October 2024

Eight Israelis killed in rocket fire from Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: Israeli Channel 13 reported Thursday that six Israelis were killed in Metula, located in the Upper al-Jalil, and two others were killed in the Kiryot, following a direct rocket strike from LebanoThe Israeli occupation has been under intense rocket fire from Lebanon since the morning, with the casualties count rising steadily, as eight Israelis have been killed in the attacks thus far. Read More

US-Israeli proposals do not include permanent ceasefire
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli and US proposals regarding a deal on Gaza lack provisions for a permanent ceasefire or a complete withdrawal from the Strip, a Palestinian source told Al Mayadeen on Thursday. Instead, the proposal entails 10 days of calm in exchange for the release of four Israeli captives, including two women, in exchange for the release of an unspecified number of Palestinian detainees, according to the approved mechanism. Read More

Hamas slams intl. silence on Gaza ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Israel’s hospital bombing
Press TV: The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has condemned global silence on the ongoing “ethnic cleansing” in the besieged Gaza Strip following Israel’s deadly bombing of Kamal Adwan Hospital that torched medical supplies and disrupted operations. Israeli warplanes on Thursday once again struck Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, killing at least four people, including two children, and wounding several medical staff as well as inflicting heavy damage on a warehouse containing medicines and medical supplies. Read More

‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Press TV: Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 43,200 Palestinians so far, as well as the ongoing genocide in Lebanon, 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, October 30, are as follows. Read More

How sanctions on Russia backfired on the West
Al Mayadeen: The Responsible Statecraft on Thursday published an analysis highlighting how Western sanctions against Russia may be inadvertently strengthening Moscow's long-term resilience. Trade flows with China and India have soared, allowing Moscow to redirect its oil exports and secure critical imports previously provided by Western suppliers. Read More

North Korea confirms launch of ICBM in longest-ever ballistic missile test
Al Jazeera: North Korea has confirmed it launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards waters off its eastern coast in what was the longest flight time yet for a North Korean missile, authorities in South Korea and Japan said, raising fears of advanced weapons development by Pyongyang. North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test marks longest flight time recorded for one of its missiles, raising fears of new weapon. Read More

Meet Trump's key Muslim ally on Michigan mission
TRT World: Bishara Bahbah tells TRT World his rallying of Arab Americans for Donald Trump is rooted in the Republican's promise to end wars in the Middle East amid Democrats' complicity in the war on Gaza. Read More

Hezbollah, Hamas capabilities, tactics dominating war: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is concealing its losses as the Hezbollah and Hamas deal causes severe blows to the Israeli Army. Read More

Hezbollah, Hamas capabilities, tactics dominating war: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is concealing its losses as the Hezbollah and Hamas deal causes severe blows to the Israeli Army. Read More

Hezbollah strikes arms production factory, power outage reported
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon attacked several Israeli sites, including a factory that produces drone parts, in northern occupied Palestine. Read More

Israel launches wide-ranging strikes on Baalbek city, east Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: Following Israeli orders of immediate evacuation, residents from different areas of Baalbek began to flee the city. Read More

UN Security Council warns against Israel's UNRWA ban
Daily Sabah: The United Nations Security Council expressed grave concern over Israel's ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees, calling it vital to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid supplies to the people in wartorn Gaza. Read More

Geopolitical tensions: Middle East in global rivalry
By Muhittin Ataman:  As great powers vie for dominance, countless individuals – like Palestinians and Ukrainians – bear the cost. Read More

What's holding Saudi Arabia back from joining BRICS+?
TRT World: Membership to the bloc could benefit all involved, but the kingdom is concerned about how this would impact its relationship with one key ally (the United States). Read More

Venezuela recalls Brazil ambassador, angered by BRICS veto
TRT World: Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Brazil after its application to join the BRICS group of emerging economies was vetoed last week by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Read More

Hezbollah announces Sheikh Naim Qassem as Secretary-General
Al Mayadeen:  Hezbollah's Shura Council announced that it had elected Sheikh Naim Qassem as the party's Secretary-General, succeeding Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. This decision, "grounded in the principles of true Islam and the steadfast ideals of Hezbollah, follows the party's established procedures for selecting the Secretary-General," according to Hezbollah's statement.  Read More

PROFILE: Naim Qassem takes Hezbollah's helm after Nasrallah

Palestinian Resistance factions congratulate Sheikh Qassem on election
Al Mayadeen:  Palestinian Resistance factions have joined together to congratulate newly appointed Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem on his election by the movement's Shura council. Read More

12,000 students martyred since October 2023: Gaza Education Ministry
Al Mayadeen:  The last functioning university in Gaza was reportedly destroyed by Israeli forces in January, leaving the territory without higher educational institutions. Read More

900 Israeli troops evacuated to hospitals since incursion into Lebanon
Al Mayadeen:  The Israeli Security Ministry says that over the past year of the war, its rehabilitation division has received 12,000 injured personnel. Approximately 900 additional Israeli soldiers have been evacuated to hospitals since the start of the ground incursion into Lebanon around a month ago, marking a 1.5-fold increase compared to September, the Israeli Security Ministry announced on Tuesday. Read More

Hezbollah can continue to drain 'Israel', war must end: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Israeli newspaper Maariv says Hezbollah still retains its rocket capabilities and will persist in its launches in the coming days. Hezbollah can continue to drain "Israel" and launch its projectiles for many months, Israeli newspaper Maariv suggested on Tuesday. Read More

Israel kills 109 more Gazans as death toll exceeds 43,060
Anadolu Agency:  Over 101,200 Palestinians injured in Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza's Health Ministry says. At least 109 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,061. Gaza Health ministry said  that some 101,223 others were injured in the ongoing assault. Read More

Palestinian officials deny existence of new Gaza proposals
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mardawi tells Al Mayadeen that Netanyahu still aims to fragment the ceasefire negotiations. Reports by Western and Israeli media, as well as proposals for partial Gaza deals "shall not pass", underlined senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mardawi on Tuesday .Read More

Day 388 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 43,020 martyrs 101,110 injured
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation continues its onslaught and massacres in the Gaza Strip, intensifying its aggression specifically in the northern part of the territory, and committing atrocities that necessitate urgent intervention to save civilians. In the past 48 hours, Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres against civilians, women, children, and the elderly, killing 96 Palestinians and injuring 277 others, Gaza's Health Ministry revealed in its daily report. Read More

Hezbollah strikes Israeli troop gatherings at Fatima Gate four times
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah's Resistance fighters continue to confront Israeli occupation forces by targeting their positions in the northern settlements and along the southern front with rockets, artillery and drones. Read More

Hezbollah regained strength, 'Israel' paying the price: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: Reserve Major General Israel Ziv of the Israeli army confirmed on Sunday that Hezbollah has regained its strength and returned to its normal operations, particularly following recent strikes. Ziv emphasized that moving forward, there will be no significant "achievements" for "Israel", but rather a gradual erosion of its capabilities and a war of attrition, highlighting that "Israel" tends to suffer more losses in such confrontations than Hezbollah. Read More

 ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Press TV: Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 43,000 Palestinians so far, as well as the genocide in Lebanon, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers. Read More

Iran ‘immediately’ repaired ‘minor’ damage caused by Israeli strikes: Iranian Defense chief
Press TV: Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh says Israel’s recent aggression against several Iranian military facilities caused “minor” damage which was immediately repaired and replaced. Read More

Barghouti pressured, assaulted by Israeli guards, son says
Al Mayadeen: The son of prominent Palestinian leader and detainee Marwan Barghouti expressed deep concern after emerging reports about his father being subjected to brutal assault at the hands of Israeli prison guards and said he fears leaving Palestinian detainees at the mercy of the brutal conditions in occupation prisons. Read More

Marwan Barghouti's 22 years of resistance in Israeli prisons
Al Mayadeen: Fatah Movement member Marwan Barghouti alongside The two organizations said this anniversary coincides with the catastrophic aggression against the Palestinian people and detainees in Israeli prisons and comes as the Israeli occupation continues its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Read More

Yemen announces striking 3 ships violating its ban on sailing towards Israel
Press TV: Yemen’s Armed Forces announce carrying out strikes against three ships violating the country’s ban on sailing towards the ports of the occupied Palestinian territories. Read More

‘Netflix succumbs to Zionist lobby pressure, removes Palestinian films
Press TV: Following Netflix’s decision to not renew the licenses for its “Palestinian Stories” collection, under the pressure of the Zionist lobby, the streaming giant has faced global backlash. The removal of at least 24 films that explore Palestinian narratives and experiences from the streaming service amounts to a lack of Palestinian representation on the platform, according to activists. Read More

The West is in denial about BRICS
By Manish Chand: The main take away from the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan is that all of us who gathered there this week witnessed a turning point in the history of the association. The results of the summit suggest that the group has made a very serious attempt to change the international order. It was not easy to take this decisive step in the development of the group, as the Kazan Summit took place at a time when the gap between the West and the rest of the conflict-ridden world is wider than ever. In this critical situation, the event presented a blueprint for reforming the international order that reflects the growing aspirations of the Global South. Read More

X suspends Iranian supreme leader’s Hebrew account
RT.COM: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s new Hebrew-language page has been blocked by Elon Musk’s platform for allegedly violating its rules. Khamenei’s new page, which was created on Saturday, became inaccessible on Sunday. The ban came just hours after a message was posted on the page, reading: “The Zionist regime made a mistake. It erred in its calculations on Iran. We will cause it to understand what kind of strength, ability, initiative, and will the Iranian nation has.” Read More

Hezbollah targets Israeli industrial zone near Akka with drone
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah targets the Bar Lev industrial zone, east of Akka, with kamikaze drones, and Israeli media confirms that the drones scored a direct hit. The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah launched at 7:40 am on Sunday an aerial attack with a squadron of kamikaze drones targeting the Bar Lev industrial zone near Akka. In a statement, Hezbollah stressed that this operation comes in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, in support of their valiant and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people. Read More

Settlers killed, dozens injured in ramming operation near Tel Aviv
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media have reported that 6 settlers have been killed and dozens were injured following a vehicle-ramming incident at the Glilot junction on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Recent updates indicate that the number of injured settlers has risen to over 50, with at least 10 in critical condition and several killed. Read More

‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
By Press TV: Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 42,900 Palestinians so far, as well as the genocide in Lebanon, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers. Read More

Over 30 martyrs, injuries in Israeli strikes on Haret Saida, S. Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: Two Israeli airstrikes struck a residential neighborhood in the town of Haret Saida, where over 17,000 displaced individuals from villages in southern Lebanon are residing. Read More

Khamenei: Officials to decide Iran's show of power against Israel
Al Mayadeen: During a meeting with the families of “Martyrs of Security” at Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei stated that Iranian authorities are responsible for determining how to demonstrate Iran's power to the Israeli entity. Read More

US 'complicit' in Israeli aggression against Iran
Press TV: Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has said the United States has enabled the Israeli regime to carry out airstrikes against Iran by allowing Israeli fighter jets to use Iraqi airspace to launch missiles at Iranian military and radar sites. Read More

Israel killed 180 journalists; North Gaza toll over 1,000 in 23 days
 Al Mayadeen: On day 387 of the genocide in Gaza, Israeli occupation crimes continue unabated, killing 1,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza in just 23 days. Read More

UN expert warns entire Gaza population at risk of dying in Israel's genocide
Press TV: "The entire population of Gaza is at risk of dying in a genocide that has been announced and executed under our watch," the UN expert on the occupied Palestinian territories wrote on X on Sunday. In a separate post on Sunday, Albanese said that 20,000 children are missing in Gaza, “some maimed beyond recognition. On top of the 17,000 killed in 12 months.” Read More

Palestinians ‘starving to death’ in northern Gaza due to Israeli siege
Al Jazeera: The struggle to survive continues in northern Gaza as Israel’s devastating siege and bombing of the area enters its 23rd day. An Oxfam official told Al Jazeera on Sunday Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocide against the Palestinians and that the United Kingdom-based NGO was unable to reach people in the north because of Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign. Read More

From MBC to Al-Arabiya, Saudi media bent on vilifying resistance to oblige Zionists
By Alireza Akbari: A report by Saudi broadcaster MBC sparked widespread anger and outrage for grouping regional resistance movements and their leaders under the label of "terrorism." The report, titled 'Millennium: Get Rid of Terrorists', included leaders from the Gaza-based resistance group Hamas, notably former leader Ismail Haniyeh and his successor Yahya Sinwar, branding the movement dedicated to the liberation of occupied al-Quds as the "new face of terrorism." Read More

From Palestine to Lebanon to Yemen, leaders may die but the resistance lives on
By Wesam Bahrani: Hamas leader Yahya's Sinwar martyrdom, particularly the striking nature of it while fighting Israeli occupation forces suffering grievous injuries in a marathon battle, sets a new precedent. His supreme sacrifice exemplifies how the anti-Zionist armed resistance movement gains momentum when iconic and courageous leaders and commanders are martyred on the frontline. This pattern has been evident in Gaza's modern history since the founding of Hamas by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in late 1987, at the start of the first Palestinian Intifada. Read More

Israel launches attack on Iran
Agencies: The Israeli military launched strikes Saturday on military bases in Iran, hitting about 20 sites over several hours in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran.  Iranian air defenses successfully intercepted hostile targets aimed at military bases in the southern and western parts of Tehran Province, outside the capital city itself, according to Al Mayadeen. Israeli military says retaliatory attack ‘completed’, as Iran says it is ‘entitled and obligated to defend itself. Read More

Two Iranian soldiers martyred; Iran maintains right to self-defense
Al Mayadeen: Two Iranian soldiers were martyred while confronting the projectiles of the criminal Zionist regime in order to defend the security of Iran and prevent harm to the nation and the interests of the country, the Iranian Army announced. Read More

'Showoff', 'weak': Israeli media, officials ridicule attack on Iran
Al Mayadeen: The recent attack on Iran has been largely a showoff that failed to achieve any strategic objectives, as per Israeli media. Read More

Widespread condemnations of Israeli attack on Iran
Agencies: Condemnations have been pouring in against "Israel's" latest attack on Iranian land and sovereignty. Read More

Al-Qassam leader Islam Jamil martyred in Tulkarm confrontations
Al Mayadeen: Islam Jamil, a leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was martyred on Saturday in the Tulkarm camp after invading Israeli forces surrounded a building and engaged in hours of confrontations in the al-Salam neighborhood. Read More

By day 286 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 42,924 killed, 100,833 injured
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation continues its onslaught and massacres in the Gaza Strip, intensifying its aggression specifically in the northern part of the territory and committing atrocities that necessitate urgent intervention to save civilians. In 48 hours only, Israeli occupation forces committed seven massacres against civilians, women, children, and the elderly, killing 77 Palestinians and injuring 289 more, Gaza'a Health Ministry revealed in its daily report. Read More

The Resistance phase of inflicting pain
Batool Subeiti:  The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon’s recent strikes have conveyed multiple messages to the Israeli occupation entity. While the Resistance is fully capable of targeting settlers, it chooses not to, maintaining a careful balance. It operates with patience and strategic foresight, responding according to its own timing rather than reacting impulsively to the enemy's provocations. The Resistance refuses to be drawn into actions dictated by the enemy, following a clear strategy based on careful evaluation of the situation. Read More

Netanyahu has gravely miscalculated invading Lebanon
By Tom Fowdy: Insurgent forces always have a completely different mindset than the armies of sovereign states, in that they are motivated by ideology and a desire to defend their homeland or people to a far greater degree…. When this is viewed in context, what chance do they have in the much larger and mountainous expanse of Lebanon? In which case, we can only conclude that Benjamin Netanyahu has gravely miscalculated in invading this country. Read More

Collapsing Empire: US Outgunned, Outnumbered, Outproduced
Kit Klarenberg: The “disconnect” between the Pentagon’s operational and industrial planning identified by RAND will endure. So too US military impotence. Read More

Turkish defense industry firms export to record 178 nations in 2024
Anadolu Agency: Contracts worth $6.2B to be inked at Istanbul defense, aerospace expo, including $4.6B in export deals, says Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Read More

Day 384 of genocide in Gaza: 42,847 martyrs, 100,544 injuries
Al Mayadeen: During the last 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 55 people and injuring 132 others, the Gaza Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday. As of October 24, which marks the 384th day of the war, the Israeli occupation has killed 42,847 Palestinians and injured 100,544 since the start of its war on Gaza, according to the ministry's latest tally. Read More

Hezbollah pummels Nahariya with rockets, destroys Merkava tanks
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continues confronting the Israeli occupation across various axes, bombarding Israeli sites while thwarting attempts to invade the South. The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - barraged the Israeli occupation, in occupied territories and at the Lebanese-Palestinian border, with hundreds of rockets, while confronting its troops trying to invade Lebanese territories, in defense of Lebanon and its people, as well as in support of Gaza and its Resistance. Read More

Despite Israeli strikes, Hezbollah hitting back: WSJ
Al Mayadeen: A report published in The Wall Street Journal highlights that despite heavy Israeli strikes and the assassination of its commanders, Hezbollah demonstrated its ability to regroup quickly under pressure. Read More

The Unending Struggle from Emir Abdelkader to Yahya Sinwar
Yeni Safak: Yahya Sinwar has already taken his place among historical figures like Abdelkader al-Jazairi, Emir Abdelkrim, and Omar Mukhtar. These unparalleled figures in Algerian, Moroccan, and Libyan history gave their lives defending the regions of the Mediterranean settled by Muslims. Now, Sinwar has joined their ranks. Palestinians and those living in the heart of the Islamic world will draw great lessons from the life of this great warrior. Read More

BRICS leaders adopt joint declaration following Kazan summit
Xinhua: BRICS leaders have issued a joint declaration covering a wide range of issues from the reform of the United Nations to ongoing global conflicts, following the association's summit that ended on Wednesday in Kazan, Russia. The declaration included 134 provisions in total, one of which addressed the reform of the UN. Leaders expressed deep concern about the ongoing tensions in the Gaza Strip and called for an immediate ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities. The leaders noted the importance of the establishment of a sovereign and independent State of Palestine within the internationally recognized borders of June 1967, and expressed support for Palestine's full membership in the UN. Read More

BRICS joint communique addresses multiple global crises and challenges and calls for a just international order
RT.COM: The group reaffirmed its commitment to promoting a multipolar world order where all nations have an equal say in global affairs. “We welcome the use of local currencies in financial transactions between BRICS countries and their trading partners,” it continues, calling for the establishment of a BRICS Cross-Border Payments Initiative. The document also supports the BRICS New Development Bank’s financing projects in local currencies and its growth into a “premier multilateral development institution.” Read More

BRICS summit: Marching towards a new world order
RT.COM: Of all the efforts and initiatives that are rightly seen as driving the new world order, BRICS, the now nine-nation bloc – originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China – is arguably the most important. From the outset, it included states that had the potential to embody, in theory and in practice, fundamental changes in the balance of power. Therefore, the BRICS were not inherently inapplicable to the criteria of effectiveness developed by Western political science to assess the success of international organizations. Read More

Hezbollah announces martyrdom of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah announced the martyrdom of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine the head of the Executive Council of the Resistance movement, in an Israeli airstrike that took place days ago. Safieddine, a key figure in the Lebanese resistance movement, was killed alongside several of his fellow fighters, in what the Resistance condemned as a "criminal and aggressive Zionist airstrike." Read More

Regional tributes pour in after martyrdom of Sayyed Safieddine
Al Mayadeen: Leaders and movements across Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Tunisia paid tribute to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, praising his lifelong struggle in defense of Palestine and Lebanon, and reaffirming their support for the Resistance. Read More

Sayyed Safieddine left behind 'inspiring legacy': Pezeshkian
Al Mayadeen: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed his condolences following the killing of top Hezbollah commander Sayyed Hashem Safieddine in an Israeli attack in Lebanon. In a Wednesday statement, Pezeshkian said that Sayyed Safieddine dedicated his life to defending the oppressed in Palestine and Lebanon and strengthening the resistance. Read More

Hezbollah kills +70 Israeli soldiers and destroys 28 tanks in Lebanon
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon's operations room has released a field summary of the ground confrontations at the border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine, detailing the achievements of Hezbollah’s missile force, air force, and air defense forces. According to the Resistance's assessment, Israeli losses include more than 70 dead and 600 injured among Israeli occupation officers and soldiers, along with the destruction of 28 Merkava tanks, 4 military bulldozers, an armored vehicle, and a troop carrier. Additionally, three Hermes 450 drones and one Hermes 900 drone were downed. Read More

Israel uses massacres, bombings of shelters and hospitals as part of its systematic strategy to evacuate northern Gaza
by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Israel is systematically and extensively working to drive out the Palestinian population and forcibly displace them from their residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip, using massacres, mass killings, bombings of hospitals and shelters, and the destruction of basic necessities of life. Euro-Med Monitor notes that the basic necessities of life across the Strip, particularly in the north, have already been deteriorating for 12 months. Read More

War on Gaza and How the US and Israel Dehumanizing Human Culture
by Mahboob A. Khawaja: The trajectory of daily aerial bombardments, targeted killings of fellow human beings, planned destruction of human habitats and cries for help by innocent children, men and women go unanswered for more than a year. It is madness, inhumanity, complete breakdown and impotence of global organizations such as the UNO and its Security Council and complete indifference of global leaders to challenge the animosities perpetuated by Israel and bombed by using American supplied weapons on the masses who should be protected by the so-called civilized world of the 21st century if there is any left intact. Read More

Multipolar world order, leading role of emerging economies, and Western debt: Key takeaways from Putin’s BRICS address
RT.COM: Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a meeting of leaders at the BRICS Summit in Kazan on Wednesday. In his speech, he focused on the growing role and prospects of the economic group, and warned about the risks to the global economy from Western sanctions and protectionist policies. Read More

Putin aide confirms 13 nations eyed for BRICS expansion
Al Mayadeen: Reuters reported on Wednesday that BRICS leaders are drafting plans to further expand the alliance amid concerns about the geopolitical and economic implications of rapid growth. The final BRICS communique is expected to include references to peace proposals from China and Brazil, which have been advocating for a ceasefire at the UN. Read More

Xi and Modi hold talks at BRICS Summit in Russia
RT.COM: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have held their first bilateral meeting in almost five years on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan. The meeting comes days after the two nuclear-armed neighbors announced an agreement on patrolling disputed border areas, which has been a point of contention since Indian and Chinese troops clashed in June 2020.  Read More

Why does a NATO member suddenly want to join BRICS? 
By Murad Sadygzade: Türkiye shows significant interest in joining BRICS, seeing it as an important step toward enhancing its international influence and economic potential. This aspiration is driven by several key factors related to economic, political, and geostrategic aspects. Possessing one of the largest economies in the region, Türkiye aims to diversify its economic ties and strengthen cooperation with rapidly developing countries. Joining BRICS would give Ankara access to a vast market and opportunities to increase trade and investment with the leading economies of the developing world. This is especially important in the context of global economic challenges and uncertainties, where diversifying partners becomes a key factor for sustainable growth. Read More

BRICS to make ‘important decisions’ in Kazan – Putin
RT.COM: BRICS members are expected to reach decisions on a range of critical issues aimed at strengthening and improving cooperation within the group, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at its annual gathering, being held this year in the city of Kazan.Read More

Russia’s BRICS summit: What’s on the agenda and why it matters to Putin
Al Jazeera: The summit, which leaders from two dozen nations will attend, is the largest event Russia has hosted in years — and a signal to the West amid the war in Ukraine, analysts say.Read More

Global leaders arrive in Russia's city of Kazan for BRICS summit
Anadolu Agency: The leaders of BRICS countries are arriving in Kazan to participate in the organization's summit on Tuesday, with as many as 22 heads of state and six heads of international organizations expected to attend the event. Read More

Türkiye 'sincerely' wants to improve its cooperation with BRICS: President Erdogan
Anadolu Agency: Türkiye “sincerely” wants to improve its cooperation with the BRICS group, President RecepTayyipErdogan said on Tuesday.On eve of his joining summit as guest, Erdogan also says BRICS summit in Russia could instrumental in enhancing Türkiye's cooperation with bloc. Read More

Russia, China vow to boost coordination in global affairs: Putin
Anadolu Agency: President Vladimir Putin hailed exemplary relations between Russia and China, saying that they are an example of how relations between countries should be built, as he said both countries aim to boost coordination in global affairs.Speaking during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia's city of Kazan, Putin said despite the severe external pressure the two countries continue increasing bilateral trade and developing ties in many other sectors.Read More

Hamas' tactics in North Gaza make it hard to defeat: NYT
Al Mayadeen:According to The New York Times, Hamas’ small-scale, hit-and-run approach has allowed it to continue inflicting damage on "Israel" while avoiding defeat.Read More

Gulen who just died created a global terror network
TRT World: The network of FetullahGulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO), which orchestrated the 2016 defeated coup attempt, has been a thorny issue for Türkiye’s foreign policy.FetullahGulen, who established his cult in the early 1970s, died on Sunday in the United States, where he had been in self-exile for years.Despite Ankara’s repeated requests and the evidence it had shared on Gulen’s illegal activities, Washington refused to extradite him. This marred the relations between the two NATO allies.FETO has a considerable presence internationally, including private schools -- approximately 150 charter schools in the US -- and hospitals, which serve as a revenue stream for the criminal cult.Read More

Türkiye's Hürjet aircraft completes first supersonic flight test
Daily Sabah: Türkiye's homegrown light attack aircraft Hürjet, developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), completed on Monday its first supersonic flight, an Anadolu Agency (AA) report said, featuring photos of the jet above the capital Ankara. Read More

Astech to debut smart 'Skywolf' munitions for Turkish drones
Daily Sabah: Turkish defense startup Astech is set to unveil this week a lightweight smart weapon family for UAV/UCAV, rotary and fixed-wing aircraft named "Skywolf"(Gökkurt), which is set to strengthen Türkiye’s defense capabilities by joining the nation’s growing roster of UCAV munitions, a key export category in the Turkish defense industry. Read More

640 Palestinians killed in 17 days
Al Jazeera: At least 33 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources say, including 18 in Jabalia refugee camp as the forced expulsion by troops in the north continues. Read More

Israel destroying north Gaza through ‘death and displacement’ – UN
Al Jazeera: The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) says it is concerned Israel “may be causing the destruction of the Palestinian population in Gaza’s northernmost governorate through death and displacement”. Read More

Gaza people 'will not stay here' says Extremist Israeli settlement group head
Al Mayadeen: Daniella Weiss, the leader of the Israeli far-right Nachala organization, claims that the people of Gaza have "lost their right" to be there. Read More

18 Palestinians detained in West Bank, raising total to 11,400
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces continue to cram Palestinians in the West Bank into detention centers and prisons in futile attempts to contain their support for Gaza. Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 18 Palestinians, including former detainees, across different areas of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. Read More

Fethullah Gulen dies at 83
Fetullah Gülen, founder of Gulen groups died in Pennsylvania, U.S., Monday. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who confirmed Gulen’s death, described the cleric as the head of a “dark organization”, telling a news conference: “Our nation’s determination in the fight against terrorism will continue, and this news of his death will never lead us to complacency.” Read More

Day 380 of aggression on Gaza: 42,603 martyrs, 99,795 injuries
Al Mayadeen: n the past 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation has carried out seven massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 84 martyrs and 158 injuries. The Ministry of Health in Gaza has released its daily report, marking the 380th day of ongoing Israeli aggression in the strip. Read More

Gaza Resistance eliminates Israeli 401st Brigade commander in Jabalia
Al Mayadeen: Palestinian Resistance fighters eliminated the commander of the 401st Brigade, while a second commander was seriously injured in Jabalia. Read More

Gaza broke down Israeli-Gulf ties; region approaches major shift: NYT
Al Mayadeen: Saudi officials are distancing them from the Israeli government due to the war on Gaza, as their ties grow stronger with Iran. Israeli policies and actions over the past year have prompted a significant shift in regional diplomacy, drawing Saudi Arabia closer to Iran, The New York Times (NYT) reported. Read More

Palestinian Resistance decries Arab outlets' role in backing Israel
Al Mayadeen: The Joint Operations Room of the Palestinian Resistance factions condemns the support for "Israel" voiced in certain Arab media outlets. Read More

On the Path of Martyrdom: The Heroic Epic of Palestine and the Power of Resistance
Yeni Safak: When Israel began committing genocide in Gaza, we encountered something extraordinary: a people who, despite dire conditions, resisted the Israeli vampires. This was a society of faith—people who believed in God, spoke to Him, sought refuge in Him, and proclaimed, “God is enough for us.” The Muslims of Gaza led Muslims elsewhere to reexamine their own faith. Palestinians will not be extinguished by genocide; their spirits will rise again. Read More

Fahreddin Pasha: Ottoman officer who defended the holy lands with all he had 
Daily Sabah: Fahreddin Pasha, who defended Medina during World War I against the British even after the Ottomans surrendered, is one of many heroes who helped the nation stand against the occupying forces. Read More

US-Israeli intelligence outmatched by Sinwar's defiance
Al Mayadeen:  Sinwar’s martyrdom underscores the failure of the US and Israeli intelligence to fully grasp his unwavering ideology and fortifies his reputation as a legendary figure in the struggle. International media remain stunned by the revelation that Sinwar was killed in battle, actively fighting despite the yearlong, intense efforts by US and Israeli intelligence to assassinate him. Read More

Hamas built underground war machine for survival: WashPo
Al Mayadeen:  Hamas’s vast underground tunnel system, often referred to as the "Gaza metro," enabled the movement of weapons and fighters out of sight of Israeli surveillance. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been preparing for a large-scale attack against Israel for months before the October 7 operation, also known as Operation al-Aqsa Flood. Read More

Praising murder of Yahya Sinwar, imperialist powers endorse Netanyahu’s mass extermination plan in Gaza
The World Socialist Web Site: The killing of Sinwar prompted statements of unrestrained support for the Netanyahu government by the leaders of the United States, France, Germany and the UK, who used the occasion to openly endorse Netanyahu’s campaign of extermination and ethnic cleansing against a population of 2.2 million people. Sinwar’s murder follows a campaign of illegal assassinations targeting all of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as leading Iranian figures, as the US and Israel expand their military onslaught throughout the region. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by more than 80 2,000-pound. Read More

In the Time of Heroes
Countercurrent: In the time of heroes, history records names that never die with their bodies, but remain alive with every step toward freedom. In Fairouz’s play Jibal Al-Sawan, the hero dies at the city gate while fighting, and his daughter cries out to the occupier, (My father has died, but the idea of liberation remains.) That same idea, the idea of undying freedom, echoed amidst the deep sorrow that spread across Palestine when the leader Yahya Sinwar was martyred. Read More

By day 379 of Israeli genocide in Gaza, 42,519 killed, 99,637 injured
Al Mayadeen:  In the past 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation has carried out three massacres against families in Gaza, killing 19 and injuring 91. Since the war began over a year ago, the total number of martyrs has now reached 42,519, with injuries totaling 99,637. Read More

Hezbollah barrages Israeli positions, Haifa, unveils M-80 rockets
Al Mayadeen:  On Saturday, Resistance fighters executed a series of operations, including long-range rocket attacks, successful defense against Israeli armor in South Lebanon, and the shelling of Israeli occupation forces positioned near the Lebanese-Palestinian border. Read More

US used Australian bases in bombing Houthi facilities in Yemen
The World Socialist Web Site: The Australian Department of Defence confirmed yesterday that Australian air bases were used for long-range US attacks by B-2 stealth bombers on Yemen on the night of October 16‒17. This included “access and overflight for US aircraft in northern Australia,” a spokesperson told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Read More

Sinwar may be dead but Hamas lives on: Foreign Policy
Al Mayadeen: Steven A. Cook writes in Foreign Policy that attempting to eradicate a resistance movement through violence often backfires; the committed do not retreat—they intensify their resolve. Read More

Iran says Hamas chief Sinwar's martyrdom to inspire Resistance
Al Mayadeen: Iran has expressed that the assassination of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas, would serve as a source of inspiration for the ongoing struggle against oppression, hailing the martyred leader through numerous official channels. Read More

Iraq mourns martyr Sinwar: Resistance will continue until liberation
Al Mayadeen: The head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sheikh Hammam Hamoudi, mourned the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, who was martyred during armed confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. In a statement, Sheikh Hammoudi described Sinwar as "a remarkable model of bravery, courage, and defiance against occupation, injustice, and bloodthirsty arrogance," emphasizing that the Resistance will continue to escalate. Read More

Al-Houthi says Hamas to never drop banner of Resistance after Sinwar
Al Mayadeen: Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddine al-Houthi underlines that the Israeli occupation forces will not succeed in forcing the Resistance to surrender. Read More

MEGALOPOLIS targeted in Arabian Sea for violating ban: Yemen
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced the targeting of the ship MEGALOPOLIS in the Arabian Sea with several drones, confirming the success of the operation. Read More

Israeli attack kills at least 50 in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp
Al Mayadeen: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip released a statement revealing that the Israeli occupation's actions in Jabalia amount to extermination as the death toll is expected to reach 50 martyrs amid IOF bombardment of residential buildings and warnings to local hospitals. Read More

Yahya Sinwar may be dead, but there is no end in sight to this genocide
Al Jazeera: The news of Hamas leader’s killing after a year of evading capture will only engender ever greater resistance, which Israel will use to justify more slaughter. Read More

Hamas announces martyrdom of leader Yahya Sinwar
Al Mayadeen: Islamic Resistance movement Hamas officially announces the martyrdom of Political Bureau leader Yahya Sinwar in confrontations against the Israeli occupation forces. Read More

Regional Resistance movements mourn Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Al Mayadeen:  A number of regional Resistance movements mourn and laud the late Hamas leader, martyr Yahya al-Sinwar, who fought against the Israeli occupation until his last breath. Read More

Hamas leader’s killing won’t end or ease Gaza war
Asia Times: Yahya Sinwar’s assassination is a defining moment but the Israel-Hamas conflict will rage on without him. Although the killing of Sinwar is a major step towards restricting Hamas’ ability to maintain its war against the IDF in Gaza, Israeli soldiers still face some very significant problems there. Over the past year, Hamas has morphed from an organized fighting force into guerrilla mode, which makes its fighters much more difficult to eliminate completely. Israel can certainly do the “clearing” and “holding”, but has not been able to build an environment in which Hamas can no longer operate. Read More

Day 378 of aggression on Gaza: 42,500 martyrs, 99,546 injuries
Al Mayadeen:  The Ministry of Health in Gaza has released its daily report, marking the 378th day of ongoing Israeli aggression in the strip. In the past 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation has carried out four massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 62 martyrs and 300 injuries. Since the war began over a year ago, the total number of martyrs has now reached 42,500, with injuries totaling 99,546. Read More

Israel’s War on the World
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies: Each new week brings new calamities for people in the countries neighboring Israel, as its leaders try to bomb their way to the promised land of an ever-expanding Greater Israel. Read More

Global public debt to hit $100 trillion
The World Socialist Web Site: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that global public debt will reach over $100 trillion by the end of this year, equivalent to 93 percent of global GDP, and hit 100 percent by the end of this decade.        Read More

Israel claims Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed
 Al Jazeera: Israel says its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. The Israeli military said on Thursday that Sinwar was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza. “After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinwar was eliminated,” the Israeli military said. Hamas has not commented on the Israeli claims. Read More

Blinken says that Sinwar’s killing should bring end to Gaza war
 Al Jazeera: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says in a statement that the US will redouble efforts in the days ahead to end the conflict in Gaza following the apparent killing of Sinwar in Gaza. Read More

Killing Sinwar won't be the death of Hamas, Obama-era envoy says
NBC News: Sinwar's death is unlikely to end Hamas' reign in Gaza, Frank Lowenstein, former special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations under the Obama administration, told NBC News. Read More

Who is Yahya Sinwar, the artist behind Operation Al-Aqsa Flood?
Al Mayadeen: This article traces the history of Yahya Sinwar from his early days as a revolutionary youth to his two-decade-long sentence in Israeli prisons climbing up the ranks of Hamas to organize the groundbreaking Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Read More

Day 377 of aggression on Gaza: 42,438 martyrs, 99,246 injuries
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation continues its ongoing genocide for the 377th day, killing and starving Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 29 martyrs and 93 injuries that arrived at hospitals in the last 24 hours, the Gaza Health Ministry confirmed in its daily report on the 377th day of the Israeli war. Read More

Israel bombs school in North Gaza, killing dozens and wounding 160
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation has carried out another deadly assault on a school housing displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza as they gathered for lunch. In the Jabalia refugee camp, the IOF bombed the Abu Hussein school murdering at least 28 and injuring another 160 according to Gaza's government media office.  The strike caused fires to break out in tents placed in the yard. According to a medical source, some of the injured are in severe condition. Read More

'Israel's' killing of Yahya Sinwar is no turning point
Al Mayadeen: According to Daniel Byman, a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, the killing of Yahya Sinwar,  the recently elected head of Hamas' political bureau, may turn out to be less impactful than anticipated in the current war on Gaza. While Sinwar's death only means one less leader in the Palestinian Resistance, Hamas is far from rescinded as "Israel" faces the more complex challenge of the day after in Gaza. Read More

Sinwar to Sayyed al-Houthi: We stand arm in arm in Aqsa Flood battle
Al Mayadeen: The head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, confirmed that the Resistance in the Gaza Strip and the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen are fighting the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle shoulder to shoulder. In a message addressed to the leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Sinwar said, "I am pleased to write you this message on the birth anniversary of the Prophet, as we are fighting Al-Aqsa Flood Battle arm in arm. Read More

Yahya Sinwar: From Israeli prisons to leading Hamas amid Gaza genocide
Yeni Safak: Yahya Sinwar's long history with Hamas includes founding key security apparatus, enduring extensive imprisonment by Israel. Sinwar was selected as the Hamas political chief last August, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new president on July 31.The selection of Sinwar, 61, as the resistance group's top leader reflected his history with Hamas. He has served as Hamas' top official in Gaza for two consecutive terms, the first starting in 2017 and the second in 2021. Read More

West reacts to Israel claims Hamas leader Sinwar killed
Al Jazeera: US President Joe Biden said Sinwar’s death marks a moment of relief for Israelis while providing the opportunity for a “day after” in Gaza without the group in power. “Yahya Sinwar was an insurmountable obstacle to achieving all of those goals. That obstacle no longer exists. But much work remains before us,” Biden said in a statement. Hamas has yet to comment on Israeli army claims that forces killed the group’s leader in southern Gaza on Wednesday. Read More

Muslims ‘in constant fear’ amid hate campaign in India’s Himachal Pradesh
Al Jazeera: The Congress-ruled state has been witnessing anti-Muslim rallies for weeks, forcing many migrant workers to flee. Read More

Hezbollah warns of more rockets unless Israel ends air and ground attacks
Al Mayadeen: In a televised speech, Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary General talks about the dimensions of the current battle, the plans of the Israeli occupation for the region, and the new equations imposed by Hezbollah. “Lebanon cannot be separated from Palestine, nor can the region be separated from Palestine," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem emphasized. In a televised speech on Tuesday, he affirmed that "Sayyed Nasrallah has not left us, as we have fighters conducting battles through his will and his people continue to stand strong out of love for him."Read More

From Qana to Riyaq, Israeli massacres in Lebanon continue ruthlessly
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces persist in their brutal raids on civilians throughout various regions of Lebanon, having expanded their attacks in the past three weeks to encompass not only the villages of South Lebanon but also towns in the Bekaa and northern areas.Read More

Hezbollah downs 2 Hermes 450 drones, destroys 4 Israeli vehicles in one go
Al Mayadeen: The confrontations along the southern Lebanese front persist as the Israeli occupation continues its attempts to infiltrate Lebanese territory, despite repeated failures and the significant military toll incurred. In a series of 24 statements, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon has announced the targeting of occupied Palestinian cities, Israeli occupation troops, military sites, and barracks. Notably, today's operations included the downing of two Hermes 450 drones that were surveilling Lebanese cities and villages.Read More

Palestinian Resistance: Ambush in Rafah, confrontations in Jabalia
Al Mayadeen: One year into the war, the Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza Strip continued to intensify its operations, effectively targeting Israeli occupation vehicles and soldiers. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters successfully detonated a barrel bomb targeting an Israeli occupation special force east of the Rayan area, east of Rafah city in southern Gaza, resulting in casualties among the Israeli occupation soldiers.Read More

Israel employs a 'surrender or starve' strategy in Northern Gaza: WP
Al Mayadeen: While the Israeli regime has not officially confirmed adopting the strategy, reports indicate that parts of it are being implemented. The Washington Post report on Monday detailed the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, as the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) intensify their aggression on the Strip. The report sheds light on the emerging strategy reportedly being employed by "Israel", described as a "surrender or starve" approach, which has drawn international condemnation.Read More

Israel prevents delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza: UN
Anadolu Agency: The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Israel was obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation has reached catastrophic levels, threatening the Palestinian people's access to vital supplies for surviRead Moreval.

US to deploy THAAD anti-missile systems, troops in Israel
Daily Sabah: The United States announced Sunday it will deploy troops and an advanced anti-missile system to Israel to strengthen its air defenses after missile strikes from Iran. U.S. President Joe Biden said the move was meant "to defend Israel," which is weighing an expected retaliation against Iran after Tehran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel on Oct 1.Read More

Deployment of US Thaad anti-missile system marks a significant escalation
Al Jazeera: The deployment of an advanced United States anti-missile system to Israel, along with 100 troops to operate it, marks a significant escalation in US entanglement with a widening Israeli war that Washington has already heavily subsidised.Read More

Gaza death toll jumps to 42,344 as Israel kills 55 more Palestinians
Anadolu Agency: Over 99,000 Palestinians injured in Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza's Health Ministry says. Israeli attacks killed at least 55 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 42,344, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Tuesday. Read More

What is Khalistan, the source of tensions between Canada and India?
TRT World: The demand for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan in India and New Delhi's alleged involvement in assassination of dissidents had morphed into a diplomatic crisis with Canada. India and Canada have expelled each other's ambassadors and five other top diplomats after New Delhi said its envoy had been named among "persons of interest" in the investigations into the killing of a Sikh separatist leader last year. Read More

What’s behind the incredible rise of the Turkish defence industry?
TRT World: Türkiye has transformed into a key player in global defence production, breaking free from its historical dependence on foreign suppliers. Read More

How the Israel-US axis in Middle East pushed Russia and Iran closer
TRT World: Moscow and Tehran find common ground as Russia battles the US-led West in Ukraine and Iran face-off with Israel. In the second week of October, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian met for the first time at a forum in Turkmenistan commemorating the 18th-century poet Magtymguly Pyragy. Read More

Hezbollah launches sweeping attack on Israeli forces in border towns
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah has been engaging Israeli occupation forces non-stop in the past few days, announcing a collection of military operations throughout Sunday. Hezbollah Resistance fighters continue to defend against an Israeli onslaught on Lebanese border towns, engaging invading troops in close quarter battles. Read More

Reflections on Gaza and the 2024 US Elections
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: Let the American voters send a loud message in 2024 elections by saying no to the coteries of an evil establishment that promotes war and destruction. Let them vote for conscience and not those who sponsor and promote genocide. Read More

3 Israelis killed, 67 injured in Hezbollah’s attack on Binyamina
Al Jazeera: Hezbollah said Sunday that  it launched a “swarm of drones” on a Golani Brigade camp in Binyamina, south of Haifa . Israeli Army Radio says three people dead after the attack. Israeli media is reporting that at least 67 people are injured in the drone attack. Read More

Israeli forces massacre children in Gaza, besiege hospitals
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces kill five children and injure others playing in a neighborhood in Gaza. Adding to their list of massacres committed on the 373rd day of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces directly attacked a group of children in the al-Shati refugee camp, near the coast of Gaza City. Read More

By day 373 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 42,227 killed, 98,464 injured
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 52 and injuring 128 who arrived at hospitals in 24 hours, confirmed the Gaza Health Ministry on Sunday. This brings the total number of Palestinians killed since the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 to 42,227, in addition to 98,464 injuries, the Ministry announced in its daily report. Read More

Indian Muslim politician Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai
Daily Dawn: A senior Muslim politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai was shot dead on Saturday, weeks ahead of key state elections, with police probing the role of a notorious crime gang. Baba Siddique, 66, a local lawmaker and former minister in Maharashtra state, was shot multiple times in the chest outside his son’s office in Mumbai, Indian media reported. Read More

Iran to support Lebanon, Resistance after war: Ghalibaf
Al Mayadeen: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad BagherGhalibaf commented on a widely circulated image of him piloting a plane to Lebanon, stating, "Yes, I mentioned that I piloted the plane during my trip to Lebanon. In fact, we wanted to emphasize that we follow our dear leader's example, who led Friday prayers despite enemy threats, with a strong presence from our proud people who are always in the arena." Read More

Iraq Resistance attacks Israeli sites in occupied Golan Heights, Eilat
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out numerous operations on Saturday against Israeli military sites in occupied territories, stressing that the operations were in support of the people of Lebanon and Gaza as they come under severe bombardment from Israel. Read More

Mahathir urges Muslim states to unite against Israeli genocide in Gaza
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, says that we should condemn the  Muslims who are complicit in Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He was apparently referring to the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan who have established relations with Israel in recent years and declined to sever ties with Israel for genocide of Palestinians. He was addressing "Palestine: The Linchpin of Civilization Renaissance held in Turkey. Read More

Do political parties understand the depth of the Bangladesh Revolution?
By Mawdudur Rahman & Habib Siddiqui: Bangladeshi nation will never forget all these martyrs. Their stories would be shared and retold in school textbooks. They will be the conscience  of the nation for ages. Their immense sacrifices cannot be compared with those of the past movements both in quantity and quality. They defeated a tyrant, the worst that Bangladesh is ever endured. Read More

Thousands turn up as PTM jirga begins in Jamrud
Ibrahim Shinwari: The first day of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s Pashtun Qaumi Jirga passed off peacefully here on Friday, with organisers anticipating a larger turnout for the second day of the three-day event. Thousands of people attended the jirga in the daytime but the number dropped in the evening. Read More

Pakistan Cricket Has Reached Its Nadir
Syed Rifaquat Ali: Defeat after defeat. And Pakistan's legendary cricketers ----Imran Khan, Zameer Abbas, Jaded Miandad, Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzemam-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq  etc---are witness to this ugly scenario. Pakistan CricBoard (PCB) Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, is groping in dark to find a solution to resurrect Pakistan cricket. Read More

Hezbollah escalates ops, bombards Israeli explosives factory in Haifa
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah kickstarted the early hours of Saturday with a series of operations and confrontations against the Israeli occupation at the frontlines, repelling its military vehicles and foiling its ongoing attempts to infiltrate Lebanese territories. Read More

Hezbollah shocks observers, 'Israel' reliving 2006 war: CNN
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli war against Lebanon could end at a stalemate, as violent confrontations at the border indicate that [an Israeli victory] will not be easy, CNN said in a recent report. Israeli soldiers tell CNN that the war against Hezbollah and Lebanon has proven to be more challenging than expected, as flashbacks of 2006 haunt the occupation.  Read More

Day 372 in Gaza: 42,175 killed, 98,336 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: On the 372nd day of Israel's relentless genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres against civilians and families, killing 49 Palestinians and injuring 219 more, Gaza's Health Ministry revealed in its daily report. Many victims remain trapped beneath rubble and lining the streets, as ambulance and Civil Defense teams are unable to reach them.  Read More

Palestine: The Linchpin of Civilization Renaissance
Mahathir Mohamad says: "The least we can do while we feel helpless is to condemn Israel, the US, and their Western allies, as well as Muslims who are complicit in their crimes against humanity." Read More

Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Israel amid ongoing Gaza war
Al Jazeera: The government of Nicaragua has announced that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel, adding to the country’s growing isolation on the global stage amid its war in Gaza. Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo announced the move to state media on Friday after the country’s Congress passed a resolution calling for action after the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war on October 7.  Read More

Israel’s ‘silent war’ on seizing Palestinian land in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera: The UN says Israel is waging war on the occupied West Bank, adding that a silent war is also taking place that is focused on seizing Palestinian territory and uprooting Palestinian families from their land. Attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have been among the most violent in the past year.  Read More

Why Palestinians won’t leave their land
Al Jazeera: The more Israel tries to make Palestinian life impossible in Palestine, the more Palestinians resist.  Read More

Meta permanently bans Al Mayadeen English Instagram account
Al Mayadeen: Meta has disabled the account of Al Mayadeen English on Instagram for allegedly not following "our Community Guidelines.""All your information will be permanently deleted," the decision stated. The crackdown on narratives countering mainstream and Western media continues, slamming the notion of the freedom of the press. Read More

Putin, Pezeshkian hail ‘strategic’ ties between Iran, Russia
Al Mayadeen: On the sidelines of the International Forum in Turkmenistan's capital of Ashgabat on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian discussed that relations with Iran are a priority for Russia and that these relations are developing successfully. Read More

Iran warns Gulf nations against helping Israel, says 'will respond accordingly'
India Today: Amid the escalating threat of the Middle East conflict expanding with Israel planning an offensive against Iran, Tehran warned Gulf Arab nations against allowing their airspace or military bases to be used in such an attack. A senior Iranian official stated that any assistance to Israel would be unacceptable and would draw a response. Read More

Hezbollah drones strike Israeli Air Force command base in Haifa
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon persists in its efforts to target Israeli occupation sites and settlements in northern occupied Palestine in defense of Lebanon and Gaza. Read More

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip
Anadolu Agency: Israel continues air and ground operations across Palestinian enclave. At least 10 Palestinians, including a woman and child, were killed and several others injured early Friday in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. Read More

Indian still wants me dead but Khalistan Referendum will continue: Pannun
The Nation:  The American Khalistani separatist leader targeted in a foiled assassination plot planned by India said that intelligence agents in New Delhi still want him dead and said that the Biden administration’s “quiet diplomacy” has failed to deter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government from engaging in transnational repression of Sikhs. Read More

USCIRF Releases Report on India’s Collapsing Religious Freedom Conditions 
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on October 2 released a report about collapsing religion freedom in India. This report highlights how throughout 2024, individuals have been killed, beaten, and lynched by vigilante groups, religious leaders have been arbitrarily arrested, and homes and places of worship have been demolished. These events constitute particularly severe violations of religious freedom. Read More

Qadri family sponsors Mehfil-e-Milaad on October 5, 2024

On Al Mayadeen's cam: Israeli tank catches fire at frontlines
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah's fighters continue to operate from the frontlines, attacking an Israeli Merkava tank and troop formations. The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah targeted an Israeli tank, on Thursday, as it advanced toward Ras al-Naqoura, using guided missiles. Hezbollah's targeted strike on an Israeli tank near Ras al-Naqoura led to its destruction and resulted in casualties among the crew, including both deaths and injuries. Read More

Gaza Resistance ambushes Israeli forces in Jabalia, Khan Younis
Al Mayadeen: The al-Qassam Brigades executes a sophisticated ambush against Israeli forces east of the Jabalia refugee camp, resulting in multiple casualties. Shortly after the first anniversary of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, Palestinian Resistance forces in Gaza continue to confront Israeli forces entrenched across various battlefronts, particularly in Jabalia to the north, where the Israeli military launched a new incursion a couple of days ago, despite previous claims of having "eliminated" the  Resistance in the area. Read More

Hezbollah neither defeated nor broken, inflicting losses, casualties
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah has neither been defeated nor broken following the recent assassinations against its members, Israeli media indicated on Thursday, adding that the Lebanese group remains capable of dealing casualties and damage to "Israel." Israeli media say 22 Israeli soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours, 20 of them on the Lebanese border and two in the Gaza Strip. Read More

Israeli strike hits central area of Lebanon’s Beirut
Al Jazeera: An Israeli attack has hit central Beirut, Lebanon, outside of the city’s southern suburbs, which Israel has been targeting almost daily for the last two weeks. Read More

Israeli strike on central Gaza school kills 28 displaced Palestinians
Daily Sabah: At least 28 Palestinians were killed on Thursday when an Israeli airstrike targeted a Gaza school sheltering displaced people. The strike, in which many more were wounded, happened in the city of Deir al-Balah, where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting elsewhere after more than a year of war. Read More

60 more Israeli soldiers injured in clashes in Lebanon, Gaza
Anadolu Agency: At least 60 more Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, the military said on Thursday. Some 731 soldiers killed, 4,700 others injured since outbreak of Gaza conflict last year, Israeli military figures show. Read More

Russia warns escalating conflict in Middle East could have catastrophic consequences for region
Anadolu Agency: 'Unfortunately, the battleground is already expanding. The Lebanese front has now been added. All of this, naturally, leads to the destruction of civilian infrastructure,' says Kremlin spokesman. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Thursday that the escalating conflict in the Middle East could have catastrophic consequences for the entire region. Read More

Yemen's Houthis target ship in Red Sea amid ongoing conflicts
TRT World: A series of suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthis targeted a ship in the Red Sea, authorities said. The attack comes as the group continues to threaten ships moving through the Red Sea, a waterway that once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it a year, over the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East stemming from Israel's war in Gaza. Read More

Authorities must immediately revoke ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement: Amnesty
TRT World: The Pakistan government’s ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and the use of anti-terrorism laws to target activists and peaceful protesters from minority groups is an affront on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly in the country, said Amnesty International on Tuesday. Read More

Pakistan's Pashtun Movement Plans To Go Ahead With Assembly Despite Recent Violence
Radio Free Europe: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) plans to go ahead with its Loya Jirga grand assembly on October 11 to discuss peace and security in northwestern Pakistan despite recent violence, including the deaths of three of its members. Thousands of people took part on October 10 in a funeral prayer service for the three peace activists killed when police started firing at them a day earlier after the activists refused to vacate the venue for the Loya Jirga. Read More

Instead of banning the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, engage it
Asia Times: Pakistan’s Federal Government in its latest notification has banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), labeling it as a “proscribed organization” that poses a threat to the peace and security of the country. This is utterly ridiculous and against the standards of basic human rights. Blaming a peaceful movement and smearing it with the dirt of Pakistan’s failure to ensure security and peace is ironical. The movement has never been involved in any unlawful activity that might threaten Pakistan’s fragile security. Banning the PTM simply adds to Pashtun grievances against the state of Pakistan. Read More

Hezbollah repels incursions, showers Israeli settlements with rockets
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced Wednesday a new series of operations its fighters carried out "in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and their valiant and honorable resistance and in defense of Lebanon and its people." Read More

Israeli Army admit 38 soldiers injured on northern front, 2 settlers dead
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah has successfully repelled multiple infiltration attempts by Israeli occupation forces along Lebanon's southern border. Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation forces announced the injury of 38 of their soldiers in 24 hours along the northern front on the border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine. Read More

Hezbollah still organized despite Israeli attacks, says Russia
Al Mayadeen: Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters that according to Russian assessments, "Hezbollah, including the military wing, has not lost its chain of command and is demonstrating organization." Zakharova accuses the West, particularly the United States and Britain, of escalating the Middle East struggle and demonstrating hypocrisy by supporting Israel. Read More

Haifa-Carmel under Hezbollah keen eye: Hoopoe Episode 3
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah published Wednesday evening a new episode of its Hoopoe series, revealing new footage its drone filmed of potential Israeli targets in occupied Palestinian territories before safely returning to Lebanese soil, undetected by Israeli air defenses. The latest episode showed swathes of locations in the Haifa-Carmel area, a strategic high point that serves as the first line of defense for the Gush Dan area concerning air defense. Read More

Israel killed 2,141, injured 10,099 in Lebanon; paramedics targeted
Al Mayadeen: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the toll of martyrs from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon has reached 2,141, with 10,099 injured, since October 8, 2023. Read More

Gaza toll crosses 42,000 after Israeli strikes in N. Gaza kill dozens
Daily Sabah: The Palestinian death toll in Israel's genocidal Gaza war crossed 42,000 on Wednesday when a large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza killed dozens of people, officials confirmed. It also threatened to shut down three hospitals over a year into the war, residents said. Read More

Scholar laments division in Muslim world over Palestine
Daily Sabah: The Muslim world has split into three groups over the Palestinian cause, according to Ali Mohiuddin al-Qaradaghi, the head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS). Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) at the union's headquarters in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, al-Qaradaghi lamented that the Islamic world had failed to act collectively on the matter of Palestine. Read More

One year of Israel's war on Gaza in pictures by Al Jazeera

By day 368 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 41,965 killed, 97,590 injured
Al Mayadeen: On the 368th day of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 56 martyrs and 278 injuries arrived at hospitals in 24 hours. Since October 7, 2023, the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 41,965 martyrs and 97,590 injuries. Read More

Hezbollah launches largest rocket attack on Haifa, Krayot area
Al Mayadeen: Responding to the brutal Israeli aggression on Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters fire 105 rockets at Israeli settlements and the city of Haifa in 30 minutes. Read More

No position is vacant; Hezbollah men of battlefield, ready: Deputy SG
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem confirmed on Tuesday that Hezbollah's command and control as well as the management of the party and the Resistance are “in an orderly manner and in accordance with the party's norms,” stressing that the Resistance “overcame the painful blows that it suffered.” Read More

Israel killed 1,000 healthcare workers in Gaza: WHO
Al Mayadeen: The World Health Organization (WHO) released a special report Tuesday detailing the dire health conditions in Gaza and Lebanon as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression, revealing paramount Israeli criminality in the region. According to the WHO, nearly 1,000 healthcare workers in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli occupation since the start of the genocide, which started on October 7, 2023. The organization also revealed that 6% of Gaza's total population had either been killed or injured during the past year of relentless bombardment. Read More

Israel has turned Gaza into cemetery for journalists
Daily Sabah: With over 175 journalists killed in their line of duty, Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has become the deadliest for reporters since World War II. Read More

Hamas operation against Israel & Axis of Resistance
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Virtually all the Arab and Muslim countries watched the Israeli genocide of Palestinians feebly and helplessly. It was the so called Axis of Resistance which supported the people of Gaza. The Axis of Resistance includes Hezbollah movement in Lebanon; the Houthi movement in Yemen and various militant groups in Iraq and Syria. Read More

Anniversary of Al Aqsa Flood operation against Israel
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: October 7, 2024 marks the first anniversary of Al Aqsa Flood operation which returned the Palestine issue top of the Arab and Islamic agenda that was overshadowed by normalization of relations between Israel and Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam. Read More

De-Gaza: A Year of Israel’s Genocide and the Collapse of World Order
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has released a comprehensive report marking one year since Israel launched its genocidal campaign against civilians in the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023. During this period, Israel has committed grave war crimes, with the explicit complicity of the international community. Read More

Reflections on October 7
Countercurrent: A commentary on October 7 stimulated by an interview with an independent Turkish journalist, Naman Bakac. Read More

One year of Genocide in Gaza
Countercurrent: More than sixteen thousand children were killed in one year and more than eighteen thousand children became orphans! Air strikes and military action by the Israeli army have been going on in Gaza Strip for the last one year! More than 41000 people have died so far in Gaza, which has a population of about 2.3 million ! 16,765 of them are children! People coming from different parts of Gaza are forced to live only in Al-Awasi humanitarian area which is only 10% of Gaza Strip! Read More

One year of genocide in Gaza
WSWS Editorial Board

Thousands attend funeral for Kamel Jawad, Dearborn resident killed by Israeli airstrike in Lebanon
By Kathleen Martin, Andrea Lobo: Thousands gathered at the Islamic Center of America in Michigan on Sunday to attend the funeral of Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a Dearborn resident killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 1. The 56-year-old husband and father of four was a US citizen who often traveled back to Lebanon to visit family and engage in humanitarian work. Read More

Hezbollah's indomitable resolve
Al Mayadeen: Israel, backed by the US, has relentlessly sought to cripple resistance movements in Lebanon and Palestine; yet their fundamental misreading of the Resistance has led to repeated failures. Read More

Palestinian Resistance confronts Israeli incursion in north Gaza
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation admitted on Sunday that an Israeli soldier died of previous wounds he sustained in the Gaza Strip. The recognition comes at a time when the Palestinian resistance is confronting the occupation's attempts to infiltrate east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. Read More

Day 366 in Gaza: 41,870 killed, 97,166 injured by Israel
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres overnight in the Gaza Strip, killing 45 Palestinians and injuring 256 more, on the 366th day of the brutal, genocidal war they launched against civilians.  Some of the victims were transported to barely functional hospitals. Still, the majority remain trapped beneath the rubble, unable to be rescued, as "Israel" continues to obstruct the routes and operations of medical, Civil Defense, and rescue crews. This raises the total death toll in Gaza to 41,870, in addition to 97,166 injured, an overwhelming majority of whom are women and children. Read More

Israel kills 26 in attack on Gaza mosque, school; orders more evacuations
Al Jazeera: At least 26 Palestinians have been killed and many others wounded after Israeli forces attacked a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. Read More

Askalan hit with resistance rockets, one Israeli soldier killed in Gaza
Al Mayadeen: The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced that its fighters had bombarded Askalan and the surrounding settlements with a barrage of rockets. Read More

Beirut's southern suburb suffers 'heaviest night of attacks' with 30 airstrikes by Israeli warplanes
Anadolu Agency: Airstrikes hit several areas, including gas station near Airport Road, building on Barjaoui Street in Ghobeiry district, and other locations in Safir and Burj al-Barajneh, reports media.  Israeli warplanes carried out more than 30 overnight airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburb, marking the "heaviest night" of attacks since Israel expanded its military offensive against Lebanon on Sept. 23. Read More

Israeli army orders more evictions of northern Gaza residents after 100 airstrikes since Saturday
Anadolu Agency: Army ordered Gazans to move south to the Al-Mawasi area in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis. After more than 100 airstrikes since Saturday evening, the Israeli army issued a new warning to northern Gaza residents on Sunday morning to evacuate their homes and relocate to the Al-Mawasi area in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis. Read More

What October 7 means in the history of Israel-Palestine conflict
TRT World: October 7 has outmoded old codes in the history of Israel-Palestine conflict, leaving global observers questioning its long-term implications and potential trajectories. Read More

Human Rights violations in India-administered Kashmir
TRT World: The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has documented widespread human rights violations that have resulted from the legal changes implemented in India-administered Kashmir since August 2019. Read More

Resistance in the region will not retreat: Sayyed Khamenei
Al Mayadeen: During the Friday sermon at the Mosalla Mosque in Tehran where the memorial service for Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his martyred companions was held, the leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyed Ali Khamenei began by honoring Sayyed Nasrallah, with a heartfelt tribute. In his Friday Prayers sermon, the first he has led in years, he said, "I saw it fit to honor my brother, my pride, the popular figure of the Islamic world, and the shining pearl of Lebanon, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during Tehran's Friday prayers," adding, "We are all saddened and grief-stricken by this great loss, but our mourning does not mean that we must be depressed, or feel hopelessness." Read More

Iran FM reaffirms strong backing for Lebanon, its Resistance
Al Mayadeen: Iran's top diplomat reiterated Tehran's commitment to supporting the Lebanese government, its people, and the Resistance in their struggle against the Israeli aggression. During a meeting on Friday in Beirut, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi discussed recent developments in Lebanon with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Read More

Snippets from Ayatollah Khamenei's sermons during Friday prayers in Tehran
Press TV: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei led the congregational Friday prayers in the capital Tehran for the first time in five years, attended by more than a million people from different parts of the country. The prayers followed two sermons in which the Leader made a passionate call for Muslim unity in the face of continued genocidal crimes by the apartheid Israeli regime in Gaza and Lebanon backed by the United States. Read More

Significant damage, fires in Galilee region reported in Hezbollah rocket attack
Yeni Safak: Israel has detected the launch of 100 rockets from Lebanon since Friday morning, with some of the rockets causing fires in the Galilee region, according to Israeli Channel 12. The rockets, fired by Hezbollah, led to the activation of sirens across northern Israel. Read More

Escalation spiral and looming war in the Middle East
By Murat Yesiltas: With new actors joining the fray and Israel's aggressiveness intensifying, the Middle East braces for a broader regional war. Read More

Day 363 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 41,788 killed, 96,794 injured
Al Mayadeen: Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, 99 of whom were martyred and 169 wounded were hospitalized. This comes as the genocidal war against the Gaza Strip approaches its one-year mark. As of October 3rd, which marks the 363rd day of the conflict, the Israeli occupation has killed 41,788 Palestinians and injured 96,794, according to the latest tally by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. Read More

Israel kills 99 more Gazans
Anadolu Agency: Nearly 96,800 Palestinians injured in Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7, 2023, says Gaza Health Ministry. Nearly 100 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll since last Oct. 7 to 41,788, the Health Ministry in the war-torn territory said on Thursday. Read More

Iran's Khamenei had warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him
Reuters: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. Read More

Satellite images show damage to Nevatim base from Iranian missiles
Al Mayadeen: Satellite images published by the Associated Press (AP) showed the damage to the Israeli occupation's Nevatim air base in southern occupied Palestine after it was targeted by a massive barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles as part of Operation True Promise 2. Read More

Israeli media warn Lebanon is 'deep, sinking quagmire' for troops
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media discussed what it referred to as the "deep and sinking Lebanese quagmire," coinciding with several failed attempts by the Israeli occupation military to infiltrate South Lebanon, predicting a "long and complicated round" of confrontations with Hezbollah. Read More

Erdoğan warns of war between Israel and Turkey
By Baris Demir: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned of war between Israel and Turkey in his speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday, saying, “The Israeli leadership, acting with the delirium of the promised land and with a purely religious fanaticism, will set its sights on our homeland after Palestine and Lebanon.” Erdoğan said that the Zionist “Greater Israel” project includes Turkey and added, “The Netanyahu government harbors a delusional ambition, including Anatolia, and pursues a utopia, and it reveals these intentions on various occasions. Since 7 October, every development increases the dimension of this threat a little more.” Read More

Iran and Israel closer than ever to full-fledged war
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated to a dangerous and unprecedented level. The rivalry between these two nations has long been intense, but the latest developments signal that the region could be on the brink of a major conflict with far-reaching consequences. Read More

Gulf leaders support Palestine – but many would not mind seeing Israel challenge Iran
The Guardian: This Sunni coalition of six Gulf monarchs is not naturally well disposed to Iran or its Shia proxies, and only in 2016 labelled  Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. But they also oppose further Israeli escalation, and believe it is ultimately only Washington that has the means to restrain the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. They insist the establishment of an independent Palestinian state is the only path to regional stability, integration and prosperity. Read More

PCB Playing Ducks And Drakes  
By Syed Rifaquat Ali:  Pakistan will face the formidable England team in ICC Test Championship in Multan on October 7.  Read More

Eight Israeli soldiers killed, three tanks destroyed by Resistance
Al Mayadeen: Israeli occupation forces admitted on Wednesday the deaths of eight occupation soldiers during confrontations with the Islamic Resistance fighters on the southern Lebanese border, including two captains. According to Israeli Channel 12, the soldiers who were killed fell in two separate locations after being confronted by Resistance fighters at a close proximity. Read More

'Israel' admits Iran strike hit military bases, tries to downplay it
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation was hit by an unprecedented attack from Iran late Tuesday night, with dozens of missiles hitting their designated target and reports indicating that over 400 missiles and projectiles had been launched from Iran toward the occupied Palestinian territories. While the Israeli occupation forces have admitted to damage impacting several key Air Force bases, officials were quick to assert that no aircraft were hit and that the attack had not affected any military operations, contrary to what much of the footage circulated online showed. Read More

Iran's success triggers concerns of joint Resistance op: The Guardian
Al Mayadeen: A piece published by The Guardian confirms the success of Operation True Promise 2, highlighting the concerns among "Israel" and allies regarding the implications of a greater, joint operation by the Axis of Resistance. Iran's missile attack against occupied territories on Tuesday night prompted security concerns in "Israel" and among its allies over the consequences of a potential joint operation led by the Axis of Resistance, including Iran and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah, a piece published by The Guardian said. Read More

Hezbollah ambushes Israeli infantry force trying to infiltrate Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: Fighters from the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon successfully confronted an Israeli infantry force attempting to infiltrate Lebanese territory through the village of Odaisseh from the Khallet al-Mahafer area on Wednesday dawn, Hezbollah confirmed. Read More

'Israel' declares UN chief 'persona non grata' over Iran attack
Al Mayadeen: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been declared “persona non grata” in "Israel", effectively banning him from entering the occupation entity. The Foreign Ministry claimed that this move was prompted by Guterres' response to a missile attack from Iran the previous night. Read More

Israeli air and ground attacks kill at least 51 people across Gaza
Al Jazeera: Dozens of Palestinians are reported to have been killed as Israel has stepped up its military operations across Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that at least 51 people had been killed in the enclave over the previous 24 hours, as the Israeli military has stepped up attacks alongside its ongoing air and ground offensive in Lebanon. Read More

How does Hezbollah function – and what arsenal does it have?
Al Jazeera: Operating as a state within a state, the role, influence and power of the armed Lebanese group, Hezbollah, continues to mystify many. For the past year, since Israel launched its war on Gaza, Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily fire across Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. This has culminated in the Israeli bombardment of Beirut and other parts of Lebanon in what Israel claims were targeted attacks on Hezbollah leaders. As a result, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader for 32 years, was killed, along with several other senior leaders and commanders leaving what many observers have called a power vacuum. Read More

Iran launches massive missile attack on Israel in response to assassinations
Al Jazeera: Iran says it launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the assassinations of senior Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian officials, sending Israelis rushing to bomb shelters and raising fears of all-out war in the region. Read More

Op. True Promise II: Iran launches hundreds of missiles at Zionist entity, 90% hit targets, Press TV

Iran's defense minister vows ‘far more severe’ reprisal if Israel attacks again
Press TV: Iran’s defense minister has vowed that the country would serve the Israeli regime with a “far more severe” reprisal if the regime chose to respond to the Islamic Republic’s recent retaliation against Tel Aviv’s acts of aggression. Read More

What comes next?
Al Jazeera: Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Israel is “fully prepared to defend and retaliate” against the Iranian attack, stressing that it would be in a “timely manner”. Read More

Iraqi Resistance warns US, 'Israel' against attack
Al Mayadeen: The Iraqi Resistance's coordination committee released a statement after Iran's response, warning US forces that if they were to intervene in a strike on Iran, or if "Israel" were to use Iraqi airspace to execute any strikes against Iran, then all US bases and interests in Iraq and the region would become legitimate targets. Read More

Hezbollah, Iraq resistance launch fresh attacks on Israeli regime
Iranian News Agency: In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah said it carried out a missile strike against an Israeli airbase near Tel Aviv. The group said its fighters fired “a salvo of Fadi-4 rockets at the Sde Dov air base” in retaliation for Israeli attacks on civilians in Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Read More

Death toll in Lebanon rises to 1,873 from Israeli aggression
Al Mayadeen: Since last October, the Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed 1,873 people and wounded 9,134, the Lebanese Ministry of Health's Emergency Response Center said on Tuesday. Read More

Yemeni army launches fresh naval attacks
Iranian News Agency: The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced on Tuesday that they had conducted three operations targeting vessels in different locations, Yemen's Al-Masirah news network reported. Read More

War on Humanity: How Israel and America Forged Deception of Collaborative Collision?
Mahboob A. Khawaja: The US and Israel stockpiled plans to subdue holistic doctrine of peace, human rights, freedom and justice and to entrench mankind into unthinkable catastrophic wars of political and economic domination. Read More

Hezbollah has been dealt a heavy blow, but it can still win against Israel
By Samer Jaber: It is important to point out that Hezbollah cannot back down from this confrontation, even at a heavy cost in terms of its leaders’ lives. The stakes are extremely high; if it were to retreat, it would not only lose the trust and confidence of its supporters, but it could also jeopardise the strategic deterrence it has built since the 2006 war with Israel. That is why, the surviving Hezbollah leadership is likely to fight to the end. Read More

Indian Prime Minister Modi calls Hezbollah, Hamas operations as terrorism
Media Reports: As Israel stepped up its attacks on Hezbollah, Houthis and Hamas, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi phoned his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu Monday (Sept 30) and spoke about recent developments in West Asia. The phone call came three days after Israel assassinated the Hezbollah Chief Hasan Nasrallah. Calling the Hezbollah and Hamas operations against Israel as terrorism, Modi told Netanyahu: “Terrorism has no place in our world”. Read More

India is firing the engine of war in Gaza while preaching peace
Deccan Herald: Reports suggest that the weapons pipeline from India to Israel has surreptitiously kept flowing to meet war-shortages, in effect aiding genocide in Gaza. Read More

Indians Join Israel’s War On Gaza!
Eurasiantimes: Over 200 Indian-origin Jews from the Bnei Menashe community, who migrated to Israel in the recent past, have joined the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for active or reserve duty in the war on the Palestinian group Hamas since the October 7 massacre, media reports said. Read More

Hindutva group files petition claiming Ajmer Dargah built over Mahadev temple
Kashmiriat: A petition has been filed by a Hindu group in a Rajasthan court speaking massive controversy, claiming that the renowned Ajmer Sharif Dargah was constructed over a temple dedicated to Mahadev. The petition demands that “Bhagwan Sankatmochan Mahadev Virajman” be declared the rightful owner of the land where the Dargah is situated. Additionally, it seeks the removal of the Dargah and the reconstruction of the Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev Temple at the site. Read More