January, 2024

• 31 January

  U.S. Funding to UNRWA Still Flowing

  

  Latest Developments The United States will continue to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) despite announcing a temporary pause in funding, according to a January 27 report. In light of allegations that 12 UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the State Department announced …

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• 31 January

  NATO Societies Must be Ready for War

  

  Since Russia’s 2022 large-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO militaries have been getting ready to fight. Thus far, less attention has been given to societal readiness for war, but there are signs that this imbalance is starting to be addressed. The 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea was an insufficient wake-up call …

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• 31 January

  Ukraine’s future is in the West’s hands

  

  The UK is in this for the long haul — and our fellow allies must step up too. 2024 marks a pivotal crossroads: The greatest democratic year in history, with nearly half of the world’s population heading to the polls, it’s also the year that may decide the fate of …

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• 31 January

  Les jeux de guerre de l’OTAN sont une répétition de la confrontation de la guerre froide

  

  On pense bien sûr à la manière dont Marx s’inspire de l’histoire mais lui donne une tout autre capacité d’enseignement. En particulier il remet en cause la manière dont deux écrivains français (Victor Hugo et Proudhon) vont accorder un poids démesuré à un individu qui apparait d’une insigne médiocrité Napoléon …

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• 30 January

  Salafi-Jihadi Movement Update Special Edition: Blinken Visits West Africa as Former Sahelian Counterterrorism Partners Continue to Slide into Russia and Iran’s Orbit

  

  Data Cutoff: January 26, 2024, at 9 a.m. Key Takeaway: The US secretary of state met with key US partners in West Africa as Russia and Iran are bolstering their ties with authoritarian regimes in the region. Russia and Iran have capitalized on the rise of a bloc of anti-Western …

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• 30 January

  Iran Update, January 26, 2024

  

  Key Takeaways: Iraq: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq released a statement rejecting the US and Iraqi decision to begin negotiations over the status of US-led coalition forces in Iraq and vowed to continue attacking US forces. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq will likely continue to attack US forces in Iraq …

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• 29 January

  Pakistan officially restores all ties with Iran after short-lived spat

  

  Pakistani and Iranian officials are working to cool tensions following a series of cross-border strikes between the two states Pakistan officially moved to restore all diplomatic ties with Iran on 19 January after a brief diplomatic row as both sides fired missiles into each other’s lands. “The apex security committee …

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• 29 January

  Israeli reserve soldiers refuse to fight in Gaza

  

  Half a brigade was released from duty after complaining of poor training and lack of weapons before deployment to Gaza About half the soldiers of an Israeli reserve battalion refused to fight in the Gaza Strip and were released from duty by their commander, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed reported on 17 January. …

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• 29 January

  Erdogan’s double game: Praising Palestine, aiding Israel

  

  While the Turkish president loudly praises the Palestinian resistance, he is quietly and ferociously pursuing pro-Israel economic and energy policies. Once idolized for schooling then-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on war crimes before famously storming off at the 2009 Davos Summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again struck …

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• 29 January

  Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis

  

  Is it a coincidence that the world’s foremost terror organization is being revived just as the US struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington’s targets are exactly the same. Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the …

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