Middle Orient

On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Hamas movement began military operations against Israel. Israeli cities and towns bordering the Gaza Strip were attacked. Hamas’ military wing said it had struck more than 50 Israeli military positions. The militant wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas issued a statement that during the …

Abstract: This paper deals with the question of the extent to which a security partnership between European and the Arab states increases mutual security on the one hand, and on the other hand, how such cooperation affects the development of the Arab developing states. Finally, it asks whether a new …

The reports came as Turkish forces pounded strategic economic installations today in the Kurdish-run zone, including oil installations and power stations. A US F-16 fighter jet has downed an unmanned Turkish drone close to a coalition facility in northeastern Syria, where 900 US special operation forces are deployed, a move …

The Deputy Leader of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri said on Saturday that the wide-scale operation in Gaza is meant to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque and free the prisoners, urging the West Bank Palestinians to join the “Al-Aqsa storm” operation. “It )the resistance( can engage in clashes with all West Bank settlements. We …

Washington is now in a position in which it will have no meaningful economic or even diplomatic ties with Tehran, even as it approaches nuclear-power status. There are multiple signs that Joe Biden’s administration remains interested in reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concerning Iran’s nuclear program. That …

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “we are at war, and we will win it” early Saturday as the country’s air force began striking targets in Gaza in response to a surprise Hamas attack on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, involving more than 3,000 rockets and …

Palestinian militants on Saturday fired thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, and several assailant squads managed to break through the security fence and enter Israeli territory. Israel has amassed 100,000 troops on Gaza border in preparation for a ground offensive against Hamas. The operation that appears to …

Gunmen infiltrate Sderot, other communities; over 200 killed, 1,100 wounded; IDF declares ‘state of war,’ calls up reserves; 2,200 rockets fired, including at Tel Aviv, Dimona, J’lem Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip launched massive rocket barrages at southern and central Israel on Saturday morning, combined with an assault by …

It’s a new October war. Early Saturday morning, Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest assault on Israel in decades. Thousands of rockets arced from Gaza into Israel; black towers of smoke rose from where they struck. On motorcycles, trucks, and even paragliders, Palestinian militants darted into Israeli communities. Reports …

Lately there have been growing indications that a war against Israel may break out in September or October 2023. The trigger may be spiraling violent clashes resulting in many casualties, or the use of new weapons leading to many fatalities on the Israeli side, in the face of which Israel …