Eurasia Press & News

The strikes reportedly targeted multiple locations in the Mezzeh Villas neighbourhood, with speculation that a key meeting of regime and Iranian officials had been the primary target. On Thursday, October 3, Iranian media confirmed the death of a prominent leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Majed Diwani, following an Israeli …

In recent days, Hezbollah has showcased its ability to counter Israeli incursions into Lebanon, launching hundreds of missiles into Israel and engaging Israeli forces in fierce ground combat operations.The regional dynamics have undergone a profound shift since the assassination of Nasrallah, which marked a turning point in disrupting Israel’s previous …

Israeli media said Hashem Saifeddine was likely wounded in an attack on Beirut, but Hezbollah has issued no official statement Israeli media has reported that Hashem Saifeddine, widely considered to be a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was wounded in an attack on Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Thursday …

One year after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, Elliott Abrams examines the extraordinary response of Israel’s government and society; Linda Robinson catalogues the wrenching toll on Palestinians in Gaza; Ray Takeyh surveys Iran’s newly challenged network of regional allies; and Steven Cook explores how much expanding conflict has tested U.S.-Israeli …

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on an underground bunker in Beirut on October 3. The airstrike targeted a meeting of senior Hezbollah officials, including the presumed successor to Hassan Nasrallah, Safi ed Din.[i] Neither the IDF nor Hezbollah have provided any information on the outcome of the …

The only way that it could have worked was if Poland rounded up draft-aged Ukrainians. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz admitted last week that the “Ukrainian Legion” that his country promised to form last summer after these two neighboring countries clinched their security pact has flopped. In his words, “The …

Israel has assassinated the leader of Hezbollah and killed many of its members by way of booby-trapped pagers and walky-talkies. After a blitzkrieg bombing campaign, Israel once again invaded Lebanon this week to escalate its campaign against the paramilitary-cum-political party. Meanwhile, it continues to wage war against Hamas in Gaza. …

Russia is close to seizing all of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, according to an updated assessment, although it would likely be a victory more for Moscow’s propaganda war than a game-changing win for Russia along the front lines in the embattled east of Ukraine. As of October 3, Russian troops …

Israeli conducted strikes near the Syrian coast this morning, with explosions reported in the vicinity of the Russian-operated Khmeimim Air Base, near the city of Latakia. At this stage, it’s not clear if the Russian airfield was actually hit, deliberately or otherwise — which would be a first. Either way, …

And with Tehran threatening to respond to such moves with even greater force, the scope and scale of the looming Israeli operation could determine whether or not the Middle East ultimately slides into an all-out war after a year of tit-for-tat escalations. Sima Shine, a former head of Mossad’s Research …