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The combat arena: The IDF forces continued their integrated ground maneuver in the Gaza Strip, focusing on Gaza City and Khan Yunis. According to reports, they completed the dismantling of Hamas’ military-terrorist facilities in the northern Gaza Strip, although they continued confronting terrorist squads on the ground. The Palestinians reported …

Latest Developments An airstrike killed a prominent Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, the terrorist group said on January 8. Hezbollah identified the commander as Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, an elite unit focused on cross-border attacks. Tawil and another member of Hezbollah were reportedly killed …

The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, Tajani said that closer European cooperation on defence was a priority for the Forza Italia party that …

Israeli aircraft bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight in apparent preparation for expanding the military’s ground offensive, the military said Tuesday, even as continued fighting near Gaza City challenged the army’s claim that it was largely in control of the north of the Strip after 80 days of war. With …

Cette annonce fait suite à la colère après qu’une frappe de drone américain ait tué un dirigeant d’un parti politique à majorité chiite. Le Premier ministre irakien a déclaré vendredi que le gouvernement mettrait en place un comité bilatéral pour préparer la fin de la mission de la coalition dirigée …

Hassan Nasrallah warned that the Israeli bombing of the Lebanese capital ‘will not go unanswered’ and revealed that the resistance group has conducted over 670 operations against Israel over the past 90 days Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 5 January revealed that, since 8 October, the Lebanese resistance has …

Member states of the BRICS group have recently stepped up trade in local currencies in order to boost their economies and to counter the US dollar Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Mahdi Safari, said on 3 January that Tehran is interested in forming a unified currency with member states of the …

Don’t be lulled by the Israeli troop withdrawal from northern Gaza. Tel Aviv has no intention of ending this war, and is escalating on all its other fronts, including with Lebanon. At the start of the new year, Israel’s occupation army began implementing the withdrawal of a large portion of …

Since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, three separate polls show that Arab and Muslim populations are shifting their support away from Washington’s regional allies toward West Asia’s Axis of Resistance. It could be a clean sweep. Decades of western-led narratives crafted to exploit differences throughout West Asia, create strife amid …

Sur le site Naked Capitalism, Yves Smith jette un intéressant nouveau regard sur la situation en Palestine et dans les environs : Nasrallah a souligné que les différents membres de la résistance arabe peuvent apporter des avantages à leurs patries respectives (Liban, Irak, Yémen). Depuis 1948, c’est Israël qui a …