November, 2023

• 22 November

  Insight: Forever war? Israel risks a long, bloody insurgency in Gaza

  

  Israel risks facing a long and bloody insurgency if it defeats Hamas and occupies Gaza without a credible post-war plan to withdraw its troops and move toward the creation of a Palestinian state, U.S. and Arab officials, diplomats and analysts said. None of the ideas floated so far by Israel, …

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• 22 November

  Foreign Mercenaries Abandoning Ukrainian Army after becoming Zelensky’s ‘Cannon Fodder’

  

  Many foreign mercenaries recruited by Kiev soon opt to flee Ukraine after experiencing the gruesome reality of the battlefield, an army officer told CNN on Sunday. Moscow has previously said that Kiev is using soldiers from other countries as cannon fodder to breach Russian defenses. In an interview with the …

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• 22 November

  The War That Remade the Middle East

  

  How Washington Can Stabilize a Transformed Region Before October 7, 2023, it seemed as if the United States’ vision for the Middle East was finally coming to fruition. Washington had arrived at an implicit understanding with Tehran about its nuclear program, in which the Islamic Republic of Iran effectively paused …

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• 22 November

  Gaza war tests Arab Gulf influence as GCC tries to avert regional escalation

  

  Although the UAE and Bahrain have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, and Saudi Arabia was considering such a move, Arab states in the region have their own reasons to be cautious. As Israel’s offensive in Gaza grinds on, World War III in the Middle East has not yet erupted. Iran’s …

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• 22 November

  How far will Iran go to support Hamas in war with Israel?

  

  Forty days into the Israel-Hamas war, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force promised the militant group that Iran “will do anything required.” Yet questions linger over Iran’s willingness to risk direct involvement. The head of Iran’s Quds Force, the powerful wing commanding its controversial foreign military operations, has assured the …

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• 22 November

  Avoiding World War III: What the Joe Biden-Xi Jinping Summit Is Really About

  

  What is the significance of the Biden-Xi summit on Wednesday? In one line: two adult leaders engaging in serious, candid, private conversation about the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world. What is the significance of the Biden-Xi summit on Wednesday? In one line: two adult leaders engaging in serious, …

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• 22 November

  Frontline report: Ukrainian mines and artillery target Russian armor trapped in mud

  

  Near Donetsk’s Avdiivka, Russian forces shift from tanks to infantry due to logistical issues and effective Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes as Russian armor struggles in Avdiivka’s mud, facing Ukrainian drones, mines. Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction. Screenshot from a Reporting From Ukraine video. …

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• 22 November

  Four attacks against US troops in Syria hours after strikes on IRGC facilities

  

  New rocket and drone attacks targeted US bases in Syria in the hours following the latest US airstrikes designed to dissuade the IRGC and its militias from continuing their attacks on American personnel. Bases used by the US military in Syria have come under four separate rocket and drone attacks …

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• 22 November

  Hamas’s Useful Idiots in the U.S., Europe

  

  These demonstrators, who appear to feel so virtuous, send a message to the terrorist groups that people in the West happily support violence, terrorism and the Jihad (holy war) not only against Israel and Jews, but also against Christians, all “infidels,” Europe, the United States and the West. Although many …

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• 22 November

  The Economic Cooperation Organization Could Become A Pole In The Emerging World Order

  

  At present, their combined potential is far from being fully tapped, but progress has gradually been made through two regional megaprojects, the Sino-Turkish Middle Corridor and the Russo-Indo North-South Transport Corridor. The global systemic transition to multipolarity, which predates the start of Russia’s special operation but was unprecedentedly accelerated by …

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