Middle Orient

After giving the northern Gaza strip an evacuation ultimatum on Friday, Israel has so far withheld from launching a “significant” ground operation, with some speculating that requests from the US to evacuate all US citizens out of Palestine ahead of the invasion is what is holding Israel back. Meanwhile, Iran’s …

With the words “we are coming near to the end of the rope,” US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby last week described the American position on funding for Ukraine. That left me startled. What happened to “as long as it takes?” I very much remember a press briefing in …

While the world was watching the horrific scenes coming from Israel and Gaza, a comment made by President Biden’s National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan,[1] a few days before the breakout of hostilities, stands out. It conveys, yet again, some of the current U.S. administration’s dystopic views concerning the changing world …

European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday (14 October) that he had convened a video conference summit of European Union leaders on Tuesday to discuss the Hamas attacks on Israelis and Israel’s response. Michel said the bloc stood in “full solidarity” with the people of Israel after the “brutal …

On Thursday, the Pentagon reported that the U.S. military took down an armed Turkish drone that ventured within 500 meters of American troops in northeastern Syria. This marks a rare instance of one NATO member employing force against another. Meanwhile, amid ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Syria and Israel have engaged …

Introduction Iranian regime officials, headed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with the commanders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Armed Forces and regime mouthpieces, hastened to congratulate the “Palestinian resistance organization” Hamas – which belongs to Iran’s Islamic resistance axis – for its massive October 7, …

On October 12, 2023, several days after Hamas’ deadly attack in southern Israel, in which over 1,300 Israelis were killed, over 100 were abducted, including women, children, infants and elderly people, and thousands were wounded, Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Aal Thani, CEO of Qatar Foundation and the sister of the …

The example set by Russia and India’s near-identical policies towards this conflict is that it’s indeed possible to balance between Israel and the Palestinians without doing so at either’s expense. This upsets each warring party’s respective American and Qatari backers, which is why they’re actively attempting to discredit those two. …

Israël-Palestine : la Russie et la Chine espèrent un affaiblissement des États-Unis avec l’ouverture d’un troisième «front» au Proche-Orient… Vladimir Poutine – Sur le problème palestinien : «Il s’agissait au départ de créer deux États souverains indépendants, Israël et la Palestine. Comme nous le savons, Israël a été créé, mais …

Despite massive aid, US policies have failed to achieve peace in Israel, West Bank and Gaza thus eroding US credibility in the region. Why did US policies fail? Could Chinese policies contribute to peace? On Saturday, Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas, launched a a brutal coordinated offensive against nearby …