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GLOBAL SHARE MARKETS INITIALLY FELL SHARPLY ON FEARS THAT TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD ESCALATE AFTER A US AIR RAID KILLED A TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER, BUT HAVE RECOVERED SOME GROUND ON TUESDAY [FILE: VINCENT YU/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
OTHER UNITS INCLUDE AROUND 100 MARINES FROM THE SECOND BATTALION, SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT. THE COMPANY-SIZE CONTINGENT IS DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT AS PART OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE TASK FORCE MEANT TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE MARINES, FRESH OFF HELPING AMERICAN FORCES WITHDRAW FROM NORTHEASTERN SYRIA, ARE REINFORCING DOZENS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL POSITIONED AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD. THE COMPOUND IS LARGE, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, WITH GUARD POSTS, LIVING AREAS, DINING HALLS AND SMALL SHOPS.
IT HAS BEEN A MANTRA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR A DECADE OR MORE THAT, WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD DESCEND INTO CHAOS. OR EVEN WORSE, IRAN WOULD RESURRECT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND SWALLOW THE REGION WHOLE.
JAN 7 (REUTERS) - HONG KONG’S MAIN HANG SENG INDEX FINISHED FIRMER ON TUESDAY, LIFTED BY TECH FIRMS AS GLOBAL INVESTORS TOOK A BREATHER FROM CONCERNS OVER MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS, WITH NEW DATA POINTING TOWARDS A STABILISING GLOBAL ECONOMY.
AS CRISIS ENGULFS MIDDLE EAST, EU IS OFF THE PACE
PASSENGERS EXPECTING TO FLY ON A TUI ROUTE BETWEEN LONDON GATWICK AND GOA, INDIA, HAVE FACED 36 HOURS OF DELAYS AS THE AIRLINE SCRAMBLED TO DEAL WITH RISING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT ISRAEL HAS MORE EXPERIENCE IN TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS IN THE REGION THAN ALL MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES COMBINED. IT HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN AND ARAB ACTIVISTS THIS WAY. THE ASSASSINATION OF HEZBOLLAH』S TOP MILITARY LEADER – THE MOVEMENT』S SECOND IN COMMAND – IMAD MUGHNIYAH IN FEBRUARY 2008, IN SYRIA, WAS ONLY ONE OF NUMEROUS SUCH KILLINGS.
OFFICIAL: DAN CHALMERS NAMED DIRECTOR OF YOUTUBE MUSIC IN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
AMERICA IS ON A SECTARIAN LANDMINE. THE BIG PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS THAT SHIA MUSLIMS AND SUNNI MUSLIMS ARE LOCKED IN A 1,400 YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF ISLAM. WHAT AMERICA HAS BEEN DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, WITTINGLY OR NOT, IS TAKING SIDES IN THIS CIVIL WAR, WHICH COULD LAST A THOUSAND MORE YEARS. IF AMERICA IS SUCKED INTO OPEN WAR WITH IRAN, WE WOULD BE EXPLICITLY TAKING A SIDE IN THIS RELIGIOUS WAR. BUT TAKING A SIDE IS A FALSE CHOICE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN AMERICA』S NEWFOUND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TOP AIDES SPENT THE WEEKEND ARGUING THAT THE KILLING OF IRANIAN GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI WOULD DETER FUTURE ATTACKS AND MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST SAFER.
HERE"S THE US MILITARY FOOTPRINT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM IS CAUTIONING U.S. CITIZENS TO BE VIGILANT IN ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA ON ACCOUNT OF "HEIGHTENED TENSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST," ACCORDING TO A SECURITY ALERT POSTED MONDAY ON ITS WEBSITE.
THE PROVOCATIVE POST CAME THREE DAYS AFTER TRUMP JR』S FATHER ENFLAMED THE MIDDLE EAST BY ORDERING THE KILLING OF THE TOP IRANIAN GENERAL QASSEM SULEIMANI.
US SOLDIERS FROM THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION HEAD TO A BUS AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, DURING DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST, JANUARY 4, 2020.
THE RAND WAS ON THE FRONT FOOT ON TUESDAY MORNING AS EMERGING-MARKET CURRENCIES RECOVERED FROM GLOBAL RISK-OFF SENTIMENT THAT WAS PROMPTED BY ESCALATING TENSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUCKING THE TREND, THE GOLD INDEX RETREATED 2.1% AS A REST IN MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS DENTED BULLION PRICES AND SAFE-HAVEN APPEAL.

 

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