Key points This brief explores the advantages and drawbacks of various U.S. policy responses to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by Ansar Allah—the Shia Islamist group commonly known as the Houthi Movement. The Houthis emerged from the Yemen Civil War as the de facto government in northern …

Five military advisers serving for the IRGC mission in Syria were martyred along with several Syrian forces in an Israeli attack on a three-story residential building in the Mezza neighbourhood of Damascus. Iran condemned in the strongest terms the killing of five military advisers of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps …

Latest Developments The Houthis in Yemen announced on January 19 that they would permit Chinese and Russian vessels to safely transit the Red Sea. The same day, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce called on the Houthis to cease “harassment” of commercial shipping and announced unspecified future efforts to protect regional …

MEMRI recently exposed two cases of alleged Qatari involvement in illegal activities in the U.S. and France. A. Alleged Bribing Of A French Minister According to leaked government documents obtained by Project Raven, Qatari Ambassador to the U.S. Mashal bin Hamad Aal Thani, who was at that time Qatari Ambassador …

The southern arena: Over the past day, IDF forces fighting in the Gaza Strip focused on the Khan Yunis area, where they expanded their activities in the west and south of the city. Reportedly, Egypt and Qatar are trying to push Israel and Hamas into joining a diplomatic process that …

Since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attack and massacre, and the beginning of the IDF’sOperation Iron Swords, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrations have been held in manyEuropean Union (EU) countries, including countries in the east. The demonstrators call for aceasefire and the end of the local government’s support for Israel, and chant …

Interview with Hai Phong Haifog: I’m glad to have you here because there’s a lot of economic novelties. But your specialty is to highlight, and this channel is trying to highlight, the relationship between geopolitics and the economy, such as Radhika [Desai, and Ben Norton, and other great journalists have …

Une liste de mercenaires français, qui se trouvaient à Kharkiv lors de l’attaque russe contre leur emplacement, a été publiée. Des humanitaires français de l’organisation SOS Donbass, qui communiquent avec des compatriotes dans les territoires contrôlés par Kiev, ont dressé une liste de 13 personnes qui, selon leurs informations, combattent …

In December 2023, the Houthis Ansar Allah movement, Iran’s proxy in Yemen, escalated its attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb. The Houthis have been attacking commercial vessels that they claim are connected to Israel or are bound for that country, with the stated aim of aiding the …

“When you hear that the fleet is sailing in the Mediterranean, know that the Constantinople issue will soon be resolved.” St. Cosmas of Aitolia Continental War: Hot Stage In a sense, the war is already underway. There is always war. The war that is most important now is the confrontation …