Eurasia Press & News

The Trump administration’s decision this week to suspend sanctions on Russian oil at sea should be seen in uncomplicated terms for what it is: a disaster. While it has had little discernible impact on the price of oil on the international market, it will damage the efficacy of Russian sanctions …

The Eastern Mediterranean rarely remains insulated from turbulence in the Middle East. Yet, the events of early March 2026 marked an unusual escalation: a drone strike targeting the British air base at RAF Akrotiri, on the southern coast of Cyprus, brought the island directly into the operational environment of the …

The day after the Hamas-led campaign of terror on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah began launching near daily rocket attacks targeting Israel. A year later, Israeli forces finally took the fight to the Shi’ite militia in Lebanon, and on September 27, 2024, a targeted Israeli airstrike on an underground Hezbollah command …

The war’s effects on Syria have largely fallen below the radar, yet no one should forget how much has changed there since 2024, nor how important it is to preserve the government’s accomplishments against Iran and its partners while acknowledging the conflict’s local economic consequences. Had the Iran war occurred …

Renewed warfare with Israel aside, Hezbollah will not be permanently undone unless one of two scenarios occurs: regime change in Iran, or the complete dismantlement of the group’s domestic financial system and political power. If the previous wars between Israel and Hezbollah had taught us anything, it’s that Hezbollah cannot …

A sanctioned Iranian oil magnate and his brother have used aliases and Caribbean “golden passports” to amass a $29 million luxury real estate portfolio in Dubai, property records show. Hossein Shamkhani and his brother, Abolfazl, are the sons of Ali Shamkhani, a political adviser to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah …

Iran plans Hormuz transit fees amid war tensions, signalling a major shift from military conflict to economic control over global trade routes. The global attention around the world has largely focused on military developments as tensions escalate following Israel’s strikes on Iranian-linked facilities near the South Pars gas field. The …

The Trump administration is considering peace talks with Iran after weeks of rising tensions, although hostilities may continue for several more weeks during initial diplomatic efforts. US and Israel first hit Iran with air strikes on February 28 following which Tehran’s response has engulfed the Middle East in the conflict. …

Avec l’assassinat d’Ali Larijani, le secrétaire du Conseil suprême de sécurité nationale iranien, le potentiel d’un accord entre les États-Unis et l’Iran s’est effondré. Israël ne vise pas une désescalade du conflit avec l’Iran. Ce n’est pas à l’ordre du jour. «Le secrétaire du Conseil suprême de sécurité nationale iranien, …

Le sionisme est né en Europe. Pas en Palestine. Il n’a pas pour origine un quelconque lien avec la terre. Il est né de l’esprit d’un journaliste juif hongrois laïc et cosmopolite qui ne parlait pas l’hébreu, n’était jamais allé en Palestine et réagissait uniquement à une crise politique européenne …