Middle Orient

Benjamin Netanyahou, Premier ministre israélien, majoritaire à la Knesset, mais largement minoritaire parmi ses concitoyens, menace d’attaquer le Liban. Si cette opération est lancée, l’armée israélienne ne parviendra pas à vaincre seule le Hezbollah. Pour sauver l’État hébreu, Washington sera forcé d’intervenir, mais plutôt que de participer directement à une …

La menace d’agression israélienne contre le Liban est tous les jours plus forte. Pourtant, il ne fait aucun doute que le Hezbollah dispose de moyens conventionnels bien plus importants que ceux d’Israël. D’où l’hypothèse que Tel-Aviv pourrait utiliser des bombes atomiques tactiques, telles que celles qu’ils ont déjà été expérimentées …

Hamas appears to be accelerating its reconstitution effort in the Gaza Strip. Hamas is actively recruiting 18-year-olds and has attempted to conduct training for new recruits.[i] Recruitment is one element of the second stage of reconstitution, regeneration. Reconstitution consists of two general tasks, reorganization and regeneration. Reorganization involves a commander …

Also Known As: BATTALION OF THE SAYYID’S MARTYRS; a.k.a. KATA’IB ABU FADL AL-ABBAS; a.k.a. KATA’IB KARBALA; a.k.a. THE MASTER OF THE MARTYRS BRIGADE; a.k.a. “KSS; Kataib Sayyid al Shuhada Country Of Origin: Syria Leaders: Abu Mustafa al Sheibani; Key Leaders: Abu Mustafa al Sheibani; Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji; Falih Khazali …

Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering conflict escalates into a full-blown war, officials with Iran-backed factions and analysts say. Almost daily exchanges of fire have …

We are approaching nine months since the horrific events on October 7th launched the current phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas. Despite efforts by the UN Security Council and the filings by South Africa at the International Criminal Court to either bring the fighting to an end or to …

Analysis: A clear Labour majority in the UK election is unlikely to change Keir Starmer’s pro-Israel posturing or strategic ambivalence towards Palestine. Ahead of the UK’s general election, scheduled for July 4, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is expected to win a majority victory. If successful, an immediate foreign policy challenge …

Hezbollah has responded to recent Israeli threats by saying it will wage war without ‘limits’ if it continues to escalate military assaults on Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday threatened to wage war with “no limit, rules and restraint” in response to any escalation of military activity by Israel on the Lebanese …

Hamas’s assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than 120 years since its inception, could the Zionist project in Palestine – the idea of imposing …

Israel is relentless in its bombings. Today is the turn of Al Shati Camp in the center of Gaza. It is part of the continued Israeli massacres that took away 41 lives combined with the devastating military actions in Al Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. BREAKING: The Israeli occupation army …