Violent explosions rocked the Kalsu base in Iraq on April 19 , resulting in at least one fatality and eight wounded, but it remains unclear who exactly is responsible as U.S. Forces and Israel both denied participation in the attack. While no party has yet claimed responsibility for the attack …

They’re already being tested like never before after some congressional representatives lent false credence to the ultra-nationalist Armenian lobby’s lies that Azerbaijan “ethnically cleansed” their co-ethnics from Karabakh. A leaked draft of the so-called “Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act of 2024” circulated on Monday ahead of its reportedly planned tabling sometime …

Les gouvernements et les populations européennes avaient entériné avec la fin de la guerre froide, puis l’effondrement du mur de Berlin, une vision pacifiée de leur continent, tout au moins en termes de conflits armés se déroulant ou affectant leurs territoires. Depuis les années 2000, les conflits s’intensifient – mais …

President Bola Tinubu has described terrorism as an imported evil concept that is alien to African society and must be banished. Mr Tinubu said this on Monday at the African High-Level Summit on Counterterrorism in Abuja. The two-day summit is a meeting of African member states, the African Union, and …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Intellexa Consortium, a complex web of holding companies and vendors for spyware and related services, have been the subject of recent, extensive sanctions by the US Department of the Treasury and the focus of reporting by the European Investigative Collaborations among others. The Consortium represents a compelling …

Middle Eastern Regimes—and America—Ignore Public Anger at Their Peril Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the Middle East has been rocked by mass protests. Egyptians have demonstrated in solidarity with Palestinians at great personal risk, and Iraqis, Moroccans, Tunisians, and Yemenis have taken to the streets in vast numbers. …

Iran must be held accountable for its exceptional attack. The Israeli response, immediate but also intended to have a lasting impact, was based on Iran’s intention to cause destruction. The Iranian ayatollah regime attacked Israel directly from its own territory, deploying hundreds of UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. This …

Analysis: The Kurdistan Democratic Party’s unprecedented boycott of long-overdue parliamentary elections leaves the semi-autonomous region in uncertain waters. Voters in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region will cast ballots on 10 June for the regional parliament for the first time since 2018, but a major force will be missing from the ballot. In …

Major General Aharon Haliva was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and prevent the 7 October attack. The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October, …

Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif had a ‘vibrant discussion’ on advancing bilateral relations, the Pakistani premier’s office said. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani leader Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday, in what experts said was a “significant” visit aimed at mending ties after the neighbours …