Eurasia Press & News
On October 24, 2023, some two weeks after Hamas’ October 7 terror attack, in which some 1,200 people were killed and about 240 were kidnapped, a group of Arab intellectuals, writers, journalists, film directors and artists issued an open letter in which they attacked their Western colleagues who had condemned …
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January, 2024
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13 January
Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, January 10, 2024: New IS Campaign Presents Pro-Palestine Propaganda Opportunities for Sub-Saharan Affiliates
Data Cutoff: January 10, 2024, at 10 a.m. Key Takeaway: IS affiliates across sub-Saharan Africa have claimed attacks as part of the new IS global campaign and could attempt to carry out high-visibility attacks against civilians and religious sites in their areas of operation to maximize the propaganda value of …
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13 January
The International Court Of “Injustice” Begins Its Blood Libel Trial Against Israel
What is the International Court of Justice? It is not international, because it excludes judges from certain countries. It is not a real court, because the judges are selected by their countries and many of them simply follow the instructions of those who appointed them. And it has never done …
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13 January
US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen
The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said it struck over 60 targets at …
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13 January
Egypt Suez Canal revenue down 40 pct as Houthi attacks prompt shippers to reroute
Dollar revenues from Egypt’s Suez Canal are down 40 percent from the beginning of the year compared to 2023, canal authority head Osama Rabie said on Thursday, after attacks on ships by Yemen’s Houthis caused major shippers to divert away from the route. Ship traffic was down 30 percent in …
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13 January
US, UK strike over a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen: Officials
Top US Air Force commander in Middle East says struck more than 60 targets at 16 Iran-backed Houthi militant locations The US military carried out over a dozen strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen late Thursday, American officials said, marking the first response to attacks carried out by the Iran-backed …
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13 January
Inside Biden’s decision to strike the Houthis
President Joe Biden was still on his holiday getaway in St. Croix when he spoke with his national security team on the first morning of 2024. The Iran-backed Houthis had launched yet another attack on international shipping in the Red Sea, and the president was ready to discuss the possibility …
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12 January
Iran Update, January 10, 2024
Key Takeaways: Hamas published several videos of its operations in the northern Gaza Strip, messaging that it still has a military presence there. The al Qassem Brigades and other Palestinian militias are not destroyed in the northern Gaza Strip and maintain a limited presence there, especially around southern Gaza City.A …
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12 January
Sunsetting the War on Terror — Or Not
This week marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, the infamous prison on the island of Cuba designed to hold detainees from this country’s Global War on Terror. It’s an anniversary that’s likely to go unnoticed, since these days you rarely hear about the …
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12 January
Is grab of gas and oil resources a reason for displacing people of Gaza?
In recent days the death of at least 22,000 people and enormous other distress including the displacement of a vast majority of the people of Gaza have been caused as a result of the highly disproportionate response of Israel to the terrible attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. While …
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