February, 2024

• 20 February

  Operation Iron Swords (Updated to 1 p.m., February 18, 2024)

  

  The southern arena: The IDF forces increased their hold on the Khan Yunis area while significantly damaging Hamas’ Khan Yunis Brigade. They focused on Nasser Hospital, where according to intelligence, there was Hamas military activity and Israeli hostages had been held. As far as was possible, the IDF activity allowed …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  Serbia, Youth, And The EU – OpEd

  

  “To be credible, I believe we must talk about timing and homework. And I have a proposal. As we prepare the EU’s next strategic agenda, we must set ourselves a clear goal. I believe we must be ready – on both sides – by 2030 to enlarge. This means that …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  Jihadi Trends: What Is On The Horizon In 2024?

  Introduction The Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, has reinvigorated jihadi groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, which are reprioritizing the cause of “Palestine” and the fight against the “Jews” and their “Crusader” allies as a key foundation of their messaging campaigns which aims at …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  HUMAN MOBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTERS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION: CHALLENGES AND INSIGHTS.

  

  That climatic and environmental stressors and human mobility have always been intertwined isnothing new. Rather, it traces back to the origin of the humankind, to the exact moment whenunbearable climatic conditions led our ancestors to migrate for the very first time out of Africa.2That’s the story of Homo Sapiens. That’s …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  Turkey is a sanctuary for terrorism financing

  

  Since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, much of the international focus on Turkey has centered on its patronage of Hamas. Along with Qatar and Iran, Turkey provides the terrorist entity with safe harbor and material support. What is less widely acknowledged and reported is Ankara’s emerging support of …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  Hundreds of Terrorist Operatives Found at Gaza Hospital

  

  Latest Developments Israeli soldiers detained hundreds of terror operatives, some dressed up as hospital staff, at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on February 18. Dozens of terrorists likewise surrendered to the IDF at the Amal hospital in Khan …

  Read More »
• 20 February

  SDF, Syrian regime recent clashes: Benefit for both parties without changes on the ground

  

  The past few days have witnessed a military escalation between the Syrian regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control areas of northeastern Syria. The clashes that took place in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor last week resulted in deaths and injuries. The clashes came with the …

  Read More »
• 19 February

  Iran Update, February 18, 2024

  

  Reuters reported on February 18 that Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani directed Iranian-backed Iraqi groups to “pause” attacks on US forces during a January 29 meeting in Baghdad.[i] Ghaani met with the leaders of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia groups less than 48 hours after the …

  Read More »
• 19 February

  BRICS And The Global South Cooperation – Analysis

  

  Introduction Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, ‘the tectonic plates of geopolitics have been shifting’ and with current geopolitical tensions, including the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Israeli-Hamas war, new alliances and potential rivalry among world powers seeking for influence in Africa and other regions of the world, ‘we …

  Read More »
• 19 February

  Bombing Muslims for Peace

  

  Like many American boys of the baby-boomer generation, I played “war” with those old, olive-drab, plastic toy soldiers meant to evoke our great victory over the Nazis and “the Japs” during World War II. At age 10, I also kept a scrapbook of the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel …

  Read More »