December 2024
Israeli massacre of Gazans in 2014 revisited
Abdus Sattar Ghazali: ‘Gaza ceasefire hopes switch to Qatar as Arabs divided over Israeli offensive’. This headline in The Guardian on July 20, 2014 best reflected the collusion of major Arab states in the Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. According to AFP, as of July 20, the Palestinian death toll soared to 438 with around 100 Palestinians killed in one day on Sunday, July 20. Hamas last week rejected an Egyptian proposed ceasefire, which envisaged the end of Hamas rule in Gaza. Hamas described it as “not in the best interests of the Palestinian people”. Not surprisingly, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) accepted this proposal. Read More
The War on Gaza: A New Global Order in the Making?
By Amir Nour: Since the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, a new “Sykes-Picot” seems to be taking shape in the region. But while the secret Franco-British agreements of 1916 aimed to “facilitate the creation of a State or a Confederation of Arab States”, the current process aims to dismantle existing States. The October 2022 Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy document states that We will effectively compete with the People’s Republic of China, which is the only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capability to reshape the international order, while constraining a dangerous Russia.” Read More
Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 452
Palestinian Information Center: In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 452nd consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring a number of citizens. Read More
US, UK conduct fresh airstrikes against Yemeni capital
Al Mayadeen: US and British warplanes have conducted new airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sana’a in response to the Arab country’s operations against Israel. Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network reported that three aerial assaults targeted the September 21st Park, located in the northwestern part of Sana’a, which previously housed the First Armored Division on Tuesday. Read More
Yemen carried out two 'top-tier' operations, targeted USS Truman
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) missile force carried out two top-tier military operations against Israeli targets, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Tuesday. The first targeted Ben Gurion Airport in the city of Yafa (Tel Aviv) in occupied Palestine using a hypersonic ballistic missile of the Palestine-2 type, Saree said, adding that the second operation targeted a power station in southern occupied al-Quds with a Zulfiqar-type ballistic missile. Read More
Palestine entering New Year amid silence over Gaza: Church Affairs
Al Mayadeen: The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine stated that the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip, are entering the new year amid increased suffering, displacement, starvation, killing, destruction, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement, as a result of Israeli brutality over more than 14 months of genocide, taking place amid "deafening global silence and complicity." Read More
Israel hiring Indian workers as Palestinians leave construction industry amid war
Press TV: About 16,000 workers have come to the Israeli-occupied territories from India in 2024 to replace Palestinians in the regime’s construction industry. The Indian workers will replace Palestinian peers as Israel denies the latter entry into their homeland. Read More
Pentagon releases longest-held detainee at Guantanamo to Tunisia
Al Mayadeen: The Pentagon repatriated a Tunisian detainee on Monday who had been held at Guantanamo Bay since the prison's opening, without ever being charged or tried at the war court, The New York Times reported. Ridah Bin Saleh al Yazidi, 59, had been approved for transfer more than 10 years ago but had remained at the facility due to difficulties in securing his repatriation or resettlement. With Ridah Bin Saleh al Yazidi's transfer, only one of the original 20 detainees remains at the Cuba-based prison: Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who is serving a life sentence. Read More
Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 451
Palestinian Information Center : In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 451st consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas. Read More
Gaza: Death toll surges to 45,541 martyrs
Palestinian Information Center : The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 176 civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads. In a statement, the health ministry explained that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but at least 27 martyrs and 149 wounded citizens arrived at hospitals. Read More
Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque, Israeli army detain Palestinians in West Bank
Al Mayadeen: Israeli settlers stormed Monday morning the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, performing Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli occupation police. The occupation forces tightened restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshippers to Al-Aqsa, imposing stringent military measures at all the mosque's gates, as well as around the Old City of al-Quds and its entrances. Read More
Israel killed over 1,000 doctors, nurses in Gaza
Al Mayadeen: Over 1,000 doctors and nurses have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since last year, according to local authorities on Sunday. “Over 310 other medical personnel were arrested, tortured, and executed in prisons,” stated the Gaza Government Media Office. Read More
Sleepless in Tel Aviv: Yemen's long-range missiles rattle settlers, shake Zionist entity
Press TV: The Israeli regime is struggling to cope with the immense human and material losses resulting from Yemeni missile strikes, which are keeping settlers in the occupied territories “up at night,” according to a report published in The New York Times on Sunday. Read More
Yemeni Armed Forces conduct 13 anti-Israel missile operations in 10 days
Press TV: The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s missile units have carried out at least 13 operations against Israeli targets in the past 10 days, demonstrating support for Palestinians in Gaza amidst the Tel Aviv regime’s genocidal war. Read More
How Have Arab Leaders Betrayed the Masses?
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja : The Israeli leaders and the US Biden administration are on the same page in their desire to conquer and control the oil-exporting Arab states. The worst is yet to come when President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th. Was the animosity to expel Palestinians from their homeland built into the Israeli extreme political psyche and ideology? Are the Israeli leaders driven by the lust for American weapons and economic power to commit genocide? Read More
Yemeni Armed Forces bomb Israeli airbase after airport strike
Al Mayadeen: In a statement released on Saturday, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a successful strike on the Israeli Nevatim Airbase, located in the southern region of occupied Palestine. Read More
Day 449 in Gaza: 45,484 killed, 108,090 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: On day 449 of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces have committed two massacres across the enclave, murdering 48 Palestinians and injuring 52 others in 24 hours only. This brings the total recorded death toll to 45,484 Palestinians killed, with 108,090 injured, since October 7, 2023. Read More
Over 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on N. Gaza
Daily Sabah: Over 50 people died in an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in northern Gaza late Thursday, according to health authorities in the enclave. Among the victims were five staff members from a nearby clinic, including a pediatrician, two paramedics and a laboratory assistant, the authority confirmed. The violence comes as the conflict in Gaza intensifies. Read More
Israeli Army burn Kamal Adwan hospital after forcibly removing staff, patients
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the Gaza Strip said on Friday evening that the fate of the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Hussam Abu Safiya, and some of the medical staff there, is still unknown. Israeli occupation forces (IOF) conducted on Friday a harrowing assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, setting five of its sections on fire after raiding it, abducting patients and medical staff, and forcing them to strip. Read More
Gaza babies 'freezing to death' amid Israel's inhumane blockade: UNRWA
Press TV: UNRWA is warning that more babies are losing their lives due to a severe temperature drop and lack of shelter in Gaza. In the past week, at least four infants have died of hypothermia from low temperatures and a lack of warmth while living in tents in the besieged Strip. Read More
Türkiye allows DEM Party to visit PKK's jailed leader Öcalan
Daily Sabah: The Justice Ministry has approved the pro-PKK Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party)’s request to visit the imprisoned leader of the terrorist group’s founder Abdullah Öcalan, minister Yılmaz Tunç said Friday. Read More
Israel kills 5 Gazan journalists in airstrike targeting news van
Daily Sabah: In Israeli airstrike on a broadcasting van near al-Awda Hospital in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp killed five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel early Thursday, according to Palestinian officials and media reports. The journalists were covering events at the hospital when the vehicle, marked with the word "PRESS” in large red letters, was hit. Read More
US-assisted Israeli attack on Yemen hits Sanaa Airport during UN visit
Al Mayaden: Israel launches a large-scale attack on Yemen, targeting civilian facilities including Sanaa International Airport and Hodeideh Port with US-UK assistance. The Israeli occupation launched a large-scale attack on Yemen while the leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi, was delivering his speech. A source told Al Mayadeen on Thursday that the Israeli aggression on Sanaa and Hodeidah targeted civilian facilities and was carried out with the US and UK's coordination and support. Read More
Day 447 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 45,399 martyrs, 107,940 injuries
Al Mayaden: The Israeli occupation's genocidal onslaught in the Gaza Strip continues for the 447th day, resulting in massive losses across the entire territory, between killed, severely injured, and missing Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom are women and children. Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres, murdering 38 Palestinians and injuring 137 others, raising the death toll to 45,399 martyrs with 107,940 injured, according to the daily report issued by the Ministry of Health Gaza. Read More
Ansarullah pledges to continue anti-Israeli operations regardless of all pressures
Press TV: The leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement has pledged that the country’s armed forces will continue their military operations against Israeli assets, irrespective of all pressure campaigns that the Tel Aviv regime and its allies could apply against the Arab nation. Read More
Hamas urges action against Israeli settler incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque
Press TV: Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called for action against the increasing raids by Israeli settlers on the revered al-Aqsa Mosque and throughout the West Bank. Read More
Hamas urges Muslims to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque,
Palestine Information Center: The Hamas Movement has condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir on the first day of the Jewish “Festival of Lights”, calling it a dangerous violation. It urged the Arab and Islamic nations to assume their responsibility to protect the Al-Aqsa and other holy sites. Read More
Hamas mourns Al-Quds journalists, calls their assassination a war crime
Palestine Information Center: The Hamas Movement said the Israeli occupation’s assassination of five journalists in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza Strip constitutes a horrific war crime and a deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalistic work, with the aim of terrorizing journalists and deterring them from exposing the Israeli crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people. Read More
Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 445
Palestine Information Center: In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 445th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas. Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens. Read More
Israeli Army besiege Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza on 445th day of war
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, north of the Gaza Strip, at dawn on Tuesday, and opened fire in its direction in a continued attack on healthcare facilities as they face extremely harsh conditions, particularly in the northern areas of the Strip. As the genocide in Gaza continued for the 445th day, several Israeli army vehicles advanced to the vicinity of the hospital, coinciding with a series of raids launched by warplanes in the area. Read More
Israel directs diplomats to seek designation of Ansar Allah: Reuters
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli FM says the US, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the UAE, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Israel regard the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement as "terrorist". Israel has directed its embassies in Europe to work toward having the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement classified as a terrorist organization, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have consistently launched drones and missiles at "Israel" in support of the Palestinian people and their Resistance. They have vowed to persist with such operations against Israeli targets until the Israeli aggression on Gaza stops and the siege imposed on the Palestinian strip is lifted. Read More
Agreement reached to dissolve factions, merge them under Syrian MoD
Al Mayadeen: A meeting between the leaders of the military factions in Syria with the leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, resulted in an agreement to dissolve all the factions and merge them under the umbrella of the Ministry of Defense, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported, citing the military operations room and sources affiliated with the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group. Read More
‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Press TV: Amid the West-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 45,300 Palestinians so far, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers. Read More
Day 444 in Gaza: 45,317 killed, 107,713 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation's genocidal onslaught in the Gaza Strip continues for the 444th day, resulting in massive losses across the entire territory, between killed, severely injured, and missing Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom are women and children. Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres, murdering 58 Palestinians and injuring 86 others, raising the death toll to 45,317 martyrs with 107,713 injured, according to the daily report issued by the Health Ministry in Gaza. Read More
Qassam Brigades claims killing 3 Israeli troops in northern Gaza
Press TV: The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas resistance movement, says it has killed three Israeli soldiers during an operation in the northern Gaza Strip. Read More
Oxfam: 12 trucks delivered aid in northern Gaza during the last 2.5 months
Palestine Information Center: Only 12 UN trucks have distributed food and water in northern Gaza since October (2024), Oxfam reported Sunday, accusing Israel of systematic delays and obstruction of aid amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The aid group highlighted an incident where shelters were shelled soon after delivering aid to them. Read More
Syria’s new HTS government is a vehicle for imperialism’s struggle to control the Middle East
WSWS: The US, European and regional powers have all welcomed the fall of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad at the hands of the al-Qaeda-linked group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. They all believe they can utilise HTS as their subcontractor to further their geostrategic interests in the war-ravaged country, despite the Islamist terrorist organization al-Qaeda supposedly being Washington’s number one enemy for decades. Read More
Trump threatens to seize Panama Canal
WSWS: President-elect Donald Trump told a conference of fascist supporters in Arizona that the United States would demand the return of the Panama Canal to US control if the Panamanian government failed to follow his dictates about the fees imposed for transit and the stepped-up Chinese economic activity around the critical maritime facility. Read More
Iran resolved to complete North-South Transport Corridor: President Pezeshkian
Press TV: President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is determined to implement an agreement with Russia to complete the North-South Transport Corridor. Pezeshkian made the remarks in a meeting with a Russian delegation, headed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Transport Vitaly Gennadyevich Savelyev, in Tehran on Monday. Read More
Inside Russia and Iran’s New Transport Corridor
INSTC: In a strategic move poised to reshape global trade dynamics, Russia and Iran are collaborating on a new trade route that aims to establish a direct transportation link between the two nations. This ambitious infrastructure project, which forms a crucial part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), is designed to enhance connectivity across Eurasia, reduce shipping times, and offer an alternative to traditional trade routes like the Suez Canal. As geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties continue to influence international trade, this new corridor is set to play a pivotal role in creating new economic opportunities and shifting the balance of global logistics. The project, which involves substantial investments in ports, railways, and other transport infrastructure, is expected to provide mutual benefits to both countries. For Russia, the route opens up access to new markets in the Middle East and South Asia, while Iran gains a stronger foothold in the Eurasian trade network. Read More
Climate Change Taking the World’s Four Legacy Empires Down
Alfred W. McCoy: Since the Cold War ended in 1990, four legacy empires — those of China, France, Russia, and the United States — have exercised an undue influence over almost every aspect of international affairs. From the soft power of fashion, food, and sports to the hard power of arms, trade, and technology, those four powers have, each in its own way, helped to set the global agenda for the past 35 years. By dominating vast foreign territories, both militarily and economically, they have also enjoyed extraordinary wealth and a standard of living that’s been the envy of the rest of the world. If they now give way in a collective version of collapse, instead of one succeeding another, we may come to know a new world order whose shape is as yet unimaginable. Read More
Occupation of Syria’s highest peak Mount Hermon part of ‘Greater Israel’ project
Press TV: After days of aggression and land theft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described his December 17 visit to Mount Hermon in Syria as an “assessment” of the Israeli military’s activities on the Arab country's highest mountain range. Read More
Israeli Army establishing posts on top of Mount Hermon
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces are combing the entirety of Mount Hermon's peak, and are establishing a new post overlooking Damascus' southwestern countryside, local sources told Al Mayadeen on Monday. According to exclusive sources, the Israeli army seized military equipment in the area, as well as the wreckage of an Israeli helicopter downed during the 1973 war. Read More
Ansarullah says ‘Israeli terrorists’ incapable of confronting Yemen, warns of secret weapons
Press TV: Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has called the Israeli regime “powerless” in its efforts to face up to Yemen’s anti-Israeli strikes in the occupied Palestinian territories and elsewhere. “Our operations seek to stop the genocide in Gaza. The Zionist regime is incapable of confronting us alone, and is, therefore, seeking help from those who support it,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the group’s Political Bureau said. Read More
Yemeni Army shoots down F-18 jet; forces USS Harry Truman to withdraw
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced a significant victory in repelling an American-British attack against the country, which was reportedly orchestrated to support the oppression of the Palestinian people and in retaliation for the ongoing support front that the Yemeni people have launched after October 7. According to a statement from the Yemeni military, an operation was carried out with eight cruise missiles and 17 drones. Read More
Iran major power, Israel' may back down from war: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli Maariv's North and Military Affairs correspondent, Avi Ashkenazi, acknowledged on Saturday that "Iran remains a major power, with hundreds of thousands of missiles, an economy many times larger than Israel's, and vast resources including minerals, natural gas, and oil." Ashkenazi questioned whether "Israel is capable of engaging in a war of attrition with Iran," emphasizing that the issue is more complex. Read More
Day 443 in Gaza: 45,259 killed, 107,627 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation continues its genocidal war on Gaza for the 443rd day, committing multiple massacres and murdering dozens of Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom are women and children. Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres, killing 32 Palestinians and injuring 54 others. Read More
Israel's Gaza attacks fueling Islamophobia across Europe
Al Mayadeen: A new report released on Saturday highlights a concerning rise in Islamophobia across Europe, linked to Israel's ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip. The European Islamophobia Report 2023 analyzes anti-Muslim sentiment in 28 European nations, revealing that the escalation of violence in Gaza has significantly fueled Islamophobia. Read More
US fighter jet allegedly downed in 'friendly fire' over Red Sea
Al Mayadeen: A US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was shot down by friendly fire over the Red Sea, the US Central Command reported on Sunday. Details of the incident indicate that the aircraft took off from the USS Harry S. Truman, operating in the Red Sea, and was "mistakenly fired at" by the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, which was deployed into the Middle East one week ago. Read More
Israel not to release Barghouti, truce talks 'slow': Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media has reiterated the occupation's rejection of the release of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, noting that progress remains slow and complicated as mediated negotiations for a ceasefire continue. Read More
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran neither has nor needs proxy forces
Press TV: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed claims that Iran has been cut off from its “proxy forces” in the region, asserting that the Islamic Republic neither has nor needs such forces to achieve its objectives. Read More
Keeping the August 5 Revolution Alive: Lessons from the Jewish Holocaust
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: Revolutions are pivotal moments in history that can redefine the trajectory of nations and the lives of their citizens. The Second Liberation of August 5, 2024, which led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina's tyrannical regime in Bangladesh, is one such transformative event that will be etched in the collective memory of the nation. Read More
Israel failed to intercept Yemeni ballistic missiles
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the successful launch of a hypersonic ballistic missile, Palestine 2, targeting an Israeli military site in occupied Yaffa in support of the Palestinian cause, in response to ongoing massacres in Gaza, and in support of the Resistance. Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, confirmed Saturday that the operation achieved its objectives and reiterated Yemen's commitment to continued military action. The Israeli military said its “attempted interceptions did not succeed.” Read More
Israel targets Gaza refugee camps and kills more than 100 in 2 days
WSWS: The murderous Israeli onslaught on Gaza continued Friday, as dozens of Palestinians were killed by airstrikes that targeted homes in refugee camps over a 24-hour period. The Washington Post reported that Palestinian health officials said 77 people were killed in missile strikes in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and the Jabalya refugee camp in the north. Other media have reported more than 100 were killed in two days. Read More
Day 442 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 45,227 killed, 107,573 injured
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces have killed 45,227 Palestinians, while another 107,573 have been injured since October 7, 2023, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on the 442nd day of the ongoing Israeli genocide. The Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Gaza Strip in the previous 24 hours, killing 21 Palestinians and injuring 61 others. Read More
US scraps $10mln on Sharaa's head amid promises to protect US assets
Al Mayadeen: The reward for the arrest of the leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, has been scrapped by the United States, following talks between a senior official and al-Sharaa, on Friday. Barbara Leaf, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, met al-Sharaa on Friday and spoke to the press following the talks, which she described as "good" and "very productive". Read More
US, Israel after partitioning Muslim states to advance Tel Aviv’s regional domination
Press TV: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns about a long-term underway plot by the United States and the Israeli regime aimed at disintegration of regional Muslim countries as a means of enabling Tel Aviv to dominate the entire region. Read More
Yemenis organize massive marches, reaffirm support for Palestine
Al Mayadeen: Yemenis filled streets across the country in massive demonstrations to reaffirm their support for Palestinians and the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) on Friday. Million-man marches were organized in Sanaa and other provinces, where Yemenis expressed their readiness to confront any possible aggression on their country by the United States or Israel. Read More
35,000 Palestinians attend Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque
Palestine Information Center: Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem, despite Israeli restrictions. The Islamic Endowment Authority affirmed that around 35,000 Muslims performed the Friday prayer at the holy shrine. Read More
Day 441 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 45,206 killed, 107,512 injured
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces have killed 45,206 Palestinians, while another 107,512 have been injured since October 7, 2023, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on the 441st day of the ongoing Israeli genocide. Read More
Israeli settlers burn mosque north of Salfit in West Bank
Al Mayadeen: At dawn Friday, Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the village of Marda, located north of Salfit in the West Bank. Local sources told the Palestinian WAFA news agency that the settlers raided the eastern part of the village, set fire to the Birr al-Walidain mosque, and vandalized its walls with racist slogans. Read More
Senior US delegation in Syria for talks with HTS terrorists
Press TV: A senior delegation of US diplomats has arrived in Syria to speak directly to the representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) which is designated a terrorist group by Washington. Read More
Israeli army preparing for a long stay in Syria: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media reported on Friday that the Israeli military is preparing for an extended presence in Syria. According to Walla, "Despite pressure from European parties on Israel, political leaders have instructed the Israeli army to brace for a prolonged stay in Syrian territory." Read More
New land grabs in Syria part of ‘Greater Israel’ scheme, says Ansarullah chief
Press TV: “The Israeli enemy pursues a plan called the David’s Corridor, which seeks to grab more lands and extend toward the US-occupied and Kurdish-held areas on the banks of the Euphrates River,” Abul-Malik al-Houthi said in a televised speech Thursday. Read More
Iran-Egypt ties poised for revival as first Iranian president visits Cairo in 11 years
Press TV: Masoud Pezeshkian embarked on a visit to Cairo on Thursday, marking the first visit by an Iranian president to the Arab country since 2013—a significant event against the backdrop of heightened regional tensions. Read More
‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Gaza death toll tops 45,100 as Israel's genocidal war continues unabated
Anadolu Agency: At least 32 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 45,129, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 107,338 others were also injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli forces killed 32 people and injured 94 others in four massacres of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said. “Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added. Read More
Yemen Air Force hit Tel Aviv in parallel with Israeli aggression on Yemen
Al Mayadeen: The missile unit of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) carried out a top-tier military operation, attacking two Israeli sensitive and strategic military targets in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) region using two Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missiles. Read More
9 killed in Yemen as Israel, Houthis engage in tit-for-tat attacks
Daily Sabah: At least nine people were killed in Yemen Thursday when Israel struck its ports and energy infrastructure after intercepting a missile fired from the country. The Houthi media said the strikes hit power stations, oil facilities and a port in Hodaidah, killing nine and injuring others. Read More
President Pezeshkian urges Muslim unity to counter Israeli aggressions
Press TV: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has highlighted the necessity of unity among Islamic nations, urging collective action to counter the aggressions of the Israeli regime. Read More
Pakistan slams US decision to expand missile program sanctions
Daily Sabah: Pakistan has condemned a U.S. decision to impose more sanctions on state-owned and private companies over Islamabad's long-range ballistic program. The government said Thursday that the decision was "biased" and had "dangerous implications" for regional stability. Read More
Day 439 in Gaza: 45,097 killed, 107,244 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces have killed 45,097 Palestinians, while another 107,244 have been injured since October 7, 2023, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on the 439th day of the ongoing Israeli genocide. The Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing 38 Palestinians and injuring 203 others. Read More
Palestinian official reveals Gaza ceasefire outline
Al Mayadeen: The potential ceasefire involves two phases consisting of several clauses, ending with a declaration of an official ceasefire in Gaza. Meetings in Doha, Qatar, including the United States, "Israel", and Egyptian and Qatari mediators, focus on resolving the deadlock impeding negotiations for a possible ceasefire in Gaza, a Palestinian senior official informed Al Mayadeen on Wednesday. According to the official, significant progress has been witnessed in the negotiations. He added that the Israeli occupation had concentrated its demands on the return of 34 captives still in Gaza while expressing its willingness to withdraw from densely populated areas across the strip. Read More
Israel occupied 440 sq km of Syrian territory to date
Al Mayadeen: Israel has occupied approximately 440 square kilometers of Syrian territory to date, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported on Wednesday. The most significant aggression is the Israeli occupation of the Yarmouk Basin and the al-Wehda Dam, located between Syrian and Lebanese territories, our correspondent highlighted. Read More
Washington was ‘aware’ of Israel’s nuclear weapons production since 1960s
Al Mayadeen: Declassified documents cited by the US National Security Archive reveal that the United States has been aware since the 1960s of "Israel's" ability to produce weapons-grade plutonium at its Dimona nuclear research center. The US National Security Archive, established in 1985 by journalists and academics, has released a new collection of documents shedding light on Israel's nuclear program. Read More
Israel owns 90 nuclear warheads: ICAN
Al Mayadeen: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) revealed that Israel possesses 90 nuclear warheads and was boosting its nuclear spending. In a report examining expenditures on nuclear development, ICAN found that the Israeli occupation has increased its nuclear spending by 2.4%, the equivalent of 1.1 billion dollars per year. Read More
HTS’ inability to govern Syria, foreign meddling signal bleak future
By Alireza Hashemi: Syria’s future looks increasingly bleak, with a high risk of Balkanization or long-term instability as major powers continue to vie for influence and the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group is proving incapable of governing effectively, according to a geopolitical analyst. Read More
Ukraine claims responsibility for assassination of Russian general
Al Mayadeen: Ukrainian authorities have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, stating that it was carried out as a "special operation" by the SBU. "The liquidation of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, is a special operation by the SBU," a source within Ukraine's SBU security service told AFP on Tuesday. Read More
Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 438
PIC: In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 438th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas. Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens. Read More
Israel admits 2 soldiers killed, 2 injured in Rafah, southern Gaza
Al Mayadeen: Two Israeli occupation soldiers, including a company commander, were killed in southern Gaza, the Israeli military admitted on Tuesday. Read More
Israel has killed roughly 13,000 students in Gaza, West Bank since October 2023
Press TV: Nearly 13,000 students have been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank since the regime launched its brutal campaign of death and destruction on the Palestinian territory more than 14 months ago. Read More
World power shifting from West to East
Press TV: Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said that the world is moving towards “multilateralism and multipolarity”, saying “the Asian power or Eurasian power”, composed of China, India, Russia and Iran, is “emerging” in the form of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS in order to “confront the unilateralism of the United States and the US-led NATO military alliance, reducing the power of American dollar in global trade. Read More
Day 437 of genocide in Gaza: 45,028 martyrs, 106,962 wounded
Al Mayadeen: At least 350 Palestinians have been killed over the past week in the Israeli bombardment of homes, shelters, and residential areas across the Gaza Strip, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reported. In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 437 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 45,028, with 106,962 wounded since October 7, 2023. Read More
'Hiroshima in Tartus': Israeli strikes shake Tartus, martyrs reported
Al Mayadeen: Israeli strikes in Tartus countryside caused massive explosions, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported early Monday, as the Israeli regime continues to target and destroy Syria's military capabilities. Several civilians were killed and injured in what has been described as the heaviest and most violent attacks on Syria since the onset of Israeli aggression. The intense bombardment on the city was so powerful that it caused an earthquake-like tremor, which residents could physically feel, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent. Read More
The autonomous administration's manifesto for a 'New Syria'
Al Mayadeen: A special press conference held on Monday saw the democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announce an initiative to kickstart building a "New Syria". AANES, the de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria, outlines notions and measures that should be pursued for the building of a "New Syria". Read More
US-sponsored war of regime change devastates Syria
WSWS: Thirteen years after the Obama administration, along with its regional allies, began its relentless campaign to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using Islamist proxy forces, the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat al-Sham (HTS) has taken Damascus. Syria now faces a reactionary, imperialist-led carve up as the US, Turkey and Israel each pursue their own interests in the country. Read More
Hamas warns of the collapse of the international system
Al Mayadeen: The Hamas Movement warned on Sunday that the international system would collapse if it failed to stop Israel’s ongoing crimes in the Gaza Strip. Hamas stated that the international community’s response to the Israeli crimes embodies an unprecedented image of impotence and imbalance in the international system, warning of its collapse, along with all the values and foundations on which it was founded. Read More
Israel informs Trump it could attack Iran
RT.COM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed US President-elect Donald Trump in a phone call on Saturday night of his determination to act against Hezbollah and Iran. The two leaders also discussed the situation in Syria, as well as efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. Read More
Islamic leaders discuss action for Al-Aqsa, Gaza in Istanbul event
Daily Sabah: The Islamic world witnessed a significant event on Dec.14, as the "Preachers of the Nation: Trustees of Al-Aqsa" conference opened in Istanbul. Organized by the Trustees of the Al-Aqsa Foundation, in collaboration with several scholarly institutions, the event brought together over 600 scholars and preachers from 40 countries. The gathering aimed to mobilize the Muslim community through pulpits and public platforms, rallying support in response to the suffering of Gaza's people and the calls from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Read More
“Massacre of Journalists”: Four Palestinian Journalists Killed in Israeli Attacks in Gaza in Just Five Days
Quds News Network: Four Palestinian journalists were killed in separate Israeli attacks within five days amid the ongoing assault in Gaza, with media freedom organizations accusing Israel of committing “war crimes” against journalists there. Israeli airstrikes killed Al-Shanti, her husband and three children on December 11. The attack targeted an apartment in Al-Malash Tower in Sheikh Radwan, northwest Gaza City. Hours earlier, Al-Shanti wrote on Facebook: “It is unbelievable that we are still alive? May God have mercy on the martyrs.” Eman Al-Shanti, 38, was a broadcaster at Voice of Al-Aqsa Radio. She was known for her program Asl Al-Qissa (The Root of the Story), which aired on social media platforms. Read More
US-UK conduct joint airstrikes on Yemen
Press TV: The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned in the strongest terms a new act of aggression by the United States and Britain against several areas in northwestern Yemen. American and British warplanes early on Monday conducted a joint airstrike on targets in Yemen’s province of Hajjah, amid the Arab country’s ongoing maritime operations against vessels linked to Israel and its allies in the Red Sea. Read More
Day 436 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,976 killed, 106,759 wounded
Al Mayadeen: In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 436 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 44,976, with 106,759 wounded since October 7, 2023. The Israeli occupation committed five massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 46 Palestinians and injuring 135 others, according to the Ministry. Read More
Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in raids on homes, schools across Gaza
Press TV: The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians, mostly in the northern Gaza Strip, in airstrikes on homes and schools sheltering displaced people. Read More
Martyrdom of journalist Muhammad Qrainawi and his family in Israeli shelling in central Gaza
Palestine Information Center: Journalist Muhammad Jabr Qrainawi, an editor at the SANAD News Agency, was martyred on Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his home in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.SANAD reported that Qrainawi was martyred along with his wife, Maram, and their three children, Jabr, Sidra, and Ayat, in the Israeli strike that hit their home near the “Block 6” roundabout in Al-Bureij. Read More
On its Anniversary: Hamas reaffirms commitment to end aggression, fulfill Palestinians aspirations
Palestine Information Center: On the 37th anniversary of its inception, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, pledged to “remain faithful to the blood of the martyrs and the sacrifices and resilience of our people, and to continue all efforts until the end of aggression and the fulfillment of our people’s aspirations for freedom and self-determination.”In a statement issued on Saturday to mark its 37th anniversary, Hamas affirmed its commitment to continuing resistance and defending the rights of the Palestinian people, emphasizing its loyalty to the blood of the martyrs and the sacrifices of the Palestinian people in the face of Israeli aggression. Read More
The road for Palestine liberation can only go through Palestine itself
By Ramzy Baroud: A new kind of unity around Palestine is finally finding its way to the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide. The reason is obvious: Gaza. The world’s first live-streamed genocide is taking place in the Gaza Strip. The growing compassion and solidarity with the Palestinian victims have helped to re-center priorities from the typical political and ideological conflicts back to where they should have always been: the plight of the Palestinian people. Read More
Israel to deploy automatic weapons in occupied West Bank to protect settlements
Press TV: Israel is set to deploy remotely operated automatic machine guns to the West Bank in an attempt to prevent potential attacks on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. Read More
Is Israel ready to hit Iran's nuclear sites?
DW: Israel's new defense minister said on Monday that Iran was "more exposed than ever to strikes on its nuclear facilities." "We have the opportunity to achieve our most important goal — to thwart and eliminate the existential threat to the State of Israel," Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. Read More
Day 435 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,930 killed, 106,624 wounded
Al Mayadeen: In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 435 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 44,930, with 106,624 wounded since October 7, 2023.The Israeli occupation committed two massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 55 Palestinians and injuring 170 others, according to the Ministry. Read More
Israel kills 50 across Gaza in one day; UNICEF decries massacre of 14,500-plus children
Press TV: The Israeli military’s attacks across various parts of the Gaza Strip have claimed the lives of at least 50 Palestinians throughout the past 24 hours. Also on Saturday, Catherine Russell, executive director at UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children, reminded that the deaths included more than 14,500 children. Read More
Abu Obeida: Israeli Army bombed captives repeatedly to ensure they were killed
Al Mayadeen: Abu Obeida, the military spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, accused the Israeli military of deliberately and repeatedly targeting a location where Israeli captives were being held. In a post on Telegram, he said, "The occupation army recently targeted a location where some enemy captives were held, bombing it multiple times to ensure that they were killed," stressing that the Resistance group has "intelligence confirming that the enemy deliberately targeted the location with the intent to kill the captives and their guards." Read More
Hezbollah chief: Israel long sought to eradicate resistance, but to no avail
Press TV: The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the occupying Israeli regime has long been seeking the eradication of the resistance front through various atrocious campaigns, but has dismally failed to attain the objective. Sheikh Naim Qassem made the remarks in a televised speech on Saturday evening, noting that “the Zionist enemy seeks to exterminate any form of resistance that confronts its expansionist ambitions across the region." Read More
How HTS' ground strategy intersected with America, Israel's project in Syria
Al Mayadeen: In the wake of ultra-extremist militants of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham seizing Damascus, Zionist entity premier Benjamin Netanyahu gave a smug address from the Golan Heights, Syrian territory illegally occupied ever since 1967. Along the way, he took personal credit for the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government and the Syrian Arab Army’s defeat, while pledging that the ground on which he stood would be part of "Israel “for eternity”. Ever since, Israeli occupation forces have pushed ever deeper into Golan, unimpeded and unopposed. Read More
How HTS' ground strategy intersected with America, Israel's project in Syria
By Julia Kassem: Immediately after Hezbollah’s post-ceasefire period marking a victory for the Resistance group, the US and Israel immediately activated the next step of their follow-up plan, leading to the sudden sweep through Aleppo by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) counterinsurgency. HTS is led by Muhammad al-Jolani, the former leader of the now-disbanded al-Nusra front, an adjacent leader of Daesh (ISIS) and al-Qaeda who worked closely with former Daesh head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In recent years, Al-Jolani's HTS rebranded as the “lesser evil” terror group that focused on its Syria takedown, mainly targeting Iran and Hezbollah. Read More
By day 434 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,875 killed, 106,454 wounded
Al Mayadeen: In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 434 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 44,875, with 106,454 wounded since October 7, 2023. The Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 40 Palestinians and injuring 98 others, according to the Ministry. Read More
Israel occupies more Syrian land with U.S. approval
Mondoweiss: Israeli forces moved further into the Syrian Golan, forcing entire towns to evacuate. While Netanyahu celebrated what he says will be an "eternal" Israeli presence in Syria, U.S. officials insist Israel’s occupation of Syrian lands is "temporary." Read More
Syria Left Alone by an Abandoning World. The End Game Is Greater Israel?
By Peter Koenig: The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad was long in the making and has nothing to do with a civil war. There has never been a fight of the Syrian people against Assad. But President al-Assad fought against foreign-infiltrated and paid mercenaries, terrorists, including US-created Al Qaeda and IS / ISIS. The traditional allies like Russia, Iran, and Iraq, suddenly disappeared. Russia made a semblance of fighting alongside the already badly damaged Syrian Air Force – to no avail. Then the Russians left, or rather, became busy evacuating their air bases in Syria. In time, before they would fall into the eager hands of Israel and its allied terrorist bands. The connection between the Zionist-Israeli war against Palestine, then Lebanon and now Syria, next possibly Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Ukraine war becomes ever clearer. Jordan is already in Israel’s back-pocket. Without a fight. It is all about the Big War for Greater Israel. “Greater Israel” is the hidden agenda in the Great Reset and especially the UN Agenda 2030. Read More
Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design
Al Jazeera: Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East. In the process, according to observers, Israel has normalised for itself the idea of attacking a neighboring state. Read More
Russia and Iran Lack Strategic Vision
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: The latest report is that Israel has carried out 480 air strikes on territory of the former Syria and Israeli troops are moving deeper into the country. Netanyahu claims credit for Syria’s overthrow which he said is “a historic day in the history of the Middle East.” It certainly opens up the Middle East to Greater Israel. Israel said that Syria’s fall has isolated and weakened Iran’s position and now is the time for Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. Read More
Weaponizing the Dollar: Trump Declares War on BRICS De-dollarization
By Ahmed Adel: Incoming US President Donald Trump is obsessed with imposing tariffs, believing this will resurrect the ailing economy. However, Trump faces the challenge that his reckless tariffs policy will only strengthen efforts to replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency, especially fearing a BRICS currency. Read More
Pakistani government intensifies repression after murderous assault on Islamabad protest
WSWS: After perpetrating a massacre of unarmed anti-government protestors on November 26 in Pakistan’s capital, the big-business Muslim League (PML-N) led minority government and the country’s US-backed military are continuing their brutal crackdown against supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice (PTI). Thousands of Khan supporters who were either arrested while traveling to Islamabad to join the march or during the massacre remain behind bars. They are threatened with severe criminal charges, including under Pakistan’s draconian anti-terrorism laws. Read More
Human Rights Violations in Balochistan: A Bitter Reality
Pressenza: Balochistan has endured decades of systemic human rights abuses. Despite its abundant natural resources, the region remains impoverished, and its people continue to suffer. At the core of the Balochistan issue are the stifling of political opposition, ethnic exclusion, and an ongoing cycle of violence that breeds fear and instability. Grave human rights abuses in Balochistan include forced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, curbs on freedom of speech, and economic oppression through the denial of essential livelihoods. Read More
By day 433 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,835 killed, 106,356 wounded
Al Mayadeen: In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 433 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 44,835, with 106,356 wounded since October 7, 2023. The Israeli occupation commits three massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 30 Palestinians and injuring 99 others. Read More
Hamas welcomes UNGA's adoption of Gaza ceasefire resolution
Al Mayadeen: Hamas welcomed Thursday the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of a resolution supported by 158 countries calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and enabling civilians in the territory to immediately access essential services and humanitarian aid while rejecting any attempts to starve the Palestinian population. Hamas affirms that it had engaged with all decisions or initiatives aimed at achieving a ceasefire throughout the stages of this aggression. Read More
96% of Gaza children feel death is imminent, study reveals
Al Mayadeen: A recent study examining children enduring the war in Gaza has revealed that 96% feel their death is imminent, while nearly half express a desire to die due to the trauma they have endured, The Guardian reported. More than 60% of the children surveyed reported experiencing traumatic events during the war, with many exposed to multiple traumatic incidents. Read More
Israel’s exploitation of discord within Muslims root cause of regional events: Iran president
Press TV: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the events that have recently unfolded in the region reveal that the Israeli regime is exploiting discord within Muslim countries to press ahead with its acts of aggression. Read More
US mulling delisting head of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham militant group
Press TV: Once again, the United States is giving its support to far-right militants in order to topple an independent government, this time, in Syria. After waging 13 years of brutal war against the Syrian people, Washington has indicated its approval of the invasion of Syria by the al-Qaeda-linked group, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and its notorious leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Read More
‘Greater Israel’: With Assad out of picture, Israel moves to grab more Syrian land
Press TV: With the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Israeli regime has intensified its aggression on Syria, initiating an unlawful land appropriation beyond the occupied Golan Heights in what is seen as a component of the so-called “Greater Israel” project. Read More
Israel and US want to divide Middle East to expand control: Al-Houthi
Al Mayadeen: "The Israeli enemy views developments in Syria as a real chance to impose new realities, not only within Syria but also throughout the region," he said, adding that the Zionist project seeks to destabilize the Middle East by fragmenting nations into smaller, more vulnerable entities. The first phase, according to Sayyed al-Houthi, involves normalizing relations with the Israeli occupation and eliminating obstacles to resolving the Palestinian issue in the Israeli regime’s favor. The second phase seeks to divide major nations into smaller states, thereby increasing Israeli influence. He warned that such a plan would expand the occupation's territorial control to include regions of the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, reducing Arab nations into fragmented entities. Read More
Day 432 of genocide in Gaza: 44,805 martyrs, 106,257 wounded
Palestine Chronicle: According to the Palestinian Health Ministry (Gaza), 44,805 Palestinians have been killed, and 106,257 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023. Read More
Assad’s fall won’t significantly impact the Resistance Axis: Ex-CIA
Al Mayadeen: Former CIA official Paul Pillar argues that the fall of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won’t be a major setback for the Resistance Axis, emphasizing the challenges of a new regime under HTS and the broader implications for the Middle East. Read More
US, Israel orchestrated Syria crisis, Resistance steadfast: Khamenei
Al Mayadeen: The Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, stated on Wednesday that the events in Syria were orchestrated in American and Israeli command centers. Read More
Iran’s indigenously-developed Simorgh light transport aircraft undergoes test flight
Press TV: The turboprop military transport aircraft Simorgh, named after a benevolent bird in Persian mythology and literature, took the test on Wednesday during the 12th edition of the Iran International Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Iran Airshow 2024, held on Kish Island on the northeast of the Persian Gulf. Read More
The Politics of Nobel Peace Prize: When war-mongers are felicitated in the name of 'peace'
Press TV: Over the years, the Nobel Prize, particularly the Nobel Peace Prize, has been highly politicized. It is awarded based not on merit but rather on strong political connections, according to experts, which is primarily while war-mongers are felicitated in the name of peace. Read More
‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Press TV: Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 44,800 Palestinians so far, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers. The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Tuesday, December 10, are as follows. Read More
Israeli tanks reach outskirts of Damascus amid intense strikes on Syria
Press TV: The Israeli military has occupied several villages south of Damascus, with its tanks now being stationed around 20 kilometers from the outskirts of the Syrian capital, a new report says.Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television network reported on Tuesday that the Israeli tanks have moved past the southwestern Syrian city of Quneitra and reached 3 kilometers away from the town of Qatana, near Damascus. Read More
When Terrorists are not Terrorists: US, UK mull removing HTS militants in Syria from terror list
Press TV: The United States and Britain are mulling removing the terrorist designation of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) after the former offshoot of al-Qaeda overthrew the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “US officials are in contact with all the groups involved in fighting in Syria, including the main group that ousted Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which was once affiliated with al-Qaeda and remains on a US terrorist list,” The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Read More
West-engineered fall of Syrian govt. won’t alter equations of resistance axis
Press TV: Israel’s rapid advancement into Syria, beyond the occupied Golan Heights after the fall of the government in Damascus, underscores its long-standing ambition to materialize the idea of ‘Greater Israel’ by occupying more Syrian territory. The countries that backed these terrorists and armed opposition forces to overthrow the Assad government should now ponder how they will resist Tel Aviv’s expansionist agenda when the regime forces knock on their borders. Read More
Israeli forces seize towns in Syria’s Quneitra, moving towards Dara’a
Press TV: Israeli forces have captured two towns in the southwestern Syrian province of Quneitra near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and are moving towards the neighboring Dara’a province, after militant groups took control of the Arab country. Read More
Syria's Assad in Moscow, given asylum by Russia: Reports
Press TV: “President al-Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds,” the Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying. Read More
Genocide rewarded
Tim Anderson: The US backed al Qaeda takeover of Syria follows Israeli retreat from Lebanon Within hours of the Israeli-Lebanese cease fire - essentially an Israeli retreat after making no progress against Hezbollah in the ground war in south Lebanon, indicted war criminal Netanyahu turned his attention to Syria, warning Syrian President Bashar al Assad that he was "playing with fire." Read More
Kremlin comments on fate of Russian military bases in Syria
RT.COM: The Kremlin has said it is too early to determine the future of Russia’s military bases in Khmeimim and Tartus, Syria. Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stressed that discussions about the bases will depend on the new leaders of Syria. Read More
Why did Syria fall so fast and what happens next?
RT.COM: On the morning of December 8, the region was shaken by news that, until recently, seemed unimaginable: Damascus had fallen to the forces of opposition and terrorist groups. The Ba’ath Party’s rule under President Bashar Assad has been effectively destroyed. Assad’s disappearance and the silence from official sources only amplified the sense of irreversible change. On the morning of December 8, the region was shaken by news that, until recently, seemed unimaginable: Damascus had fallen to the forces of opposition and terrorist groups. The Ba’ath Party’s rule under President Bashar Assad has been effectively destroyed. Assad’s disappearance and the silence from official sources only amplified the sense of irreversible change. Read More
Day 430 of genocide in Gaza: 44,758 martyrs, 106,134 wounded
Al Mayadeen: According to the newest toll released by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the number of deaths as a result of the Israeli genocide has reached 44,758 Palestinians, in addition to 106,134 injuries since October 7, 2023. The Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Gaza Strip in the previous 24 hours, killing 50 Palestinians and injuring 84 others who arrived at hospitals. Read More
Israel kills nearly 10 Palestinians across Gaza, destroys more mosques
Press TV: In al-Jeneina, the forces destroyed the Istiqala Mosque, the 972nd mosque to be devastated by the regime since last October, when it brought the entire Gaza under the war. Read More
President Assad left Syria, gave orders for peaceful power transition: Russia
Press TV: The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that President Assad decided to step down after negotiations with “a number of participants in the armed conflict on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.” Russia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued orders for a peaceful transition of power before he resigned and departed from the country. Read More
Iran: Only Syrian people must decide Syria’s fate without foreign meddling
Press TV: Iran says only the Syrian people can make decisions about the country’s fate without any “destructive” foreign meddling. The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday following the fall of the Syrian government after militant groups led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stormed and captured the capital Damascus. Read More
What Assad government’s dramatic fall means for Syria, region and resistance axis
Press TV: Assad’s ouster, however, does not signify a return to stability for Syria, nor does it guarantee the lifting or easing of sanctions. The new rulers are not a cohesive entity but rather a coalition of militant groups with varying ideologies, affiliations, and political objectives. Several regional countries, including Qatar, Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, have directly or indirectly supported these militant groups that toppled Assad’s government for their own regional ambitions. Read More
Syrian opposition coalition works on power transfer to transitional govt
Al Mayadeen: The Syrian opposition coalition says it is working to complete the transfer of power in Syria to a "transitional governing body". Read More
America’s plan B for a 'new Middle East'
Batool Subeiti: America’s "Plan B" for the “New Middle East” emerges as a response to the failure of its initial strategy, which aimed to reshape the region through Israeli military dominance and the destabilization of key Resistance movements. Read More
37 years since First Palestinian Intafada, resistance against occupation takes new shape
By Ivan Kesic: Today, December 8, marks the 37th anniversary of the First Intifada, the great Palestinian uprising that redefined resistance against the Israeli occupation and apartheid. Intifada is an Arabic word for an uprising or rebellion, literally meaning "tremor" or "shuddering" as a noun. It is derived from the Arabic term nafada, meaning "shaking off" or "getting rid of." The term entered the revolutionary and political vocabulary in 1987 when Palestinians rose en masse against the Zionist occupation after four Palestinian laborers were mowed to death by an Israeli military vehicle in the northern Gaza Strip. Read More
Day 429 of genocide in Gaza: 44,708 martyrs, 106,050 wounded
Al Mayadeen: In the latest toll issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 429 of the ongoing genocide, the number of martyrs has reached 44,708, with 106,050 wounded since October 7, 2023. The Israeli occupation committed four massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 44 Palestinians and injuring 74 others, according to the Ministry. Read More
Israeli army bombarded Kamal Adwan Hospital over 100 times
Syria Army redeploys in Daraa, Sweida, regaining control in Homs, Hama
Al Mayadeen: The Syrian Army confirmed on Saturday that its forces operating in the southern governorates of Daraa and Sweida have carried out a redeployment and repositioning, establishing a strong and cohesive security perimeter in that direction. Read More
Larijani meets Assad, conveys Iran's support for Syria against militants
Press TV: Ali Larijani, an advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to convey the Islamic Republic’s support for the Syrian government amid an offensive by militant forces. Read More
What Is Happening in Syria?
by Gilbert Achcar: In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war of movement, in what looks like a resumption of the last major displacement of the battlefronts that took place in 2016, when the Assad regime regained control of Aleppo with Iranian and Russian support and Turkish complicity. Here we are now, facing a surprise attack accompanied by a sudden expansion of the forces of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (Organization for the Liberation of al-Sham, i.e. Syria, commonly referred to by its Arabic acronym HTS), the Salafi jihadist group that has controlled the Idlib region in northwestern Syria since 2017. Read More
Iran warns threat of armed groups ‘not limited’ to Syria, says neighbors at risk
Press TV: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the threat of armed groups active in Syria will not be limited to the country and will spread to Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey. Araghchi was speaking in a joint press conference with his Iraqi and Syrian counterparts Fuad Hussein and Bassam Sabbagh in Baghdad on Friday. Read More
Iran to likely increase advisors, deploy forces in Syria
Press TV: Tehran has taken all necessary steps to increase the number of its military advisors and deploy forces in Syria, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday. "It is likely that Tehran will need to send military equipment, missiles and drones to Syria... Tehran has taken all necessary steps to increase the number of its military advisers in Syria and deploy forces," the official indicated on condition of anonymity. Read More
War on Humanity: Gaza Tells Horrors of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja: Is PM Netanyahu an egomaniac leader to Israelis? Most would question his delusional hold on power and demand his resignation but agree, he made Gaza inhabitable and delivered impunity from foreign dictates to the naked eyes of the conscientious world. Read More
Day 428: Gaza continues to bear the brunt of Israeli aggression
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation committed four massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 52 Palestinians and injuring 142 others. While some of the victims were transported to the few partially functioning hospitals in the Strip, most of them remain trapped beneath the rubble, with almost impossible means to get out, amid the continuous Israeli obstruction of rescue operations. This brings the death toll to 44,664 Palestinians, in addition to 105,976 injuries since October 7, 2023. Read More
Nearly 1mln children in Gaza facing winter without basic needs
Yemen fires missile on Israel
Anadolu Agency: The Israeli army claimed on Saturday that its air force had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli airspace. Read More
Israel destroys the last collapsing hospital to complete forced displacement crime
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Israel is systematically closing hospitals in northern Gaza through direct military targeting, a suffocating siege, and the killing, injuring, and arresting of patients, wounded individuals, and medical personnel. This is part of an ongoing crime of forced displacement against all Palestinian residents of northern Gaza. Read More
Estimated 273,000 Gazans Killed In the First Year Of Gaza Genocide By Apartheid Israel
by Dr Gideon Polya: After a recent widely-reported debate the celebrated Oxford Union of famed Oxford University overwhelmingly voted 278 to 59 for the proposition that “This house believes Israel is an apartheid state responsible for genocide”. Genocide is defined by the UN Genocide Convention as acts committed with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, and it is expertly estimated that 273,000 Gazans were killed in the first year of the present Gaza Massacre and Gaza Genocide. Read More
By day 427 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,612 killed, 105,834 injured
Al Madayeen: The Israeli occupation committed three massacres across the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 32 Palestinians and injuring 95 others. While some of the victims were transported to the few partially functioning hospitals in the Strip, most of them remain trapped beneath the rubble, with almost impossible means to get out, amid the continuous Israeli obstruction of rescue operations. This brings the death toll to 44,612 Palestinians, in addition to 105,834 injuries since October 7, 2023. Read More
Horrific scenes unfold at Kamal Adwan Hospital after Israeli invasion
Al Madayeen: Israeli units stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, forcibly evacuating medical staff and patients and detaining a large number of individuals present at the hospital, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported. The abductees, including medical staff, were taken to an undisclosed destination. Since the early days of the genocide, Israel has consistently targeted medical facilities in Gaza, a pattern documented by various international human rights organizations. Read More
Gaza: Israeli army burns displaced people alive in Mawasi Khan Yunis displacement tents
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:The Israeli occupation army burned displaced people alive in Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after directly targeting their displacement tents, killing 22 Palestinians, half of whom were women and children. An additional 18 people suffered burn wounds during the attack. Read More
Which bloc to support in a likely World War III?
by İbrahim Karataş: A proxy world war is unfolding through crises, fueled by Western provocations, while global alignments remain shaped by historical grievances and mistrust. Read More
'Target is Damascus,' Erdogan hopes 'smooth march' on Syria's capital
Al Mayadeen: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed key regional issues on Friday, including the ongoing developments in Syria, expressing hope for "a smooth continuation of anti-regime forces’ advance toward Damascus." Read More
West backing terrorists in Syria – Russia
RT.COM: Russia has reports that the US and the UK might be implicated in supporting the al-Qaeda-affiliated militants currently on the offensive in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Moscow is working with Ankara and Tehran to stabilize the situation, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Read More
Pakistan’s Imran Khan warns of civil disobedience amid legal woes, protests
Al Jazeera: Less than two weeks after his “final call” protest in Islamabad was forcefully dispersed, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has pledged to continue his fight, threatening to launch a nationwide civil disobedience movement. In a message posted on X, Khan, who has been imprisoned since August 2023 on numerous charges, announced the formation of a five-member negotiation team. The team aims to discuss two key demands with the government: the release of under-trial prisoners and the establishment of a judicial commission to investigate the events of May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024 – two dates on which Khan’s supporters held major protests but faced a backlash from the government and security forces. Read More
Iran launches first space tug, sets new record for liftoff payloads
Press TV: In a milestone for Iran’s space sector, a space tug domestically designed and manufactured by Iranian experts and technicians has been launched into space aboard a homegrown satellite launch vehicle (SLV). Read More
Israel presents Hamas new ceasefire and hostage release deal
Jerusalem Post: Israel has given to Hamas, through Egyptian mediators, an updated version of a ceasefire deal proposal that involves the release of the remaining 100 hostages, two Israeli officials said. Attempting to leverage regional and international shifts—including the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in mid-October, the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in late January—the updated version of the proposal mirrors previous similar efforts while emphasizing the implementation of the first phase of the deal from August. Read More
Syrian Arab Army announces Hama withdrawal as armed groups storm city
Al Mayadeen: The Syrian Arab Army has redeployed its forces in Hama following intense battles with terrorist groups that launched a series of large-scale attacks on the city, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said on Thursday. According to the statement, the army engaged in fierce confrontations over recent days to repel the relentless assaults carried out by terrorist organizations. These groups attacked from multiple axes, utilizing overwhelming numbers, various military equipment, and suicide units. Read More
150,000 Syrians flee Aleppo in less than one week
Al Mayadeen: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, the number of Syrians forced to evacuate due to violence in Aleppo and elsewhere is fast increasing, having surpassed 150,000 in less than a week. Read More
Gaza death toll nears 44,600 as Israel kills 48 more Palestinians
Yeni Safak: Israeli attacks killed 48 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 44,580, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 105,739 others have been injured in the ongoing assault. Read More
Amnesty International says Israeli acts in Gaza amount to genocide
Al Mayadeen: A report by Amnesty International says that Israel's war on the Gaza Strip constitutes the war crime of genocide under international law, in a first declaration of its kind since the onset of the onslaught 14 months ago. The 32-page report published on Thursday examines events in Gaza from October 2023 to July 2024, accusing Israel of committing acts of genocide during the ongoing conflict. Amnesty found that the occupation "brazenly, continuously and with total impunity… unleashed hell" on Gaza, stating that "Israel’s" actions, including killings, inflicting harm, and creating life-threatening conditions, reflect an intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. Read More
Ceasefire violations by Israeli regime in Lebanon with deadly strikes
Press TV: After the strategic patience of five days, Hezbollah on Monday targeted an Israeli military site at Ruwaysat al-Alam in response to "repeated ceasefire breaches" by the occupation forces. Read More
Russia, North Korea strategic partnership officially in effect
The comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea officially took effect on December 4 following the exchange of documents between both nations' deputy foreign ministers in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministery announced in a statement issued on Thursday. Read More
Arakan Army poses new threat to Rohingya Muslims
Anadolu Agency: Rohingya Muslims, who have long been persecuted by Myanmar's military, are now threatened by the Arakan Army, the co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition said. Nay San Lwin urged the international community to establish a safe zone to protect the vulnerable population from escalating violence, describing it as the only viable solution given the current conditions in the region. Read More
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
For Bibi, the Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus
By Mike Whitney: In order to truly dominate the region, Israel must topple the government in Damascus and install a puppet regime similar to Jordan and Egypt. Now that Washington has been persuaded to ‘unconditionally’ support Israel’s interests (over its own), there is no better time to affect the changes that are most likely to achieve Tel Aviv’s overarching plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is thus prepared to launch a ground war from the South to create a two-front war that will split Syrian forces in half greatly improving his prospects for success. Read More
The Syrian Civil War: New Phases, Old Lies
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark: A new bloody phase has opened up in Syria, as if it was ever possible to contemplate another one in that tormented land. Silly terms such as “moderate” are being paired with “rebels”, a coupling that can also draw scorn. What counts as news reporting on the subject in the Western press stable adopts a threadbare approach. We read or hear almost nothing about the dominant backers in this latest round of bloodletting. Read More
Day 425 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,532 killed, 105,538 injured
Al Jazeera: At least 44,532 people have been killed and 105,538 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry said Wednesday. Of those, 30 Palestinians were killed and 84 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the ministry added. Read More
Beit Lahya Is Being Wiped Out
Quds News Network: Israeli forces have escalated their assault on Beit Lahya in northern Gaza, targeting the city’s 60,000 residents in a campaign that threatens to wipe out the population.The bombardment has targeted residential areas, schools, and hospitals, turning what was once a haven for displaced families into a warzone. Read More
Over 60,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza 'on verge of death' as Israeli siege rages on
Press TV: Gaza's civil defense agency has described as “catastrophic” the situation in the besieged northern Gaza Strip, saying at least 60,000 Palestinians living in the area are at risk of death. Read More
Israeli forces raid Turkish hospital in occupied West Bank
TRT World: The Israeli army has attacked a Turkish hospital in Tubas city of the occupied West Bank, detaining hospital staff, terrorising patients, and damaging parts of the facility. Eyewitnesses report live bullets and sound bombs being used in hospital corridors, creating panic among patients and staff. Read More
Iran ready to consider troop deployment to Syria upon official request
Press TV: Iran is prepared to consider deploying troops to Syria, where the government is combating a resurgence of terrorism, should Damascus make an official request, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. Read More
India alarmed at Nepal PM’s visit to China
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli is in China on a four-day visit. Oli’s visit to China was his first to a foreign country since his July swearing-in, a break from the customary destination of New Delhi, with which Kathmandu has centuries-old ties.Indian media has been closely following Oli's China visit. Calling Oli "a pro-China leader," the Hindustan Times noted that Oli broke with "the usual practice of Nepali prime ministers making India their first destination in the neighborhood after assuming charge, amid media reports that he did not get an invitation from New Delhi." Read More
Resistance to the International Criminal Court By the World’s Most Powerful Nations
Countercurrent: Although 124 nations have ratified the Rome Statute, Russia, China, the United States, India, Israel, and North Korea are not among them. Indeed, the world’s major military powers, accustomed to the privileged role in world affairs that their armed might usually affords them, have often been at odds with the ICC, for it has the potential to investigate, prosecute, and convict their own government officials. Read More
Dead but not counted: Hidden victims of Pakistan’s latest political clash
Al Jazeera spoke to family members of PTI supporters whose deaths last week were denied by the government. Read More
The significance of Trump’s war to maintain dollar supremacy
WSWS: The threat by incoming US president Donald Trump to impose a 100 percent tariff on the BRICS group of countries, if there are attempts to set up an alternative to the US dollar as the global currency, is a significant expression of the crisis of US imperialism which is setting it on the road to a third world war. Read More
South Korean president attempts to impose martial law
WSWS: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol yesterday launched what was tantamount to a military coup. On national television at about 10.25 p.m., he announced a martial law decree, banning strikes, protests and all political activity and imposing blanket censorship. After facing immediate protests and opposition in the National Assembly, Yoon announced around 4:30 a.m. today that he would lift martial law and that troops dispatched to enforce the decree had been withdrawn. Read More
Yemeni, Iraqi Resistance attack three Israeli targets with drones
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces, in coordination with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, have carried out three military operations against the Israeli occupation entity within the past 48 hours, YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Tuesday. Read More
Canada designates Ansar Allah as terrorist over anti-Israel operations
Al Mayadeen:Canada has designated the Ansar Allah movement, known as Yemen's popular resistance, as a "terrorist entity", citing its operations against Israel and other activities. Read More
Day 424 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,502 killed, 105,454 injured
Al Mayadeen:The number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 44,502, in addition to 105,454 injuries since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry announced on Sunday. In its daily report on the 424th day of the genocide, the Ministry noted that Israeli occupation forces committed two massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 36 people and injuring 96 others who were transported to hospitals. Read More
Israeli drone strike on Syria's Damascus airport road kills one
Al Mayadeen: person was killed as a result of an Israeli drone attack targeting a vehicle on the Damascus International Airport road near the Aqrabah Bridge, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported Tuesday, adding that the assault caused material damage at the site. Read More
Israel-engineered terrorism in Aleppo shows Syria's key role in Axis of Resistance
Press TV: A ceasefire in Lebanon coincided with the intensification of violent aggression in western Aleppo, where the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is currently engaged in confrontations against Israel-backed Takfiri terrorists incorrectly described in mainstream media as Syrian rebels. These terrorist groups, operating in Syria under the umbrella of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, are supported by the Israeli regime and Western powers and represent a broader geopolitical dynamic at play. Read More
Turkish defense industry seals new export record even before year-end
Daily Sabah: Türkiye’s defense and aerospace industry has achieved nearly $5.8 billion (TL 201.55 billion) worth of exports this year as of November, the new highest annual sales ever, having a month left to further build on the peak. Read More
206 priceless archaeological, heritage sites destroyed by Israel in Gaza
Anadolu Agency: The Israeli army has destroyed and vandalized 206 priceless archaeological and heritage sites amid its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said on Tuesday. Read More
India's Religious Minorities Face Existential Crisis
Pieter Friedrich’s speech given at the UN 17th session forum on minority issues exposing Indian government’s designs against minorities. Read More
Resistance factions arrive to Hama to back Syrian Army
Al Mayadeen: A source from the Axis of Resistance's factions told Al Mayadeen that reinforcements from the Syrian Army's allies in the Axis of Resistance have reached the frontlines north and east of Hama, extending to the southern frontlines of Aleppo Governorate. Read More
Hamas confirms 33 Israeli captives killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza
Al Mayadeen: Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced that 33 Israeli captives held by the Palestinian resistance have been killed, with some reportedly disappearing. Hamas attributed the deaths to the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and what it described as his "fascist army." Read More
Pro-Palestinian journalist found dead on rooftop in Marseille
Al Mayadeen: French journalist and renowned Middle East expert Marine Vlahovic was found dead at her home in Marseille on Monday, November 27. Authorities in Marseille have launched an investigation to determine the cause of Vlahovic's death. Read More
Day 423 of Israeli war on Gaza: 44,466 dead, 105,358 injured
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal campaign against the Gaza Strip, with ongoing bombardments, massacring displaced civilians, and the systematic destruction of homes, particularly in the northern regions. Read More
Hundreds of Takfiri terrorists killed in Syrian army’s attacks near Aleppo, Hama
Press TV: Hundreds of the Takfiri terrorists have been killed in Syria as the army is pressing ahead with its anti-terror operation. Reporting on Monday, Syria’s state television said around 320 more terrorists had been killed in the countryside of the cities of Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama. The death toll took to some 1,300 the number of the Takfiris, who have been killed as a result of joint cooperation between Syrian and Russian forces, since last week, when the terrorists began trying to stage resurgence in the Arab country’s northern areas. Read More
Israel continues to insolently violate Lebanon ceasefire
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, shelling and opening fire on southern Lebanese towns and villages. Read More
France warns Israeli violations could jeopardize Lebanon ceasefire
l Mayadeen: France voiced concern on Sunday over the potential collapse of the ceasefire agreement signed last week between "Israel" and Lebanon, the Israeli Ynet news website reported, describing the deal as "fragile". Read More
Yemen strikes US destroyer, three army ships, in top-tier military operation
Al Mayadeen: In support of the Palestinian people and its Resistance, in response to the Israeli crimes in the gaza Strip, and in retaliation to the American-British aggression on Yemen, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Sunday the targeting of one US destroyer and three US supply ships in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden. Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed in a statement that the Stena Impeccable, Maersk Saratoga, and Liberty Grace ships, belonging to the US Army, as well as an American destroyer, were targeted in a top-tier military operation carried out by the YAF's missile and drone forces. Read More
Understanding US and Israel as the same entity in West Asia
By Robert Inlakesh : The US and Zionist entity’s approach is clear “total victory”, as repeatedly outlined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Hamas-led Al-Aqsa Flood operation shattered the image of US-Israeli dominance in West Asia, and in order to revive their perceived supremacy, they are fixated on an accelerated regional campaign of terror. This agenda would not be possible without the United States and could not be hatched by the Israelis alone. Whether it be in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, or Iran, the Americans are the backbone of the plot. Understanding this must be the foundation of reading both Israeli and US actions. Read More
Yemen hits vital Israeli target in Yafa with hypersonic missile
Al Mayadeen: The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) carried out an operation targeting a vital site in the occupied Yafa region using a hypersonic missile of the Palestine 2 type, YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Sunday. The missile successfully struck its target, Saree confirmed, stressing that the operation was "in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and their resistance fighters and in response to the crimes committed by the Israeli enemy against our brethren in the Gaza Strip." Read More
Day 422 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 44,429 killed, 105,250 injured
Al Mayadeen: The number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 44,429, martyrs, with 105,250 injured since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry announced on Sunday. In its daily report on the 422nd day of the genocide, the Ministry noted that Israeli occupation forces committed six massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing 47 people and injuring 188 others who were transported to hospitals. Read More
Syrian Army fortifies Hama positions, liberates captured areas
Al Mayadeen: Syrian Army units operating in the northern countryside of Hama strengthened their defensive lines last night with various firepower assets, a Syrian military source confirmed to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Sunday. "Our forces operating in the northern countryside of Hama repelled terrorist organizations, preventing them from achieving any breakthroughs," the source said, adding that the Syrian Amry successfully liberated several areas after expelling terrorists, most notably Qal’at al-Madiq and the village of Ma’ardas in Hama. Read More
What is Tahrir al-Sham, Israel-backed terror group that attacked Aleppo?
Press TV: Shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon, the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group, backed by the Israeli regime, launched a fresh aggression on the Syrian city of Aleppo. Thousands of members of the Takfiri terrorist group, popularly known as Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), launched the offensive against Aleppo in northwestern Syria on Wednesday. Using rocket launchers and mortars, they made daring advances in the Qabtan al-Jabal, Bala, and Sheikh Aqil areas of western Aleppo before the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) confronted them. Read More
Thousands honor Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah at assassination site
Press TV: Thousands of Lebanese people have gathered at the site of an Israeli strike that assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to pay tribute to the late leader of the Hezbollah resistance movement. The memorial ceremony, titled Light from Light, took place on Saturday night around the edges of the crater left behind by Israel's terrorist attack in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh. Read More
Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine: Passing on the torch of the anti-colonial struggle
Mondoweiss: No discussion of decolonization can be complete without understanding the importance of Vietnam and Algeria, and how their liberation struggles inspire oppressed people all over the world, including the Palestinians. Read More
