Eurasia

No group has claimed responsibility for rocket fire that triggered sirens in southern and central Israel The Israeli military struck Hamas military infrastructure on Sunday morning in response to rocket fire launched towards the center of the country.

Contrary to Donald Trump’s impulsive policies in the Middle East, Joe Biden is expected to shift back to a more conventional US stance and re-engage with Iran, redrawing regional geopolitics.

Israeli agents shot Abu Muhammad al-Masri on the streets of Tehran at the behest of the U.S., officials said, but no one — Iran, Al Qaeda, the U.S. or Israel — has publicly acknowledged the killing. Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly …

The Ethiopian military has moved swiftly against forces loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia, and the escalating conflict is threatening to create a humanitarian crisis in East Africa. The fighting risks tarnishing the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, most known for his peacemaking efforts …

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has resulted in an intense competition between regional powers to expand their influence. Erdogan has positioned Turkey to play a more central role in foreign affairs, a decision that has brought Ankara into conflict with other powers.

The cabinet ratified the normalization deal with Bahrain on Sunday. Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani will visit Israel for the first time on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday. Al-Zayani is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and US Secretary of …

Khan refused to name the countries that have been pressuring him. Pakistan faced pressure from another country to establish diplomatic ties with Israel, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said over the weekend.

If Pompeo goes ahead with his plans, he would be the first US secretary of state and the highest US ranking official to visit a West Bank settlement or the Golan Heights.

Several Palestinian factions denounced Pompeo’s planned visit to Psagot. Hamas called it a “new American aggression against the Palestinians and Arabs.” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned visit to a settlement in the West Bank during his upcoming tour of the region is a provocation against the Palestinian people …

Il est urgent de revoir notre paradigme sécuritaire, alors qu’aucun service spécialisé ne peut vraiment faire face devant ce « terrorisme du couteau ». En 1940, l’armée française disposait de moyens assez comparables à ceux de l’Allemagne. En 1932, dans Le Fil de l’épée, le général de Gaulle avait couché …