Middle Orient

In a decisive response to ongoing threats, Israel’s defense forces neutralized Ayman Nofal, a high-ranking commander within Hamas, amidst continuous rocket assaults on Israeli communities. Nofal, notorious for his longstanding campaign of terror, met his end on Tuesday in a precision airstrike in Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp, reaffirming Israel’s unwavering …

A fatal stabbing in Illinois, a gun pointed at protesters in Pennsylvania, vandalism at synagogues and harassment of staff at a Palestinian restaurant all are raising fears that the war between Israel and Hamas is sparking violence in the United States. The tensions follow a familiar pattern of crimes against …

The southern sector: The IDF continued its activity in the Gaza Strip, mainly by conductingairstrikes against terrorist targets of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Severalthousand terrorist targets have been attacked since the beginning of the war. Using precision-guided munitions, Israeli Navy ships attacked Hamas military-terrorist targets from the sea,including …

A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants. At least 500 people were killed, the …

Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion. From the typically sedate streets of downtown Amman in Jordan, …

War in Israel War erupted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. This war is an attempt by the proxy armies of Iran–Hamas (in Gaza) fighting now, and Hezbollah (in Lebanon) promising to enter the fight if Israel attacks Gaza–to destroy Israel and engulf the region, and possibly the world, in …

On the face of it, the crossfire on Lebanon’s border with Israel appears marginal, dwarfed by the scale and intensity of the Hamas-Israel war further south. The fighting has stayed within a roughly 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) radius of either side of the demarcation line, with at least 13 people killed since …

The rapid and significant horizontal and vertical expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has had a negative impact on the coherence, coordination, efficiency and especially the executive guarantee of the organisation’s policies and decisions, writes Vali Kaleji. Executive summary In his article, Dr. Vali Kaleji, a Tehran-based expert on …

Lundi soir, deux ressortissants suédois ont été tués à Bruxelles dans une attaque à l’arme à feu. L’attentat islamiste a été perpétré peu avant le match de football entre la Belgique et la Suède qui avait lieu au stade Roi-Baudouin. Les 35 000 spectateurs présents pour la rencontre et les …

In the short term, Hamas and Iran may appear to gain from the horrific events unfolding in Israel and Gaza. But the situation is volatile, and winners can quickly turn into losers. Cornelius Adebahr – Nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe One would certainly hope that no one benefits from this …