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Gaza: Attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital. Israel and the al-Shifa Precedent – A New Humanitarian Standard.

The Israel-Hamas war has provided Israeli forces with the opportunity to conceptualize and implement an unprecedented standard of urban warfare. In March 2024, the IDF conducted a targeted operation at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza—repurposed by Hamas as a logistical and operational base—while adopting extraordinary measures to protect civilians during the approach, entry, and management of the facility. This approach integrated not only military personnel but also Israeli medical teams and paramedics tasked with assisting Palestinian patients, along with logistical units ensuring the supply of food, water, and medical resources.

MENA Middle East and North Africa

31 Dec
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The new Syria: between the Islamist threat, Israel’s preventive response, and the Turkish ‘buffer zone’.

The rise to power of the Islamists led by al-Jolani, previously affiliated with al-Qaeda, sets the country on the path to becoming an “Islamic State” destined to reshape regional dynamics. Once again, the jihadist factor emerges as a destabilizing element with potentially global repercussions.

Defence and Security

12 Dec
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The Fall of Damascus and the Crumbling of the Iranian Resistance Axis.

by Claudio Bertolotti. Bashar al-Assad’s Syria no longer exists. Syria, a land with a millennia-old history, is currently undergoing a..

MENA Middle East and North Africa

8 Dec
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Syria. Al-Jolani’s Advance on Damascus: A New Front of Unease for Iran, Russia, and Israel.

by Claudio Bertolotti. From the interview by Francesco De Leo on Radio Radicale – Spazio Transnazionale (episode of December 7,..

MENA Middle East and North Africa

7 Dec
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Jihadist Terrorism in Europe and Mediterranean Dynamics: Historical, Social, and Operational Evolution in an Era of Global Changes

by Claudio Bertolotti, Director, START InSight, ReaCT Download here #ReaCT2024 The annual Report on Terrorism and Radicalisation in Europe AbstractThis..

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