October, 2024

• 2 October

  Le Liban et le Hezbollah après Nasrallah

  

  Hassan Nasrallah, secrétaire général du Hezbollah depuis 1992, a trouvé la mort dans un bombardement israélien sur l’immeuble du sud de Beyrouth où il se trouvait le 27 septembre 2024. La disparition de l’homme le plus puissant du Liban aura sans doute de profonds retentissements. Entretien avec Jihane Sfeir, historienne …

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• 2 October

  Iran Update, September 29, 2024

  

  The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute …

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• 2 October

  Dozens of buildings destroyed in Beirut’s southern suburbs following Israeli airstrikes

  

  Several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh have been reduced to rubble following ferocious Israeli airstrikes. Dozens of buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs have been completely levelled following a night of heavy Israeli bombardment targeting the Lebanese capital on Friday. Smoke could still be seen billowing from several buildings …

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• 2 October

  Iran’s Newest Proxy: Sudan

  

  Iran, having just had two of its major proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, seriously degraded, is apparently setting its sights on a new, “consolation prize” proxy to use as an additional base of operations: Sudan. Iran’s strategy of supporting and infiltrating other countries and terrorist groups — as it has done …

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• 2 October

  Who were the 7 high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed over the past week?

  

  In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The move left Lebanon and much of the Mideast in shock as Israeli officials celebrated major military and intelligence breakthroughs. Hezbollah had …

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• 2 October

  Ukraine’s Disastrous Policy Towards Donbass Taught Georgia The Importance Of Reconciliation

  

  Whereas Ukraine never intended to implement the Minsk Accords and was preparing for an invasion this entire time, the dual deceptions of which have ended disastrously for it as is known, Georgian Dream wants Russia to help create a framework for bringing Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia back together. Russian …

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• 2 October

  Five Lessons That Russia Can Learn From The Latest Israeli-Lebanese War

  

  These lessons are: 1) prioritizing military goals over political ones; 2) the importance of superior intelligence; 3) insensitivity to public opinion; 4) the need for one’s “deep state” to be fully convinced of the ongoing conflict’s existential nature; and 5) practicing “radical decisiveness”. The latest Israeli-Lebanese War and the Ukrainian …

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• 2 October

  Hassan Nasrallah’s Death A ‘Major Loss’ For Hezbollah And Ally Iran – Analysis

  

  The death of Hassan Nasrallah is a significant blow to Hezbollah and the organization’s key sponsor, Iran. Hezbollah, a militant group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon, said Nasrallah was killed in Israeli air strikes in the capital, Beirut, on September 27. In his more than 30 …

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• 2 October

  What Next After Nasrallah’s Assassination? – OpEd

  

  The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on the organization’s underground headquarters in southern Beirut the previous night. The question is, what happens in the wake of Nasrallah’s death? Where will his assassination take Lebanon and the region? What will …

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• 2 October

  The Illusion of a Solution: Killing Hassan Nasrallah

  

  The ongoing Israeli operation against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia group so dominant in Lebanon, is following a standard pattern. Ignore base causes. Ignore context. Target leaders, and target personnel. See matters in conventional terms of civilisational warrior against barbarian despot. Israel, the valiant and bold, fighting the forces of darkness. …

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