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Operation Iron Swords (Updated to 1 p.m., February 19, 2024)

The southern arena: The IDF forces continued to focus their activity on the Khan Yunis area in the southern Gaza Strip, clashing with squads of terrorist operatives. During the activities the forces found large quantities of weapons. At Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where the forces have been operating for …

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The United States’ Missed Opportunity in Latin America

When policymakers consider national security, they tend to think first of military capabilities: the weaponry and ammunition a country possesses, the state of its armed forces, its border defenses, its surveillance and cybersecurity. Since 2020, however, U.S. national security strategy has taken a sharply commercial turn. The COVID-19 pandemic and …

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The Strange Resurrection of the Two-State Solution

How an Unimaginable War Could Bring About the Only Imaginable Peace For years, the vision of an Israeli state and a Palestinian state existing side by side in peace and security has been derided as hopelessly naive—or worse, as a dangerous illusion. After decades of U.S.-led diplomacy failed to achieve …

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U.S. Says It Struck 5 Houthi Targets in Yemen, Including an Underwater Drone

The American military said it believes it is the first time such an undersea weapon had been used in the current conflict in the Red Sea. The United States struck five Houthi military targets, including an undersea drone, in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday, the U.S. military announced on …

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Houthis damage British cargo ship in new attack

The Iran-backed militants claim to have also shot down an American drone. Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down a U.S. drone and damaged a Belize-flagged, British cargo ship in their latest assault against commercial vessels, their spokesperson claimed Monday. The Iranian-backed group, which has been targeting commercial shipping since the outbreak …

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Houthis Say They Shot Down a U.S. Drone Off Yemen

The downing of the Reaper drone is another escalation of violence between the United States and Iran-backed groups. The Pentagon is investigating the cause of a crash of an American military surveillance drone off the coast of Yemen on Monday morning, two U.S. officials said. The officials, speaking on the …

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The Anglo-American Axis, Not Ukraine, Is Responsible For Destroying Russian Ships

All major players’ naval planning will change as a result of what’s been learned from the past two years’ experiences in this conflict. The Mainstream Media has hyped up Russia’s losses in the so-called “Battle of the Black Sea” as being purely the result of Ukrainian efforts, which are aimed …

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Lafarge, « complice de crimes contre l’humanité » en Syrie ? Vers un procès sans précédent pour une multinationale

Le 16 janvier 2024, la Cour de cassation, la plus haute juridiction de l’ordre judiciaire en France, a confirmé la mise en examen pour « complicité de crimes contre l’humanité » de la société française Lafarge, une première pour une firme de cette envergure. Très attendue par la société civile …

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Ukraine : où en est le combat contre la corruption ?

Le 7 novembre 2023, la Commission européenne a officiellement recommandé l’ouverture des négociations avec l’Ukraine et la Moldavie en vue de leur adhésion à l’Union. Parmi les sept exigences que l’UE avait demandé à l’Ukraine de remplir pour accéder à ces négociations, la lutte contre la corruption tenait une place …

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Iran Update, February 19, 2024

The Houthi movement launched an anti-ship ballistic missile that struck and disabled the UK-owned, Belize-flagged Rubymar cargo ship in the Bab al Mandeb strait on February 18.[i] The Rubymar’s Lebanon-based management company said that the vessel took on water after the missile struck the vessel’s engine room.[ii] The Houthi military …

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