Eurasia

Israel is refocusing its operations in the Gaza Strip to prioritize “destroying the pillars of Hamas’ civil rule. . . especially the distribution of humanitarian aid,” according to an anonymous Israeli official.[1] The official told Israeli media that controlling aid distribution enables Hamas to project the image that it still …

On September 10, Ukrainian forces launched the largest drone attack of the war to date, targeting Moscow with 144 drones. The assault resulted in 20 drones being shot down, while several multi-story residential buildings near Moscow were set ablaze. Flights from Russia’s most important airports were temporarily suspended. In response, …

Si les principales organisations internationales représentatives de l’ordre mondial multipolaire contemporain poursuivent sereinement et activement leur marche en avant, du côté de la minorité planétaire occidentale à défaut de pouvoir stopper les dits processus sur le plan pratique, la propagande de l’Occident mise sur des méthodes de guerre psychologique, mais …

Shia blocs, holding a majority in the parliament, are determined to push forward the legislation despite the increasing outcry. Despite fierce opposition from Iraqi lawmakers, civil society groups, human rights organisations, and foreign diplomats, the Iraqi parliament is set to hold the second reading of amendments to the highly controversial …

As the Kremlin’s antagonism toward Ukraine and the West sharpens, it will be critically important for policymakers and warfighters to anticipate, monitor, and respond to Russia’s military reconstitution progress in the years ahead. SUMMARY Russia is poised to begin a long-term military reconstitution program designed to restore losses from its …

Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq’s military said on Friday. The operation in Iraq’s western Anbar province began in late August, the Iraqi military said, and …

Russia’s top diplomat Lavrov teases a possible high-level four-way meeting to tackle Turkish-Syrian normalization, which he says requires many specific parameters to achieve, such as troops’ presence and the YPG problem Russia, Türkiye, Syria and Iran plan to hold a meeting soon to discuss the normalization efforts between Ankara and …

The story: Apparent Russian support for a controversial corridor linking Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave has triggered outrage in Tehran. The proposed route has long been opposed by Iran as it would sever the country’s land connection to Armenia. The flare-up between Moscow and Tehran highlights lingering points of contention, …

There is a dichotomy, almost a contradiction, in comparing Donald Trump to Kamala Harris on matters of defense and the military. At one level, national security policy appears to be an area where there is more accord, and less debate, between the candidates than is the case in many other …

The residents of the city of al-Basira, one of the largest cities in eastern Deir Ezzor, have been deprived of heating fuel allocations for this year due to what some of them described as “corruption” prevalent among the fuel committee workers under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria …