Middle Orient

Why Donors Should Not Suspend Aid to UNRWA

On 18 January, Israel presented to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) allegations that twelve of its roughly 13,000 employees in the Gaza Strip had participated in the 7 October 2023 attack on Israeli towns led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. …

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Israel Wounds Hezbollah Commander in Drone Strike

Latest Developments An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon on February 8 seriously wounded a Hezbollah commander identified as Abbas al-Debes. A second senior member, identified as Ali Karaki, escaped before Israel struck the vehicle, according to a Sky News Arabic report. The Israeli strike came in response to an anti-tank …

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US response to Tower 22 attack in Jordan: Less intense, more restrained than anticipated

On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 3, local time, US warplanes bombed facilities used by Iranian forces and Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for the death of 3 US service members in a Jan. 28 drone attack on Tower 22, a US military base in northeastern Jordan …

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Iran Update, February 8, 2024

Northern Gaza Strip: Palestinian fighters are continuing to infiltrate previously cleared areas.Southern Gaza Strip: The Israel Defense Forces 98th Division continued to conduct clearing operations in Khan Younis.Political Negotiations: Israel reportedly proposed to the United States exiling the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, in exchange for …

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Iran Executes Four Men Falsely Accused of Mossad Ties

Latest Developments Iran on January 29 hanged four prisoners falsely accused of planning to sabotage a Defense Ministry factory and having links with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Iranian state media reported that the judiciary charged the four men with “collusion with the Zionist regime” and “disrupting national security by establishing …

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Why Don’t We Want a War with Iran?

There are, of course, alternatives less than all-out war, and more than attacks on proxies. They involve the bombing of military targets inside Iran. These include sites used for Iran’s nuclear program, its naval bases and ships, its military drone production, its oil and gas facilities and its command centers. …

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The Scourging of Gaza: Diary of a Genocidal War

Since the ICJ ordered preventive measures to ensure that Israel stop committing genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces have killed nearly 900 more Palestinians. Of course, the ICJʼs groundbreaking ruling was swept off the headlines of Western media by a leaked report that 12 UNRWA workers had participated in the Hamas-led …

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Putin Set to Visit NATO Member Turkey

Latest Developments Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Turkey on February 12 — the first trip by a Russian leader to a NATO country since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will likely discuss matters related to energy cooperation, the Ukraine …

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Don’t reward Erdogan

After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington and other NATO capitals were jubilant. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “welcome[d] Turkish President Erdogan’s signature of the Articles of Ratification for Sweden’s …

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Hamas provoque un électrochoc planétaire en dévoilant la nature génocidaire du sionisme (2)

Les Pharisiens de mèche avec l’Occident refont l’histoire, redessinent les destins des hommes et des États Les Sionistes et leurs vassaux occidentaux conquis, s’arrogèrent le droit et le pouvoir de défaire et de faire des États et des frontières (Saoudie, Jordanie, Émirats, Koweït, etc.), à leur solde, comme ils ont …

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