March, 2024

• 4 March

  Deactivating US military bases in the Persian Gulf

  

  US weapons are dropping on Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, so some major Arab states hosting US military bases are now telling Washington ‘You can’t launch from here.’ In West Asia, the bedrock of US power projection lies in its strategically located military bases nestled within the Persian Gulf. …

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• 4 March

  China’s unexpected gains from the Red Sea crisis

  

  Despite Beijing’s maritime security priority, Ansarallah’s Red Sea ban on Israeli-linked shipping has boosted China’s regional standing while miring its US adversary in an unwinnable crisis. The Gaza war’s expansion into the Red Sea has created an international maritime crisis involving a host of countries. Despite a US-led bombing campaign …

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• 4 March

  ‘State-minus’: Biden’s Palestine solution

  

  Three decades after the Oslo Lie, neither the US nor the EU are in any position to dangle the promise of a Palestinian state. Is it sadly ironic that the issue of Palestinian statehood – unresolved for over 75 years – has resurfaced only after Israel’s wholesale carpet-bombing of the …

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• 4 March

  Expelling US troops: Iraq’s resistance efforts gain steam in Baghdad

  

  As the Iraqi Resistance continues to pressure the US to halt support for Israel’s war on Gaza, Baghdad – and Moscow – align closer with their agenda to expel US troops from Iraq. Surveillance devices on a local Baghdad thoroughfare captured on camera the assassination of an Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades …

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• 4 March

  Iran Update, March 3, 2024

  

  Key Takeaways: Northern Gaza Strip: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) concluded a two-week long operation in Zaytoun neighborhood, southeastern Gaza City on March 3. The continued Palestinian militia attacks demonstrate that Israeli forces have not fully cleared Zaytoun and Palestinian militias in southern Gaza City likely retain some capacity to …

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• 4 March

  Le Sud mondial converge vers un Moscou multipolaire

  

  Voici ce qu’il faut retenir de ces journées frénétiques à Moscou : Normal-o-philes du monde entier, unissez-vous. Ces jours ont été des jours multipolaires frénétiques dans la capitale du monde multipolaire. J’ai eu l’honneur de dire personnellement au ministre des Affaires étrangères russe Sergueï Lavrov que la quasi-totalité du Sud …

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• 4 March

  Le Hezbollah détient un groupe armé néerlandais dans la banlieue de Beyrouth

  

  Depuis octobre, diverses ambassades de pays occidentaux dont la Grande-Bretagne ont fait venir forces spéciales & équipements de pointe sous prétexte d’évacuer leurs diplomates & leurs ressortissants. Le personnel de sécurité du Hezbollah a arrêté six ressortissants néerlandais dans la banlieue sud de Beyrouth mercredi dernier, a rapporté Al-Akhbar le …

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• 4 March

  Projets d’attaque contre le pont de Crimée : La défense allemande confirme que des échanges ont été «interceptés»

  

  Au lendemain de la publication d’un échange entre officiers parlant d’une potentielle attaque contre le pont de Crimée, la Défense allemande a confirmé ce 2 mars qu’une conversation de l’armée avait été «interceptée». Si la Bundeswehr n’a pas confirmé l’authenticité de l’enregistrement, celle-ci fait peu de doute pour les grands …

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• 4 March

  Israeli Strike Kills 7 Hezbollah Fighters In Lebanon

  

  Israeli air and drone strikes have killed seven Hezbollah fighters, including a field commander, in less than 24 hours. Three of the fighters died when their car was targeted by an Israeli drone early on Saturday on the coastal road from Al-Naqoura toward the city of Tyre. The car caught …

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• 4 March

  Ukraine’s Faltering Military Campaign: Causes And Consequences – Analysis

  

  At the dawn of 2023 approximately a year ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky effusively declared that Ukraine was on course to a “year of victory” against the Russian Federation for a war launched by the latter in late February 2022. Almost 24 months after the Russian invasion, Kyiv and its NATO …

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