September 9, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israël a commis l’acte sans précédent d’assassiner le chef du gouvernement de Sanaa et 11 de ses ministres pour punir le Yémen de son indéfectible solidarité avec Gaza, qui en fait l’un des rares pays au monde à prendre au sérieux l’obligation de prévention du crime de génocide. Les médias, …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia
ToplinesUkrainian officials warned that the Russian military command is regrouping and reinforcing its troops in western Donetsk Oblast, likely ahead of a major offensive operation. Ukrainian Dnipro Group of Forces Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Belskyi reported that the Russian military command is concentrating significant forces in Donetsk Oblast and that …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
For nearly two years, Western media has normalised Israeli war crimes and dehumanised Palestinians amid Gaza’s ongoing genocide, argues Assal Rad. Language is not neutral; it shapes the way we perceive global events with profound implications for public opinion. In the context of the Gaza genocide, the discourse deployed by …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Lebanon’s cabinet meets on Friday to review the army’s sensitive plan on weapons, with Hezbollah’s stance and Israeli escalation heightening tensions. Lebanon’s government is bracing for one of its most sensitive cabinet sessions in years, with ministers set to debate the army’s long-awaited plan to place all weapons under state …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel said it controls 40% of Gaza City as airstrikes killed dozens and famine deepened, with EU’s Teresa Ribera calling the war genocide. The Israeli military on Thursday said it controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the Palestinian territory which it is preparing to conquer …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Scottish parliament has made another move in support of Palestinians, voting to boycott Israel and companies linked to the Gaza genocide. The Scottish parliament has voted for an immediate and full boycott of Israel and companies linked to the war on Gaza, in a symbolic but landmark move in …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia
The EU’s Ukraine policy is currently underpinned by two key beliefs. First, Vladimir Putin is a predatorial, rapacious ogre who is hell-bent on destroying the EU. Second, this monster should agree to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy – whose country he is viciously attacking – and sign a lasting peace agreement (presumably, …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia
Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, cut a lonely figure in Beijing this week as the only EU leader to attend China’s World War II anniversary events, standing in a line-up alongside Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un and other authoritarian rulers – an image analysts described as a snapshot of …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of the AANES foreign relations department, met with Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shibani, signalling potential progress in negotiations, Al-Hal reports. Efforts to bridge divisions in post-conflict Syria gained momentum this week as representatives from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) entered high-level talks with …
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September 8, 2025 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The collapse of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024 unleashed one of Syria’s most complex economic challenges in decades. Soaring inflation, eroded confidence in the Syrian pound, and the dominance of black-market speculators have turned the national currency from a medium of exchange into a symbol of financial collapse. …
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