Eurasia

Most of the US military bases and facilities in the Persian Gulf (listed below) have been hit by Iran during the first five weeks of the war. And many of these are no longer operating or have been effectively destroyed. The US Naval base in Bahrain is no longer operational …

New Supreme Leader remains in hiding with severe burns and limb injuries after February airstrike; Revolutionary Guard commanders emerge as dominant decision-makers in ‘board of directors’ governance Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is currently governing from an undisclosed hideout while struggling to recover from catastrophic injuries sustained in …

President Trump recently commented on the turmoil within Iran’s leadership, emphasizing the ongoing power struggle following the late Supreme Leader Khamenei’s death. President Donald J. Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to highlight what he sees as deep confusion and infighting inside Iran’s fractured leadership, while boasting that the …

L’un des principaux objectifs du voyage du Premier ministre espagnol Pedro Sánchez en Chine est de renforcer les relations économiques avec la deuxième économie mondiale et le principal partenaire commercial de l’Espagne en dehors de l’Union européenne, dans un contexte de guerre commerciale entre la Chine et l’UE ces derniers …

Key Takeaways Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States. Vahidi appears to have the upper hand over Ghalibaf at …

Après avoir promis l’anéantissement, la domination et la victoire totale, les dirigeants israéliens font face à d’importantes difficultés, sans pour autant s’être rapprochés de quelque victoire que ce soit. Les victoires tactiques prétendument stratégiques ont été démasquées. Tel-Aviv enchaîne les agressions sans présenter la moindre stratégie à long terme pour …

Benjamin Netanyahu, having lost nearly all his allies and facing genocide accusations, is desperately trying to salvage his regional hegemony. His latest gamble is a military bloc with Greece and Cyprus, aimed directly at Ankara and personally at “Sultan” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. But behind the chivalrous slogans of “stability” lies …

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies avait donné au Plan d’action global commun, PAGC ou JCPOA, une force juridiquement contraignante en l’entérinant par la résolution 2231, adoptée à l’unanimité le 20 juillet 2015. L’acronyme JCPOA désigne le Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (en français, Plan d’action global commun), plus …

The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of Lebanese villages under its control, days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect. There was no immediate comment from Lebanese officials or from Hezbollah. Israel and Lebanon agreed …

For Ivan Timofeev, director-general of the Russian Council on Foreign Relations, war demonstrates that smaller countries can be engulfed in conflicts they did not seek. Despite Pakistan’s leadership in diplomatic mediation efforts between the US and Iran, Russia appears to be playing a significant role behind the scenes. The visit …