January, 2024

• 9 January

  10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024

  

  Can we stop things falling apart? 2024 begins with wars burning in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine and peacemaking in crisis. Worldwide, diplomatic efforts to end fighting are failing. More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it. War has been on the rise since …

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• 9 January

  Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate

  

  A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said. Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over into surrounding countries. It also coincides with a …

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• 9 January

  The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism

  In August 2021, following nearly two decades of armed resistance, the Taliban movement forced their way to power in Afghanistan, coinciding with the withdrawal of international troops from the country. Following their return media attention and international policy discussions have, correctly, focused on the deteriorating economic situation, the looming humanitarian …

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• 9 January

  Iran Moves To Seal Borders With Afghanistan And Pakistan After Deadly Blasts

  

  Iran said it is shutting its vast borders with neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan to increase security after the twin bombing that killed at least 89 people in the southeastern city of Kerman on January 3. The Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying his government …

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• 9 January

  Pentagon Says ‘Self-Defense Strike’ In Iraq Kills Terrorist Leader

  

  U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a self-defense strike which killed Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a leader of the Iran-backed Harakat al-Nujaba terrorist group that is operating both in Iraq and Syria, said the Pentagon press secretary. Al-Jawari, also known as Abu Taqwa, was actively involved in planning and carrying out …

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• 9 January

  The Abraham Accords Prevail – OpEd

  

  On December 4, Time magazine published an article under the title “It’s time to scrap the Abraham Accords”. The author, Sara Leah Whitston, a director of a body called Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), argued that the Hamas attack of October 7 proved that the assumption on which …

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• 9 January

  Assessing And Addressing The Houthi Threat – Analysis

  

  Through its Yemeni proxy the Houthis, Iran can successfully target global supply chains, threatening freedom of navigation and maritime security with strikes in the Bab al-Mandab. The multinational effort to thwart these disruptions, Operation Prosperity Guardian, has failed to establish credible deterrence in the Red Sea, as Houthi attacks on …

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• 9 January

  Color Revolutions: The Most Sophisticated Means Of Warfare – Analysis

  

  Color revolutions are political term used to describe turbulent political events: mass street protests and riots in order to achieve a revolutionary change of government. Some revolutionary upheavals are successful and some remain only attempts. However, so far they have taken place in a number of countries at the end …

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• 8 January

  L’Oncle Sam est-il dupé pour participer à la guerre d’Israël ?

  

  L’attaque de drone de cette semaine contre Saleh al-Arouri, haut dirigeant du Hamas, dans le sud de Beyrouth, prouve de manière irréfutable qu’Israël veut étendre le conflit au-delà de ses frontières. Au cours des dernières semaines, Israël a assassiné un chef politique adjoint du Hamas (al-Arouri), un conseiller principal des …

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• 8 January

  Nasrallah warns northern Israel would be ‘first to pay price’ if full-blown war erupts

  

  In 2nd speech this week, Hezbollah chief vows response is coming on the killing of Hamas terror orchestrator Arouri, says Lebanon would be exposed if assassination went unanswered Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened that Israel’s northern residents would be “the first to pay the price if a full-scale war were …

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