Middle Orient

Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis.

The new Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, spoke with a senior Hamas figure andstressed that Iran would support any agreement to end the war in the Gaza Strip that would beacceptable to the Palestinians and the “resistance.” E_187_24Download

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How Significant Is Iran’s Influence In The Middle East? – Analysis

Over the past few years, Iran has been increasingly exerting its influence in the Middle East, particularly on Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. How real is Iran’s influence? After the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in Tehran, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the commander of the …

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Syria’s Assad Rebuffs Erdogan’s Effort to Normalize Ties

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the country’s parliament on August 25 that initiatives to revive relations with Turkey had not yielded “any results worth mentioning despite the seriousness and genuine keenness of mediators.” This declaration comes after both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Assad signaled that they were interested …

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An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas has denied being tortured: They did not beat me; I had injuries on my body because a building collapsed on me

Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman who was held captive in the Gaza Strip for eight months, has denied reports that she was tortured. Israeli media had reported that she was tortured during her captivity in Gaza, citing her statements. After the news quickly spread, Argamani refuted these claims on her …

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No agreement reached in Cairo on ending the war in Gaza

The Hamas delegation, which left the negotiations in Cairo, emphasized that they are solely interested in implementing the proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden regarding a hostage agreement and a ceasefire in Gaza, which was agreed upon on July 2nd. Hamas demanded that Israel be held accountable to the terms …

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“Graveyard of Numbers”: Israel holds the bodies of 552 Palestinians in secret cemeteries and refrigerated morgues

In addition to the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Israel still holds the bodies of 552 individuals, of which 256 are in a secret cemetery known as the “Graveyard of Numbers,” and 296 are in refrigerated morgues, according to Palestinian institutions. A delegation of Palestinian prisoners …

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Iran Update, August 26, 2024

CTP-ISW continues to assess that an Iranian drone and missile strike targeting Israel is the most likely Iranian course of action. The Pentagon spokesperson reported on August 26 that the United States assesses there is still a threat of strikes against Israel from Iran or its Axis of Resistance based …

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Iranian Cyber-Spying Group Posed as Tech Support to Target U.S. Political Officials’ WhatsApp Accounts

Latest Developments Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reported on August 23 that it blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts used by Iranian cyber-attackers to target officials associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Meta’s investigation revealed that hackers with APT42 — …

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L’entité sioniste n’a jamais été préparée à une guerre d’usure

Depuis la création de l’entité sioniste, la problématique tient à ce que les Israéliens n’ont pas réussi à exterminer et à nettoyer ethniquement tous les Palestiniens, sans réussir à tuer la cause. Le 22 août, le général de brigade israélien Yitzhak Brik a écrit un article pour le journal Haaretz, …

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Les véritables motivations et objectifs de Netanyahou

C’est l’idéologie qui motive Netanyahou, pas seulement le pouvoir Peut-être n’avons-nous pas suffisamment dénigré son mode de vie ; en tout cas, il s’en est bien sorti malgré tout ce dénigrement. Mais notez que ses nombreux détracteurs s’abstiennent de l’attaquer sur un point : son idéologie. Pour tous ses détracteurs, …

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