Eurasia Press & News
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel killing at least 1,200 people and kidnapping at least 240 men, women, and children. In response, Israel declared war on Hamas and launched a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders watched …
Read More »
Operation Iron Swords
Updated to 1 p.m., November 20, 2023
The southern arena: IDF forces continued the integrated ground maneuver, focusing mainlyon the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City. Palestinian officials reported IDF activity at theIndonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. The IDF spokesman exposed Hamas terroristactivity inside Shifa Hospital, including a 55 meter (about 60 yards) tunnel passing …
Read More »Azerbaijan Once Again Warned About The Threat Of French Neo-Colonialism To The South Caucasus
Just like France crawled back to the US after being backstabbed by it with AUKUS to do its geopolitical bidding against Russia in Ukraine, it’s now doing the same in Armenia after being backstabbed by the US in Niger just a few short months ago. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took …
Read More »Ukraine End Game: Putin & Medvedev Discuss Maps, Putting Kiev On The Menu
Putin and Medvedev recently made statements that took an expansive view of what “Russian lands” in Ukraine amounted to. At least as far as Putin is concerned, what he said at the November 3 meeting with members of the Civic Chamber is, philosophically, not all that different than the sort …
Read More »The Iran, the war in Gaza, and the “convergence of the arenas” Dr. Raz Zimmt
In recent days, senior Iranian officials have renewed their threats to expand the war in theGaza Strip to additional fronts if a ceasefire is not reached soon and Israeli attacks in the GazaStrip do not stop. At the same time, senior Iranian officials continue to claim that Iran’s proxyorganizations in …
Read More »Iraq condemns US strikes that killed Iran-aligned fighters
Iraq’s government condemned overnight U.S. airstrikes south of Baghdad that killed eight members of Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah, saying they were a “dangerous escalation” not coordinated with authorities. The U.S. has carried out two series of strikes in Iraq since Tuesday, in response to more than 60 attacks …
Read More »ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2023
Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at …
Read More »The post-October 7 US strategy in the Middle East is coming into focus
What lasting effect have Hamas’s October 7 attacks and Israel’s ongoing response in Gaza had on US strategy in the Middle East? The answer to this question is emerging, and recent days provided two windows into the Biden administration’s approach to the conflict and to Middle East and global security …
Read More »Iranian-backed militia threatens to expand attacks if US airstrikes continue
An Iranian-backed extremist group threatened Wednesday to expand attacks on U.S. targets after U.S. aircraft killed multiple militants in airstrikes in Iraq following the first use of short-range ballistic missiles against American forces at al Asad Air Base west of Baghdad. U.S. fighter jets struck a Kataib Hezbollah operations center …
Read More »Houthi Red Sea Ship Seizure Sparks Global Outrage
Yemen’s government, the EU, the UK and several other Western countries condemned the Houthi assault on the Galaxy Leader ship in the Red Sea this week, accusing the militia of endangering international maritime traffic. Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani called the Houthi hijacking a “full-fledged crime of piracy” and “state …
Read More »