October, 2024

• 23 October

  Beirut Under the Drones

  

  As Lebanon’s war imposes suffering on civilians, the capital city is yet living an illusion of peace. The hum of an Israeli surveillance drone is constant, an unshakable background noise that now defines the daily rhythm of Beirut. The drones hover above our heads like birds of prey, their continuous …

  Read More »
• 23 October

  Ceaseless horrors in northern Gaza

  

  My family is experiencing what they say is ‘the worst stage of genocide’ as Israel attempts to empty and annex northern Gaza. Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza, where I was born and raised, has been facing relentless, indiscriminate Israeli bombing, targeting concentrations of displaced Palestinians. Entire neighbourhoods have been …

  Read More »
• 23 October

  Biden Administration Admits Iran’s Oil Exports Have Grown Exponentially in Value and Volume

  

  Earlier this month, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its first report about Iran’s petroleum exports as mandated by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum(SHIP) Act enacted earlier this year. The EIA reported that Iran sold $144 billion in the first three years of the Biden administration, $100 billion more than …

  Read More »
• 23 October

  Sinwar’s Death Will Not End Israeli Operations in the Gaza Strip

  The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not end the operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Sinwar’s death is unlikely to trigger a rethink within Hamas about its basic strategy, which is to survive the war and secure a ceasefire that results in a total Israeli withdrawal.[i] Sinwar …

  Read More »
• 23 October

  Hamas’ View of the October 7 War

  Military conditions are being set in the Gaza Strip that could lead to the defeat of Hamas, but these conditions will fail to achieve an enduring end to the war without a political solution. The military defeat of Hamas is an essential precondition for the establishment of a new government …

  Read More »
• 23 October

  Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies

  

  Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account that Gulen had died on Sunday evening in the U.S. hospital where he was being treated. The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in …

  Read More »
• 21 October

  Iran Update, October 20, 2024

  

  Palestinian fighters killed an IDF brigade commander in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian fighters recently detonated a pre-planted improvised explosive device (IED), killing IDF 401st Armored Brigade Commander Colonel Ehsan Daqsa.[i] An Israeli Army Radio correspondent reported that Daqsa is the most senior IDF officer killed in the Gaza Strip …

  Read More »
• 21 October

  German opposition slams exclusion of Poland from Berlin talks on Ukraine

  

  Germany’s opposition has criticised the fact Poland was not been included in talks between European leaders and US President Joe Biden on peace in Ukraine, as the question of who should be included in talks on Europe’s post-war order comes to the fore. Biden joined German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, UK …

  Read More »
• 21 October

  Paths of the Israeli ground operation in Lebanon

  

  The Israeli ground operation in southern Lebanon is surrounded by a lot of ambiguity from both sides, in terms of the lack of clarity of the Israeli objectives, the point at which Israel wants to stop, and its next step, as well as in terms of the latent capabilities that …

  Read More »
• 21 October

  “Dragon’s Teeth” in the Kursk Rear, North Korean Troops Arrive in Russia, Abrams Tanks from Australia for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. What Happened at the Front This Week

  

  In today’s summary: The counteroffensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region has run into previously lost Russian fortifications in some areasIn the Kursk rear, unknown persons placed “dragon’s teeth” on the roads, which led to numerous fatal accidentsRussian troops are outflanking Selidovo, the Ukrainian garrison will have …

  Read More »