Eurasia Press & News
Setting aside the broader array of deep Western policy concerns about Iran—including its terrorism sponsorship, direct and proxy aggression against Israel and the Gulf states, and brutal violence against its own people—what nuclear terms would negotiators have to insist on to avoid the setbacks of the JCPOA process and keep …
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16 February
Rising Tensions between Hezbollah
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16 February
The SDF reveals the state of oil production at Rmeilan fields in eastern Syria
Ahmad Ibrahim, director of the Rmeilan oil fields under the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said daily output in Rmeilan has fallen over the past 10 to 12 days from 110,000 barrels per day to between 70,000 and 80,000 barrels due to “emergency circumstances.” In an interview with Rudaw, a network …
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Iranian diplomats ferrying millions in cash to Hezbollah
Iran International has obtained information alleging that senior Iranian diplomats transported large amounts of cash to Beirut in recent months, using diplomatic passports to move funds to Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The transfers involved at least six Iranian diplomats who carried suitcases filled with US dollars on commercial flights to Lebanon, according …
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The Reorganization of Hezbollah Leadership
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The geopolitics of Balochistan’s hybrid insurgency
Recently, Pakistan was rocked by the Baloch Liberation Army’s “Herof Phase 2” offensive, a coordinated assault across nine districts that combined urban raids, rural guerrilla tactics, suicide missions, and psychological warfare. This was not simply an internal security lapse, it was a geopolitical tremor reverberating across South Asia. Pakistan’s reflex …
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16 February
Syrian Army Takes Over al-Shaddadi Base After Coalition Handover
The Ministry of Defense’s Media and Communications Directorate announced that Syrian army forces have taken over the al-Shaddadi military base in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah (northeastern Syria), following coordination with the American side. The move comes as part of a series of rapidly unfolding military developments in eastern Syria, …
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Turkish foreign minister warns of nuclear arms race if Iran gets the bomb
On February 9, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan suggested that Turkey would begin developing nuclear weapons should Iran obtain them. During a televised interview with CNN Turk, Fidan warned that Iranian nuclearization would upset the “balance of power” in the Middle East and likely initiate a regional nuclear arms race, …
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16 February
Democracy Digest: Brussels Takes Hungary, Slovakia to Task
The EU’s ‘awkward squad’ – namely, Hungary and Slovakia – were both targets for criticism this week by European institutions angry at how those two governments are subverting the rule of law and stymieing anticorruption efforts. On Thursday, a senior legal adviser to Europe’s top court, the ECJ, said that …
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