December, 2023

• 22 December

  Turkey says its warplanes have hit suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq

  

  Turkish warplanes carried out new airstrikes Wednesday against Kurdish militant targets in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said, a day after Turkish and Iraqi officials held high-level security talks in Ankara. Turkey often launches strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq that it believes to be affiliated with the …

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• 22 December

  Israel’s Muddled Strategy in Gaza

  

  Time to Make Hard Choices If devastation is the goal, Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip has been a resounding success. More than two months after Hamas killed over 1,100 people on October 7, Israeli air and ground operations have killed some 20,000 Palestinians, many of them children, according …

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• 22 December

  Le Yémen prêt à affronter une nouvelle coalition impériale

  

  Personne n’a jamais perdu d’argent en pariant sur la capacité de l’Empire du Chaos, du Mensonge et du Pillage à construire une «coalition de volontaires» lorsqu’il est confronté à un dilemme géopolitique. Dans tous les cas, dûment couverts par l’«ordre international fondé sur des règles» en vigueur, le terme «volontaires» …

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• 22 December

  Sionisme et Judéo-Nazisme

  

  La seconde appellation a été remise à l’ordre du jour par le ministre des Affaires étrangères russe, Lavrov, au début de la guerre en Ukraine en 2022. Depuis, avec l’horreur génocidaire qui frappe Gaza (et de plus en plus la Cisjordanie), le bons sens l’acquiesce. Mais la formule a une …

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• 22 December

  Mideast Narco-War Escalates at Jordan-Syria Border

  

  Jordan reportedly launched airstrikes on December 18 targeting narcotrafficking operations in southern Syria hours after Jordanian forces foiled one of the largest cross-border smuggling operations to threaten the kingdom in years. Jordan’s border with Syria has grown increasingly volatile as the region remains preoccupied with war in the nearby Gaza …

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• 22 December

  Houthi Anti-Israel Attacks Harm Egypt and Jordan

  

  Latest Developments The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group issued a warning on December 20 threatening to retaliate against U.S. warships if the American military were to target the Yemen-based group. This threat came on the heels of an announcement that the United States will lead a multinational mission to secure safe …

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• 22 December

  Russia’s Night Drones Pose a Serious New Threat to Ukraine’s Troops

  

  Soldiers on the ground all agree that Russia’s use of night drones is already a serious problem. To combat the threat, Ukraine needs to mass-produce its own hi-tech drones – and fast. Ukrainian soldiers at the front lines say the Russians have changed tactics. Moscow’s forces are now making use …

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• 22 December

  Biden team wary of retaliating against Houthi attacks at sea

  

  Senior Biden administration officials agree that striking Houthis in Yemen is the wrong course of action for now, per three U.S. officials, even though some military officers have proposed more forceful responses to the militants’ attacks in the Red Sea. There’s high-level consensus within the administration that it does not …

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• 22 December

  Oil and gas prices surge as BP stops Red Sea shipments following Houthi attacks

  

  Oil and natural gas prices rose sharply Monday after BP (BP) said it would pause all shipments through the Red Sea because of increased attacks on commercial vessels by Houthi militants from Yemen. The decision by one of the world’s biggest oil companies follows similar moves by major shipping firms, …

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• 22 December

  What attacks in the Red Sea could mean for the global economy

  

  In the past week, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have fired missiles at container ships in the Red Sea in addition to attacking US and allied warships. Houthi representatives have said that those attacks will continue against ships related to Israel in any way, to support Hamas and as a …

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