The Gaza war has deepened Joe Biden’s Iran nightmare
For America, Iran is part of a new “axis of evil” with Russia and China
WHEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN dispatched aircraft-carriers to the Middle East after Hamas’s attack on Israel last month, he had one word for Iran and allies: “Don’t”. Since then there have been rocket, drone and missile attacks on Israel and American troops from Iran’s network of allied militias across the region, but no escalation into a regional conflagration—so far. On November 3rd Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, the most powerful Iran-backed militia, made a speech in Lebanon which was full of bombast, but which also appeared to step back from immediate escalation.
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Middle East & Africa November 11th 2023
- Will America pull the plug on Israel’s invasion of Gaza?
- Gaza’s nights are darker now than at any point in the past decade
- All parties are blaming each other for the dire situation in Gaza
- The deadly missile race in the Middle East
- The Gaza war has deepened Joe Biden’s Iran nightmare
- The battle over South Africa’s spicy-chicken market
- China is winning Africa’s “white-gold” rush for lithium
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Israel and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war
Joe Biden’s last roll of the dice on peace in the Middle East
The arrest warrant is a diplomatic disaster for Netanyahu
But may also undermine the International Criminal Court
Israel’s hardliners reckon Gaza’s chaos shows they must control it
Only 11 out of a recent convoy of 109 aid trucks managed to get in
Why GM crops aren’t feeding Africa
Despite decades of research, few countries grow them there
A genocidal militia’s quest for legitimacy
A warring party in Sudan claims it wants to talk peace
Get ready for “Maximum Pressure 2.0” on Iran
The Trump White House may bomb and penalise the regime into a deal
