The White House has warned that the potential for higher shipping costs to affect the U.S. economy amid diversion of ships from the Red Sea will depend on how long Houthi rebels sustain their attacks on commercial vessels. A FreightWaves report said on Thu, Jan. 4, 2024: “If we were …
Read More »US carries out illegal murder of Iraqi militia leader in expanding Middle East war
The US carried out an illegal missile strike on Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday in the latest escalation of the US-Israeli rampage throughout the Middle East. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that the US killed its target, identified as Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces said that …
Read More »Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate
A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said. Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over into surrounding countries. It also coincides with a …
Read More »Iran Moves To Seal Borders With Afghanistan And Pakistan After Deadly Blasts
Iran said it is shutting its vast borders with neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan to increase security after the twin bombing that killed at least 89 people in the southeastern city of Kerman on January 3. The Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying his government …
Read More »Pentagon Says ‘Self-Defense Strike’ In Iraq Kills Terrorist Leader
U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a self-defense strike which killed Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a leader of the Iran-backed Harakat al-Nujaba terrorist group that is operating both in Iraq and Syria, said the Pentagon press secretary. Al-Jawari, also known as Abu Taqwa, was actively involved in planning and carrying out …
Read More »Assessing And Addressing The Houthi Threat – Analysis
Through its Yemeni proxy the Houthis, Iran can successfully target global supply chains, threatening freedom of navigation and maritime security with strikes in the Bab al-Mandab. The multinational effort to thwart these disruptions, Operation Prosperity Guardian, has failed to establish credible deterrence in the Red Sea, as Houthi attacks on …
Read More »L’Oncle Sam est-il dupé pour participer à la guerre d’Israël ?
L’attaque de drone de cette semaine contre Saleh al-Arouri, haut dirigeant du Hamas, dans le sud de Beyrouth, prouve de manière irréfutable qu’Israël veut étendre le conflit au-delà de ses frontières. Au cours des dernières semaines, Israël a assassiné un chef politique adjoint du Hamas (al-Arouri), un conseiller principal des …
Read More »Nasrallah warns northern Israel would be ‘first to pay price’ if full-blown war erupts
In 2nd speech this week, Hezbollah chief vows response is coming on the killing of Hamas terror orchestrator Arouri, says Lebanon would be exposed if assassination went unanswered Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened that Israel’s northern residents would be “the first to pay the price if a full-scale war were …
Read More »Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets in ‘initial response’ to killing of Hamas leader
Salvo of more than 40 projectiles sets off alarms in 90 Israeli communities; no injuries in strikes that targeted Mount Meron area; IDF hits terror infrastructure in response The Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon fired a barrage of dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday in a move it called …
Read More »Here’s how Hezbollah will likely respond to Israel’s assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri
Since Hezbollah’s guns began their unprovoked fire against Israel on October 8, 2023, Lebanon has found itself an unwitting battlefield in the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian terrorist factions. Lebanon, whose territory is both the headquarters of Hezbollah—Iran’s most powerful extension and vanguard of its regional expansionism—and …
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