Eurasia

The pictures from Afghanistan in August 2021 are indelible: As the Taliban swept through the countryside and stormed Kabul, reclaiming the country from Western-funded elites, the U.S. presence in the country evaporated overnight, and thousands of Afghans tried in desperation to escape the country on the last few U.S. aircraft …

The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate as the health sector collapses and bodies begin piling up in front of hospitals. Three days into the Israeli siege and bombardment, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is quickly worsening, with the death toll now over 1,400 and the number of …

Syria regularly accuses Israel of striking its territories, the latest occurring during a regional tour by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Syria on Thursday, the first such attacks since the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas began. SANA, Syria’s official news outlet, reported airstrikes hitting the …

What Crises in the Middle East and Elsewhere Reveal About the Global Order Today’s great powers—China, Europe, Russia, and the United States—will undoubtedly have a role to play in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Whether any of these powers will be able to resolve or contain that conflict is …

A Conversation With Martin Indyk On the morning of Saturday, October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas carried out a surprise attack on Israel on an unprecedented scale: firing thousands of rockets, infiltrating militants into Israeli territory, and taking an unknown number of hostages. At least 100 Israelis have died, and …

Hamas’s Assault—and Iran’s Role in It—Lays Bare Washington’s Illusions The shocking Hamas assault on Israel has precipitated a beginning and an end for the Middle East. What has begun, almost inexorably, is the next war—one that will be bloody, costly, and agonizingly unpredictable in its course and outcome. What has …

In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict. But its stunning incursion into …

There should be little doubt that the war that began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, actually originated in Iran. The multi-pronged, highly coordinated and murderous attacks could not have happened without Iranian government assistance and approval. Leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, according to the Wall Street …

The southern sector: IDF fighters continued battling terrorists in the Israeli villagesand IDF posts in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip. Later in the day, the IDF spokesmanannounced that full control of the fence had been regained. The massive attacks against Gazafrom the air, sea and land continued. The terrorist …

Sidelined in the region, Europe is unlikely to have its voice heard amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas confrontation. Yet the EU’s economic leverage could prove useful in getting Israel and a new Palestinian leadership to negotiate in the longer term. With the horrendous attacks of its terrorist groups on Israeli territory …