The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Hossein Salami on Wednesday threatened retaliation after an alleged Israeli strike killed an Iranian adviser in Aleppo, Syria, earlier this week, Times of Israel reported. In comments made the day after IRGC adviser Saeed Abyar was buried in Tehran, Salami was quoted …
Read More »Moscow Announces Third Air Strike in Al-Tanf Area Within a Week
Russia said it “ targeted two terrorist bases in the Al-Tanf area, controlled by the United States, in the Syrian province of Homs”, according to Athr Press. The Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, a branch of the Russian Defense Ministry, announced on Tuesday the execution of air strikes in the …
Read More »What ever happened to the war on terror?
The US is pivoting away from focusing on groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS — at least until the next attack. On March 10, the US military carried out an airstrike near the town of Ugunji, a little more than 40 miles southwest of the Somali capital of Mogadishu. According to …
Read More »How Palestinians who fled Syria war to Egypt are forced into illiteracy
As Israel floats resettlement of Gazans in Sinai, ARIJ investigation gathers unprecedented data on exclusion of Palestinian children from Egypt schools. “We’re waiting for residency so our children can live, we’re not living. […] Children not being able to learn, this is not life,” said Sanaa Mohammed (pseudonym) vehemently. Sanaa …
Read More »Western Double Standards On Iran-Pakistan Cooperation – OpEd
Former Pakistani Minister of Information and Broadcasting Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry has called on Western countries to end their double standard regarding Pakistan’s cooperation with Iran, particularly on a joint gas pipeline project between the two neighbors. In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Chaudhry argued that Pakistan should not be …
Read More »Iran Update, June 11, 2024
Hamas sent a formal response to the Israeli ceasefire proposal to international mediators on June 11. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad expressed “readiness to positively” engage in a deal, emphasizing Hamas’ primary demand for a permanent ceasefire.[i] Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General …
Read More »US joins Europeans in rare censure of Iran at UN nuclear watchdog
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member board of governors has voted to censure Iran for the first time since November 2022. The United States joined its European partners in censuring Iran at the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Wednesday, despite the Biden administration’s concerns that a formal rebuke of Tehran …
Read More »In China, Turkey’s Fidan says he plans to attend BRICS meeting in Russia
The top Turkish diplomat says his country explores new opportunities with BRICS Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend the China-led BRICS+ meeting in Russia next week as Turkey explores new cooperation opportunities. “While we have a customs union with the EU, we also explore new opportunities for cooperation with …
Read More »Israel threatens ‘intense operation’ near Lebanon as Qatar hosts Gaza talks
Israel’s war cabinet is set to convene Thursday evening to discuss the escalation in the north with Hezbollah. Israel’s war cabinet was set to convene Thursday, after a series of drone attacks targeting Upper Galilee region injured at least 11 people and as the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said …
Read More »How Hamas Ends
A Strategy for Letting the Group Defeat Itself The war in Gaza has settled into a mind-numbing pattern of violence, bloodshed, and death. And everyone is losing—except Hamas. When Israel invaded the territory last fall, its stated military objective was to destroy the terrorist group so that it could never …
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