November, 2024

• 3 November

  There is no alternative to Hezbollah’s disarmament

  

  Last week, representatives from around 70 countries convened in Paris to pledge nearly $1 billion in aid for Lebanon, including approximately $740 million for humanitarian support and $200 million for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Spearheading this initiative, France sought to position itself as a longstanding friend of Lebanon. However, …

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• 3 November

  Defense in an Age of Uncertainty

  Under glittering chandeliers and glaring spotlights in the ballroom of an old neoclassical palace tucked away down the backstreets of central Brussels, a junior Polish finance minister had just one word to describe the EU’s master plan to increase its defense spending — it is, he said bluntly, a “joke.” …

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• 3 November

  The Economic and Social Costs
  of the War in Gaza

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• 3 November

  Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry

  

  British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation. Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July and caused more than $20 million of damage to a vital harbour. Most of the …

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• 3 November

  Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry

  

  British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation. Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July and caused more than $20 million of damage to a vital harbour. Most of the …

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• 3 November

  What’s Britain doing in Lebanon?

  

  Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon. In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”. This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change in …

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• 3 November

  Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

  

  Pentagon officials and NATO chief Mark Rutte have this week confirmed that thousands of North Korean troops are currently in the process of joining Russia’s war against Ukraine. The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the battlefields of Europe is an historically unprecedented event that represents a major escalation in …

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• 3 November

  Iran Update, October 31, 2024

  

  Israeli state-owned broadcaster Kan published a US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end the fighting in Lebanon.[1] The draft proposes that international mediators determine a date to begin the ceasefire and commence a 60-day “implementation period.” During this period, Lebanese Hezbollah would cease attacks against Israel and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) …

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• 3 November

  Medya Gunlugu: The West’s dilemma towards Russia

  

  “Assessing the current stage of the conflict from a military point of view, the following can be noted. Russia has mobilized a significant part of its forces with the aim of reaching the administrative borders of the Donbass and is moving towards its goal with the momentum that it manages …

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• 2 November

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 30, 2024

  

  Western intelligence officials reportedly stated that North Korean troops are in an unspecified area in occupied Ukraine. CNN, citing two unspecified Western intelligence officials, reported on October 30 that a small number of North Korean personnel are in occupied Ukraine but did not specify their location — the first such …

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