Eurasia

The Deputy Leader of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri said on Saturday that the wide-scale operation in Gaza is meant to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque and free the prisoners, urging the West Bank Palestinians to join the “Al-Aqsa storm” operation. “It )the resistance( can engage in clashes with all West Bank settlements. We …

How would you describe Pashinyan’s political position at present? Pashinyan is in a very difficult position after this week’s events since many among the population consider him a traitor to their national cause, which they regard as extending into Azerbaijan’s Karabakh Region. He came to power in what can be …

Washington is now in a position in which it will have no meaningful economic or even diplomatic ties with Tehran, even as it approaches nuclear-power status. There are multiple signs that Joe Biden’s administration remains interested in reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concerning Iran’s nuclear program. That …

Official bravado and media bias degrade policy discourse—and undermine public support. The wages of hubris are dear. Four months into Ukraine’s vaunted counteroffensive—which, at a massive cost in men and materiel, has made minimal territorial gain—support for Kyiv is openly eroding. Frustration flows from the growing economic burden of war …

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “we are at war, and we will win it” early Saturday as the country’s air force began striking targets in Gaza in response to a surprise Hamas attack on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, involving more than 3,000 rockets and …

Palestinian militants on Saturday fired thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, and several assailant squads managed to break through the security fence and enter Israeli territory. Israel has amassed 100,000 troops on Gaza border in preparation for a ground offensive against Hamas. The operation that appears to …

Gunmen infiltrate Sderot, other communities; over 200 killed, 1,100 wounded; IDF declares ‘state of war,’ calls up reserves; 2,200 rockets fired, including at Tel Aviv, Dimona, J’lem Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip launched massive rocket barrages at southern and central Israel on Saturday morning, combined with an assault by …

It’s a new October war. Early Saturday morning, Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest assault on Israel in decades. Thousands of rockets arced from Gaza into Israel; black towers of smoke rose from where they struck. On motorcycles, trucks, and even paragliders, Palestinian militants darted into Israeli communities. Reports …

Lately there have been growing indications that a war against Israel may break out in September or October 2023. The trigger may be spiraling violent clashes resulting in many casualties, or the use of new weapons leading to many fatalities on the Israeli side, in the face of which Israel …

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a surprise attack on Israel on the early morning of a major Jewish holiday. As part of the attack, the Gaza-based terrorist group fired thousands of rockets into Israel and dispatched fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip. The following …