Tag: Shia
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Snubbed in Syria, Russia Now Makes a Move on Syrian Oil
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – Feb 03, 2025, 6:00 PM CST Following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s new government is inviting investment in its…
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Iran Update, February 3, 2025
Iran Update, February 3, 2025 Annika Ganzeveld, Kelly Campa, Andie Parry, Katherine Wells, Alexandra Braverman, Siddhant Kishore, and Nicholas Carl Information Cutoff: 2:00pm 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…
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Iran Update, February 3, 2025
Information Cutoff: 2:00 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 ISW’s interactive map…
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Iran Update, February 3, 2025
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 ISW’s interactive map of Israeli ground operations, and…
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Iran Update, February 3, 2025
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. to see CTP and ISW’s interactive map of Israeli ground operations, and to see…
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Netanyahu’s ‘Iran first’ strategy ignores the real enemy – opinion
Even when these organizations are dismantled, they regenerate time and time again. By AMIT HALEVI FEBRUARY 3, 2025 22:34 (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the backdrop of an Iranian oil field. (photo credit: Canva, MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS) The so-called Eleventh Commandment—”Hamas is deterred”—is now well known to every Israeli. Those of us…
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Netanyahu visits Trump in Washington, what’s on the cards?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington this week to hold talks with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday and meet other US officials. The visit is viewed as a formal recognition of close US-Israel ties, but will also address several key issues that could shape Washington’s foreign policy over the…
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Talks of release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov kidnapped in Iraq ‘false’: report
Talks of release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov kidnapped in Iraq ‘false’: report Sources close to Iraqi militant groups have said that reports of a deal to free kidnapped Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov are false. Tsurkov is known for her support for the Palestinian cause and her activism around the Syrian revolution [Getty] Sources close…
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A new Middle East: Saudi Arabia replaces Iran
The newly re-elected US President, Donald Trump, declared last week that his first trip abroad in office might be to Saudi Arabia, even though US presidents traditionally make their first diplomatic visit to the United Kingdom. The unconventional leader in the Oval Office had already broken this tradition in his previous term when he first…
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Syrian leader lands in Saudi Arabia for first foreign visit since toppling Assad
Syria’s interim president has made his first trip abroad, travelling to Saudi Arabia in a move that is likely to be an attempt to signal Damascus’s shift away from Iran as its main regional ally. Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida, landed in Riyadh alongside his government’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani. The two…