Strategic Council Online—Opinion: It is noteworthy that Bashar al-Assad’s government was an ally of the Islamic Resistance Front and that his fall from power is a challenge to this front. However, for various reasons, such an event can never be considered a “defeat” for the Resistance Front in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Since the beginning of the Gaza war, the US Secretary of State has visited Saudi Arabia twice and met and conferred with the kingdom officials. Tel Aviv Riyadh’s “reconciliation process” and the establishment of diplomatic relations were the most important agenda of the US secretary of state in his recent meeting with Saudi authorities (January 6, 2024).
Hamid Khoshayand – expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Palestine affairs said: Yahya Sinwar, the head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, has recently sent an important and long message to the head and members of the political bureau of the movement, in which he mentioned that the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB) have launched an intense, harsh and unprecedented battle against the usurper forces, and the Zionist army has suffered heavy losses of life and equipment. In that message, Sinwar added: Al-Qassam brigades targeted at least 5,000 soldiers and officers during the ground war, one-third of whom were killed, one-third were seriously injured, and the last one-third suffered permanent disabilities. 750 units have been completely or partially destroyed at the level of military equipment and vehicles.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are various signs that indicate the failure of the US “New Middle East” plan in the region, as the Al-Aqsa Storm is the last sign of the failure of the old US plan to create a new Middle East, which could have unprecedented consequences in geostrategic and geopolitical dimensions. Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs