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Riyadh Seeks To Replace Israel With Syria For EU Fiber-Optic Cable Route Via Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia wants to replace Israel with Syria as the transit country for a fiber-optic cable designed to connect the kingdom to Greece through the Mediterranean Sea, two regional officials familiar with the project told Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia's insistence that it be connected to Greece through Syria, and not Israel, as previously discussed, underscores how regional alignments are shifting as Riyadh looks to bolster Damascus’s standing in the region and potentially isolate Israel. via AFP Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has...

The US has ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from its embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as it prepares for a potential attack on Iran, which could provoke a full-blown regional war. A State Department official told The Hill that the evacuation was a “prudent” decision in response to the current security environment. […]

Goldman Sachs The Latest Firm To Ditch DEI Hiring Criteria Goldman Sachs is the latest firm to scrap the DEI scam from its board policies. In fact, the bank is preparing to strip race, gender identity, sexual orientation and other demographic factors from the guidelines used to evaluate potential directors, according to people familiar with the plans who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. Which begs the question to begin with: why were we ever picking directors based on race and gender identity? Isn't that...racist? The Journal wrote that Goldman's governance committee currently considers...