Eurasia Press & News
A counter-terror operation lasting for more than 24 hours in Rajouri’s Kalakote in Jammu and Kashmir on 22–23 November saw five soldiers including two young Indian army officers and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) highly-trained ‘commander’ and his associate killed. Although the intent here is not to carry out a military analysis of …
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December, 2023
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9 December
Putin Increases Number Of Russian Military Personnel To 2.2 Million, Says Number Of Volunteers Is Growing
On December 1, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin passed a decree raising the number of military personnel in the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) to 2.2 million, including 1.32 million troops.[1] The decree, which takes force immediately, would increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000, bringing the total number of …
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9 December
Qatari TV Channel Reports From Onboard The Hijacked Galaxy Leader – A Commercial Ship Seized By Yemeni-Houthis: Any Ship That Is Linked To The Israelis Will Be Seized And Towed To Shore
Al-Araby TV, a Qatari channeled aired on December 3, 2023 a report from onboard the hijacked Galaxy Leader, a commercial ship seized by the Yemeni Houthi Ansar Allah, who claimed that it was an Israeli ship. Houthi governor of Hodeidah Muhammad Ayash Qahim said that any Israeli ship or ships …
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9 December
Lebanese Researcher Sheikh Nazir Al-Jichi: Hizbullah Answers Directly To The Iranian Ministry Of Defense; When Hizbullah Trainees Went To Courses In Iran, Qasem Soleimani Brought Them Pots Of Food And IRGC Commanders Were Shining Their Shoes
Lebanese researcher Sheikh Nazir Al-Jichi responded in a November 30, 2023 show on Spot Shot Online (Lebanon) to speculations that Iran would negotiate over reining in Hizbullah. He said that this would be just like Iran negotiating over the role of the IRGC. Al-Jichi said that Hizbullah answers directly to …
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9 December
Clap de fin pour le Tribunal Spécial sur le Liban ou Tribunal Hariri : Les États-Unis, une justice «à la carte», la France, une suspicion légitime (2/2)
Les États-Unis, une justice «à la carte», la France, une suspicion légitime. La justice pénale internationale, dont l’avènement avait été salué comme annonciateur d’une ère nouvelle est, ainsi, d’emblée, obérée par sa sélectivité et ses immunités, en un mot par sa partialité. Les États-Unis, un des tortionnaires majeurs de l’époque …
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9 December
History of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence and Rebirth
Those unfamiliar with Gaza and its history are likely to always associate Gaza with destruction, rubble and Israeli genocide. And they can hardly be blamed. On November 3, the UN Development Programme and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) announced that 45 percent of Gaza’s housing …
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9 December
The Israel-India-U.S. Triangle
In 1981, India’s post office issued a stamp showing the flags of India and occupied Palestine flying side by side above the phrase “Solidarity with the Palestinian people.” That now seems like ancient history. Today, Hindu nationalists are flying the flags of India and Israel side by side as a …
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9 December
Shadows Of Faith: Jihad, National Identity And India’s Resilience – Analysis
Conflict zones in the Middle East (West Asia) and Afghanistan are becoming rallying points for foreign fighters driven by jihadi fervour. Even in Gaza, where geographical and political particularities inhibit boots on the ground, it has not diminished their intent or agency. This mirrors earlier situations in Chechnya as well …
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9 December
Are Jews A Nation, A Religion, A Race Or All Three? – OpEd
Although Jews usually, but not always, share a common gene pool, they are not a race because any non-Jew who converts to Judaism will be recognized as being Jewish by all those rabbis who share a commitment to the same denomination of Judaism as the rabbi who did the conversion. …
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9 December
The Houthis Declare War On Israel – OpEd
In the early days of November a considerable amount of journalistic ink was spilled countering a report that appeared on several social media sites. On October 31 a post on X, formerly Twitter, stated: “Breaking: Yemen declared they are now at war with Israel.” According to Newsweek, it was viewed …
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