January 22, 2024 Eurasia
“But if we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation. We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future, and we see the danger here to all of us. Our nation’s memory is long and our reach is …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
33 individuals suspected of working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad have recently been arrested in Turkey Turkish authorities have recently arrested 33 individuals suspected of being part of an espionage operation working for Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. Media outlets in Turkey have suggesting that the spy network aimed to …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Pakistan, South East Asia
The overall message of Iran is that it will continue to carry out attacks where it pleases. Iran doubled down on its decision to launch attacks against Iraq and Pakistan over the last few days. Iran’s Ministry of Defense said Iran has a right to protect itself, claiming the attacks …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Revolutionary Guards’ deputy intel chief in Syria also among the dead; security source says multi-story building entirely flattened by ‘precision-targeted Israeli missiles’ An alleged Israeli strike on Damascus killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence chief for Syria and his deputy as well as two other Guards members on Saturday, Iranian …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Advisers were with the expeditionary Al Quds force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the building in the …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Iranian Navy on Friday dispatched a “combat and training” flotilla of warships to the high seas for what the Navy chief called a multipronged mission. The combat and training flotilla, including Bushehr and Tunb warships, departed Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Friday. Iranian Navy Commander Rear …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
A war with Israel is the last thing that Lebanon needs. The Lebanese people are in the midst of a severe economic downturn, facing soaring prices and severe shortages of food and basic commodities. Hezbollah-allied political, financial and business leaders, the source of the graft and corruption at the heart …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Red Sea is a strategic and valuable region for the world as it connects Asia, Europe and Africa through one of the most vital maritime routes. However, the Red Sea is facing a serious crisis due to the attacks from the Yemeni Houthis on commercial shipping vessels. The crisis …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia
Battlefield UpdateLast week’s fighting brought few frontline changes, save for minor Russian tactical advances: the war remains positional. The overall situation, nonetheless, should not be characterized as a stalemate. Ukrainian engineering units have not matched their Russian counterparts in defensive depth-building, while Ukraine’s military resilience has been tied to Western …
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January 22, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Pakistan, South East Asia
The badlands that form the Iran-Pakistan border have for years been notorious for smuggling, human trafficking, narcotics trade, and of course, movement of insurgents and terrorists. It is anything but a tranquil frontier because skirmishes, shallow incursions and raids, and even occasional mortar shelling are fairly routine. But both countries …
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