Eurasia

Iran shows no signs of altering its core policies despite the damage done by Israel and the United States to Iran’s strategic architecture. A continuation of Iran’s existing policies is unlikely to bring the sanctions relief that moderate leaders such as elected President Masoud Pezeshkian deem vital to addressing economic …

Egypt is training hundreds of Palestinian police officers with an eye towards integrating them into a post-war security force in Gaza, a Palestinian official told AFP. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced the plan to train 5,000 officers for Gaza during talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in August. …

How a former Israeli Prime Minister & Intelligence Establishment became entwined with the world’s most notorious paedophile sex-racket blackmail operator Introduction: The Ex-Prime Minister in the Shadows The relationship between former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein has long been discussed in hushed whispers living at the margins …

The city of Suwayda (in southern Syria) is witnessing security tensions following an arrest campaign that has targeted figures opposing the spiritual leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri. Enab Baladi’s correspondent reported that National Guard forces, which are backed by Sheikh al-Hijri, carried out arrests in the province …

Toplines Israel reportedly gave the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) a deadline of December 7 to make progress in its disarmament of Hezbollah amid ongoing Israeli preparations for a potential operation in Lebanon.[1] An Israeli Channel 13 journalist reported on November 28 that the LAF has until after Pope Leo XIV …

Toplines The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed during a press conference with Russian state media in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 27 that Russia is making significant gains across the frontline such that Ukraine and the …

Toplines The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hezbollah’s “de facto chief of staff” and senior commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 23.[1] Tabatabai’s death will likely disrupt Hezbollah’s reconstitution for a short period because of Tabatabai’s significant experience at many echelons of command in fighting against …

More than ten civilians, including women and children, were killed and 11 others injured when the Israeli army bombed the town of Beit Jinn (in the Damascus countryside near Mount Hermon in southern Syria) at dawn on Friday, 28 November. The town is currently witnessing a wave of displacement to …

The Islamic Group in Lebanon has expressed surprise at Israel dragging its name into what it called the Israeli “attack” on the Syrian town of Beit Jinn (a town in the southwestern countryside of Damascus, near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights), denying Israeli accusations that it carries out any activities …

Le zugzwang est une situation dans le jeu d’échecs dans laquelle le joueur n’a aucun mouvement favorable possible – toute action qu’il fera entraînera une détérioration imminente de sa position sur le plateau de jeu. Dans le cadre des actuelles négociations officieuses de l’accord de paix entre l’Ukraine et la …