January, 2024

• 9 January

  Israel’s Gaza withdrawal, a prelude to full-out war

  

  Don’t be lulled by the Israeli troop withdrawal from northern Gaza. Tel Aviv has no intention of ending this war, and is escalating on all its other fronts, including with Lebanon. At the start of the new year, Israel’s occupation army began implementing the withdrawal of a large portion of …

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• 9 January

  Ukraine and Palestine: A double threat to US hegemony

  

  The outcome of US-led conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia will have a profound impact on the developing world order. Washington has already lost the former, and its major adversaries are vested in making sure it loses the latter too. Geopolitical analysts broadly agree that the war in Ukraine and …

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• 9 January

  Gaza destroys western divide-and-rule narratives

  

  Since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, three separate polls show that Arab and Muslim populations are shifting their support away from Washington’s regional allies toward West Asia’s Axis of Resistance. It could be a clean sweep. Decades of western-led narratives crafted to exploit differences throughout West Asia, create strife amid …

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• 9 January

  La résistance libanaise cause des pertes à l’ennemi et est prête à repousser les attaques

  

  Sur le site Naked Capitalism, Yves Smith jette un intéressant nouveau regard sur la situation en Palestine et dans les environs : Nasrallah a souligné que les différents membres de la résistance arabe peuvent apporter des avantages à leurs patries respectives (Liban, Irak, Yémen). Depuis 1948, c’est Israël qui a …

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• 9 January

  Is Lebanon on the brink of a 2006 war scenario?

  

  For many Lebanese, deadly border clashes rekindle memories of the ‘July war’, but what do they really have in common? As tensions mount at the Israel-Lebanon border, where Hezbollah, closely linked to Hamas, has exchanged fire with Israel, many Lebanese are remembering the 2006 war that pitted the two sides …

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• 9 January

  A ‘Genocidal Maniac’: What is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?

  

  This article was written shortly before Israel assassinated the Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut on January 2. The assassination is a further illustration of the Israeli government’s desire to escape the consequences of its disastrous war in Gaza, by igniting a regional conflict. The clashes …

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• 9 January

  Who is winning the war in Palestine? It’s not the IDF!

  

  Well, I can tell you it’s certainly not Israel. While I was scrolling through the X files yesterday, I came across a few pitiful tweets sent by demoralised, injured reservists serving in the IDF, currently billed as the most moral army in the world. No one believes the “most moral” …

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• 9 January

  US allies abandoning Red Sea alliance

  

  One week after the US launched an alliance to guard the Red Sea against Houthi attacks on Israeli ships, members of the coalition no longer want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all, Reuters reported. Two of America’s European allies who were listed as contributors to Operation Prosperity …

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• 9 January

  Spain Sees Highest Jihadist-Related Terror Arrests in 20 Years

  

  In 2023, Spanish authorities arrested 78 people for offenses related to jihadist terrorism, a 66% uptick compared to the previous year. The figures, compiled and released by the Ministry of Interior, are the highest recorded in nearly two decades. The rising number of jihadist terror-related arrests represents the continuation of …

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• 9 January

  Türkiye’s MIT eliminates PKK terrorist in Iraq

  

  A PKK terrorist who was plotting an attack against Türkiye was eliminated in Iraq, sources said Thursday. The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had found that Sadık Şeyh Ahmet, a PKK/KCK terrorist, was operating in the rural areas of Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah and Penjwen regions, said the sources on condition of anonymity …

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