Eurasia Press & News

Iran will be hoping that it has reinforced its credibility in the Middle East with its attack on Israel, but it is more likely to prompt a damaging Israeli response. It will take time for both confirmation and reliable assessments of damage on the ground to come out, but at …

After its latest escalation, Tehran may be forced to reconsider its entire approach to national security, including leveraging its status as a threshold nuclear state to counter Israel. On October 1, Iran launched its second direct attack on Israel within six months. Code-named Operation True Promise 2, this assault came …

In the wake of Finland and Sweden’s accessions to NATO, the alliance’s northern military power will be greatly expanded—if the Nordic and Baltic states adequately coordinate to overcome risks such as overstretching and competition. Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is rightly hailed as a historic event: It represents the …

While Hezbollah’s daily newspaper in Lebanon praised the New York Times and the Washington Post for their flattering obituary of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, most Arabs celebrated the end of someone they saw as a tyrant who had ordered the assassination of his Lebanese opponents and the killing and displacement …

Russia’s nuclear shield insures it against NATO’s large-scale involvement in the war in Ukraine, but below that threshold, the West is doing more and more to support its Ukrainian allies, leaving the Kremlin facing the difficult question of how to restore the effectiveness of its deterrent. Russian President Vladimir Putin …

When Hamas launched an attack against Israel on 7th October, 2024, Israel was caught unaware and unprepared. In the attack, around 1200 people in Israel lost their lives and around 250 people were taken as hostage by Hamas. It was an unprovoked attack. This attack can justifiably be termed as …

From the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi army and the Gulf War, to 9/11 and the temporary fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan by the U.S., and the invasion of Iraq leading to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, handing Iraq over on a silver platter to the …

The Lebanese Army Command confirmed on Wednesday that “an Israeli enemy force breached the Blue Line for approximately 400 meters inside Lebanese territory in the areas of Khirbet Yaroun and Bab Al-Adaisseh, and withdrew after a short period.”

In late January 2023, a column of Russian vehicles and hundreds of naval infantry ran into a buzz saw of Ukrainian defenses near the Donbas city of Vuhledar, a humiliating defeat that showcased both Ukrainian pluck, but also Russia’s frequently ham-handed offensive operations. Times have changed. On October 2, the …

The New Arab takes a look at the missiles used by Iran in its attack on Israel and how Israel was able to defend itself. Iran launched its largest-ever attack on Israel on Tuesday, firing almost 200 ballistic missiles. The attack came as retaliation for Israel’s killing of Hamas leader …