Israel’s initiative in recognizing Somaliland potentially raises the level of threat from the Houthis, an Iranian-supported terrorist militia that occupies most of northern Yemen. Somaliland is located directly across from Yemen. The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah (“Friends of Allah”), have proven their durability by having survived many US …

Such social and civic engagement is not new in Bosnia, historically. Throughout the modern history of Bosnia, there is a common thread of engagement on socioeconomic and institutional problems. Even before World War I, there was a history of Socialist political networks and movements. The 1990s war in Bosnia and …

The two countries most affected by the halt in Russian oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, Hungary and Slovakia, stepped up their criticism of Ukraine for not restoring the flows promptly enough after it was apparently damaged in a Russian drone attack on Ukrainian territory at the end of January. …

The three days of February 16, 17 and 18, 2026 were a confluence of interrelated events of historical significance for the United States, Kosovo, and the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, which is in the final process of establishing its legacy. On February 16, the US celebrated George Washington’s birthday, the annual …

Both women looked exhausted. They struggled to maintain eye contact, to focus on the conversation. They described feeling constantly on edge, unable to rest, waiting forever for news that never comes. One had five children, the other four. Their husbands were killed in the fighting. Our husbands brought us here, …

Arab Shia are witnessing a pivotal stage in their historical, political, and social trajectory that is likely to be among the most complex and sensitive since the death of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) in 632 A.D. The regional and international shifts that followed the fateful events of October …

The Israeli- U.S. joint military operation against Iranian targets is still in its early stages, but it is intertwined with the war development in the Gaza Strip, particularly following the direct exchange of attacks in April 2024 and the escalation in October. The military operations were further expanded on June …

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If Turkiye launches a military intervention in Iran along the lines of its earlier ones in Iraq and Syria to stop what it considers to be Kurdish terrorists, then its Azerbaijani ally might make a move on what it considers to be “South Azerbaijan”, and then the Gulf Arabs and …

Toplines Ukrainian forces damaged a Russian frigate and other Russian warships during March 1 to 2 overnight strikes against the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. A Ukrainian open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst reported on March 4 that the Ukrainian drone strike against the Novorossiysk naval base damaged PK-10 passive …