Category: Shia
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Senate rejects bid to block key arms transfers to Israel
WASHINGTON — An effort by a group of Senate lawmakers to restrict some of the Biden administration’s continued flow of weapons to Israel fell far short of the needed votes on Wednesday night, despite mounting evidence of war crimes in Gaza. The three Joint Resolutions of Disapproval aimed to block the transfer of some $20…
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Press review: Russian air defenses can down Western missiles as EU conducts live exercise
Russian air defenses can effectively intercept long-range missiles, experts polled by Izvestia daily said. They can be downed by S-300 and S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems during their flight and by S-350, Tor and Pantsir air defense systems in their final flight path. However, Russia’s Smolensk, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Voronezh, and Kursk regions, as well as…
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The outlook for the Middle East depends on three cantankerous old men
When the Gaza war began in late 2023 even some Israeli generals thought it would be finished within two or three months. Few observers thought it would drag on for more than a year. Fewer still predicted the swift decapitation of Hizbullah, the Shia militia based in Lebanon, or the back-and-forth bombardment between Iran and…
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Iran Update, November 19, 2024
Iran Update, November 19, 2024 Kelly Campa, Johanna Moore, Carolyn Moorman, Annika Ganzeveld, Alexandra Braverman, Ria Reddy, Katherine Wells, Avery Borens, and Brian Carter Information Cutoff: 12:30 pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights…
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Iran Update, November 19, 2024
10 hours ago Information Cutoff: 12:30 pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. Click here to see CTP and…
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Middle East in the New Trump Era: Russia’s Foreign Policy Dilemmas
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 the US approaches to various regions of the world. Of course, the US foreign policy has a bipartisan nature, it is devised and managed not only…
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Hamas-Iran alliance: Captured documents expose decades-long terror funding
The documents seized by IDF troops offer a rare glimpse into the extent of Iran’s penetration into Hamas. By AVI ASHKENAZI NOVEMBER 19, 2024 12:13 A captured document reportedly showing Marwan Issa’s letter to Yahya Sinwar. (photo credit: Via Maariv) Israel has obtained receipts and records of transfers of money from Iran to Hamas, totaling…
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Israel Urges UN To Press Iraq Over Attacks By ‘Pro-Iranian Militias’
By AFP – Agence France Presse November 18, 2024 Order Reprints Print Article Text size Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Monday called on the UN Security Council to pressure Iraq’s government to end attacks by “pro-Iranian militias” on Israel. “This evening I sent a letter to the president of the UN Security Council in…
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LIVE: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Why is his heir’s appointment critical for Tehran | Israel-Iran War
Iran is looking at a change of command for the seat of the next Supreme Leader. The present leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is supposedly having health issues at 85 and next commander-in-chief might be taking over as the only Shia nation is in the midst of a battle with Israel. Iran is a theocracy, a…
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Hezbollah’s Bureaucrat-in-Chief
Hezbollah wears many faces — or it used to. The head of its parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, was parliament’s bully, a frowning and jowly face of formal political power. He looked like he was constantly struggling to contain the violence within him, befitting his role representing the most powerful military force in Lebanon. He was…