Eurasia

L’institut international de recherche sur la paix de Stockholm (SIPRI), qui publie chaque année le tableau le plus vaste et cohérent des dépenses militaires mondiales, le confirme : elles ont pulvérisé tous les records en 2023 en atteignant 2440 milliards de dollars – soit près de 7% d’augmentation sur un …

Sergueï Lavrov a le don de résumer de manière concise l’essentiel de la situation. Parfois, quelques mots lui suffisent, qui deviennent ensuite «proverbiaux». On ne sait pas si ce sera le cas des déclarations du ministre des Affaires étrangères lors de son entretien avec trois stations de radio (dont Sputnik), …

Hamas is considering a new Egyptian ceasefire proposal that would require Hamas to release 20 to 33 living Israeli hostages.[i] Egyptian officials reportedly sent Hamas the proposal on April 26 after Egyptian intelligence officials met with the IDF chief of staff and Shin Bet head in Egypt and Israel.[ii] Hamas …

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approved operational plans “for the continuation of the war” during a visit to IDF Southern Command on April 28.[i] He discussed the plans with IDF Southern Command commander Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman and division and brigade commanders. An Israeli war correspondent said that Rafah …

On 10 April, in the thick of the war on Gaza, the Israeli government, facing a labor crisis, announced that it would fly in 6,000 Indian laborers during April and May on state-subsidized shuttle flights. This decision follows Israel’s suspension of work permits for Palestinian construction workers, a move that …

The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, announced on 27 April that Sanaa downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone and that its troops successfully targeted the British-owned MV Andromeda Star crude oil tanker. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the Yemeni armed forces launched three anti-ship …

A source within Palestinian resistance movement Hamas told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on 24 April that the group holds around 30 Israeli army generals and officers from the Shin Bet security service as prisoners in the Gaza Strip. “The movement alone has about 30 generals and Shin Bet officers, who were captured …

On 17 April, Hezbollah launched a series of qualitative military operations on the western sector of the Lebanese–Israeli border, culminating in a sophisticated attack using guided missiles and an explosive-laden drone that struck the headquarters of an Israeli reconnaissance unit in the village of Arab al-Aramshe. The attack resulted in …

Despite their public portrayal as close allies, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are, at best, ‘frenemies,’ engaging in ferocious competition for regional and economic dominance. Now, their territorial dispute over Al-Yasat has entered the international realm, with a formal UN complaint filed by the Saudis. An official document released on the …

La constitution de la «ménagerie cabossée» se poursuivra après l’ouverture de l’exposition le 1er mai. Si l’occident, qui pourtant nous a donné le spectacle de la guerre comme l’essence même du divertissement de masse, s’indigne de la manière dont la Russie est en train de révéler au monde le côté …