Lebanese Hezbollah is the lynchpin of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” and the cornerstone of its effort to forge a “unity of fronts” against Israel. Hezbollah not only directly challenges Israel across the Lebanon border but also advises and supports other Iranian allies, including the Houthi movement in Yemen and Iran-backed …

What he’s dishonestly omitting is that there’s no chance of World War III breaking out so long as the West doesn’t conventionally intervene in Ukraine, not to mention invade Russia’s CSTO mutual defense ally Belarus or its own region of Kaliningrad that’s sandwiched between NATO states, all of which border …

Déclarant que les «intérêts vitaux» de son pays étaient menacés, le président serbe a fait ressurgir les inquiétudes quant à la stabilité dans les Balkans. Une sortie à considérer avec sérieux, souligne le chercheur Florent Parmentier, qui établit un parallèle avec l’Ukraine. Florent Parmentier est docteur en sciences politiques et …

«Je ne veux effrayer personne mais la guerre n’est plus un concept du passé», a déclaré le premier ministre polonais dans un entretien accordé à la presse européenne. Donald Tusk prévient : «la guerre n’est plus un concept du passé» en Europe. Le premier ministre polonais a accordé un entretien …

Syrians in Germany are forced to go back to the government that imprisoned or tortured them to get a new passport. Activists say the money they pay for passports funds a regime sanctioned by the German government. Even in high school, Adam Yasmin was political. When pro-democracy protests began in …

Offshore companies owned by the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon have quietly invested in overseas assets worth nearly US$100 million in recent years, even as he has encouraged others to invest in his economically devastated country. Rumors of Central Bank Governor Riad Salame’s offshore wealth have swirled around …

In recent months, the smuggling of advanced weapons from Iran to Judea and Samaria was thwarted by the Israeli security forces. The Special Operations Directorate of the IRGC’s intelligence organization and the Qods Force Special Operations Unit in Syria were responsible for those smuggling attempts. Those attempts provide further evidence …

“We are not intimidated by Russia, and we are absolutely on the side of Ukraine.” Speaking following a two-day meeting of the European Council, President of the European Council Charles Michel reiterated the bloc’s support for Ukraine. However, to fully appreciate what this support will entail—from possibly seizing Russian funds …

Oil revenue is a lifeline for the Iranian and Russian economies, but Western sanctions have jeopardized both countries’ ability to ship oil and receive payments. In response, Iran and Russia have redirected oil shipments to China—the world’s largest importer of crude oil. In 2023, China saved a reported ten billion …

This accounts for why the US only passed along vague information to Russia since it assumed that the GUR wouldn’t go through with the Crocus plot after ordering them to call it off, but Washington still wanted to discredit its rival’s government and security services, ergo its embassy’s provocative warning …