ISKP’s retooling from regional operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan to a focus on external attacks and operational plots has resulted in a surge of both foiled plots and successful attacks. The Islamic State attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue on the outskirts of Moscow, which killed at least …
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Benjamin Netanyahu announced an attack on Rafah with or without a prisoner exchange agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that he will initiate a ground attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, regardless of whether a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas is reached or not. Netanyahu met with representatives of the families of Israeli prisoners in Gaza, as …
Read More »Children from Gaza send powerful messages to pro-Palestinian students in the US
Palestinian children gathered on Wednesday in central Gaza Strip to express gratitude to students from American universities who have been protesting in solidarity with Gaza for days, risking arrests and academic suspensions. “Thank you to the brave students at American universities” and “Thank you for standing with Gaza” were some …
Read More »Is Turkey joining South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel?
Turkey will seek to join the South African lawsuit against Israel for genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, confirmed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday. Turkey has decided to seek joining the South African lawsuit for genocide against Israel before the ICJ, emphasized Fidan …
Read More »Iran Update, April 30, 2024
Russia and China are hosting talks to facilitate Hamas’ inclusion in the Palestinian Authority, which would result in a Hamas-influenced government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. China hosted senior Hamas and Fatah officials in Beijing on April 26 to discuss “intra-Palestinian reconciliation” and to “strive for the …
Read More »France-Armenia Military Cooperation: A Double-Edged Sword In The Caucasus? – OpEd
The evolving military-political alliance between Armenia and France has garnered significant attention, particularly in the context of its impacts on the security landscape of the South Caucasus—a region long characterized by its geopolitical sensitivities and strategic significance. Introduction to the Alliance amidst Geopolitical Change The Armenia-France partnership, especially post-Second Karabakh …
Read More »The State of al-Qa`ida Central
Abstract: More than a year and a half after the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, al-Qaida Central has yet to acknowledge the demise of its emir and announce his replacement. After having lost its franchises in Iraq and Syria and after having seen its hegemony on the global jihadi …
Read More »Les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni poussent à une guerre totale sur tous les fronts
Préambule : Cet article confirme ce que nous pensons également. La guerre en Ukraine est loin d’être terminée, ce n’est qu’une phase de réchauffement. Comme d’habitude, la stratégie occidentale a consisté, dans toutes les guerres précédentes, à se diriger vers une grande conflagration par à-coups. Guerre, pas de guerre ? …
Read More »The CIA and Zionism: A Complex History
SUDDENLY, “ZIONISM” IS A FIGHTING WORD. The term for the nationalist movement to build a Jewish state in Palestine has not often figured in American political debate over the half century since the U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations, Patrick Moynihan, denounced a 1975 United Nations resolution asserting that “Zionism is …
Read More »Will International Humanitarian Law Survive the Israel-Hamas Conflict?
The crisis in Gaza has raised serious questions about the relevance of international law—even of its very survival. States and armed actors involved in the conflict have duties, both positive and negative, to protect the right to health in the face of so much violence. The humanitarian catastrophe continues months …
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