September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The territorial defeat of Daesh was simply the first of a long series of phases needed to destroy the terrorist organization and its ideology completely. This may be the first time a US-led campaign has knocked down buildings and destroyed cities and claimed victory over a terrorist insurgency.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia
The United States expanded its sanctions related to Lebanon on Tuesday, blacklisting two former government ministers it accused of enabling Hezbollah and warning that more actions targeting the Iran-backed Shi’ite group were coming.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia
The Charlie Hebdo caricaturist who was forced at gunpoint to open the satirical newspaper’s door to two al-Qaida extremists described on Tuesday the moments of sheer terror from the attack in January 2015, and the feelings of guilt and powerlessness she endured long afterward.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, South East Asia
The Japanese government will develop a new plan for its missile defence systems by the end of the current year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday, in the wake of Tokyo’s decision in June to abandon the deployment of two US-made Aegis Ashore systems.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
An Aging Jihadi Brand Still Inspires the Next Generation Nineteen years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, does al Qaeda still pose a significant threat to U.S. national security? Among researchers, military and intelligence officials, and policymakers who study the group, there is little consensus. But very few …
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The recent meeting in Beirut between Hamas and Hezbollah leadership where the threats to the Palestinian cause and normalisation between Israel and Arab states were discussed is the latest sign that the two resistance movements have revived relations. The reconciliation between the Hamas and Hezbollah has been in the works …
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
A U.S. government decision Tuesday to sanction two former Lebanese government ministers is the latest unprecedented campaign against Hezbollah, with some observers saying the move dramatically increases the risk for Lebanese politicians to engage with the U.S.-designated terror group.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The long-planned trims, which would cut the number nearly in half, maintain a U.S. counterterrorism force in Iraq but help fulfill President Trump’s goal to reduce overseas deployments.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
L’accord diplomatique entre l’État hébreu et Abou Dhabi est historique. Il contre l’influence iranienne délétère au Moyen-Orient. Et même si les monarchies du Golfe délaissent la cause palestinienne, ce rapprochement Émirati-Israélien est plein de promesses pour tous les peuples de la région.
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September 14, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
L’explosion survenue au port de Beyrouth le 4 août dernier n’est pas le fruit du hasard. On peut y voir la conséquence tragique de l’absence d’Etat libanais. Ce dernier n’est qu’un agrégat de confessions et de clans incapables de servir l’intérêt général. Unis par la colère, les Libanais peuvent-ils inventer …
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