For some Russian regions, the country’s invasion of Ukraine means they face shelling and dwindling export revenues due to sanctions. For others, it means an unprecedented influx of cash as they profit from the flywheel of war and growing domestic consumption. Sociologists can debate just how actively the majority of …

While China may not want to upend ties with Europe and the United States, it seeks to ensure that Russia remains a stable strategic partner. Providing Russia with dual-use components rather than finished weapons has allowed China to provide support for Russia while claiming plausible deniability. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion …

The UK has spent significant quantities in recent months securing production of critical munitions to replenish stock granted to Ukraine, but delivery of F-series will not begin until 2027. The vast quantity of UK Javelin anti-tank missiles granted to Ukraine to aid Kyiv in its war against Russia will not …

Major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab that aim to exit Nigeria’s onshore oil can get quicker approval to do so if they take responsibility for spills rather than wait for authorities to apportion blame, the regulator said on Friday.Exxon, …

Croatian attempts to calm the Croat-Bosniak war The representatives of Croatia tried to diplomatically stop the war with recent allies. Thus, on the night of April 24 to 25 in Zagreb, Izetbegović and Boban, in the presence of Tuđman and Owen, signed a joint statement that the body that will …

Regime security services told Tehran that leaks leading to Zahedi’s assassination originated from Iranian members within Tehran’s embassy in Damascus, according to al-Jarida. Sources have disclosed that Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the commander of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, made a visit to Damascus shortly before his killing to …

Hundreds of Syrian troops and Iran-linked forces have been deployed in Suweida in southern Syria, residents and dissidents said on Tuesday, raising fears of a crackdown on a months-long peaceful protest movement against President Bashar Al Assad in the mostly Druze province, The National has reported.. Many members of the …

According to local sources, Iyad al-Saleh, also known as “Abu Haidar,” the head of the coordination unit of the Hezbollah militia, was killed when an explosive device detonated in his car. The explosion occurred near the automated fridge in the security square controlled by regime forces in Hassakeh, as reported …

On a frosty Christmas morning in 2021, armed with the overconfidence of youth and a loaded crossbow, 19-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail made his way to Windsor Castle ready to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. Swiftly arrested by police, Chail claimed he wanted to kill the Queen as revenge for the 1919 …

Bottom Line Up Front Iran and its partners in the so-called “Axis of Resistance” have suffered some setbacks but continue their battle to undermine Israel’s war effort in Gaza.Israeli, U.S., and allied officials have not yet centered on a formula to establish lasting deterrence against any members of the Axis, …