Palestine Update Resources

The Axis of Resistance

How Israel’s Move in Somaliland Fits in its Broader Strategy for Regional Dominance

by Abdaljawad Omar, published on Mondoweiss, January 6,2026 Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt to plant the first flag of its would-be empire in Africa. As Donald …

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How General Soleimani Cemented Venezuela-Iran Anti-Imperialist Alliance

by Musa Iqbal, published on the Orinoco Tribune, October 21, 2025 In recent decades, the alliance between Iran and Venezuela has emerged as a significant geopolitical development, rooted in shared ideological commitments and mutual resistance to Western hegemonic agendas. This solidarity, forged in the people’s common struggle against Western sanctions …

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‘The Era of International Mediation is Over’ — Israel & US attempt to Impose a New ‘Reality’ on Gaza, Syria & Lebanon

from the Conflict Forum Substack, October 22, 2025 A compilation tracking consequential & strategic observations in West Asia — from analysis & reports from the Arabic/ regional press (22 Oct 2025) Israel is attempting to determine and impose its strategic framework across the region – with full US support. Israel …

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Resistance Factions Respond to Israel’s Strike on Qatar

By a guest author posted on Workers World, September 11, 2025 Representatives of multiple Palestinian resistance groups. In the following segments of their statements published by Resistance News Network, the regional Resistance factions respond to the “Israeli” strike on Qatar targeting Hamas’ negotiating delegation: The Popular Front for the Liberation …

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As Reconstruction Stalls in Lebanon, Victims of Israeli Strikes Say they Won’t Bow to U.S. Pressure to Normalize With Israel

by Sabah Haidar, published on Mondoweiss, March 24, 2025 The IMF and World Bank are conditioning reconstruction funds on Lebanon’s normalization with Israel and disarming Hezbollah. In the Dahiya suburb of Beirut, the people who’ve lost their homes in the war think this is unacceptable. Since February 2025, the United …

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Syria’s Genocide, Claiming Over 10,000 Lives, Is Not A Sectarian Conflict

by Fiorella Isabel, published on the Orinoco Tribune, March 18, 2025 Framed as sectarian war, the Syrian genocide and assaults on Gaza and Yemen are part of a long-standing UK-US-Israeli-Western strategy to dominate the region via the erasure of the Axis of Resistance. Syria’s massacres that can be defined by …

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Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago

by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …

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Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 14, 2024 Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon In the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Palestine and Lebanon …

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Turkey and Syria Both Want the US Military Out of Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2024 On August 13, US troops in Syria came under attack, according to local media sources, but no details on possible injuries. On August 9, eight US military troops were wounded in a drone attack at Rumaylan base in North East …

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Arab League Drops Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ Designation

News from The Cradle, June 30, 2024 The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League announced on 29 June that the body had canceled its designation of Lebanon’s resistance movement, Hezbollah, as a terrorist organization. “In previous Arab League decisions, Hezbollah was designated as a terrorist organization, and this designation was …

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