Interesting oped from Pepe Escobar- Excerpt below read entirely at link As we enter incandescent 2024, four major trends will define the progress of interconnected Eurasia. 1.Financial/trade integration will be the norm. Russia and Iran already integrated their financial message transfer systems, bypassing SWIFT and trading in rials and rubles. Russia-China already settle their accounts […]
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From my understanding the attack was on Al Tanf base in Syria. Despite claims this took place in Jordan. Claims Jordan has denied. Link President Joe Biden says he has decided how the US will respond to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan at the weekend. Speaking as he left the […]
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Israel’s UNRWA Accusations
From the NYT’s via Archive.ph If you had any doubt this was not a politically motivated move. The organization provides vital aid to more than five million Palestinian refugees scattered across the Middle East, whose future and status have never been resolved despite years of negotiations. But to its critics, including many Israelis, the agency […]
Forces.net The US is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years amid a growing threat from Russia, according to a report. RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk would be home to warheads with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, the Telegraph reported. The US previously placed nuclear missiles […]
I’m questioning the validity of this latest Israeli claim based on the timing of this claim is being brought to light. Right after the ICJ ruling. Am also question why based on allegations made by Israel would funding be cut to this aid agency at all? Of course weasel wording will be bolded. This move […]
A different Biden approach could have shaped war efforts and prevented this from happening in the first place From Responsible Statecraft The International Court of Justice (ICJ) just ruled against Israel and determined that South Africa successfully argued that Israel’s conduct plausibly could constitute genocide. The Court imposes several injunctions against Israel and reminds Israel […]
Archive.ph The International Court of Justice will announce on Friday whether it will impose an emergency order on Israel to require it to take action to prevent a possible genocide in Gaza. The world court, based in The Hague, says it will hold a public sitting at 1 p.m. local time on Friday, in which […]
Excerpts from Financial Times Budanov knows this will be a trying year for Ukraine “To say that everything is fine is not true,” Budanov said when asked about Ukraine’s much-vaunted counteroffensive last year failing to achieve its objectives. “To say that there is a catastrophe is also not true.” Ukraine will still manage to keep […]
Wanted to follow up on this post, focusing instead on the Iranian strikes on Pakistan Iran hit the Balochistan region. This is an area with separatist ambitions, lots of resource wealth and all sorts of western backed proxies. These groups have been launching attacks within Pakistan and towards Iran. Covered one of the more well […]
Interesting point of view from Joe Macaron. He is suggesting Israel is shifting strategy. I’ve highlighted some interesting points being made https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/israel-shifting-regional-offensive-strategy-against-iran There is an apparent offensive shift in Israel’s regional strategy that began in recent weeks. It can be explained by several factors, including Israel’s motivation to shift focus away from the impasse in […]