September 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Regarding the reopening of the Abu al-Zindeen crossing, the Turkish intelligence service representative clarified that the decision was purely commercial, unrelated to any political agenda, Damas Post writes. A significant meeting of Syrian opposition forces, organized by the Turkish intelligence service and attended by representatives from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, …
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September 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Levant Front, a faction of the Syrian National Army, announced a suspension of its cooperation with the Syrian Interim Government, demanding the Syrian National Coalition withdraw confidence from its president, Abdul Rahman Mustafa, and refer him to the judiciary. This announcement followed a meeting held on Tuesday at Gaziantep …
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September 8, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran has sent hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to support Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal.[1] An anonymous European official told the outlet that more shipments of Iranian missiles to Russia are expected.[2] Iran and Russia previously signed a contract in December 2023 …
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September 8, 2024 Eurasia
Defendants Are Alleged to Have Committed Cyber Attacks in Advance of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine; Also Targeted 26 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Countries In an indictment unsealed today, a grand jury in Maryland charged six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia), with …
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September 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In-depth: There are fears that Israel’s military raids in the West Bank, the largest in decades, are fuelled by plans to annex the Palestinian territory. For more than a week, Israeli forces have raided the Palestinian cities of Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank – razing infrastructure, …
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September 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Western media’s skewed coverage of Israel’s assault on Gaza has exposed its rotten core, led by client journalism and deadly spin, says Myriam Francois. On April 8 2003, Palestinian reporter Tareq Ayyoub was reporting for Al Jazeera on the US invasion of Iraq when he was killed by two …
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September 8, 2024 Eurasia
“About 14 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being.” So begins Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), by the Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, and so began one of the 21st century’s most astonishing academic careers. Sapiens has sold more than 25 million copies in …
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September 7, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
During August 2024, the ISIS weekly al-Nabā’ published two editorials referring to Hamas inconnection with the war in the Gaza Strip. ISIS rejected Hamas’ methods, accusing the Sunni movement of cooperating with theIranian-led Shi’ite axis and stating that the only way to deal with Israel and the Jews was ajihad …
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September 7, 2024 Eurasia
Elections in East Germany reveal how Russia’s war on Ukraine can be exploited for political gain. Rising domestic pressures fueled by societal discontent are becoming a risk for collective Western support for Kyiv. Germany’s regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony on September 1 spelled out the weakness of the country’s …
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September 7, 2024 Eurasia
The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law lack the motivation and military indoctrination required to actually aim their weapons and fire at Russian soldiers. “Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the enemy in the firing position in trenches but don’t …
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