Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ESTThe Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for
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Workers unload aid from World Health Organization (WHO) and UAE-AID from United Arab Emirates at the Port Sudan International Airport, Port Sudan, Sudan, May 5, 2023. (REUTERS/Rula Rouhana) Amid the deteriorating situation in Sudan, a rare diplomatic bright spot flickered before being extinguished by one of the generals responsible for Sudan’s misery. In an initially
The prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine are dim. The violence seems as if it might grind on forever. Russia’s September 2022 annexation of Ukrainian territory, much of which the Russian military does not even control, seems almost calculated to ensure that no negotiation can succeed. Ukraine has accordingly turned its back on the
HESPRESS English – Morocco News International With AFPThursday 14 December 2023 - 19:32 Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers who fired rockets at the US embassy last week amid high tensions over the Israel-Hamas war and found that some had links to security services. A salvo of rockets was launched early Friday at
The current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) to prosecute Israel. A number of experts and United Nations Special Rapporteurs have used this term before the October 7 events, but seven
8 hours ago Military-Strategic and Financial Implications of Russian VictoryDecember 14, 2023The United States has a much higher stake in Russia's war on Ukraine than most people think. A Russian conquest of all of Ukraine is by no means impossible if the United States cuts off all military assistance and Europe follows suit. Such an
Functioning as a security state, Pakistan has long formulated its foreign policy choices based on security needs and the aspiration to establish itself as a hard military power. This approach has allowed the military to play a leading role in shaping both domestic and foreign policy decisions, often overshadowing civilian institutions. However, with changing global
The current round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, marked by the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and more than 18,000 Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the displacement of 1.9 million Gazans (85 percent of the population), constitutes the latest thread in a tapestry woven from over a century of colonial legacies, wars, and failed