Iraq said on Monday it had arrested three people linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and suspected of planning attacks across the country, including on a key oil export pipeline in the north.Interior ministry officials showed reporters three suspects dressed in yellow jumpsuits with their faces covered by …

In-depth: Israeli demolitions in the Negev have intensified in the last six months, with up to 6,000 people in eight Bedouin villages at risk of displacement. In May, more than 300 Palestinians in Wadi al-Khalil became homeless overnight when Israeli bulldozers flattened the entire Bedouin village in the Negev. Now, …

Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip: Israeli forces continued re-clearing Shujaiya in Gaza City. Hamas combat units began reconstituting there after Israeli forces withdrew in April 2024.West Bank: Israeli forces conducted a drone strike killing a senior PIJ official in Tulkarm. The official was responsible for recent militia activity targeting civilian and …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 38 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel, similar to the previous week, using anti-tank missiles, mortar shells, UAVs and various types of rockets, including heavy rockets. Eighteen IDF soldiers were injured in the northern Golan Heights by a UAV attack.Israeli …

La semaine dernière, dans un important discours télévisé, le chef du Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, a menacé Chypre d’une action militaire si elle poursuivait sa coopération militaire avec Israël, dont l’armée s’est entraînée dans cette nation insulaire en vue d’une attaque contre le Liban. Benjamin Netanyahou avec le président chypriote Nikos …

A Czech-led fact-finding mission to establish safe zones in Syria is under preparation as pressure increases on refugees in Europe and the Middle East to return home, Abu Dhabi’s The National revealed. This initiative, confirmed by officials in Prague, would be the first of its kind for the Czech Republic …

The announcement of this merger follows reports of a military consolidation under the name of the Syrian Liberation Army. The Ministry of Defense of the Syrian Interim Government announced on Tuesday, June 25, the merger of several of its formations within the National Army under the new name of the …

In April, not long after NATO marked its 75th anniversary, during a little-noticed press conference at the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared, “if Allies face a choice between meeting NATO capability targets and providing more aid to Ukraine, my message is clear: Send more to Ukraine.” …

No bloc of countries has, for the past 75 years, been as umbilically tied to the United States as Europe. First, its western half and, since the end of the Cold War, much of its eastern half have prospered under the world’s most extensive bonds in trade, finance, and investment. …

To protect their assets for the long term, some countries invest resources and wealth into sovereign wealth funds, which manage a diversified portfolio. But without adequate transparency requirements, these vehicles can be ripe for corruption and other governance risks. Summary Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have existed for more than a …