Middle Orient

As I wrote in my previous piece on statism and the Israel-Hamas conflict, states are organized crime rackets. Wars between states thus represent warfare between rival gangs. The proper libertarian position with reference to such gang wars is neutrality, or the opposition to all state parties to war. Neutrality includes …

A spread of the Israel-Gaza conflict into Egypt would be very dangerous, Greece’s Migration Minister Dmitris Kairidis said at an Ankara meeting 16 days into the war, because Egypt “has a very big population”. His mind was on migration. Europe must be vigilant to the risk of a new refugee …

On Saturday, 7 October 2023, the Palestinian militant movement Hamas, launched a sudden attack on Israel, which has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis, with approximately 3,000 people wounded, and the capture of around 240 soldiers and civilians. On the first day of the attack, …

The Defense Department currently has four lines of effort in the Middle East, said Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, who briefed the media Monday. Protection of U.S. forces and citizens in the region.Flow of critical security assistance to Israel as it defends against further Hamas terrorist …

The southern sector: After encircling Gaza City, the IDF forces began operating inside thecity, focusing on Hamas strongholds in the Shati refugee camp, in the northwest of the cityand the area of the Shifa, al-Quds and Indonesian hospitals. The operation revealed moreevidence of Hamas’ use of civilian compounds for terrorist …

Quelle différence en une année… Le nouvel article de Time est très révélateur : ««Personne ne croit autant en notre victoire que moi». Le combat de… Cette offensive s’est déroulée à un rythme insoutenable et avec des pertes énormes, ce qui fait que Zelensky a de plus en plus de …

L’Iran est un acteur important du monde multipolaire selon l’analyse d’experts indiens. Cette vision démontre également que les tentatives de créer des divisions au sein des pays adhérant au concept multipolaire mondial sont vouées à l’échec. Et que malgré quelques différences de visions, les intérêts communs entre les partisans de …

Ukraine is reluctant to risk its hard-earned ties with the Global South, but it certainly cannot afford to lose irreplaceable Western assistance, leaving Kyiv with very little room for maneuver.Ukraine has never shown a close interest in conflicts in the Middle East, but the current flare-up in the Palestinian-Israeli enmity …

As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges. Since Israel unleashed its brutal bombing campaign in Gaza on October 7 in the wake of a deadly Hamas attack, settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem …

Asymmetric wars are usually bloodier and more savage than those between regular armies. Fighting in Gaza between the Israeli army and the armed faction of Hamas is a textbook example of modern asymmetric warfare. Whenever fighting ends, it will be studied by strategists and tacticians. The term “asymmetric warfare” has …