TimeLine Layout

January, 2024

  • 22 January

    Israel must remove Iran’s nuclear insurance policy

    There is now an understanding that in the post-October 7 realities that Israel must face, there is an imperative to deprive Iran of using its insurance policy as a shield. If the Islamic Republic of Iran decides to dash to a nuclear weapon, it will likely activate Tehran’s formidable insurance …

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  • 22 January

    The betrayal of British Kurds

    This week, two activists are facing trial under the UK’s Terror Act for the “crime” of holding a flag at a demonstration. But this wasn’t a Palestinian flag, which former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said could be a criminal offence. It was Kurdish. Though troubling, this assault on free …

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  • 22 January

    Serbia’s Authoritarian (Re)turn

    The conduct of Serbia’s latest elections points to the country’s democratic decline. The EU cannot stay neutral in the face of President Vucic’s provocations and authoritarian tendencies. There is a certain back-to-the-future quality to Serbia. One would think that the country has long moved on from the lows of the …

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  • 22 January

    Gaza, le Yémen et l’Ukraine sonnent le glas de l’«ordre mondial fondé sur des règles» dicté par les États-Unis

    L’«ordre mondial fondé sur des règles» tant vanté par ces États voyous sans foi ni loi n’est que la devanture insolente de leur barbarie & leur banditisme unilatéraux pour saccager le reste du monde. Le monde a atteint un point de non-retour. La fraude des puissances occidentales est spectaculairement exposée …

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  • 22 January

    The Quiet Transformation of Occupied Ukraine

    Away From the Frontlines, Russia Cements Its Conquest While the West continues to squabble over providing further aid to Ukraine, Russia has been quietly consolidating its control over the territories it occupies in southeastern Ukraine. As the frontline stabilized in 2023, Russia remained in control of almost 18 percent of …

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  • 22 January

    Surviving the War in Gaza

    “We are still alive”, Azmi said in a voice message, after enduring the terrors of another night of bombardment in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military has been pounding Gaza relentlessly since 7 October, the day Hamas carried out its lethal attacks in southern Israel. Azmi and his family are …

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  • 22 January

    Russian Forces Hit Ukrainian Temporary Staging Area for Foreign Mercenaries

    The Russian military hit a Ukrainian point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries, as well as three ammunition depots of the 23rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Over the course of the day, a fuel base for military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed …

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  • 22 January

    Iran’s Strikes Into Pakistan ‘Sent Strong Message’ to US, Israel and Their Terror Proxies

    The IRGC bombarded bases belonging to the Jaish ul-Adl terrorist militia group in a remote area of Pakistan on Tuesday, with the strikes coming less than 24 hours after separate Iranian attacks on jihadist and Mossad targets in Syria and Iraq. Sputnik asked veteran political analyst Mohammad Marandi about the …

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  • 22 January

    Germany Is Rebuilding “Fortress Europe” To Assist The US’ “Pivot (Back) To Asia”

    The whole point is to leverage this geostrategic project to coerce uncomfortable compromises from Russia in the Ukrainian Conflict while facilitating the US’ “Pivot (back) to Asia”. The first goal might fail, however, but the second likely won’t. Several interconnected developments strongly suggest that Germany’s plan to capture control of …

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  • 22 January

    Russia Needs To Once Again Brace Itself For A Prolonged Rivalry With Germany

    The sooner that Russia’s expert community abandons their wishful thinking hopes for a rapprochement with Germany, the sooner that the Kremlin can promulgate the appropriate policies for containing this latent threat before it’s too late. Top Russian experts Fyodor Lukyanov and Timofey Bordachev published back-to-back analyses at RT about their …

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