Putin, Wagner Group, And the Hamas Attack of 2023: October 7 – November 11, 2023 – Web Review In 200 Brief Posts

EXPLAINERDozens killed, hundreds injured after Hamas sends rockets, fighters in to Israel, which has started bombing Gaza.Published On 7 Oct 20237 Oct 2023Israel and Hamas seem to be on the brink of another conflict after a surprise attack on Saturday involving aerial, sea and ground operations, initiated by the Palestinian group from the Gaza Strip….

Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon on Sunday accused Iran of having a hand in organising the deadly terror attacks that have killed hundreds of people and said the support of countries such as India is needed for Israel’s actions to prevent further atrocities. Israel Ambassador to India Naor Gilon addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday….

As the death toll rises, and the security consequences multiply, Israel is pointing its finger of accusation at Tehran for orchestrating the attacks by Hamas. The attacks may have been born of anger, specifically at the months-long behaviour of the Netanyahu coalition, including the provocations at al-Aqsa mosque, but Iran and the forces it supports…

Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war, will be remembered as an intelligence failure for the ages.In the space of several hours, dozens of Gaza militants broke through the border fence into southern Israel, surprising local military positions.Gunmen kidnapped and murdered Israelis in the southern border communities,…

Haaretz | Israel NewsIsrael was caught completely off-guard and took long hours to transport its forces to the field to defend the locales under attack. These are six main failures that dictated the developments in combat Yaniv KubovichJonathan LisOct 8, 2023 4:49 pm IDTOct 8, 2023 4:49 pm IDT Yaniv KubovichJonathan LisThe incursion of Hamas terrorists…

Israeli opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz expressed their willingness to join Netanyahu’s government, with Lapid demanding that far-right leaders and ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir be removed and Gantz agreeing to join alongside the two, The Times of Israel said on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

Predictions of the end of the Wagner Group’s operations in Africa and the Middle East in the aftermath of its ill-fated rebellion in Russia are premature. More likely, Wagner’s Middle East and Africa operations will persist: They still serve multiple interests of the Russian state and can be separated from Wagner’s Ukraine and Russia operations. Already,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Andrei Troshev, one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner Mercenary Group. According to the Kremlin, Troshev now works for Russia’s defense ministry. He was a former aide to the late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash two months after Wagner troops launched a failed coup….

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a senior mercenary named Andrey Troshev now command the private military group, according to comments the Russian leader made to the Kommersant newspaper. Putin appears to have created a split between senior fighters from…

Haaretz | Israel NewsOpinion | Unlike the 1973 war, the failure of 2023 was systemic: It was seen in the lack of intelligence, the military’s inadequate reaction and the absent of political leadershipUri Bar-JosephOct 8, 2023 6:14 pm IDTGet email notification for articles from Uri Bar-Joseph FollowOct 8, 2023 6:14 pm IDTUri Bar-JosephGet email notification…

Hamas’s attacks on Israel, which began Saturday morning, were planned weeks in advance with assistance from Iranian security officials, according to a Sunday report from The Wall Street Journal.The report, citing senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, stated that the Iranian officials “gave the green light” for the attacks during a meeting between…

Opinion | Haaretz EditorialEditorial | Haaretz EditorialOct 8, 2023Get email notification for articles from Haaretz Editorial FollowOct 8, 2023Haaretz EditorialGet email notification for articles from Haaretz Editorial FollowThe disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu….

Haaretz | Israel NewsIDF: ‘Many Hamas Terrorists Still Entering Israel’ | Oct 9, 2023LIVEA salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza as an Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defense missile system attempts to intercept the rockets, fired from the Gaza Strip, over the city of Netivot in southern Israel on Sunday.Credit: Mahmud…

The Palestinian armed group Hamas said on Tuesday that it sent a high-level delegation to Russia and held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. In an interview published on Hamas’ website, Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, said party leaders visited Russia and met Lavrov and that the visit was a reflection of Hamas’…

Mounting questions over Israel’s massive intelligence failure to anticipate and prepare for an surprise Hamas assault were compounded Monday when an Egyptian intelligence official said that Jerusalem had ignored repeated warnings that the Gaza-based terror group was planning “something big.” The Egyptian official said Egypt, which often serves as…

The stunningly successful surprise attack launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel at the weekend has opened a dark new chapter in the years-long war between the Islamist militant group and its Israeli enemies.Amid swirling speculation of foreign involvement, the infiltration attack—being referred to by some observers as “Israel’s…

The Kremlin aims to exploit Hamas’ attack on Israel to divert Western support and attention away from Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in its daily assessment on Oct. 7.Following Hamas’ large-scale attacks on Israeli territory on Oct. 7, Russian voices amplified messages blaming Western countries for neglecting conflicts in…

The Kremlin was criticized for launching propaganda operations on October 7 intended to exploit the Hamas attacks on Israel, in an effort to divert Western support and attention away from its brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank, reported its assessment of the situation on October…

Published On 9 Oct 20239 Oct 2023Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has linked the recent assault by Hamas on Israel with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and criticised Iran over both conflicts. On Monday, he likened the Palestinian armed group to Russia, saying it was a “terrorist organisation” while Russia can be considered a “terrorist state”.list…

Sergej Sumlenny, the Russian-born managing director of the European Resilience Initiative Center in Berlin, says this morning’s bomb-dropping drone video in Israel has Russian fingerprints. The reported widespread electronics jamming, effectively disabling countermeasures, coupled with such a single precision anti-armor bomb does seem a bit contrived…

The forecasting about Russia’s misinformation campaign aimed at diverting attention to another ‘unsuitable’ target in matters of supplying weapons to Hamas militants for attacking Israel was confirmed.  On October 7, RLI warned that by using its warm relations with Hezbollah, Russia would send to the Gaza Strip a few units of weaponry captured on…

Last March, a Palestinian delegation arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials. The delegation was from Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that’s been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union. The meeting, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, touched on Russia’s “unchanged position in support of…

Haaretz | Israel NewsOn the war’s third day, the IDF gained back control of Israel’s south, but is now confronting a looming threat on the Lebanese border in the country’s north Paid by Attorney Rakefet Shfaim

Standing in the sun at a roadblock outside the southern town of Ofakim, Rachel and Boaz Sadeh stared intently at the screen of a cellphone displaying a red dot on a map. The dot represented the last known location of the couple’s 22-year-old son, Ziv, who on Saturday was among the thousands of Israelis who suddenly found themselves trapped behind…

Elements of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner are alleged to have participated in the training of Hamas militants, the Ukrainian Center of National Resistance (CNR) reports. “The Center of National Resistance thanks the Belarusian underground for the information about the enemy,” its message reads. According to the CNR, the primary…

The outdoor Tribe of Nova music festival was meant to be an all-night dance party in a rural area near the Gaza-Israel border, where thousand of young people would celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. But it became a site of deadly chaos when Hamas militants attacked the festival in the desert area early Saturday, killing an estimated 260 people….

A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army. Saturday’s assault, the worst breach in Israel’s defences since Arab armies waged war in 1973,…

The night was a getaway. Thousands of young men and women gathered at a vast field in southern Israel near the Gaza border to dance without a care. Old and new friends jumped up and down, reveling in the swirl of the bass-heavy beats. Maya Alper was standing toward the back of the bar with teams of environmentally conscious volunteers, picking up trash…

The first rockets were fired just before dawn, arcing through the sky over thousands of revelers who had been dancing through the night at a trance music festival — billed as an event celebrating “friends, love and infinite freedom.”Initially, some of the ravers didn’t notice the sound of the explosions over the thumping music. Others, used to rockets…

Israeli soldiers could hear but not see the threat humming above them.Two enemy aircraft took off late on Nov. 25, 1987, near Lebanon’s southern border, intent on invading Israeli airspace. They were not jet fighters, helicopter gunships or even blimps. Palestinian guerrillas were trying to attack a country protected by one of the most powerful militaries…

Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev attends a meeting of the collegium of the Prosecutor General’s office in Moscow, Russia, March 15, 2023. Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A top Russian security official said in an article published on Friday that Moscow had “neutralised”…

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Without warning on Saturday, Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers attacked Israel by air, land and sea. Millions of Israelis in the country’s south awoke to the searing sound of incoming rockets and the inevitable thud of impact. Air raid sirens wailed as far north as Tel Aviv. Israel’s anti-rocket interceptors thundered in Jerusalem.In an unprecedented escalation,…

Israel’s Iron Dome has been described as one of the most effective air defence systems on the planet.It was designed to respond to short-range threats from Gaza and southern Lebanon, and has intercepted thousands of rockets since it became operational in 2011.Israel’s Ministry of Defence says it is capable of handling multiple threats simultaneously,…

American and Israeli officials said none of Israel’s intelligence services had specific warning that Hamas was preparing a sophisticated assault.

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Predictions of the end of the Wagner Group’s operations in Africa and the Middle East in the aftermath of its ill-fated rebellion in Russia are premature. More likely, Wagner’s Middle East and Africa operations will persist: They still serve multiple interests of the Russian state and can be separated from Wagner’s Ukraine and Russia operations. Already,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Monday against Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ claims that Israel was waging a “genocide” against Palestinians, and called on world leaders to treat Palestinian militant group Hamas as indistinct from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly,…

“Hamas terrorists bound, burned, and executed children,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed in a speech Monday, condemning the perpetrators of Saturday’s terror.“They are savages. Hamas is ISIS.”The comparison to the notorious terrorist organization ISIS underscored the gravity of the situation and the global threat that Netanyahu believes…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a senior mercenary named Andrey Troshev now command the private military group, according to comments the Russian leader made to the Kommersant newspaper. Putin appears to have created a split between senior fighters from…

Vladimir Putin has long projected friendly ties to Israel. But his silence since Saturday’s assault illustrates how the war in Ukraine has strained the relationship between the two countries.

-Analysis-“Let’s not forget that there is no Wagner Group anymore,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had declared. “Such an organization, in our eyes, does not exist.”The August 25 statement from came less than two days after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the infamous Russian mercenary outfit, as questions swirled about Wagner’s fate after…

Former CIA Director John Brennan told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that it was “incomprehensible” that Hamas was able to carry out an attack on Israel. Brennan said that it was possible Israeli intelligence sources were compromised and may have provided misinformation to Israel.   » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc Follow MSNBC Show…

Alleged Russian spy Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov supposedly committed espionage against Israel as part of his years-long mission for Russian intelligence, gathering information on several Israeli officials including a political party leader, according to the US Justice Department indictment.Cherkasov, 37, was indicted last Friday after operating…

Alleged Russian spy Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov supposedly committed espionage against Israel as part of his years-long mission for Russian intelligence, gathering information on several Israeli officials including a political party leader, according to the US Justice Department indictment.Cherkasov, 37, was indicted last Friday after operating…

Sen. Bob Menendez has been accused of acting as a foreign agent of Egypt in a superseding indictment. The indictment marks the latest federal criminal accusations against Menendez. The longtime New Jersey lawmaker and his wife, Nadine, were previously indicted in New York on federal charges Sen. Bob Menendez has been accused of accepting bribes and…

NEW YORK — Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was charged in a superseding federal indictment on Thursday with conspiracy by a public official to act as a foreign agent, intensifying the legal peril facing the veteran lawmaker as he continues to resist calls to resign.Federal prosecutors charged Menendez, 69, and his wife Nadine with bribery last month, alleging…

Israel forms emergency gov’t for Hamas war, Gantz to join NetanyahuAn emergency government was formed on Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader Benny Gantz met at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv earlier in the morning.The meeting lasted half an hour after which lawyers representing the Likud…

There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s enabling of his “Arsenals of Evil” ally, Iran, resulted in the opening of a new front in Gaza in his war against the West.   Mitt Romney got it right in 2012 when he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that “Russia [is] without question, our…

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long portrayed himself as a friend of Vladimir Putin. In a memoir published during Russia’s war on Ukraine, Netanyahu repeatedly lauded the Russian leader for his intellect and his “particularly friendly attitude” toward the Jewish people.Putin, too, has over the years cast himself as a loyal ally of…

His recent rhetoric targeting Jews suggests that his grip on power may be loosening.Antonio Masiello / GettyAfter Joseph Stalin died in 1953, an underground joke from my Moscow youth declared, the Politburo found three envelopes on the Soviet dictator’s desk. The first, inscribed “Open after my death,” contained a letter telling his successors to place…

Kyiv, Ukraine – “I want to thank you, my friend, for what you have done,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin about four years ago. His words followed Moscow’s transfer to Tel Aviv of the remains of Zachary Baumel, an Israeli serviceman who had been missing in action since 1982, the time of…

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders’ summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 13, 2023. Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBISHKEK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East and cautioned Israel…

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The public is enveloped in the fog of war. As the world’s eyes remain fixated on the escalating conflict between Israel…

Reports issued days before the Hamas attack did not foresee such a deadly strike, but did say rocket attacks were possible.

Gaza becoming a ‘hellhole’ as Palestinians ordered to evacuateOctober 13 2023, 5.20pmAlistair Dawber, Washington | Joshua Thurston | Richard Spencer, Tel Aviv | Seren Hughes | David Harding | Oliver Wright | David Chazan, Paris | Kieran Gair | Laurence Sleator

Israeli intelligence failed to warn of or avert last weekend’s Hamas strike from Gaza, but U.S. intelligence—with more than 650,000 American citizens and significant military assets at risk on the ground in Israel—also failed to warn of prospective threats.”The United States and by extension the Biden administration isn’t responsible for Israel’s intelligence…

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen urges patience on Gaza entry; calls for stronger evidence of Hamas atrocities Yossi Cohen, former head of the Mossad, said to N12 news that the IDF shouldn’t enter Gaza at all costs: “We need patience and not to rush to gather intelligence before a ground entry,” he said. “As someone who has overseen operations in Gaza,…

When it comes to cutting-edge defense technology, Israel has often been at the forefront, boasting the most sophisticated surveillance software like Pegasus. However, the events of October 7 highlighted a stark reality. Even the most advanced technologies can be caught off-guard. CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK…

Vladimir Putin has long projected friendly ties to Israel. But his silence since Saturday’s assault illustrates how the war in Ukraine has strained the relationship between the two countries.

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long portrayed himself as a friend of Vladimir Putin. In a memoir published during Russia’s war on Ukraine, Netanyahu repeatedly lauded the Russian leader for his intellect and his “particularly friendly attitude” toward the Jewish people.Putin, too, has over the years cast himself as a loyal ally of…

Haaretz | Israel NewsAnalysis | For over a decade, Israel has prided itself on its growing ties with the Putin regime. But its silence on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine will turn out to be a diplomatic error that will not be easily forgivenGet email notification for articles from Amos Harel FollowJun 25, 2023Get email notification for articles from Amos…

Time is an ally of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia needs to reduce its rate of battlefield deaths and remain militarily active in Ukraine for as long as possible. A great aid to Vladimir Putin would be a disruption in the supply of weapons to Kyiv, and a diminishing commitment from European and US governments to support the war or to provide…

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long portrayed himself as a friend of Vladimir Putin. In a memoir published during Russia’s war on Ukraine, Netanyahu repeatedly lauded the Russian leader for his intellect and his “particularly friendly attitude” toward the Jewish people.Putin, too, has over the years cast himself as a loyal ally of…

The Palestinian group Hamas has published footage showing the complete process of making rockets from water pipes. The footage shows how water pipes are dug out of the ground, after which they are cut into pieces, processed and cleaned in artisanal workshops. Warheads containing explosives are then attached to them. Thus, with…

Russia is already wielding Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a weapon to try to erode Western backing for Kyiv and distract the West’s attention from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a new assessment.”The Kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended…

Putin said Friday that Israel has the right to defend itself (Image: Getty)Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Israel has the right to defend itself after the brutal Hamas attack but warned against hurting civilians in Gaza.But former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia of being involved in the Hamas terrorist attack…

Summary At least 2,750 Palestinians have been killed and 9,700 wounded in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the enclave’s health ministry said on Monday. More than 1,000 Palestinians missing under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli air attacks on Gaza, rescuers say. “The lives of thousands of patients” will be “at…

This audio is created with AI assistance The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad received part of a $93 million payment through the sanctioned Russian crypto-exchange company Garantex, the Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 13.The sources used in the reporting alleged that Hamas likely used a similar funding scheme as a means of disguising…

The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be’eri. Until Saturday morning Be’eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 villages that make up the Eshkol regional council that runs along the border with Gaza.Now it is a place indelibly associated with horror and tragedy, as one of the centres of the massacre undertaken by the militant…

The Hamas militant group attacked Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare, “we are at war.” Israel says at least 1,400 people there, most of them civilians, have been killed since Hamas launched the coordinated, multi-fronted attack from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory it has controlled for…

As Israeli soldiers regain control of areas near Gaza that came under attack, they are finding evidence seen in videos and photos and confirmed by witness accounts of the massacre of civilians by Hamas terrorists.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely speak during a phone call Monday evening, a senior official tells Fox News. The call will represent the first time the two leaders will speak since Hamas’ surprise Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli civilians prompted Israel to declare war against the Gaza-based terror…

, Israeli Prime Minister, managed to maintain “warm communication” with Russian dictator , but now this has ended, writes The Wall Street Journal.Source: WSJDetails: Journalists remind that Netanyahu stood with Putin even when the latter was increasingly isolated. Even Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the warming of its relations with Israel’s sworn…

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with China Media Group anchor Wang Guan at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in this image released October 16, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin entered the fevered diplomatic fray of the Middle…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on Monday that Russia was ready to help end the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians, the Kremlin said. “Vladimir Putin informed (Netanyahu) about the steps Russia is taking to help normalize the situation, prevent further escalation of violence…

The former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told Euractiv he was “absolutely sure” that instructors from the Russian mercenary group Wagner were transferred from Syria to Gaza to help prepare the terrorist attacks on Israel on 7 October. Poroshenko, president from 2014 to 2019 and now heads the European Solidarity party, was visiting Brussels ahead…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since the deadly Hamas attack, and briefed him on several talks with leaders from the region and the Palestinian Authority. “The Israeli side was in particular informed of the essential points of telephone correspondences that took place today…

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   The Israel-Hamas war has forced Russia into a delicate balancing act, with…

“If Iran gets involved, then Russia almost certainly would be drawn in as well.” Russia has been ‘locked out’ of the Middle East, says Michael Binyon. 📻 Listen to Times Radio – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio 📍 Subscribe to our channel – http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjDhFuGXlhx9Us0gq0VK2w?sub_confirmation=1 🗞 Subscribe to The Times…

-Analysis-“Let’s not forget that there is no Wagner Group anymore,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had declared. “Such an organization, in our eyes, does not exist.”The August 25 statement from came less than two days after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the infamous Russian mercenary outfit, as questions swirled about Wagner’s fate after…

Experts claim that the Wagner Group is in Sudan to provide Russia with access to resources and help it fund the war in Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENTRussia’s Wagner Group has been present in Sudan since 2017. And amid the unfolding power struggle in the country, some have expressed fears that the mercenary group is fuelling the conflict and possibly acting…

The events in Ukraine offer a lesson in the limits of Russia’s grand strategy.

The Games Putin PlaysThe start of the Gaza War on 10.7.23 is attributed by many observers to the Russian Wagner Group. The same can be said about the later attack on the al Ahli Arab Hospital. It appears to be their style, as in Ukraine, Syria, etc. The timing to the events around Putin was also noted. This Hypothesis has to be carefully investigated,…

(Bloomberg) — US President Joe Biden said he’d been shown evidence by the Pentagon suggesting Israel wasn’t responsible for the deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday night that killed hundreds and threatened to plunge the region into chaos.Most Read from Bloomberg“Based on what I’ve seen, that appears as though it was done by the other team,”…

Deadly blast provokes protests, anger in Middle East and complicates Biden’s visitPart of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital compound on Wednesday, following the explosion a day earlier. Abed Khaled/Associated Press

By Aleksandar Đokić, Political scientist and analyst The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Russia’s leadership doesn’t even have a stable, non-contradictory set of principles or values it adheres to, and its hodgepodge of narratives shows it is trying to fuel…

Russia’s war against Ukraine crosses the 600-day mark today, and the fighting between Israel and the Hamas terrorists based in Gaza is on its tenth day. The effects of the latter on the former are still emerging. The interplay between these two major breakdowns in the world order is certain to be strong. Russian President Vladimir Putin already is…

Around 400 Russian nationals are seeking to evacuate the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military continues to bombard the coastal enclave in retaliation to Hamas’ surprise attack, Russia’s diplomatic mission in Palestine said Thursday. Alia Zaripova, the spokeswoman for Russia’s representative mission in Ramallah, said Moscow was working to evacuate its…

The former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told Euractiv he was “absolutely sure” that instructors from the Russian mercenary group Wagner were transferred from Syria to Gaza to help prepare the terrorist attacks on Israel on 7 October. Poroshenko, president from 2014 to 2019 and now heads the European Solidarity party, was visiting Brussels ahead…

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In normal times domestic political fights over foreign policy break down more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times.The right is largely united around the need to support Israel in its war with Hamas, but increasingly divided about backing Ukraine in its war with Russia. The left is largely united around the need…

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long portrayed himself as a friend of Vladimir Putin. In a memoir published during Russia’s war on Ukraine, Netanyahu repeatedly lauded the Russian leader for his intellect and his “particularly friendly attitude” toward the Jewish people.Putin, too, has over the years cast himself as a loyal ally of…

Zelensky is waging a campaign to kick the crooks out of government. Netanyahu is waging a campaign to keep the crooks in.

Leaders respond differently in moments of crisis. Some buckle, cringe or stay aloof and unconcerned, others abandon ship and run away while some rise up to the challenge and forge a new nation or organisation from the experience. The ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East offer us a chance to examine the role of effective leadership in a moment…

Major General Rupert Jones explains the difference between Israel and Hamas’s military capabilities as a ground offensive in Gaza looms. 📻 Listen to Times Radio – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio 📍 Subscribe to our channel – http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjDhFuGXlhx9Us0gq0VK2w?sub_confirmation=1 🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/radio-3for3/…

The terrorist attack in Israel is a “gift” for Russia, who will find America’s attention now divided and its resources potentially shifted away from Ukraine, in what could prove a critical point in the conflict, an expert told Fox News Digital. “This couldn’t have happened at a better time for Putin and at the worst time for Israel,” Rebekah Koffler,…

SaveASHKELON, Israel — A Hamas field manual obtained by The Washington Post and other documents found in the wake of the group’s brutal attack on Israel two weeks ago illustrate some of its military capabilities and preparations for close-in, bloody killing.The manual, dated last year and found on the body of a Hamas fighter, lists instructions on operating…

Vladimir Putin ha molto probabilmente trovato la soluzione per riorganizzare la compagnia militare privata Wagner che è tornata a combattere in Ucraina. Memore dell’errore fatto in passato quando concentrò tutto il potere nelle mani di Evgenij Prigozhin che ad un certo punto accecato dall’ambizione personale gli si rivoltò contro, Putin ha scelto per…

Some of the fighters of the Wagner private military company were preparing Hamas for an attack on Israel, the National Resistance Center (NRC) reported. Russians who left Belarus for African countries were involved in training and sharing combat experience with terrorists. “The crucial areas of training of Hamas militants were assault exercises and…

On October 13, in Bishkek, Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced his thoughts about Hamas’s attack and the Israeli retaliation operation in the Gaza Strip. He recognized the right of Israel to self-defense but characterized Israeli methods as cruel, comparing them with the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II. He also warned that a ground…

Elements of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner are alleged to have participated in the training of Hamas militants, the Ukrainian Center of National Resistance (CNR) reports. “The Center of National Resistance thanks the Belarusian underground for the information about the enemy,” its message reads. According to the CNR, the primary…

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov and retired colonel Andrei Trochev (left to right) in Moscow on September 28, 2023. MIKHAIL METZEL / AP It is not often that Vladimir Putin is forced to repeat himself – even more so publicly. But that is exactly what the…

Putin’s Wagner mercenary group involved in ‘training Hamas terrorists’ (Image: Getty)Wagner – famously used to support Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine – allegedly taught assault tactics and use of kamikaze drones during the summer months.The claims came from Ukraine’s national resistance centre after being passed intelligence by Russian and Belarusian…

Russian mercenaries from the private military company (PMC) Wagner are being offered to fight in the Gaza sector on the side of Hamas, said one of the Wagner fighters in an interview with the Russian news agency Eurasian News (EAN). The news outlet did not disclose the mercenary’s name and callsign for his safety. “We have good work…

Wagner Group remains a new headache for Russia in the Middle East Thousands of Russian Wagner Group members continue their military operations in Syria and Libya despite legislative and unofficial demands from the Russian Ministry of Defense to bring them under agency control, which has angered the Russian military. According to the American website…

Having sailed 240 km. up the river that will bear his name, Henry Hudson was detained upon his return to England, and for good reason: his cruise was done not in the service of the British Crown, but its colonial rival Holland.Hudson was so loyal to his benefactors that he found a way to pass his expedition’s report to the Dutch, and thus helped with…

The French army says it has filmed Russian mercenaries from the paramilitary group Wagner burying bodies near a Malian military base, in an attempt to falsely accuse France’s departing troops of leaving behind mass graves. The video shot from a French drone, which shows the behind-the-scenes making of an infox, features white men near the Gossi military…

The Russian Wagner Group (ChVK Wagner – ChVK being the Russian abbreviation for PMC Wagner – Private Military Company) is a paramilitary mercenary force. The group first began operations in eastern Ukraine alongside Russian separatists, but its global promulgation began at the beginning of the Russian involvement in the Syrian civil war in late 2015….

Vladimir Putin ha molto probabilmente trovato la soluzione per riorganizzare la compagnia militare privata Wagner che è tornata a combattere in Ucraina. Memore dell’errore fatto in passato quando concentrò tutto il potere nelle mani di Evgenij Prigozhin che ad un certo punto accecato dall’ambizione personale gli si rivoltò contro, Putin ha scelto per…

Haaretz | Israel NewsDeputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana tells Haaretz that anything other than a Ukrainian victory will embolden Iran, a message he shared with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Amir TibonLiza RozovskySep 10, 2023Sep 10, 2023 Amir TibonLiza RozovskyIsrael will benefit from a Ukrainian victory but face greater danger if Russia prevails,…

By Charles Davis. Much has been mentioned in the past few months, regarding Chechnya’s part in military operations in Ukraine. Most recently, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) asserted Chechen Akhmat (Spetsnaz) along with a Special Purpose Force Regiment were sent into the Donetsk region. [1] ISW suggests several possible reasons for Putin’s…

The invasion of Ukraine caught many analysts of Russia off guard. Russian President Vladimir Putin had long been thought of as rough, tough, and brutal—but also calculating and cautious. The wild and reckless Ukrainian adventure seemed out of character. Some observers believe Putin has changed as a result of his deep isolation during the COVID-19…

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   Russia has issued carefully calibrated…

Former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev has outlasted a failed military coup and the death of his one-time boss.Just over a month since Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death in a plane crash, the 61-year-old has been tasked by President Vladimir Putin with overseeing volunteer fighter units in Ukraine.Here’s everything we know about him.Who is Andrei Troshev?A former…

Published: 02:42 BST, 12 October 2023 | Updated: 04:24 BST, 12 October 2023 A top ranking Hamas official said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pleased with the conflict in Israel, which was planned by terrorists for two years, because it distracts America from the ongoing war in Ukraine.Senior Hamas official Ali Baraka said during an…

MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use “volunteer units” in the Ukraine war.Is Wagner back, who controls it and are its fighters returning to the Ukraine war?WHAT IS WAGNER?Wagner, one…

On RT, Amir Weitmann, the head of the libertarian caucus in Israel’s ruling Likud Party, promised that the Russians would pay for the complacency in shedding Israeli blood by working with Hamas and other terrorist organizations. In this exclusive Kyiv Post interview, Weitmann explains why Israel has not previously been an advocate for Ukraine, discusses…

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Published on Oct 25, 2023 08:41 PM IST Nearly 3 weeks after the horrific massacre perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, and days after more a dozen attacks took place on US troops in Iraq and Syria, the Joe Biden administration is reportedly stepping up surveillance measures in the Middle East. From increasing intelligence-gathering via drones,…

ReutersSocial media has been awash with false claims, conspiracy theories and hateful content surrounding what’s happening in Israel and Gaza – and questions over whether inauthentic accounts are being used to manipulate the conversation. As violence unfolds on the ground, I’ve been looking into who is behind this.When I opened up my TikTok For You…

By Jordan Freiman Updated on: October 26, 2023 / 12:39 AM / CBS News At least 16 people were killed in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday night, multiple law enforcement officials told CBS News, but they indicated the death toll could be higher than 20.Multiple sources said at least 50 people were injured, but it was unclear how many had…

The case against the New Jersey senator has the potential to reshape how America deals with foreign agents.Stephanie Scarbrough / APOctober 26, 2023, 7:30 AM ETEven before Bob Menendez was charged earlier this month with conspiring to act as a foreign agent, dozens of his fellow Democrats were calling on him to resign. Prosecutors say Menendez used…

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A delegation from Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, is currently visiting Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a weekly briefing on Thursday, without providing any further details.Russia’s state-run RIA news agency, quoting a source from the Palestinian delegation, said…

SaveKYIV — The cluttered car carrying a mother and her 12-year-old daughter seemed barely worth the attention of Russian security officials as it approached a border checkpoint. But the least conspicuous piece of luggage — a crate for a cat — was part of an elaborate, lethal plot. Ukrainian operatives had installed a hidden compartment in the pet carrier,…

The Israel-Hamas war has forced Russia into a delicate balancing act, with Moscow urging a quick end to the fighting without apportioning blame. The careful stand is due to Russia’s long ties to Israel, the Palestinians and other regional players, and it reflects the Kremlin’s hope to expand its clout in the Middle East by playing peacemaker. Russia…

Updated Oct. 27, 12:00 p.m.The arrival of a Hamas delegation in Moscow on Thursday has sparked prompt criticism from both Israel and the United States. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat condemned the Russian government for inviting the envoys, led by senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzook, calling it an “act of support of terrorism” that…

The failure of the U.S. intelligence community has three components: 1) It has become politically charged and lost focus on its mission protecting Americans, instead engaging in partisan politics. 2) It continues to focus on technological intelligence collection rather than the difficult and risky world of human intelligence collection. 3) It continues…

No audio? Hover over the video player, and tap the Click to Unmute button. Already an FP Subscriber? Login On-demand recordings of FP Live conversations are available to FP subscribers. Subscribe Now As Israel weighs a possible ground offensive in Gaza, there are valid reasons to worry about new fronts in the war—and a…

As anticipated from the outset, Russia’s launch of what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine has had a profound impact on the global balance of power, reshaping international priorities on multiple fronts. Furthermore, the consequences of current Israeli attacks in Gaza are increasingly evident, extending beyond the region’s geographical…

The captain of a Russian airplane at Dagestan’s Makhachkala airport on Sunday urged passengers not to “try to open any doors, there is a mob is raging outside!” The aircraft had parked beside another plane that arrived from Tel Aviv just minutes ago. Outside, frightening scenes were unfolding. Dozens of angry men were screaming and running around on…

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has resumed recruiting fighters in at least two regions months after the death of its founder and longtime leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, local media have reported. Wagner halted recruitment in the chaotic months following Prigozhin’s late-June mutiny against Russia’s military leadership. In August, Prigozhin and his close…

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In its report, The Wall Street Journal said Wagner plans to supply the Pantsir-S1 systemMoscow: The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia’s Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded.”We have already said that, de facto, such a…

Riot police use tear gas against protesters during a demonstration, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, near the U.S. embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. File Photo- AP Lebanese Hezbollah is prepping for escalating hostilities against Israel as the latter continues its military action…

“[Russia] has crossed all the red lines already,” said journalist, professor, and former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova in an interview with CNN on Thursday. CNN correspondent Bianna Golodryga spoke with Svetlova about the recent Wall Street Journal report claiming that Russia’s Wagner Group may supply Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah with an…

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov—a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin—has declared his support for the Palestinian people in light of the recent escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Palestinian militants of the Hamas group launched a surprise attack on Israel Saturday, killing hundreds of civilians as rockets launched from Gaza…

В Красноярске на свободе оказался один из заключенных по делу об убийстве биатлониста Дмитрия Сисигина. Четыре года назад Сергей Шмелев вместе с сыном местного депутата Андреем Шиловым избил спортсмена на камеру до смерти. Вместо назначенных 14,5 лет Шмелев отсидел всего 3 года – он завербовался в ЧВК “Вагнер” в январе и сейчас уже на свободе: активно…

Since it went to war with Hamas early last month, Israel has stepped up strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria who have moved close to the Israeli border.The development comes with a key shift in Israeli policy — it no longer always tells Syria’s patron Russia in advance about attacks on Syrian territory.

The Israel-Hamas conflict is set to take a dangerous turn with Russia’s paramilitary, Wagner Group, announcing its interest in providing high-tech air defence support to Hezbollah, according to a new report. A man mounts a flag of Wagner group on top of an old tank exhibited at the Leninist Komsomol park in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine,…

With the world’s attention shifting to the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine fears it is being left behind as it continues a costly struggle against Russian forces and anxiously waits on Congress to pass another aid package before the winter sets in.  Ukraine was already concerned before the Gaza war broke out, after Congress failed to include funding for…

Haaretz | OpinionOpinion | The terrible terrorist attack on Israel resonated with Ukrainians. Rockets, torture and murder, the abduction of children – we know this script too well. But the similarity of our tragedies is not accidentalAndriy YermakOct 13, 2023Get email notification for articles from Andriy Yermak FollowOct 13, 2023Andriy YermakGet email…

Fighting in Gaza between the Israeli army and the armed faction of Hamas is a textbook example of modern asymmetric warfare. Whenever fighting ends, it will be studied by strategists and tacticians. The term “asymmetric warfare” has been used for less than 60 years, but the concept is much older. Originally it denoted a conflict between significantly…

Russia is emerging as a major beneficiary of the war in Gaza.

It’s been four weeks since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The fog of war is still very thick. Weeks into the war, we still don’t know many details of either the attack itself or its planning.  Yet there is one aspect of the bacchanalia of brutality of that day that experts, professional militaries and astute observers agree on: Hamas did not act…

Less than three weeks after Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel, leaders of the militant group showed up in Moscow for talks with Russian officials. For many in the West, not least in Israel itself, the Hamas delegation’s visit was a pointed thumb in the eye of the relatives of the victims, most of them civilians, and of a reeling government. For close…

Is President Vladimir Putin a fascist, a neo-Nazi or is he simply misunderstood and bad-mouthed by the West? The West needs to answer these questions to successfully help Ukraine defend against Russia’s aggression. The Jews and the leadership of Israel, in particular, must not run away from these questions. They need to realize that “the great evil”…

The Israel-Gaza and Ukraine-Russia conflicts are linked — and are part of a world war started by Vladimir Putin in 1999 to restore the Soviet Union’s empire after becoming President of Russia. This world war has not been recognized because it uses proxies, non-state actors like Hamas or other terrorist organizations, as well as extremist political…

The Israel-Gaza and Ukraine-Russia conflicts are the result of a world war started in 1999 by Vladimir Putin to recreate the Soviet Union’s empire. Russia’s war machine operates in the shadows and is behind most of the world’s strife. It is not a goose-stepping monolith, but a hidden Hydra with thousands of tentacles that reach worldwide and have grown…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global South,” and that at the upcoming Group of 20 meetings being held in New Delhi, that voice will be heard. At the August summit of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — current chair South Africa declared its goal was…

HE IS ridiculed for his mendacity and ostracised by his peers. He presides over a free-falling currency and a rapidly shrinking economy. International sanctions stop his kleptocratic friends from holidaying in their ill-gotten Mediterranean villas. Judged against the objectives Vladimir Putin purported to set on inheriting Russia’s presidency 15 years…

When he launched the war on Ukraine in February of 2022, Vladimir Putin said that he thought that the Russian people would be able to distinguish “true patriots from scum and traitors.” This was again expressed at a rally in Moscow a month later, where he also stated that Russia’s “fifth column” was made up of those who had left the country or refused…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images filesThe Israel-Gaza and Ukraine-Russia conflicts are not standalone catastrophes. They are linked and part of a world war started by Vladimir Putin in 1999 to restore the Soviet Union’s…

The Israel-Gaza and Ukraine-Russia conflicts are linked — and are part of a world war started by Vladimir Putin in 1999 to restore the Soviet Union’s empire after becoming President of Russia. This world war has not been recognized because it uses proxies, non-state actors like Hamas or other terrorist organizations, as well as extremist political…

TEL AVIV — Mossad chief David Barnea threatened Iran on Sunday, stating that the leadership in Tehran could find itself in the crosshairs. His words reflected Israel’s growing concerns about Tehran’s potential acts of terror in the region and especially in the West Bank.Barnea’s speech at the annual conference of Reichman University’s International…

THE VICIOUS success of Hamas’s attack on Israel, without their plans being unveiled, is matched by the astounding failure of Israeli intelligence at every level. The assault by land, sea and air on October 7th left at least 800 dead in Israel, and must have required months of planning. Officials are in shock that such a significant military buildup…

The shock attack was a long-planned operation for the ‘1000% committed’ Hamas commanders — yet orders were passed down at the last momentOne month after the start of Israel’s war against Hamas, The Guardian released a report explaining who was in charge of the October 7 attack, how the massacres were organized and what the terrorists viewed as their…

SUCCESSION In recent weeks, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and General Andrei Averyanov from the GRU military intelligence agency have made several trips to Africa. The two are increasingly seen as the main organisers of the post-Prigozhin era of Russian relationships with Africa following the Wagner Group chief’s demise in…

On 13 October in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, Putin claimed that ‘no one suspects [Russia] wishes to play around’ with the Gaza conflict because of its strong and good relations with each of the protagonists. But the historical record belies this assurance. Even in Soviet times, when Moscow took the ideological offensive against ‘US imperialism’ and…

Vladimir Putin is increasingly confident Russia’s military can outlast Ukraine as a second winter of war approaches with Kyiv’s U.S. and European allies distracted by the deepening conflict between Israel and Hamas.The Kremlin is convinced developments are moving in Putin’s favor and that he’ll be able to hold on to territories in southern and eastern…

Russia’s feared mercenary Wagner group has allegedly been training Hamas terrorists with the attacks on Israel having “Russian hands” on it, an expert has claimed. Earlier this week, it was reported that Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, had offered to find a “peaceful solution” while also offering to back Hamas…

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke for the first time about the aborted Wagner group rebellion in late June. He said the mutiny failed because the army “showed loyalty to their oath and military duty.” Photo: Russian Defense Ministry/Reuters

After the death of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin is putting a new power structure in place that will take over the group’s sprawling operations in Africa, which have advanced Russian influence on the continent for almost a decade. Photo illustration: JJ LinA global look at the economic and cultural forces shaping our world.

November 10, 2023 by intelNews SINCE OCTOBER 7, WHEN Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, many more details about the intelligence failure have emerged. It appears that Israeli intelligence officials have warned for years about military exercises held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which have included practice raids on cities deep inside…

ALBAWABA – the Russian hacker group known as “Killnet” has officially declared a cyberwar on Israel. The group announced its intention to launch a widespread cyberattack targeting various government systems within Israel.In the latest developments related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, several significant events have unfolded.Israeli military radio…

There is an obvious question we should ask about the Hamas raid into Israel on Oct. 7 that culminated in a massacre of more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians.Why did Hamas do it?The Hamas planners were quite sophisticated in their techniques. The raiders had precise information on their cellphones about the location of Israel’s intelligence…

Javed Ali broke down the layers of Israel’s intelligence community and how the country’s agencies failed to stop the invasion of Israel by Hamas militants on October 7An Israeli army tracked medical vehicle moves in a military convoyA counter-terrorism expert has questioned how Israel, with its top-notch intelligence capabilities, missed the threat…

The former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told Euractiv he was “absolutely sure” that instructors from the Russian mercenary group Wagner were transferred from Syria to Gaza to help prepare the terrorist attacks on Israel on 7 October. Poroshenko, president from 2014 to 2019 and now heads the European Solidarity party, was visiting Brussels ahead…

Some of the fighters of the Wagner private military company were preparing Hamas for an attack on Israel, the National Resistance Center (NRC) reported. Russians who left Belarus for African countries were involved in training and sharing combat experience with terrorists. “The crucial areas of training of Hamas militants were assault exercises and…

There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s enabling of his “Arsenals of Evil” ally, Iran, resulted in the opening of a new front in Gaza in his war against the West.   Mitt Romney got it right in 2012 when he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that “Russia [is] without question, our…

Israel’s war against Hamas has entered its twenty-seventh day, three weeks after Hamas killed at least 1,300 Israelis and wounded more than 3,300 in a merciless assault. In the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-controlled health ministry reports that more than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are holding hostage more than…

This blog is closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on Azerbaijan-Armenia tensions on Tuesday, September 19:

As Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the world in his latest speech on Saturday, there will be no big war.

A soldier stands guard next to a wall of a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, July 29, 2022. A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war. The…

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — Israeli officials are becoming guardedly optimistic that a hostage deal with Hamas can be reached, but any agreement is likely to be interim and limited. A deal is likely to involve just a few dozen captive Israeli children and elderly, among them some dual nationals,…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met on Saturday with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic summit, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The meeting is the two leaders’ first since the two countries…

One of the women has Alzheimer’s, another was rushed to hospital in distress afterwards and a further two are widows of men executed by the regime in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution.“What threat do ill and elderly Baha’is pose to the Iranian government?” asked Simin Fahandej, the BIC’s representative to the United Nations. “Nothing but religious…

More whistleblowers have stepped forward to tell Congress that high-ranking FBI officials are targeting agents for their political beliefs and trying to force them out of the bureau, specifically going after former military members. The Marine Corps and other military veterans at the FBI are being accused of being disloyal to the U.S. because they…