October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The southern sector: The IDF continued its activity in the Gaza Strip, mainly by conductingairstrikes against terrorist targets of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Severalthousand terrorist targets have been attacked since the beginning of the war. Using precision-guided munitions, Israeli Navy ships attacked Hamas military-terrorist targets from the sea,including …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants. At least 500 people were killed, the …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion. From the typically sedate streets of downtown Amman in Jordan, …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
War in Israel War erupted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. This war is an attempt by the proxy armies of Iran–Hamas (in Gaza) fighting now, and Hezbollah (in Lebanon) promising to enter the fight if Israel attacks Gaza–to destroy Israel and engulf the region, and possibly the world, in …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
On the face of it, the crossfire on Lebanon’s border with Israel appears marginal, dwarfed by the scale and intensity of the Hamas-Israel war further south. The fighting has stayed within a roughly 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) radius of either side of the demarcation line, with at least 13 people killed since …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The rapid and significant horizontal and vertical expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has had a negative impact on the coherence, coordination, efficiency and especially the executive guarantee of the organisation’s policies and decisions, writes Vali Kaleji. Executive summary In his article, Dr. Vali Kaleji, a Tehran-based expert on …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Lundi soir, deux ressortissants suédois ont été tués à Bruxelles dans une attaque à l’arme à feu. L’attentat islamiste a été perpétré peu avant le match de football entre la Belgique et la Suède qui avait lieu au stade Roi-Baudouin. Les 35 000 spectateurs présents pour la rencontre et les …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In the short term, Hamas and Iran may appear to gain from the horrific events unfolding in Israel and Gaza. But the situation is volatile, and winners can quickly turn into losers. Cornelius Adebahr – Nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe One would certainly hope that no one benefits from this …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A former CIA counterterror analyst says the chances of direct American involvement are ‘higher than most people realize.’ It’s now been five days since Hamas staged the most ambitious attack in its history. The Palestinian militants broke through the fence dividing Gaza from Israel and managed to hold territory for …
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October 18, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Cairo worries that, instead of saving lives, a ‘humanitarian corridor’ could be a pretense to permanently exile Palestinians UPDATE 10/13: The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of the entire north half of Gaza, home to 1 million people, on Thursday night. The United Nations said that the evacuation order — …
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