicles, killing one Israeli and injuring eight others, two of whom …

Israeli Minister of Social Equality May Golan said she is “proud” of the destruction caused by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. Speaking during a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on Wednesday evening, Golan threatened Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, with beheading or arrest. “We are …

The United Nations (UN) has announced that “there is no safe place” in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been carrying out its attacks for over four months, and they have reported that 153 facilities in the region have been hit. “Nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe during military …

Hamas has completed ceasefire negotiations in Cairo and is now waiting to see what the mediators will bring over the weekend in talks with Israel, a Palestinian group official said on Friday, in what appears to be the most serious effort after weeks of negotiations to halt the fighting. Mediators …

Iran reportedly requested Sudanese permission to establish a permanent naval base on the Red Sea coast, which would support Iranian out-of-area naval operations and attacks on international shipping. The Wall Street Journal reported the Iranian request on March 3, citing a senior Sudanese intelligence official.[i] Ahmad Hasan Mohamed—an intelligence adviser …

On February 29, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. Commenting about his speech, Russian media outlet Vedomosti stated: “This year, [Putin] gave less attention than usual to key geopolitical issues, such as sanctions or the conflict with the West, focusing instead on a comprehensive …

Northern Russia must have felt bitterly cold to U.S. soldiers, even though nearly all were from Michigan. On Sept. 4, 1918, 4,800 U.S. troops landed in Arkhangelsk, Russia, only 140 miles from the Arctic Circle. Three weeks later, they were plunged into battle against the Red Army among towering pine …

Israeli security personnel last month arrested four Palestinians planning Islamic State-inspired terrorist attacks against troops in Judea and Samaria, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police cleared for publication on Monday afternoon. The four suspects, named by the Shin Bet as Murad Marqatan, Hasin Marqatan, …

LE POINT SUR LA SITUATION – Emmanuel Macron est revenu dans la presse tchèque sur ses propos tenus le 26 février. Il avait affirmé qu’un envoi de troupes occidentales en Ukraine ne pouvait «être exclu». Alors que le Kremlin réagit à l’affaire des fuites dans l’armée allemande portant sur de …