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October 13, 2023
The Unlikelihood of a Hezbollah-Israel War - Arab Center Washington DC

As Israel turns to punish the Gaza Strip and its people for the Hamas attack on October 7, speculation arises as to whether the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation will lead to a war between the Zionist state and Hezbollah and its allied Palestinian militias on Lebanese soil. Indeed, for a few days now, tensions have risen

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October 13, 2023
International Law and War in Palestine/Israel - Arab Center Washington DC

About the Event UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese will discuss the international legal dimensions of the ongoing war in Palestine/Israel. Albanese will focus on the importance of centering an international law framework which includes International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law and the importance

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October 13, 2023
WAM participates in 'International Forum on North Caucasus in Russia' - Emirates News Agency

STAVROPOL, Russia, 13th October, 2023 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Emirates News Agency (WAM) is participating in an international forum titled “North Caucasus in the Focus of International Cooperation of Russia,” in the Stavropol Krai, a federal subject of Russia, on October 13th-14th. The forum brings together more than 160 representatives of government bodies

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October 13, 2023
Will Gaza Set the Middle East Alight? - Carnegie Middle East Center

If the war over Gaza spreads to Lebanon, would a regional conflict become inescapable? Virtually all the major parties involved probably don’t want it to escalate into a wider regional confrontation, but have adopted positions that, if they remain unchanged, virtually guarantee that it does. Israel’s government is reportedly preparing to send troops into Gaza, which

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October 13, 2023
Has Washington's Middle East Policy Failed? • Stimson Center - Stimson Center

Emma Ashford: Hey, Matt, what a year this has been. Or what a decade, really. It reminds me of that old curse: “May you live in interesting times.” We certainly are living in interesting times. Matt Kroenig: Yes. Interesting and terribly tragic. Of course, we are talking about the Hamas attack in southern Israel last week and

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October 13, 2023
Cassandra Backx - Crisis Group

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October 13, 2023
James Jeffrey on the Israel-Hamas Conflict - C-SPAN

October 13, 2023 | Part Of Washington Journal 10/13/2023 Washington Journal 2023-10-13T08:01:55-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTkwXC8wMDFcLzE2OTcxOTg1NTlfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19James Jeffrey talked about the Israel-Hamas conflict. James Jeffrey talked about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Report Video Issue Go to Live Event *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Related Video October 13, 2023 Open Forum, Part 1 Viewers commented on the contest for

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October 13, 2023
The Key Gas Pipeline Blast That the World Hardly Noticed - Amcmohawkhudson.org

With the world focused on the fighting between Israel and Hamas, the sabotage of an important natural gas pipeline 3,200 kilometers away to the north of Gaza went almost unnoticed. The Balticconnector is a natural gas pipeline connecting Finland with Estonia. Finished in 2019 and 150 kilometers long, it traverses the seabed of the Gulf

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October 13, 2023
Francia: Las reglas de baloncesto que excluyen a las jugadoras musulmanas de las competiciones son discriminatorias - Amnesty International

GettyImagesAnte la celebración de la Asamblea General Anual de la Federación Francesa de Baloncesto (FFBB, por sus siglas en francés) este fin de semana, Amnistía Internacional pide a la FFBB y al Ministerio Francés de Deportes y Juegos Olímpicos y Paralímpicos que garanticen que las normas relativas al hiyab para hacer deporte en las competiciones

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October 13, 2023
The Missing Pieces of a Kerch Bridge Strike: Give Ukraine What It Needs to Isolate Crimea and Gain the Initiative - Amcmohawkhudson.org

View PDF Introduction The war in Ukraine is at a critical juncture both on the ground and in the capitols of Ukraine’s main supporters. Aid to Kyiv is now a point of contention in the United States Congress, which had to remove Ukraine support from a short-term funding package to avoid a government shutdown. Overseas

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