Alexandr Svaranc

The ongoing violent conflict between Hamas and Israel has recorded more than 19,200 Palestinian deaths with 52,200 wounded as of December 18 this year. The Israel Defense Forces continues its offensive ground operation throughout the Gaza Strip (including in the northern, central and southern areas), ensures a continuous advance and does not consider civilian targets (be it a school, hospital or residential neighborhoods). According to media reports, Israel has already dropped about 29,000 bombs on Gaza (about the same number of bombings were carried out by the US and British Air Forces in 2003 in Iraq)…

Following the one-day visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, a meeting of the leaders of Russia and Iran took place in Moscow on December 7, 2023. The talks between Vladimir Putin and Ebrahim Raisi lasted about 5 hours (including both in an expanded format and in private). The dynamics of regional events in the Middle East and South Caucasus require closer attention and active diplomacy from both the world’s leading players and key regional countries. Russia and Iran have accumulated considerable experience…

Widely circulated information about negotiations between Israeli security officials and intermediaries in Qatar, Egypt and Norway for the next humanitarian pause in conflict with Hamas for the hostage exchange begins to take another turn. Obviously, a week-long truce at the end of November did not solve the problem of an “all for all” hostage-prisoner swap. The Israeli side wanted to resume hostilities as soon as possible to accelerate the process of the total destruction of Hamas with the complete destruction of residential and administrative buildings in Gaza, thus making the Palestinian…