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Lebanon: IDF 7th Brigade says it killed about 400 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed 3,500 sites; an underground complex nearly two kilometres long

After eight months of operations in southern Lebanon the IDF’s 7th Brigade completed its mission, the Israeli army said on November 3, claiming about 3,500 Hezbollah sites destroyed…

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Gerapetritis: talks begin on extending the agreement with Egypt; on the cable, “Turkey will find Greece opposite it”

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis announced technical talks with Cairo to extend the 2020 maritime delimitation, said the Greece-Cyprus cable will…

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Europe

UK and Netherlands defence ministers pledge deeper cooperation on NATO, Ukraine and Hormuz in a joint statement

Wes Streeting and Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius say the UK and the Netherlands will deepen cooperation on amphibious forces, industry and joint…

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Economy & Energy

Strait of Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say four tankers were destroyed by mines and are still burning, and that they shot down a 56th MQ-9

The IRGC said on November 4 that four tankers trying to use the southern passage Tehran has declared off-limits hit…

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Politics & Diplomacy

US midterms: Democrats win the Senate; Trump says “Iran was a piece of it”

The Associated Press called the US Senate for the Democrats after Tuesday’s midterms, and NBC News projects a House win…

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Asia-Pacific

Myanmar: UNICEF reports three children killed as an airstrike hits a school sheltering displaced families in Kayah state

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Opinion: Answering the Turkish-Libyan memorandum by exercising Greece’s maritime rights

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Politics & Diplomacy

Haiti: gang leader asks the UN to mediate as El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to find four missing soldiers

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Middle East & North Africa

Qatar: Washington reportedly approved the draft deal with Iran, with answers expected within 36 hours; a senior Iranian official says an agreement is still far off

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Africa

Sudan: drones hit three substations in two states, blacking out Kassala and Merowe as the toll reaches 16 power stations in a week

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Africa

Sudan files complaints against Ethiopia at the UN and African Union over RSF drone launches

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Military & Defense

Venezuela’s army reportedly strikes an ELN camp near the Colombian border, killing at least 19

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Opinion: Answering the Turkish-Libyan memorandum by exercising Greece’s maritime rights

Greece has lawful tools under the Law of the Sea to answer Turkish policy in practice: straight baselines, a gradual…

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Greece

Greek Chief of Defence General Houpis in Saudi Arabia: two-day visit to Riyadh and Yanbu, home of the Greek Patriot battery

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Cyprus

GSI: what remains before the new NAVTEX for the Crete-Cyprus cable, and the “informal understanding” with Paris

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Asia-Pacific

Myanmar: UNICEF reports three children killed as an airstrike hits a school sheltering displaced families in Kayah state

UNICEF says a school used by displaced families in Loikaw, Kayah state, was hit in an airstrike on 1 November,…

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Military & Defense

Venezuela’s army reportedly strikes an ELN camp near the Colombian border, killing at least 19

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Drones

Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital offers Neros a $450 million conditional loan to build Archer drones in the US

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Economy & Energy

Economy & Energy

Qatar: LNG carrier Al Mayeda struck in the Gulf, crew safe, says Nakilat

1 Nov

Economy & Energy

Strait of Hormuz: Oman’s navy rescues 25 sailors from a burning merchant ship; a projectile hits a vessel south of Lavan, and the Revolutionary Guards say they halted two more tankers

31 Oct

Economy & Energy

Bessent: Iran “cannot pay its soldiers” as “Operation Economic Outcast” cuts funding to the Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah

30 Oct

Southeast Europe

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Balkans

Bulgaria: Iliana Yotova elected president with 57.6%, a win for Radev’s government, which calls for dialogue with Moscow

2 Nov

Balkans

UN Security Council renews EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months, the UK says unanimously

30 Oct

Balkans

Black Sea: the Contship Jet sinks after a three-sea-drone strike off Bulgaria, all 18 crew rescued, as Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine

29 Oct

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Gerapetritis: talks begin on extending the agreement with Egypt; on the cable, “Turkey will find Greece opposite it”

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Gerapetritis: talks begin on extending the agreement with Egypt; on the cable, “Turkey will find Greece opposite it”

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Middle East War Live: Israel, Iran, Gaza and Lebanon

Strait of Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say four tankers were destroyed by mines and are still burning, and that they shot down a 56th MQ-9

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Houthis and Red Sea Live: Yemen, Shipping Attacks and Strikes

Saudi coalition says it destroyed a drone near Mecca; the Houthis deny launching any operation

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Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates

US to ask NATO allies for more money for PURL, with a gap of about $2 billion in approved weapons packages

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Turkey Watch: Live Updates on Ankara

Russia and Azerbaijan: new military-technical programme and Pantsir-S1 sales push after Aliyev’s absence from Ankara

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Opinion Greece

Proposal: the Dutch AEV 3 Kodiak engineer vehicles on a Leopard 2 hull could fill a long-standing gap in the Hellenic Army

The Netherlands will replace its ten AEV 3 Kodiak armoured engineer vehicles. Opinion: acquiring them at surplus prices could give…

23 Oct8 min read

Opinion Greece

Opinion: Phase C of the new force structure – Electronic warfare needs a plan, funding and a test range, not just a slide

Greece’s new force structure recognises the electromagnetic spectrum as a domain of operations, but announced no funding, equipment or timetable…

20 Oct6 min read

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Analysis Africa

Western Sahara explained: why the UN mission MINURSO has ended

MINURSO, the UN mission created in 1991 to prepare a referendum in Western Sahara, has ended after the Security Council…

3 Nov6 min read

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NATO Article 4 explained: how the consultation clause works

Article 4 lets any NATO Ally call the others to consult when it feels threatened. It has been used nine…

2 Nov6 min read

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