Eurasia

Iran said on Sunday that it foiled a Mossad drone attack in eastern Iran after arresting three local agents of the Israeli spy agency in a joint operation with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) near its eastern borders with Afghanistan. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in cooperation with Afghanistan’s IEA “neutralized …

A joint investigation by The Insider, Bellingcat and CNN with the participation of Der Spiegel established the names and ranks of the FSB officers who poisoned Alexei Navalny with Novichok. As it turned out, the poisoning in Tomsk was already the second attempt; two months before that, the same FSB …

Le partenariat «la Ceinture et la Route» est une symphonie jouée par tout le monde, et non par une seule personne ou un seul pays. Grâce à la synchronisation réussie des objectifs de développement et des demandes pragmatiques des partenaires, l’Initiative la Ceinture et la Route (BRI) a aidé les …

As war rages in Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to escalate, causing grievous harm to civilians and threatening stability across the Middle East. Crisis Group experts offer a 360-degree view of how various capitals in the region view this crisis and their own interests therein. The 7 October attack by …

With Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza underway and Houthi rebels in Yemen firing missiles toward Israel, the risk of regional escalation by Iran’s various proxies has reached dangerous new heights. A day before today’s planned speech by Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, the group claimed to have simultaneously attacked nineteen positions …

Dagestan – the “land of the mountains” – is a multi-ethnic Russian republic situated in the north Caucasus of eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. A place of stunning landscapes, it is a deeply troubled region. On October 29, a crowd at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan’s capital city reportedly went …

An antisemitic mob stormed Makhachkala Airport in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on October 29 intending to hunt down Jewish passengers on an incoming flight from Tel Aviv. This attempted pogrom was eventually thwarted by local law enforcement officials, but the scenes of murderous intent sent shock waves around the …

The Gaza Strip, home to 2 million Palestinians is one of the most densely populated and impoverished places on earth. It has been under a brutal Israeli blockade since 2007 when Hamas, the Islamist movement that opposes Israel took over the coastal enclave. The blockade has severely restricted the movement …

Israel’s options are central to discussions about the day after the guns fall silent in Gaza. Absent from the debate is what Palestinians want. Also absent is any discussion of funding for Gaza’s reconstruction, although the assumption is that oil-rich Gulf states will step up to the plate. The significance …

The world has been pushed into conflicts with endless global implications, and Erdogan’s Turkey has been exploiting every possible regional and international conflict in a campaign to establish an empire that is no less devastating than the Third Reich. Unlike Hitler, however, Erdogan pragmatically combines both nationalist and religious means …