Middle Orient

Factional Infighting Intensifies As Iran’s Regime Faces External And Internal Crises – OpEd

As the war in the Middle East is firing back at the warmongering regime in Iran, internal factional conflicts within the regime are intensifying. On Thursday, October 17, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the regime’s parliament, identified two weaknesses and red lines of the regime while speaking in Mashhad: …

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The Geopolitical Transformation Of The Middle East – OpEd

The murder of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is in line with the elimination of Hamas and Hezbollah’s leaders. This plan of eliminating the leaders of the so-called axis of resistance is apparently part of Israel’s strategy to cut off the arms of Iran in the region as a precondition to …

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Israel strikes 300 Hezbollah targets as US urges war’s end

Israel said Monday it struck around 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over 24 hours, ramping up its offensive to hit the group’s finances, as the United States called for the war to end “as soon as possible”. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to begin a tour of …

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UN must designate northern Gaza as disaster area, take appropriate action, and compel Israel to halt the genocide

Palestinian Territory – The UN must declare northern Gaza a disaster zone requiring immediate intervention and compel Israel to halt the genocide being carried out by its army through systematic and widespread mass and individual killings, deliberate starvation, mass forced displacement, and the complete destruction of the remaining essentials for …

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ANTISEMITISM: A HISTORY

ournalists and historians have warned about a “new antisemitism” in the twenty-first century United States comprising a repackaging of historic antisemitic tropes presented by the far right and the far left as part of a struggle between neo-fascism, anti-fascism, and anarchism. Both the far left and the far right are …

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ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2024

Following is the September 2024 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. All previous 2024 monthly installments can be found here, as well as a review of developments throughout 2023, 2022, and 2021. A full background …

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Israel and Hamas signal resistance to ending Gaza war after Sinwar’s death

Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and reiterated its stance that hostages the militant group took from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops. The group’s staunch …

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Beirut Under the Drones

As Lebanon’s war imposes suffering on civilians, the capital city is yet living an illusion of peace. The hum of an Israeli surveillance drone is constant, an unshakable background noise that now defines the daily rhythm of Beirut. The drones hover above our heads like birds of prey, their continuous …

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Ceaseless horrors in northern Gaza

My family is experiencing what they say is ‘the worst stage of genocide’ as Israel attempts to empty and annex northern Gaza. Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza, where I was born and raised, has been facing relentless, indiscriminate Israeli bombing, targeting concentrations of displaced Palestinians. Entire neighbourhoods have been …

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Biden Administration Admits Iran’s Oil Exports Have Grown Exponentially in Value and Volume

Earlier this month, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its first report about Iran’s petroleum exports as mandated by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum(SHIP) Act enacted earlier this year. The EIA reported that Iran sold $144 billion in the first three years of the Biden administration, $100 billion more than …

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