Eurasia

Fighting Hamas in Gaza Will Be Difficult and Costly Although the details are still difficult to predict, it seems very likely that Israel will mount a land invasion of the Gaza Strip in the near future. If and when that happens, the campaign will feature several elements common to any …

The Islamic Republic appears uninterested in a direct confrontation with Israel amid the latter’s war with Tehran-backed militants in Gaza, but has warned that its proxies remain ready to pull the trigger and “re-map” Israel. Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Gaza militants, Iran — as a …

The West Bank was tense even before the Hamas-Israel war amid the emergence of armed groups and almost daily Israeli raids in Palestinian cities and towns. As the Hamas-Israel war rages in Gaza, Israel is intensifying raids and arrests in the West Bank in an attempt to prevent an eruption …

Ankara has politely shown the door to Hamas leaders staying in Turkey, according to two sources, as it walks a diplomatic tightrope, careful not to jeopardize its recent thaw with Israel while maintaining support for the Palestinian cause. Turkey has been trying to carefully calibrate its stance in the face …

The lack of a breakthrough in Ukraine’s summer offensive and the shift in materiel advantage mean that Kyiv must fight carefully if it is to retain the initiative. Despite the determined efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), five months of offensive operations have not breached Russia’s defence lines …

Moscow may temporarily profit from the West’s focus on the Middle East, but navigating its ties in the region will be tricky. As Hamas launched its blitz attack against Israel on Oct. 7, some observers were quick to suspect the Moscow-Tehran axis at work. Russia, so the argument went, was …

Toute une partie de l’extrême gauche française ne veut pas voir du terrorisme dans les actions du Hamas, mais un groupe armé résistant à une occupation. Les langues se délient. Interrogée par Jean-Jacques Bourdin sur l’antenne de Sud Radio, la députée France Insoumise Danièle Obono a dévoilé le fond de …

Acteur central de la rébellion indépendantiste de 2012, le Mouvement national pour la libération de l’Azawad (MNLA) fait partie des groupes armés qui ont repris les armes contre Bamako. Jeune Afrique a rencontré son chef, Bilal Ag Acherif. Il flotterait presque un air de normalité en cette soirée d’octobre dans …

As Israel continues to indiscriminately bomb Gaza, Emad Moussa writes that it has always been Israel’s goal to ethnically cleanse the Strip, and reflects on the helplessness and rage of Palestinians in the diaspora. “My home! They destroyed my home, everything I worked for in my life is gone. I …

The US is not just backing Israel in its genocidal attack on Gaza: it is actively participating in it, argues Lamis Andoni. Hamas’ Al-Aqsa Flood assault didn’t just damage Israel’s status & reputation regionally – but also those of the US. The Al-Aqsa Flood operation has turned all US calculations …