Middle Orient

Apply the logic of the Afghanistan withdrawal to Syria

Key points The logic President Biden used for removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan applies to Syria. Since a U.S. intervention should be defined by clear, achievable goals, and since long-range strikes, instead of occupying forces, can accomplish U.S. counterterrorism goals, there is no good case for keeping U.S. troops in …

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Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Says About Israel’s Attacks On Gaza ‘We Must Respond; Let’s Respond; Today, In The Case Of Gaza, This Response Is On All Of Us; We Must Respond’; Calls On President Biden To Restrain Israel – As His Advisor Velayati Calls On Hamas To Continue ‘In Full Force’

At an October 17, 2023 meeting with members of Iran’s elite scientific circles, at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya[1] in Tehran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei instructed the commanders in Iran and the leaders of the resistance organizations that they must respond to Israel’s attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. …

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Hamas offensive of October 7, 2023 and Tet offensive of January 30, 1968. Similar, yet divergent

Commentators are comparing the Toofan Al-Aqsa offensive by Hamas against Israel with the 1973 Yom Kippur event, when a coalition of Arab armies led by Egypt and Syria, overwhelmed Israeli forces. But that was a war led by state-sponsored armies, whereas the latest attack on Israel has been carried out …

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Gaza Conflict May Spark Far Wider War

A hospital bombed, thousands killed, made homeless, deprived of food, water and power. The racist degradation of Zionist Israel has reached a new depth as the number lives it annihilates soars. The one thing certain is that the crimes of Hamas will pale by comparison. Israeli leaders, for over a …

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Why do Palestinians not deserve support for their self-defence?

Israeli occupation forces raid Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank almost every day. They storm Palestinian homes, detain whoever they want and most times kill Palestinians, including women, children and elderly. As the whole world watches, the Israeli occupation authorities claim that they target wanted …

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Analysis: Will Gaza be Israel’s Stalingrad?

Despite far superior military capabilities, Israel could find itself trapped in Gaza. The deadly bombing of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night, which has killed at least 500 people according to health officials, has sparked global outrage and triggered another round of mutual accusations. The Palestinian …

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Turkey extends mandate for military operations in Syria, Iraq

The Turkish parliament’s extension of the mandate for another two years comes amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States. Turkey’s parliament voted on Tuesday to extend the mandate that allows its security forces to launch cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq for another two years. The 600-seat Turkish …

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Jordan cancels Biden summit after hundreds killed in Gaza hospital blast

US president will only visit Israel as Jordan says summit will be held at time when parties could agree to end the ‘war and massacres against Palestinians’. Jordan has cancelled a summit it was scheduled to host in Amman on Wednesday with United States President Joe Biden and the Egyptian …

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Gaza Has Created a Dilemma for Hezbollah

The party has spent almost two decades building up a deterrence capacity, and now may be its prisoner. Since Hamas’ attack against Israeli towns on October 7, and the ensuing Israeli bombardment and military operations in and around Gaza, Hezbollah’s response in southern Lebanon has been mostly restrained. The party …

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