Iran and Israel Face Limitations That Make Massive Escalation Unlikely
Many analysts watching the conflict in the Middle East have warned that the present fighting could escalate further. At the moment, such fears are concentrated on the prospect of a war between Iran and Israel.
Israel’s attacks in Beirut, and American complicity in them, has confirmed for many Lebanese how little they matter to the United States.
On September 29, Houssein Al Kadi, a soldier in the Lebanese army, left his brother’s house in Zboud, in northeastern Lebanon, at 8:15 a.m. to report to his military barracks three hours away.
Despite being caught in the cross fire, the Lebanese people overwhelmingly reject both Iran’s imposition of conflict and Israel’s bombardment. They stand abandoned by a caretaker government beholden to Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri are calling for a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel. This is a ruse.
Graphic photos show Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar lying lifeless in a pile of rubble after he was killed in a routine raid that caught him by chance and surprised soldiers.
Sinwar, the architect of the single deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, was among three militants killed Wednesday during a military operation in southern Gaza caught on dramatic video.
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The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced on October 15 that it held a trial to solicit technologies for countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched by Iran-backed proxies. The ministry said that eight large and small companies participated in the trials, including Elbit Systems, Rafael, and Israel Aerospace Industries and startup firms. “After analyzing the trial results, the Defense Ministry will select several technologies to enter an accelerated development and production process,” the ministry’s announcement said. “This aims to deploy new operational capabilities within months.”
Israel announced Thursday that its soldiers have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a routine patrol in the southern Gaza Strip. Hamas confirmed the death a day later, adding that Sinwar had “died fighting and confronting the occupation army.” No official successor has been named.
Nigeria’s ambition to build a value-added supply chain for critical minerals including lithium is getting a significant boost from an unlikely source: an e-marketplace startup.
Sabi, the Lagos-headquartered business-to-business e-commerce company focused on the informal economy, has been quietly building expertise as a middle man for miners seeking to export. In recent weeks, it inked separate deals with two companies — Italy’s Snowball Holdings, and Transition Resources from the US — that plan to set up lithium processing plants in the country over the coming year.
Addis Ababa October 15/2024( ENA) Africa must engage with the world on its own terms, ensuring that its interests are represented and respected on the global stage, said Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Temasgen Tiruneh.
The first African Defense Ministers Conference organized by Ethiopia on its own initiative kicked of in Addis Ababa at the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum this morning.
The election of Bujar Spahiu as the new head of the Albanias an Muslim Community was marred by opponents’ allegations that he supports Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen, who is wanted for arrest by the Ankara government.
As the October 17-18 meeting of EU leaders approaches, an axis of right-wing and populist governments and parties in Central Europe has been flexing its muscles on migration.
Immigration will be front and centre of the EU summit on October 17-18 after the European Commission buckled under pressure from member states to explore further steps to curb irregular migration.