May, 2024

• 10 May

  Delivering a ‘True Promise’: an insider account of Iran’s strikes on Israel

  

  Iranian firebrand MP Mahmoud Nabavian reveals the calculated strategy, diplomatic intrigue, and bold military prowess that showcased Tehran’s 13 April missile strikes on Israel. Delivering a ‘True Promise’: an insider account of Iran’s strikes on IsraelIranian firebrand MP Mahmoud Nabavian reveals the calculated strategy, diplomatic intrigue, and bold military prowess …

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• 10 May

  UPDATED: Nigeria has no plans to host American, French military bases – Official

  

  Putschists in Niger who carried out a military coup last year ordered both French and US troops to leave the West African country. The Nigerian government said on Monday that it has no plan to host foreign military bases within its borders. Information Minister Mohammed Idris described as “false alarms” …

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• 10 May

  CEP Report: Central Syria’s ISIS Insurgency In 2023

  (New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report today detailing ISIS activity in central Syria in 2023 showing that ISIS attacks, high quality attacks, and civilian and military casualties rose dramatically last year—and were often more aggressive than in recent years. The 215 ISIS attacks chronicled …

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• 10 May

  ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in March 2024

  

  ISIS carried out at least 69 confirmed attacks in March in the Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 84 pro-Assad regime soldiers and 44 civilians and wounded at least 51 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 19 high quality* attacks during …

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• 10 May

  A suspected Islamic State group attack on pro-government force in east Syria kills at least 13

  

  Suspected members of the Islamic State group attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen early Friday killing at least 13, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported. The attack wounded others who were taken to hospitals in the central province of Homs, according to the Syrian …

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• 10 May

  Russian Media: Russia And China In Run-Up To Battle For Kazakhstan – OpEd

  

  Kamran Bokhari, senior director of Eurasian Security and Prosperity at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington, in his recent piece entitled “Kazakhstan and U.S. Strategy” and published by The National Interest, said: “Central Asia, a vast land-locked area between Russia and China, deserves far more U.S. …

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• 10 May

  As Russian Power Declines, Turkic Military Cooperation Grows – OpEd

  

  In October 2009 the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States was founded in the Nakichevan province of Azerbaijan, three years after then Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed the concept. At its eight summit in 2021, it was renamed the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS). Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and …

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• 10 May

  Keep An Eye On The Balkans: It’s The World’s Next Flash Point – Analysis

  

  When considering the security and stability of Europe, the first thing that comes to mind is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After all, it is the largest outbreak of war in Europe since the 1940s. However, about 1,000 kilometers to the southwest of the front lines in Ukraine, another European security …

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• 10 May

  Out Of The Shadows: How Israel And Iran Benefit From Escalation – Analysis

  

  While the spectre of inter-state conflict has loomed large over West Asia these past few months, it appears now to be at a defining moment. The international crisis—spanning three continents—triggered by Israel’s invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attacks, has finally brought the protracted Israel-Iran conflict out of the …

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• 10 May

  Iran Update, May 5, 2024

  

  The Israeli defense minister said that Israel does not believe Hamas will agree to a ceasefire. The Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip on May 5 that he anticipates ”a powerful operation in Rafah in the near future” because Israel has ”identified signs …

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