Military conditions are being set in the Gaza Strip that could lead to the defeat of Hamas, but these conditions will fail to achieve an enduring end to the war without a political solution. The military defeat of Hamas is an essential precondition for the establishment of a new government …
Read More »Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account that Gulen had died on Sunday evening in the U.S. hospital where he was being treated. The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in …
Read More »Iran Update, October 20, 2024
Palestinian fighters killed an IDF brigade commander in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian fighters recently detonated a pre-planted improvised explosive device (IED), killing IDF 401st Armored Brigade Commander Colonel Ehsan Daqsa.[i] An Israeli Army Radio correspondent reported that Daqsa is the most senior IDF officer killed in the Gaza Strip …
Read More »Paths of the Israeli ground operation in Lebanon
The Israeli ground operation in southern Lebanon is surrounded by a lot of ambiguity from both sides, in terms of the lack of clarity of the Israeli objectives, the point at which Israel wants to stop, and its next step, as well as in terms of the latent capabilities that …
Read More »Israeli extermination plan underway in northern Gaza
Dozens of people were killed in Beit Lahiya on Saturday as Israeli warplanes razed entire residential blocks just days after the UN warned that tens of thousands of Palestinians are “in grave danger” in northern Gaza. Reality for Palestinians throughout Gaza, where more than 43,000 people have been killed since …
Read More »Iran says it has identified targets to strike in case of Israeli attack
Iran’s foreign minister said any attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities will be met with a similar attack, and gave a stark warning to the US. Iran’s foreign minister said his country has identified targets to strike in case Israel retaliates to an earlier missile strike by Iran on 1 October.. …
Read More »Ralph Nader: ‘Goodbye Lebanon’ – High Israeli Official. Biden Says OK, So Far – OpEd
Biden’s bombs and missiles, dropped daily on Lebanon, a U.S. ally, by his puppet master Netanyahu, is wreaking havoc in this small defenseless country. The Israeli genocidal machine is waging an incinerating assault on fleeing civilians and critical facilities. The scorched-earth Israeli strategy is the same as what we have …
Read More »Maher al-Assad’s Fourth Division Distances Itself from Hezbollah
According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the division’s leadership issued orders prohibiting the transfer of weapons or the accommodation of Hezbollah members and Iranian militias within the 4th Division’s headquarters and bases. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Sunday that the Fourth Division, led by Maher al-Assad, …
Read More »Syria Today – Israel Intercepts Two Drones from Syria; Is Syria Next in Regional War?
Syria is at the center of escalating tensions, facing both military incursions and a growing humanitarian crisis. The Israeli army intercepted two drones approaching from Syria, following a deadly Hezbollah drone attack, marking a deepening of the conflict on Israel’s northern borders with Syria and Lebanon. At the same time, …
Read More »Erdogan Warns of Israel’s Occupation of Damascus
Erdogan claimed that Israel’s intentions to occupy Damascus after Lebanon could bring Israeli forces to Turkey’s border, Enab Baladi writes. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Israel’s potential occupation of Damascus would drastically alter Syria’s map. Speaking to reporters on his return from Albania on Saturday, October 12, …
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