January, 2024

• 29 January

  Yemen Government Troops Repel ‘Big’ Houthi Attack On Bayhan Town

  

  Yemen’s government troops fended off on Tuesday a major attack by Iran-backed Houthis on the town of Bayhan in the southern province of Shabwa, the latest in a string of Houthi military escalations around the nation. The government’s Giants Brigades said on Wednesday that the Houthis launched an attack from …

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• 29 January

  Iranian President Travels To Turkey For First State Visit

  

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi left Tehran for Ankara on Wednesday for his first state visit to Turkey as the president of Iran. The Iranian president is going to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and co-chair the 8th meeting of the High Council of Iran-Turkey Cooperation in …

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• 29 January

  US Military Says It Fended Off Another Houthi Missile Attack

  

  Iran-backed Houthi militants launched new attacks Wednesday on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden, just hours after the United States carried out preemptive strikes to stave off what it said was an imminent attack on shipping lanes in the Red Sea. U.S. Central Command, which overseas U.S. forces in …

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• 29 January

  Gaza And After: A Transatlantic Security Perspective – Analysis

  

  The October 7 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel’s ensuing offensive in Gaza have sent the Middle East back into a state of turmoil. This will have important security and diplomatic implications not only for the Middle East but also for the broader Euro-Atlantic region. Moreover, as it underscores the ongoing …

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• 26 January

  Iran Update, January 25, 2024

  

  Key Takeaways: Iraq: The United States and the Iraqi federal government will soon begin negotiations on Iraq’s current security arrangement with US-led coalition forces, which could involve US forces withdrawing from Iraq. Iranian-backed Iraqi actors praised the US and Iraqi decision to begin negotiations about the status of US-led coalition …

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• 26 January

  La résistance irakienne rejoint le Yémen pour imposer un blocus naval à Israël

  

  En réponse aux nouvelles frappes des avions américains sur l’Irak & le Yémen, la Résistance islamique en Irak a promis de mettre les ports israéliens «hors service» jusqu’à la levée du blocus de Gaza. Le secrétaire général des Brigades Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Ala al-Walaei, a annoncé aux premières heures du …

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• 26 January

  Exclusive: US, Iraq to initiate talks on end of US-led military coalition

  

  The United States and Iraq are set to initiate talks on the end of a U.S.-led international military coalition in Iraq and how to replace it with bilateral relations, four sources said, a step forward in a process that was stalled by the Gaza war. The U.S. conveyed the message …

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• 26 January

  Iraq: US launches new strikes on Iran-backed militant group

  

  The US government said the strikes were a response to attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria. Recent months have seen an uptick in US strikes in Iraq and Yemen. The United States targeted three facilities linked to Iran-backed militants in Iraq on Tuesday in response to drone and …

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• 26 January

  Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank

  

  Relatives mourn 17-year old American Tawfiq Ajaq at his funeral in his family’s Palestinian home village Al-Mazra’a ash Shaqriya, West Bank, January 20, 2024. Ajaq was killed by Israeli fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our …

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• 26 January

  Monroe Doctrine: Two Centuries of Implacable Imperialism

  

  Latin America must forge a path toward a future where self-determination and international cooperation prevail. Since its inception in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine has been the ideological manifestation guiding the United States’ foreign policy toward Latin America. Its intrinsic nature has served as an instrument of American expansion and domination …

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