January, 2024

• 9 January

  Elite Hezbollah Commander Killed in Lebanon

  

  Latest Developments An airstrike killed a prominent Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, the terrorist group said on January 8. Hezbollah identified the commander as Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, an elite unit focused on cross-border attacks. Tawil and another member of Hezbollah were reportedly killed …

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• 9 January

  Italian foreign minister calls for formation of EU army

  

  The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, Tajani said that closer European cooperation on defence was a priority for the Forza Italia party that …

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• 9 January

  Korybko To Dutch Media: The End Of The Karabakh Conflict Will Revolutionize The Region

  

  Here’s the full text of the written interview that I gave to Dutch journalist Laura Oorschot, who incorporated some of the insight during her appearance on blckbx’s livestream on this subject on 22 September. How would you describe Pashinyan’s political position at present? Pashinyan is in a very difficult position …

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• 9 January

  Gallant warns war could take years; says Israel targeted on 7 fronts, has hit back on 6

  

  Israeli aircraft bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight in apparent preparation for expanding the military’s ground offensive, the military said Tuesday, even as continued fighting near Gaza City challenged the army’s claim that it was largely in control of the north of the Strip after 80 days of war. With …

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• 9 January

  Irak : Le gouvernement va entamer le processus de retrait des forces dirigées par les États-Unis

  

  Cette annonce fait suite à la colère après qu’une frappe de drone américain ait tué un dirigeant d’un parti politique à majorité chiite. Le Premier ministre irakien a déclaré vendredi que le gouvernement mettrait en place un comité bilatéral pour préparer la fin de la mission de la coalition dirigée …

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• 9 January

  Hezbollah chief hails ‘unique opportunity to liberate every inch of Lebanon’

  

  Hassan Nasrallah warned that the Israeli bombing of the Lebanese capital ‘will not go unanswered’ and revealed that the resistance group has conducted over 670 operations against Israel over the past 90 days Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 5 January revealed that, since 8 October, the Lebanese resistance has …

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• 9 January

  Iran aims to form joint currency with BRICS nations

  

  Member states of the BRICS group have recently stepped up trade in local currencies in order to boost their economies and to counter the US dollar Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Mahdi Safari, said on 3 January that Tehran is interested in forming a unified currency with member states of the …

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• 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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