November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Yemen’s Huthi rebels shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, a senior US defense official said Wednesday, confirming an earlier claim by the Iran-backed group. The Huthis — who have downed an American drone before — said the MQ-9 was spying as part of US support for Israel in its …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Many in Lebanon are worried about the prospects of a broader confrontation with Israel amid the war on Gaza. Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah on Friday called for a ceasefire in Gaza while holding off on announcing any broader conflict with Israel, bringing relief to Lebanon where many were fearing the …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
More Israeli soldiers might die as the invading troops take the battle underground, into the feared Hamas tunnels. As everyone tries to read more into the announcement by Israel’s prime minister that it may allow “little tactical pauses” to let hostages out or aid in, fighting in Gaza continues. Calls …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A back of the envelope calculation suggests it has already cost Israel more than $2bn with little actual gains to show for it. The first response by Israel to the Hamas attacks of October 7 was to send in the air force to bomb Gaza. The air force was given …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The war between Israel and Hamas makes the two-state solution less viable than ever before. Achieving peace requires political will, compromise, and initiative from the international community. Muriel Asseburg | Senior fellow in the Africa and Middle East Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Over …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
La première visite du président iranien Ebrahim Raïssi en Arabie saoudite, le 13 novembre, marque une étape importante dans le rapprochement entre les deux pays, dont la médiation a été assurée par la Chine en mars. Ces relations acquièrent rapidement un niveau de solidarité qualitativement nouveau dans le contexte du …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Arab and Muslim leaders meeting in the Saudi capital Saturday roundly condemned Israel’s actions in its war against Hamas in Gaza, as fears mount the conflict could draw in other countries. The emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) comes after Hamas militants’ bloody …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia
As Western production fails to meet targets, most ammunition Ukraine uses for its counteroffensive are from South Korean stocks, Euromaidan Press’ defense sources say The European Union has privately informed member states that the bloc is very unlikely to fulfill its pledge to provide Ukraine with 1 million rounds of …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
As I wrote in my previous piece on statism and the Israel-Hamas conflict, states are organized crime rackets. Wars between states thus represent warfare between rival gangs. The proper libertarian position with reference to such gang wars is neutrality, or the opposition to all state parties to war. Neutrality includes …
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November 12, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A spread of the Israel-Gaza conflict into Egypt would be very dangerous, Greece’s Migration Minister Dmitris Kairidis said at an Ankara meeting 16 days into the war, because Egypt “has a very big population”. His mind was on migration. Europe must be vigilant to the risk of a new refugee …
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