Eurasia

Operation Iron Swords
Updated to 1 p.m., December 20, 2023

The combat arena: The IDF forces continued their integrated ground maneuver in thenorthern and southern Gaza Strip, attacking more than 300 targets. The ground forces, airforce and navy carried out simultaneous attacks, and according to reports gained control ofthe Jabaliya area in the northern Gaza Strip. The Palestinians reported heavy …

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Evolving European Security Dynamics In A Post-Ukraine Era – OpEd

The security concerns of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) encompass a wide range of challenges of unprecedented magnitude. Since its inception in 1949, NATO has been involved in several military operations in Europe. During the Cold War, it maintained a defensive posture in Europe to deter potential aggression from …

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Houthi leader threatens to attack US warships if Washington targets Yemen

The leader of Yemen’s Houthis warned on Wednesday they would strike U.S. warships if the Iranian-backed militia was targeted by Washington, which this week set up a multinational force to counter Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, Reuters reported. The Houthis, which control vast amounts of territory …

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Will The EU Deport Ukrainian Draft Dodgers Once They’re Officially Called Up To Serve?

As the conflict finally winds down, the EU can either go with the flow or throw more meat into the grinder, the latter of which would be refugees this time. Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov told German media that Kiev will soon call upon its citizens abroad to come back home …

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Coalition en mer Rouge : Les Houthis menacent ouvertement les Américains de représailles

Les rebelles yéménites ont directement menacé les États-Unis de s’en prendre à leurs navires s’ils les ciblaient. Ces déclarations surviennent alors que Washington vient d’annoncer la création d’une force maritime multinationale afin de lutter contre les attaques houthies en mer Rouge. Le dirigeant houthi, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, a directement menacé les …

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The Path to October 7: How Iran Built Up and Managed a Palestinian ‘Axis of Resistance’

Abstract: Since October 7, in the wake of the “al-Aqsa Flood” terrorist attacks by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and other Palestinian factions from across the ideological spectrum, Iran’s aid to and strategic management of these groups has taken on a new level of relevance. The methods Iran has used …

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Iraq’s New Regime Change: How Tehran-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Militias Captured the Iraqi State

Abstract: Iran-backed terrorists and militias lost the 2021 elections in Iraq yet ended up picking the prime minister anyway and taking charge of the world’s fifth-largest oil producer. This remarkable reversal of fortunes in 2022 was not delivered via the barrel of a gun but rather a series of cool-headed …

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Turkey says its warplanes have hit suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes carried out new airstrikes Wednesday against Kurdish militant targets in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said, a day after Turkish and Iraqi officials held high-level security talks in Ankara. Turkey often launches strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq that it believes to be affiliated with the …

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Israel’s Muddled Strategy in Gaza

Time to Make Hard Choices If devastation is the goal, Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip has been a resounding success. More than two months after Hamas killed over 1,100 people on October 7, Israeli air and ground operations have killed some 20,000 Palestinians, many of them children, according …

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Le Yémen prêt à affronter une nouvelle coalition impériale

Personne n’a jamais perdu d’argent en pariant sur la capacité de l’Empire du Chaos, du Mensonge et du Pillage à construire une «coalition de volontaires» lorsqu’il est confronté à un dilemme géopolitique. Dans tous les cas, dûment couverts par l’«ordre international fondé sur des règles» en vigueur, le terme «volontaires» …

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