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Will Russia continue its “business as usual” aimed at maintaining the existing status-quo or will it be forced to review and to revise its positions towards Israel, Palestinians, Iran and its main partners in the Arab world? The spectacular comeback of Donald Trump to the White House will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the US overall international positioning, as well as on specific dimensions of ...
... history erupted. It was provoked by an oil embargo imposed by members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), as well as Egypt and Syria. The embargo was targeted against the United States and its allies who were assisting Israel in the Doomsday War. The member-states of this Organization used economic tools to influence Israel's allies and support Egypt and Syria in the conflict with Israel. Such actions notably contrasted with the state of Iranian-Israeli relations, which ...
A vertical rather than horizontal escalation can be expected, involving other actors in the war In the autumn of 2024, the situation in the Middle East sharply escalated. Sporadic exchanges between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel, which had been observed since the October 7, 2023, attacks, evolved into active hostilities. On September 17–18, 2024, pagers and other means of communication belonging to Hezbollah members were detonated inside Lebanon. Israel then launched ...
Perhaps it does not require much effort to demonstrate the extent of Israel's involvement and active participation in the global war launched against Syria since 2011, which represented a real opportunity to settle scores with the resistance axis, which has become a real deterrent to their influence[1]. Consequently, Israel ...
Nobody wanted to fight When the Israeli–Palestinian conflict escalated dramatically in early October 2023, many observers jumped to a grim conclusion that, from then onward, the Middle East was hurtling at an ever-increasing speed toward another major regional conflict. The military ...
Soviet influence in the Middle East was ultimately useless, and now it seems Washington is heading down the same path The confrontation between Iran and Israel has been going on for several weeks now. However, none of the parties directly – or, indeed, indirectly – involved in Middle East politics are keen to see events there escalate into a larger military conflict. In other words, the situation ...
The two rivals’ jabs at each other are rapidly increasing in both number and intensity The situation in the Middle East, where the aspirations of Iran and Israel have once again collided, is paradoxical in that there is no way out. Both sides would like to put a stop to the other’s gallop, but this is impossible without disastrous consequences for themselves. There are many reasons for this situation,...
... outside forces to reach deep into the most secure Iranian facilities and successfully strike an adversary in its homeland. While some experts are clamoring that the death of Haniyeh has been a setback for negotiations and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages, it can also be argued that Haniyeh was in fact a major roadblock to the negotiations succeeding. The Hamas leader has never sought a peaceful coexistence with Israel, and he milked every ounce of antisemitism and hatred toward Israel ...
The repercussions of this assassination are likely to extend far beyond the immediate objective of crippling Hamas The recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran represents a dramatic escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with far-reaching implications for the region and beyond. This assassination underscores an ongoing strategy to disrupt Hamas leadership and operational capabilities, reflecting a determination to dismantle a key pillar of ...
... warfare targeting supply chains, warehouses, and infrastructure besides intelligence and communication purposes. Air forces are more developed among these three areas, causing direct human casualties and deploying para-troops on battlefields. Furthermore, Israel is developing distinctive features belonging to an air power as sea and land powers possess. Source: sky.news The features are concluded from studying the Arab-Israel wars, the Hamas-Israel war, and the military potential of Israel. When Israeli ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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