March, 2024

• 22 March

  Israel strikes Iranian-linked targets in Syria as Golan Heights come under attack

  

  Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims drone attack on Israeli airbase Israel has struck targets linked to pro-Iranian militias in southern and central Syria in the past 24 hours, members of the Syrian opposition to President Bashar Al Assad said on Monday, in the latest regional violence related to the war …

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• 22 March

  Behind scenes US-Iran talks aim to expand Iraq truce and calm regional conflict

  

  Indirect talks between the US and Iran have attempted to build on an unannounced truce in Iraq to expand it across conflict-hit areas of the Middle East, sources have told The National. Although Washington has not commented on the latest discussions, Iranian state media confirmed the most recent rounds of …

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• 22 March

  Niger Has Cut Military Ties With the U.S. – Why This Is Bad for the Sahel’s Security

  

  Niger – a landlocked country of 25 million people in one of the most unstable parts of the world – recently announced it was suspending military cooperation with the United States. For over a decade, Niger has been one of America’s most reliable allies in the Sahel. The Sahel region, …

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• 22 March

  Reported US-Iran Talks Explain Saudi Sitting Out Red Sea Operations

  

  Wafic Safa, a top Hezbollah official, is on an unprecedented visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that classifies the Iran-backed Lebanese militia as a terrorist organization. The visit came less than a week after The Financial Times reported that Bret McGurk, a senior Biden official, had held …

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• 22 March

  Withdraw U.S. troops from syria and iraq

  

  Key points The war between Israel and Hamas has increased the threat to U.S. troops in the Middle East, particularly for the 3,400 personnel in Syria and Iraq. Since October 7, 2023, dozens of U.S. troops have been injured in attacks perpetrated by Iran-backed Shia militias in both countries, at …

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• 22 March

  US drone attack: Death of US troops ratchets up pressure on Biden

  

  The death of three US servicemen and injuring of many others, turns up the heat in an already febrile region and ratchets up the pressure on the US commander-in-chief, President Joe Biden. This marks the first time American troops have been killed by enemy fire since the Israel-Gaza war erupted. …

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• 22 March

  U.S. Accuses Niger of Iran Uranium Deal

  

  Latest Developments Niger may end counterterrorism cooperation with America over U.S. accusations that Niger’s ruling junta is negotiating a deal to sell uranium to Iran, reported The Wall Street Journal on March 17. The termination of cooperation could lead Niger to follow through on plans to eject U.S. military and …

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• 22 March

  Poland Is Poised To Play An Indispensable Role In Germany’s “Fortress Europe”

  

  Poland is now working hand-in-glove with Germany to turbocharge the latter’s superpower trajectory and especially its military component, which is reshaping European geopolitics and is therefore a development of global importance. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on Monday after talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius that they’re “activating …

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• 22 March

  Russia Is Waging an Existential Struggle in Defense of Its Independence & Sovereignty

  

  Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine gives this civilization-state a chance to defend its independence and sovereignty that are under existential threat by the US-led West. In preserving his Great Power’s geostrategic existence, President Putin is actually attempting to retain some semblance of stability in the increasingly destabilized world that’s …

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• 20 March

  Iran Update, March 15, 2024

  

  CORRECTION: The March 14, 2024, edition of the Gaza Strip maps described the jetty that is under construction along the Gazan coast to facilitate the delivery of aid as “Israeli-built.” NGO World Central Kitchen is building this jetty, not Israel.[i] We apologize for the error. Unspecified Iranian officials said that …

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