October, 2023

• 22 October

  THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TRANSPORT ROUTES OF EURASIA

  

  Against the backdrop of another conflict in Palestine, the news that Saudi Arabia suspended negotiations with Israel became the reason for a broader interpretation of events affecting the interests of India, Iran, the EU, Russia and China. Although wars in the Middle East have always affected the whole world, especially …

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• 22 October

  MIDDLE EAST: ESCHATOLOGICAL SCENARIO

  

  Let’s try to describe one of the possible scenarios for further escalation in the Middle East. The Palestinian uprising begins in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Fatah cannot contain the situation. Seeing how Israel is carrying out full-fledged genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are launching a total …

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• 22 October

  Israel is using a colossal intel failure as fuel for genocide in Gaza

  

  On 25th May 2000, Israel’s occupation of South Lebanon came to an ignominious end. What was planned as an orderly withdrawal over several weeks turned into a chaotic rout, sneaking back over the border in the middle of the night as gun battles flared barely yards away, leaving their collaborators …

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• 22 October

  What will Israel’s ground invasion mean for Gaza?

  

  Israel has been heavily bombing the Gaza Strip for ten days following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on 7 October, with its forces now mobilising in huge numbers for an impending ground assault. So far, nearly 2,800 Palestinians have been killed and more than 10,000 wounded by Israeli airstrikes, with Gaza experiencing …

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• 22 October

  Under threat from Turkey, is the PKK changing its strategy?

  

  The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continues to wage its decades-long conflict against the Turkish government, but it has been several years since it staged a major operation in a Turkish city. That changed on 1 October when it launched a suicide attack at the entrance of the Ministry of Interior’s …

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• 22 October

  What US military support to Israel means for the Gaza war

  

  When US President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday, he was doing so in the wake of a bombing that killed hundreds of Palestinians at a hospital in Gaza, a tragic escalation in a conflict that broke out just over 10 days ago and is quickly developing by the …

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• 22 October

  Western media dehumanises Palestinians to justify Israel’s genocide in Gaza

  

  Western media coverage of Palestinians as violent terrorists has normalised their dehumanisation & legitimised Israel’s crimes against them – like the siege & genocide in Gaza. It refuses to view their struggle as anti-colonial, argues Samar Saeed. Last Saturday morning, the Palestinian resistance launched a surprise attack on Israel by …

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• 22 October

  Ignoring Russian Colonialism Has Deadly Consequences

  

  Since the Soviet days, Russia has tried to sell the story that the country is a “family of nations.” President Vladimir Putin still tires to export this narrative, as shown when an indigenous Tuvan musician represented Russia during a performance at the recent G20 summit in India. But this multicultural …

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• 22 October

  U.S. Journalist Working for Radio Free Europe Detained in Russia

  

  A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, her employer and a journalist watchdog group said Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the U.S. Congress-funded outlet’s Tatar-Bashkir service, “needs to be released so she …

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• 22 October

  Why Won’t Egypt Accept Palestinians?

  

  Egypt’s long, troubled history with Palestinian refugees, along with failed attempts at “refugee blackmail,” make it politically impossible to open its border to all Palestinians in Gaza. The Egyptian state has a long, troubled history of hosting Palestinian refugees, welcoming them, and subsequently restricting their rights according to the political …

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