How Iran controls a network of armed groups to pursue its regional strategy
Feb 08, 2024 12:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
It took the US several days to respond to the January 28 attack on its military base in Jordan that killed three of its service personnel. But when it did, it hit at least 85 targets across Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon...
Gaza is now the frontline of a global information war
Feb 08, 2024 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have become key battlegrounds in an information war that goes far wider than their tightly drawn physical borders. Carefully crafted social media posts and other online propaganda are...
Middle East crisis: US airstrikes against Iran-backed armed groups explained
Feb 06, 2024 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
US airstrikes on Iran-backed armed groups on February 2 have been anticipated for some time. Since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, US forces in the Middle East have been targeted more than 150 times. These...
US raids in Iraq and Syria: How retaliatory airstrikes affect network of Iran-backed militias
Feb 05, 2024 07:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. bombers struck dozens of sites across Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, 2024, to avenge a drone attack that killed three American service members just days earlier. The retaliatory strikes were the first following a deadly...
Feb 05, 2024 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views
The United States mounted more than 125 retaliatory strikes against Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias at seven military sites in Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, 2024, after a drone strike killed three U.S. soldiers and...
Niger and Russia are forming military ties: 3 ways this could upset old allies
Jan 30, 2024 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
In July 2023, Nigers military took over in a coup just two years after the countrys first transition to civilian power. The coup has brought into sharp focus the role of foreign countries in Nigers politics. Before the...
Jan 30, 2024 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
As Israels war with Hamas drags into its fourth month, some Israelis are becoming increasingly angry at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governments inability to free the remaining 136 hostages in the Gaza...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects