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Israeli aggression targets Syrian army positions in Sweida

by Editor, published on Mideast Discourse, November 9, 2023 Syria continues to be a target for allied forces, Israel, ISIS and U.S. bombings  [jb] A Syrian army source says the aggression was launched from the Lebanese airspace. The Israeli occupation army carried out an aggression late Wednesday targeting Syrian Arab …

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Russia’s Public Pivot to Palestine

by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, November 7, 2023 The complex, nuanced issue of Russia’s geopolitical neutrality in the Israel-Palestine tragedy was finally clarified last week, in no uncertain terms. Exhibit A is Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing – in person, on 30 October – his country’s Security Council, …

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But, Do You Condemn Israel?

by As’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, November 1, 2023 It has become customary for Arabs invited on Western TV news programs to be asked, off the bat, to condemn this or that act that Israel classifies as terrorism. When I came to the U.S. in 1983, this was already …

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Saudi Arabia’s leader refuses to stand with the US and Israel against the Palestinians

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 2, 2023 Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia is between a rock and a hard place. The Kingdom remains dependent on the US for security, while the US is supporting and supplying the weapons for Israel’s slaughtering of Palestinian …

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How Arab regimes fund Israel’s war on Gaza

by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan. published on The Cradle,  October 20, 2023 Over the course of its short history, Israel has instigated atrocities against both the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab states, often using internationally banned chemicals such as White Phosphorus which has been deployed against Gaza and Lebanon in recent …

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Israeli Ambitions in Syria Rising The Day Before Hamas Put Them In Their Place

Editor’s Note: An Article by Zvi Bare’el, first published in Ha’aretz on October 6, they day before the Hamas breakout, and later on MSN.com,  talks about increasingly direct intervention in Syria if the U.S. occupation ends.  They refer to the U.S. occupied area as ‘economically important’ while they  talk about …

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Trouble Ahead for the US and Israel in Gaza

by Hasan Ilaik, published on The Cradle, October 18, 2023 As wholly expected, and in line with decades of its foreign policy, Washington has thrown its full weight behind “standing with Israel” and its genocidal onslaught on Gaza. But while the two allies’ public stances line up prettily at this …

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Iran Says Any Scenario Plausible if Israeli War crimes Continue

from Tehran Times, October 13, 2023 During a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart in Beirut, Hussein Amir Abdollahian said new unforeseen scenarios might unfold if Israel does not change its criminal behavior. “If the war crimes of the Zionist regime are not stopped, any possibility is conceivable,” said the …

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An Israeli Role in Syria’s Suwayda Protests

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 18, 2023 On 17 August, anti-government protests erupted in Suwayda, a province in southern Syria with a Druze-majority population. These demonstrations were triggered by the Syrian government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies, which came amidst a severe economic crisis exacerbated by …

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