Day: October 6, 2024

In recent weeks, fears of a wider war between Israel and Iran have grown after Israel launched a series of attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran fired a barrage of missiles into Israel. The tense moment comes nearly one year after the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th and the devastation of Gaza that followed. In this episode, we examine how the last year has fundamentally reshaped the Middle East and whether any kind of peace is possible going forward. Guests: Nic Robertson, CNN International Diplomatic Editor
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Police in California say an officer has fatally shot a man who wounded him with a knife outside a city police headquarters in what authorities called an unprovoked attack.

The post @carlbildt: Reports of around 30 air strikes in Beirut tonight – heaviest so far – as and FM’s desperately are trying to revive talks of a ceasefire in Gaza and elsewhere. But at least in the short term I fear escalation is more likely than de-escalation. first appeared on JOSSICA – The Journal of the Open Source Strategic Intelligence and Counterintelligence Analysis.