By Hekmat Aboukhater, MintPress News. February 23, 2024 On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where it will most …
Read More »What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?
by Peter Ford, originally published at Katoikos.World https://katoikos.world/analysis/what-role-for-the-un-in-post-conflict-gaza.html With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is challenging. It is nevertheless possible to identify …
Read More »‘Swarming’ the US in West Asia, Until it Folds
by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on The Cradle, January 29, 2024 Deterrence in defense is a military strategy where one power uses the threat of reprisal to preclude attack from an adversary, while maintaining at the same time the freedom of action and flexibility to respond to the full spectrum of …
Read More »The Taylor Report: From Pakistan to Yemen
The Taylor Report with Phil Taylor hosts Zafar Bangash, January 24, 2024 Highly informative discussion of the Yemen Resistance actions on behalf of Palestine. Taylor Report · From Pakistan to Yemen
Read More »Iraqi Hezbollah Suspends Operations Against United States
News from Al Mayadeen, January 30, 2024 The Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah have suspended their operations against the US occupation forces in Syria and Iraq so as to not go against the wishes of the Iraqi government, Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi said on Tuesday. The Islamic Resistance “has taken the decision …
Read More »Israel Wants All of Palestine, and Denies the Existence of the Palestinian People,
by Steven Sahiounie interviews Kari Jaquesson, published on Mideast Discourse, January 28, 2024 “There was no such thing as Palestinians,” said Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in an interview with The Sunday Times on June 15, 1969. In March 2023, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, denied the existence of a …
Read More »Iraqi Resistance Dismisses US Withdrawal Talks, Vows More Attacks
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published January 26, 2024 US officials say a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria is not imminent despite new talks about their status with the Iraqi government The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) criticized the US request to hold talks with the Iraqi government …
Read More »Reviving ISIS: A US weapon Against the Resistance Axis
by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent, published on The Cradle, January 16, 2024 Is it a coincidence that the world’s foremost terror organization is being revived just as the US struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington’s targets are exactly the …
Read More »21st Int’l Meeting Final Statement Calls for Pushing Forward Astana Process to Combat Terrorism, Facilitate Refugee Return
from SANA, January 25, 2024 Astana, SANA- The guarantor states of the Astana Process have renewed their firm commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity and to the goals and principles of the UN Charter. The final statement of the guarantor states at the 21st International Meeting on …
Read More »Syria Welcomes International Court of Justice Ruling on South Africa’s Lawsuit Against Israeli Entity
from SANA, January 27, 2024 Damascus, SANA- Syria welcomed the International Court of Justice ruling to order immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians as this ruling is the starting point for the path of putting an end to Israeli escape from punishment on its most heinous crimes it committed …
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