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Jordan and Palestine water scarcity

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world. At the 150 litres per day recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Jordan has an average of 70 litres per person per day. Groundwater is rapidly depleting (in some parts of the country the level is dropping by more than a metre a year), rainfall has fallen by 60 per cent in recent years and six of the 14 reservoirs have dried up. All this is happening against the backdrop of the Kingdom’s growing population and the influx of more than a million Syrian refugees…

Nikolay Plotnikov

Is the US being pulled into a boiling Middle East conflict

Is the US being pulled into a “boiling Middle East conflict”?..

The Middle East Hamas-Israel military conflict, obviously, would not have taken so many months of bloody fighting if interested external forces had not taken part in it. While Israel is patronized by the United States and Europe, Hamas finds support among Arab countries, Iran and Turkey. The international community is increasingly condemning the Israel Defense Forces’ disproportionate strikes on the Palestinian enclave in Gaza, which is reflected in the voting process at the UN General Assembly. In addition, key global players such as Russia and China also condemn…

Alexandr Svaranc

Iraq Faces Challenging Times Again

The bloody massacre perpetrated by the distraught Israeli military led by Netanyahu against the civilian population in Gaza has a very negative impact on the whole situation in neighboring countries, thereby further exacerbating the already very turbulent situation in the region. In light of recent events, there have been a number of troubling developments in Iraq, where Shia militant groups such as Kataib Hizballah, Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and Badr have been at the forefront of the unrest. The head of Badr has said that the liberation of Palestine will begin in Iraq, and many militias have set up “support rooms”…

Viktor Mikhin

Some Important Elections to Watch in 2024

Abbas Hashemite

A Chronicle of Inter-Korean Tensions in the Forth Quarter of 2023. Part Two: Actions of the North

Konstantin Asmolov

Netanyahu, 1st Degree Murder: Appears to be "4" NOTHING less than Complete Eradication?

Henry Kamens

Darbaza-Maktaaral-Zhetysai: a small railroad with great prospects

Boris Kushhov

The US position in the Middle East, and in the world at large, is weakening

Veniamin Popov

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