Eurasia

Iranian Strategy after Raisi

The death of Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian might produce modest shifts of emphasis in Iran’s national security strategy.The regime is likely to favor hardline candidates in the June 28 special presidential election to replace him, and permission for reformist candidates to run would signal an …

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U.S. Forces Intensify Military Exercises in Eastern Syria

U.S. forces persistently conduct military exercises alongside the SDF at the military bases established in eastern Syria, Athr Press says. U.S. forces, alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), recently conducted live ammunition military exercises at the Vanguard camp (mouaskar al-Tala’ii) , situated east of Hassakeh. Preceding this, they underwent training …

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Protests Continue; SDF and Arab Tribesmen Clash

Protests against the government in southern Syria have continued for a second week, marked by demonstrators waving the flag of the Druze minority, burning banners featuring President Bashar Assad, and even raiding offices belonging to his ruling party. Concurrently, clashes erupted between Arab tribesmen and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters across multiple …

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Nationalist Leader in Turkey Calls for Coordination with Syrian Regime to Launch Military Campaign Against the SDF

Bahceli commended the stance of the Kurdish National Council in Syria, which refused to endorse the elections in the Northeast and declared a boycott. The leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahceli, condemned the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)’ organization of municipal elections in northeastern Syria. He advocated for …

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Was The Briefly Posted Polish Mobilization Notice A Premature PSA Or A Russian False Flag?

There are reasons to doubt the veracity of this notice and to consider whether this incident cleverly advanced Russia’s strategic interests. The state-run Polish Press Agency (PAP) briefly posted on Friday that 200,000 Poles, both former military and ordinary civilians, will be called up for partial mobilization on 1 July …

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Who By Fire? The Burning of Rafah’s Tent People

“Oh hell, what do mine eyes with grief behold?” – John Milton, Paradise Lost People were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the refuge camp at Tel al-Sultan in southern Gaza, where thousands had fled from the Israeli invasion of Rafah. They were told by the Israelis this …

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Blaming Soros for Campus Protests is Anti-Semitic — Just Ask Israel

The Israeli government has criticized others for peddling conspiracy theories related to the Jewish philanthropist. From The New York Post to The Wall Street Journal, right-wing pundits have lined up to malign students across the United States who have rightfully criticized their schools for supporting the ongoing Israeli genocide in …

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Red Line? China Appears to be Building an Island Base 100 Miles from the Philippines

Introduction For the last 75 years, Beijing has been on a slow, methodical march south through the South China Sea (SCS). This second “Long March” has seen China take de facto control of the SCS. In doing so, China has flouted international maritime law and, more routinely as of late, …

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Will HTS change its way of handling with demonstrators after Washington’s condemnation?

The United States condemned the practices of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) against peaceful demonstrators in Idlib, describing its handling of them as “intimidation and brutality” akin to the methods of the Syrian regime. The US Embassy in Damascus said on Wednesday, May 29, that it condemns this approach against peaceful …

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