February, 2024

• 22 February

  Syria Today – ISIS Attack; SDF Clashes with Arab Tribes

  

  Militants from the Islamic State group attacked military barracks in central Syria, while Deir-ez-Zor witnessed clashes between Kurdish forces and arab tribes. Missile attacks on US base in Syria Iranian-backed groups launched missile attacks on a US base on the west bank of the Euphrates River in Syria, MEMO reported. …

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• 22 February

  Is The West Plotting A False Flag Provocation In Poland To Blame On Russia & Belarus?

  

  Poland might very well be put up by its dual American-German patrons into carrying out a possible false flag provocation in order to generate popular support for the bloc’s rapid militarization plans aimed at building “Fortress Europe”. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a large meeting with the senior staff …

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• 22 February

  Russia And The G5 Sahel Group’s Indivisible Security Relationship – OpEd

  

  In practical terms, the indisputable geopolitical changes and the restructuring of global power architecture have significant impact on Russia’s military influence in Saharan-Sahel region, an elongated landlocked territory located between North Africa (Maghreb) and West Africa, and also stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Almost all West …

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• 22 February

  Unconventional Actors Undermine Security Structures In Africa: Russia’s Wagner Group As A Case Study – Analysis

  

  Africa is facing different kinds of threats embodied the structural crisis due to the reign of the autocratic regimes whom are governing during several decades in Africa, particularly after the Military pushes. As a feature of the authoritarian regimes, those fragilized countries are a subject of the polarization game of …

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• 22 February

  Massive Money Printing Will Accelerate As Debt Soars – OpEd

  

  The U.S. federal government published a December deficit of $129 billion, up 52% from the previous year. The private sector recession is clear as expenses continue to rise while tax receipts decline. If we look at the period between October and December 2023, the deficit ballooned to a staggering $510 …

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• 22 February

  The End of (The War in) Gaza

  

  Today a friend asked me what I thought the end game in Gaza would be. That’s a hard question, but I can’t think of any possible good outcome. I go to many demonstrations and hear that Palestine will be free, but I’m not sure what that means to the marchers …

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• 22 February

  Top UN court hearings expose longstanding Israeli plans to occupy and annex Palestinian land

  

  The United States government vetoed another United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a “ceasefire” in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza yesterday. This is the third time the Biden administration has exercised its unilateral veto power to shield Israel’s ongoing war of annihilation against the civilian population of Gaza. The fifteen-member …

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• 22 February

  Wagner in Africa: How the Russian mercenary group has rebranded

  

  Russia is offering governments in Africa a “regime survival package” in exchange for access to strategically important natural resources, a major new report has found. Internal Russian government documents, seen by the BBC, also detail how it is working to change mining laws in West Africa, with the ambition of …

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• 22 February

  Russia’s Adaptation Advantage

  

  Early in the War, Moscow Struggled to Shift Gears—but Now It’s Outlearning Kyiv Throughout the war in Ukraine, Kyiv and Moscow have waged an adaptation battle, trying to learn and improve their military effectiveness. In the early stages of the invasion, Ukraine had the advantage. Empowered by a rapid influx …

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• 22 February

  The Two-State Mirage

  

  How to Break the Cycle of Violence in a One-State Reality Israel’s devastating response to Hamas’s shocking October 7 attack has produced a humanitarian catastrophe. During the first 100 days of war alone, Israel dropped the kiloton equivalent of three nuclear bombs on the Gaza Strip, killing some 24,000 Palestinians, …

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