February 5, 2026 Eurasia
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Introduction This report is part of MEMRI’s repository of contemporary and historical foundational documents of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement. It presents statements by the Khaled Mash’al, the leader of the Hamas movement abroad, in which he asserts that Hamas is rooted in the MB and is ideologically part of …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, local media said, as his counterpart Donald Trump threatened “bad things” if no deal with the Islamic republic was struck. Following the Iranian authorities’ deadly response to anti-government protests that peaked last month, the US …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
They’re all connected to its role in jointly building the “New Syria”. Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” al-Sharaa’s second trip to Moscow in several months was widely interpreted as having to do with the future of Russia’s air and naval bases there. That may be true, especially since they play a …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accused of serving as a “Zionist Trojan horse” within the Arab world, enabling Israeli influence and destabilising the region to serve Tel Aviv’s ambitions. In a scathing article by Saudi academic and former Shura Council member, Dr Ahmed bin Othman Al-Tuwaijri, the Emirates …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Amid ambiguity and the absence of a clear institutional framework, implementation of the agreement signed between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is set to begin tomorrow, Monday, February 2. Although the start of procedural steps has been announced, the past hours have seen an escalation in …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Mike Huckabee tells Israeli TV that decision on US strike on Iran yet to be made; says embassy surprised by cancellation of flights to Israel; vows Turkey won’t receive F-35s US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in an interview aired Saturday that US President Donald Trump will not disappoint …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Supreme leader says Washington knows that conflict would spread, Iranians not afraid; in tit-for-tat, Tehran’s parliament designates European armies as terrorist organizations Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that if the US attacks Iran, the hostilities will broaden into a regional conflict, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. …
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February 5, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Trump’s attempts to improve ties with both Turkey and Saudi Arabia brought about the US lending its endorsement to al-Sharaa’s Islamist regime in Damascus. The result is that al-Sharaa has now set about, at the very least, failing to prevent (here, here and here) wholesale attempts, apparently by his own …
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February 4, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Internal security units of Syria’s Interior Ministry began entering Hassakeh on Monday as a deal with the U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG is being implemented. To begin the implementation process, a convoy consisting of eight armored personnel carriers belonging to Syria’s Interior Ministry, numerous four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, an ambulance, and a …
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