Eurasia

ISIS carried out at least 69 confirmed attacks in March in the Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 84 pro-Assad regime soldiers and 44 civilians and wounded at least 51 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 19 high quality* attacks during …

No politics: The Turkish President’s trip to Iraq instead marks a strategic shift toward strengthening economic ties and pragmatic cooperation between Ankara and Baghdad. Perhaps due to a lack of official clarity, experts anticipated that security and political issues would head the agenda during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22 …

While presented to the world as a humanitarian effort, the US-led ‘Maritime Corridor’ in Gaza is a strategic maneuver aimed at consolidating US and Israeli control over land and sea. Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza, which has killed over 35,000 civilians, predominantly women and children, has been executed alongside …

With a reputation as the most ‘Resistance Axis’ aligned armed faction in Gaza, the PIJ’s perspectives on the war and ongoing ceasefire negotiations are highlighted in this exclusive interview with a key figure from the movement. In an exclusive interview with The Cradle, Abu Imad al-Rifai, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad …

Expect a ‘less-for-less’ outcome from any forthcoming US–Saudi security pact. Israel’s war on Gaza has hampered Washington’s plans to push normalization with Tel Aviv and pull Riyadh away from the Russia–China sphere of influence. A historic security pact may be in the making between the United States and Saudi Arabia …

Ansarallah’s maritime operations against Israeli-linked shipping just expanded into the Mediterranean Sea, the Eurasian waterway NATO has long considered its own domain, home to Israel’s oil and gas platforms, and the site of Washington’s new ‘aid pier’ ploy. In support of Gaza, Yemen’s Ansarallah-aligned armed forces executed their first direct …

Israeli forces expanded clearing operations on May 14 into areas of Jabalia refugee camp that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had not previously cleared. Two IDF brigades advanced into the center of the Jabalia refugee camp.[i] Israeli forces initially conducted clearing operations in Jabalia city and refugee camp in November …

Vladimir Putin wants Russia’s armed forces to be better supplied VLADIMIR PUTIN has never been one to radically overhaul his top team. Those who fall foul of his rules may find themselves in jail, or blown out of the sky. But Russia’s autocrat typically prefers to keep the loyal close, …

If Trump Pulls Out, the Alliance Would Likely Fall Apart Last month, NATO, the world’s most successful military alliance, celebrated its 75th anniversary. Some fear that it may have been its last anniversary with the United States playing a leading role. Former U.S. President Donald Trump still views the alliance …

Installing democracy in a society without a tradition of liberty is like handing car keys to an unlicensed driver Kuwait’s unprecedented suspension of its constitution has marked the end of an era of change that started with the toppling of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in 2003 and that was followed by …