Eurasia

Interviews with faction leaders reveal anger with Hamas over starting a unilateral conflict, but also a determination to get involved if Hezbollah greenlights such a move and Israel invades Gaza. Iranian-backed Iraqi armed factions are unlikely to participate directly in the Israel-Hamas war as long as it is solely led …

Key points After 12 years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government has consolidated its power and defeated credible threats to its rule. The anti-Assad armed opposition, which once controlled half of Syria, is relegated to the northwestern province of Idlib.While the Biden administration recognizes that Assad will likely …

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday in Beirut with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures in a key meeting of three top anti-Israel militant groups amid the war raging in Gaza. In neighboring Syria, meanwhile, state media said an Israeli airstrike hit the international airport …

Israel accuses Iran of directly aiding terror group; Hamas claims 80 killed overnight; rockets target Ashkelon, Gaza border towns; IDF strikes terror cell in West Bank’s Jenin Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday, targeting Hamas command centers and other assets and …

If the Israelis enter Gaza, there are a range of options that Hezbollah might adopt to maintain its protective shield on Iran’s behalf. Many Lebanese are playing a morbid game these days—assessing the probability that their country will be destroyed if Hezbollah enters the conflict in Gaza between Israel and …

The parallel imports that pass through Kazakhstan to Russia represent a complex equation with variables ranging from the customs union to corruption. During a recent visit to Germany, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made several conflicting statements. Tokayev stated that, on the one hand, Kazakhstan will pursue comprehensive cooperation with …

L’Égypte « ne cédera pas une partie de son territoire pour accueillir des réfugiés palestiniens » de la bande de Gaza. Le maréchal al-Sissi, chef de l’État égyptien depuis 2013, a exprimé, lors d’une récente conférence de presse, son opposition à cette éventualité évoquée depuis les événements tragiques du 7 …

On October 14, 2023, a ‘lance corporal’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), Namleuku Zeme, and an Over Ground Worker of the group, Langang Gangsa, were arrested in a joint operation launched by the Assam Rifles and Arunachal Pradesh Police at Chop village in the Longding District of …

In the most audacious attack ever faced by Israel, on 7 October 2023, terrorist group Hamas used bulldozers, hang gliders, and motorbikes to breach its borders to execute violent attacks targeting the soldiers and citizens at several locations in and around southern Israel. The spate of gory attacks left over …

The southern sector: The Israeli Air Force continued to carry out massive air strikes onterrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians called them “unprecedented” and heaviestattacks since the beginning of the war. Ground forces operated along the Gazan border tocounter terrorism, clear the area of terrorists in preparation for a …