February, 2024

• 9 February

  Are we on the road to globalised Fascism?

  

  Shared thoughts, arising from deep concerns over the UK Government response to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Gaza. As a young adult I read Kafka’s novel, ‘The Castle’. In trying to get himself heard, the protagonist is repeatedly blocked by layers of impotent clerks and ministers, as he attempts the impossible …

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• 9 February

  How Washington Emboldened the Houthis

  

  And How It Can Prevent Its Fight With the Group From Escalating Since the Houthis launched their assault on global shipping in November, the United States and its partners have scrambled for ways to restore calm and commerce to the Red Sea. First, on December 18, Washington assembled a maritime …

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• 9 February

  History, Olive Trees and Football: What Keeps Palestinians Strong

  

  Despite the horrific war in Gaza and the unprecedented number of casualties, millions of Palestinians in the Middle East and around the world took a brief respite from their collective pain to watch their national football team make history in Doha. The Palestinian team, also known as Fada’ii – the …

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• 9 February

  Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions

  

  Latest Developments Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported on February 4. The report claims that PCC’s UK division (PCC UK) owns front companies called Pisco UK and Aria Associates …

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• 9 February

  Serbia’s Two Traditions Of Freedom – OpEd

  

  Today, Serbia does not enjoy a reputation as a free country. The philosophy of strong hand, top-down organization of society, a socialist understanding of economy, and fierce nationalism are its trademarks. The legacy of socialism with a human face, of which I have written elsewhere, has entrenched a statist mentality …

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• 9 February

  Houthi military-terrorist escalation and the
  deterioration of the situation in the Red Sea

  

  Since the start of Operation Iron Swords (October 7, 2023), the Houthi campaign in the RedSea area has escalated and drawn in many participants, the most important of which are theUnited States, Britain and Iran, whose involvement has increased. Initially the Houthislaunched missiles and UAVs at Israel, but their tactics …

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• 9 February

  Hamas makes comeback in northern Gaza

  

  Hamas has deployed officers and made salary payments to civil servants in Gaza City in recent days Hamas is resurging in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, AP reported on 3 February, following repeated claims by Israel’s army that its military wing has been dismantled there. Israel has withdrawn …

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• 9 February

  US forces loot more Syrian oil

  

  The oil theft and smuggling operation comes two days after a brutal US attack on Syria and Iraq US occupation troops in Syria’s northeastern Jazira region looted 60 tankers of crude oil and transported it through an illegal border crossing into its military bases in Iraq, Syrian state media reported …

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• 9 February

  ‘Diamond in the sky’: Hezbollah flashes new missile at Israel

  

  Hezbollah’s launch of the Iranian-made Almas missile — reverse-engineered from the Israeli ATGM, Spike — is a major military development in the northern battlefield, and a dismaying surprise for Tel Aviv. On 25 January, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah orchestrated a bold strike against Israel’s strategic Jal al-Alam site, using …

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• 9 February

  Armenia Should Decide If It Is Part If The West Or The Anti-Western Axis Of Evil – OpEd

  

  The brutal terrorist attack on October 7 of last year by Hamas on Israel has shed a spotlight on the Russian-Iranian military alliance. Ten countries are now dragged into the fighting in the Middle East. Over the weekend the killing of three and wounding of 34 US servicemen in Jordan …

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