Ukraine says Malaysian mercenaries working with Russian forces in Donetsk
Malaysians have been spotted as mercenaries operating in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, the Ukraine National Resistance Centre said.
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Malaysians have been spotted as mercenaries operating in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, the Ukraine National Resistance Centre said.
The two countries have a “joint interest in combating the menace” of the ethnic Baloch militant groups waging insurgencies against Pakistani and Iranian security forces, a senior Pakistani official told This Week In Asia on condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic sensitivities.
Experts warn that the Israeli war on Gaza may spill over into a regional conflict amid multiple strikes in several countries.
From attacks by rebels in the Red Sea to raids in northern Israel and the October 7, 2023, assault by Hamas, Western analysts have pointed a finger of blame toward Iran.
Iran's recent missile and drone strikes on targets in three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — may not have been directly related to Israel's war in the Gaza Strip but they still revealed an intent to send a clear message, analysts told CNBC.
“In Pakistan’s case certainly, Iran has miscalculated by assuming it would not retaliate” out of fear of being dragged into the wider Middle East conflict emanating from the Israel-Gaza war, said Abdul Basit, a senior associate fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.
Tehran vowed to carry out revenge attacks against Israel on Saturday after a missile strike flattened a building used as a base of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in Damascus, killing five Guards and an unspecified number of Syrian troops.
The past week has seen new rounds of violence across the Middle East, deepening fears of conflict spreading in an already unstable region.