Abu Maria Al-Qahtani was the founder of Al-Nusra Front, one of the key groups in Syria’s war, and was killed in bombing on Thursday. As a leading military commander in the revolt against the Syrian regime and Islamic State group, Abu Maria Al-Qahtani, who was killed on Thursday, was a …
Read More »Bulgarian Police Uncover Hamas Weapons Stash
Latest Developments Bulgarian police uncovered a stash of weapons that Hamas-affiliated terrorists intended to use against Jewish institutions in Europe, Agence France-Presse reported on April 4. Authorities discovered the arms buried under a tree in southern Bulgaria. Bulgarian police were tipped off to the site by German police, who had …
Read More »Review: “On Civilizing Capitalism” by Brian Ellis – Competition-Based Capitalist Welfarism Or Socialism?
Melbourne philosopher Brian Ellis (Professor Emeritus in Philosophy, La Trobe University and former Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne) has published “On Civilizing Capitalism” that argues for a pragmatic, humane and science-based approach to economic theory as opposed to the currently dominant neoliberalism that in recent decades has supplanted the post-WW2 …
Read More »The Forever Failure of America’s Failed Forever Wars
Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local television last month to criticize the United States and sever the long-standing military partnership between the two countries. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations …
Read More »Killing Humanitarians: Israel’s War on Aid Workers in Gaza
Eulogies should rarely be taken at face value. Plaster saints take the place of complex individuals; faults transmute into golden virtues. But there was little in the way of fault regarding Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom’s messianic purpose, whose tireless work for the charity, World Central Kitchen (WCK) in northern Gaza had …
Read More »Israel bombs Iran’s embassy in Damascus: The Middle East on the brink of region-wide war
Emergency services work at a building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024 Israel’s bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on Monday, which killed three senior leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three others, is an act of war against Iran …
Read More »Islamic State Escalates Anti-Russian Militant Campaign
The Islamic State organization and its violent progeny, ISKP, have viewed Moscow as their enemy since the group’s inception. After four extremists stormed the Crocus City Hall, a music venue in Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of Moscow, with assault rifles and incendiary devices, the world was shocked as footage emerged …
Read More »Watch out, Iran is putting a foot in Niger. Report Soufan Center
Tehran is trying to exploit the divisions between Western countries and the juntas in the Sahel. Also in the crosshairs is the country that hosts 250 Italian soldiers Iran is exploiting the growing rift between several coup leaders in the Sahel – in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – and …
Read More »Israel’s Syrian spy network ‘enabled airstrike’ on Iran commanders
Israel has been building up its assets in Syria, says a former CIA agent The suspected assassination of an Iranian commander by an Israeli air strike at the Iranian consulate in Damascus would have required on-the-ground intelligence from local operatives, according to an Israeli security analyst and a former CIA …
Read More »IntelBrief: Iraq Navigates the Mideast Crisis
The March attack by Islamic State (IS) on a Moscow theater has dimmed the prospects for a substantial drawdown of the U.S. contingent of 2,500 military advisors and trainers still in Iraq.The upcoming U.S. visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will focus on the U.S. troop presence as …
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