Eurasia Press & News
Iran International has obtained information alleging that senior Iranian diplomats transported large amounts of cash to Beirut in recent months, using diplomatic passports to move funds to Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The transfers involved at least six Iranian diplomats who carried suitcases filled with US dollars on commercial flights to Lebanon, according …
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16 February
The Reorganization of Hezbollah Leadership
and the Resignation of Wafiq SafaE_030_26Download
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16 February
The geopolitics of Balochistan’s hybrid insurgency
Recently, Pakistan was rocked by the Baloch Liberation Army’s “Herof Phase 2” offensive, a coordinated assault across nine districts that combined urban raids, rural guerrilla tactics, suicide missions, and psychological warfare. This was not simply an internal security lapse, it was a geopolitical tremor reverberating across South Asia. Pakistan’s reflex …
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16 February
Syrian Army Takes Over al-Shaddadi Base After Coalition Handover
The Ministry of Defense’s Media and Communications Directorate announced that Syrian army forces have taken over the al-Shaddadi military base in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah (northeastern Syria), following coordination with the American side. The move comes as part of a series of rapidly unfolding military developments in eastern Syria, …
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16 February
Turkish foreign minister warns of nuclear arms race if Iran gets the bomb
On February 9, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan suggested that Turkey would begin developing nuclear weapons should Iran obtain them. During a televised interview with CNN Turk, Fidan warned that Iranian nuclearization would upset the “balance of power” in the Middle East and likely initiate a regional nuclear arms race, …
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16 February
Democracy Digest: Brussels Takes Hungary, Slovakia to Task
The EU’s ‘awkward squad’ – namely, Hungary and Slovakia – were both targets for criticism this week by European institutions angry at how those two governments are subverting the rule of law and stymieing anticorruption efforts. On Thursday, a senior legal adviser to Europe’s top court, the ECJ, said that …
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16 February
al-Hol camp “empties out”, foreign families of Islamic State members leave
Sources at humanitarian organizations and eyewitnesses told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that most families of foreign members of the Islamic State group have left al-Hol camp in the eastern countryside of al-Hasakah (northeastern Syria), after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from it in late January and it was taken over …
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16 February
Iran Update, February 13, 2026
Toplines Iranian officials are rejecting US offers to engage in negotiations over Iran’s ballistic missile program amid increasing US threats. Iranian Defense Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani told al Jazeera on February 13 that Iran’s missile capability is a “firmly established” element of Iran’s defense doctrine and part of its deterrence …
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16 February
Germany’s “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal Is The EU’s Adaptation To Great Power Geopolitics
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil recently declared that “Now is the time for a two-speed Europe. Germany, together with France and other partners, will therefore now take the lead in making Europe stronger and more independent. As the six biggest economies in Europe, we can now be the driving force.” …
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16 February
U.S. Evacuates Troops from al-Tanf Base to Jordan Amid Broader Withdrawal from Syria
The United States has evacuated its forces from the al-Tanf garrison in southeastern Syria, relocating personnel to neighboring Jordan as part of a broader military drawdown from Syrian territory, according to two security sources cited by Reuters on Wednesday. Strategically located at the tri-border junction of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, …
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