Forty-eight hours after Iran launched an airstrike on Israel, Israeli officials offered indications Monday that Israel is preparing military strikes on Iranian targets, as the US-provoked war in the Middle East continued to escalate. “This launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles, and UAVs into the territory of the State …
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria (April 8-15, 2024)
This past week Hezbollah continued attacking Israel, mostly military targets in the north and the Golan Heights, and claimed responsibility for 38 attacks. The attacks close to the April 14, 2024, Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel mainly targeted Israeli air defense sites in the Golan Heights, apparently to …
Read More »Les installations nucléaires israéliennes touchées par des missiles iraniens
Les détails récemment divulgués sur l’opération de représailles de l’Iran contre Israël ont mis en lumière l’ampleur des dégâts infligés aux installations nucléaires de Dimona, ainsi qu’aux bases militaires stratégiques de Navatim et Ramon dans le désert du Néguev. Dans son numéro du 18 avril, le journal israélien Maariv a …
Read More »Iran air defences shoot at flying objects as Israel reportedly retaliates
Several US news outlets cited US government representatives as saying that Israel had carried out a military operation in Iran Iranian state media on Friday reported that several small flying objects had been shot at in the skies over the central province of Isfahan. Earlier on Friday, state news agency …
Read More »Russia’s Request For UNSC Sanctions Against Israel Is A Principled Soft Power Move
The sole purpose is to reaffirm the primacy of international law as enshrined in the UN Charter after Israel refused to implement UNSC 2728. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia made headlines across the world after saying the following at the Security Council on Thursday: “Unfortunately, Israel has …
Read More »Iran Attempts to Destabilize Jordan
Latest Developments Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There are “intensive Iranian efforts to target security in the kingdom over the last few months,” an unnamed Jordanian source said. The report accused …
Read More »Qatar Reevaluates Role as Hamas Mediator
Latest Developments Doha is reevaluating its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on April 17. Al Thani claimed that Qatar “has seen the misuse of this mediation and its employment for narrow political …
Read More »Putin’s plan to depopulate Ukraine
Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, is in danger of becoming a “second Aleppo” amid a surge in Russian airstrikes, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov warned this week. In an April 17 interview with The Guardian, Terekhov said that unless Ukraine urgently receives additional air defenses from the country’s partners, Kharkiv would suffer …
Read More »Hamas Leader to Meet With Erdogan in Turkey
Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on April 17 that he plans to meet Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey over the coming weekend, calling Haniyeh the “leader of the Palestinian cause.” In a speech to lawmakers, Erdogan said, “Even if only I, Tayyip Erdogan, remain, I will …
Read More »Iran and Israel’s Dangerous Gambit
Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel was a watershed moment in the countries’ history. The attack involved the first-ever direct strikes launched from Iranian territory onto Israeli soil, with an unprecedented number of ballistic missiles fired in a single military operation by Iran. The decision to retaliate directly against Israel’s …
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