Eurasia

The US Defense Department announced Sunday that a THAAD missile defense battery manned by US soldiers is being deployed to Israel, marking the first time US “boots on the ground” are being deployed to Israel since October 7, 2023. The move comes amid statements by US officials to NBC that …

Cette décision intervient alors que les tensions régionales se sont intensifiées, notamment après la récente frappe de représailles de l’Iran contre Israël. Les États-Unis prévoient le transfert immédiat du système de défense antimissile THAAD à Israël en réponse aux «menaces croissantes d’attaques de missiles balistiques en provenance d’Iran», a rapporté …

Des sources russes de haut rang ont affirmé dimanche à la chaine satellitaire libanaise Al-Mayadeen que «l’annonce de Moscou selon laquelle le Hezbollah réussira à maintenir ses capacités de contrôle est non seulement un message à Israël mais aussi à Washington», comme elles le disent. Les mêmes sources ont indiqué …

Summary Some two hundred million Muslims live in India, making up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group.For decades, Muslim communities have faced discrimination in employment and education and encountered barriers to achieving wealth and political power. They are disproportionately the victims of communal violence.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the …

Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal have garnered increased international scrutiny amid its flaring conflict with Israel. Introduction Many foreign policy experts warn that if Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it would be broadly destabilizing for the Middle East and nearby regions. A first-order concern is that Iran’s possession …

Earlier this week, Israel began a ground invasion of Lebanon. This followed Israel’s significant aerial bombardment of Hezbollah weapons stockpiles, and its assassination of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. On Tuesday, Iran, which backs Hezbollah, fired some two hundred missiles at Israel; no Israelis died in the barrage—which was repelled …

Modern antisemitism is a repackaging of historic tropes. Antisemites have adapted conspiracy theories of the blood libel as well as Jewish influence in economic and governmental affairs to fit new circumstances, such as the accusation that Jews are responsible for spreading COVID-19, just as Jews were accused of spreading the …

Once dependent on imports from Russia, India’s diamond city is now experiencing a surge in suicides. Vaishali Bhen had always had confidence that her husband, Nitin Bhai, would find a way to support their family. For years, he worked in the diamond industry in the west Indian city of Surat, …

Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes has hit its highest annual level since records began. On the morning of Sept. 9, two large demolition machines arrived unannounced at the Abu Aram household in the southern West Bank village of al-Khalidiya. While their appearance that morning was unexpected, everybody knew exactly what …

Since 1948, Israel has made a habit of targeting Palestinian refugee camps, striking the people it’s already displaced. During the thick of summer, around 8 a.m. one day in late July 1971, bulldozers crept into the Gaza Strip’s Jabalia refugee camp. The Israeli military had already warned several families of …