Eurasia Press & News

The price of Urals, which jumped after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz above $100, is again fluctuating around $ 50, which threatens to reduce revenues by hundreds of billions of rubles, and Ukrainian strikes on the refinery add problems: the cost of processing will reduce production. The Russian …

It has been around a year since Syrian government forces and allied tribal militiamen entered the primarily Druze province of al-Suwayda’ in southern Syria, ostensibly serving as a ‘mediation’ force but in fact seeking to impose government security control and dismantle the Druze armed groups in the province that were …

How the U.S.-Iran showdown has shattered the myth of an “unsinkable” defense umbrella—and why the Gulf monarchies are quietly shopping for a new guarantor. The “Oil-for-Protection” Deal That BackfiredFor generations, the strategic bargain between Washington and the Persian Gulf monarchies was strikingly straightforward: The United States guarantees the territorial integrity …

The Red Sea is becoming the “lesser evil” for shipowners, analysts said, as uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz outweighs the threat posed by Yemen’s Houthi militants. The Iranian-backed rebels began attacking commercial vessels in the Red Sea and its southern gateway at Bab el-Mandeb in late 2023, prompting most …

Forecasts that oil could reach $200 a barrel spread rapidly at the start of the US-Iran war and experts pondered whether the Strait of Hormuz could remain closed for a prolonged period. But these dire predictions never materialised. The highest level the global benchmark price, Brent crude futures, reached was …

The Pax Silica is an agreement promoted by the U.S. to strengthen supply chains for food, minerals, fuels, and technologies related to artificial intelligence, among other sectors. Through this mechanism, the U.S. seeks to reduce its dependence on China and, in turn, limit the Asian country’s presence in the Americas. …

Spain is not deviating even a millimeter from the European consensus. Despite the rhetorical slogans of ‘no to war,’ Sanchez himself has claimed as a personal achievement the tripling of military spending during his term. Only a part of the political and media left dares to say—in the face of …

Three people including child hurt by falling debris in Kuwait; Qatar condemns ‘dangerous escalation’ after being hit for first time since April; Iranian soldier killed in US attacks Iran fired missiles and drones at Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar early Sunday in response to widespread American strikes, as a flare-up …

Les forces militaires iraniennes ont récemment mené des frappes aériennes massives contre les bases militaires de milices kurdes iraniennes, situées au Kurdistan irakien (nord – ouest). Ces attaques, sans précédent, témoignent de la crainte de Téhéran de voir ces milices devenir plus offensives à la faveur de l’instabilité générée par …

Russia is accelerating efforts to entrench its economic presence in Syria through a new logistics project at the Port of Tartous, signalling a strategic shift from military dominance to commercial leverage. The move comes as Moscow and Damascus engage in sensitive negotiations over the future of Russia’s military installations in …