April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iranian security forces battled simultaneous terrorist attacks by a militant separatist group in a southwest province that raged for nearly 17 hours, with intense gunfights in the streets of two cities that resulted in the deaths of 10 security officers and 18 militants, according to the Ministry of Interior on …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
There seems to be a hidden hand that pushes the players, and not anyone you would think of at first. Over the last few months, we are witnessing a long line of assassinations of mainly top operatives, allegedly performed by Israeli units, acting in Lebanon, Syria and Iran. This should …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
On April 4, Iranian media reported a series of attacks by the Baluch separatist group Jaish al-Adl in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The militants claimed they targeted six regime outposts in the port city of Chabahar and the border town Rask, which are more than 100 miles apart. Gunmen …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
One of the challenges to world peace today, is how to tackle or manage the terrorist Islamic State, the Apartheid Israeli State and the bullying United States. The US itself is Violator-in-Chief of international conventions. It has ensured there are no international sanctions against Israel. It has, like Israel, carried …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The loud “baa” of a curious sheep feels ridiculously, laughably incongruous; the only other sounds are the bone-shaking booms of the IDF and Hezbollah exchanging artillery in the near distance. Before you join the road to Kibbutz Metzuba, just over a mile from the 30-foot wall that signals the border …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia
Hardly had the echoes of the attack carried out by the Islamic State in the Russian capital, Moscow, in the early hours of March 23 resonated through the Russian streets, before the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced its condolences to the Russian government. In the condolence …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Abu Maria al-Qahtani, a member of the Shura Council and a leader in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which wields military influence in Idlib, was killed by an explosion of an improvised explosive device that targeted him in the Sarmada area in the northern countryside of Idlib. Military media figures close …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The leadership of the al-Shahba Gathering announced the dissolution of the faction and the integration of its components into the ranks of al-Jabha al-Shamiya, which is affiliated with the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in northwest Syria, after 15 months since its formation. According to the al-Shahba Gathering’s statement issued …
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April 8, 2024 Balkans, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia, Serbia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will receive the Order of Republika Srpska during his visit to Bosnia on Thursday and Friday, joining Vladimir Putin in the recipients’ club. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is paying a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will visit the capital Sarajevo and …
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April 8, 2024 Eurasia
Elsewhere, more bribe-taking revelations emerge from Prague spy affair; Hungary pushes for next NATO chief to come from CEE; and Poland prepares for local elections on Sunday. On Saturday, Slovakia will elect its new head of state. Either former diplomat Ivan Korcok or Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini, leader of …
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