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Thu Nov 28th, 2024 at 05:18:19 PM EST
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Prof. Mohammad Marandi: IDF Defeated by Hezbollah Hands Down - Tensions in Syria Growing - Idlib terror has CIA support
State Of The War For Palestine - MofA
State Of The War For Palestine
As the conflict in Lebanon subsides Israel and the U.S. have reignited the war in Syria. There have been signs for a while that this was going to happen. Yesterday Al-Qaeda affiliated HTS fighters, which has been rebuild and sponsored with CIA money, have relaunched their attacks on Syrian government forces west of Aleppo. Syrian and Russian air force attacks have for now stopped their progress. Hizbullah's Rudwan forces have yet to intervene but are deployed to defend Aleppo.
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Jacobin Magazine just published latest piece by Richard Silverstein:
Trump 2.0 Means More Pain in the Middle East
Joe Biden has facilitated a devastatingly brutal war by Israel against Gaza. Donald Trump is about to make it much worse.
Biden never made a clean break with Trump's Middle East policy. The status quo -- what Daniel Moynihan once called "benign neglect" -- seemed a reasonable approach.
For example, Biden never returned to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Trump and the Republicans, allied with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hammered Democrats for years over the deal negotiated by Obama. One of Trump's major campaign promises was to withdraw from it, which he did in 2018. When Biden came into office, he wasn't willing to expend the political capital it would take to come to a new agreement.
Similarly, he maintained Trump's harsh diplomatic and financial embargo on Palestine. This included the Trump administration's closure of the Palestinian Liberation Organization "office" in Washington, DC, and the suspension of financial and security assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Biden did not reverse the US embassy move to Jerusalem or recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and Golan. All were approved by the first Trump administration.
Israel-Iran Seek to Control Online Narrative
Israel-Iran War of Words Ahead of a Confrontation
Western narrative of BS and disinformation … setting the tone for another war.
Iran and Israel Seek to Control online Narrative of their Conflict in advance of Next Hot Exchange | Informed Comment |
The rumor mill again kicked into overdrive in late November, with various media outlets, including those in Israel, suggesting that Khamenei had fallen into a coma and that the race was on to appoint his successor should he remain incapacitated or worse. Iranian sources quickly refuted the speculation.
Such conjecture is nothing new, with reports as far back as 2007 [rumor source Michael Ledeen (FDD) and more recently in 2022 pointing to the supreme leader’s purportedly ill health.
The truth of Khamenei’s health aside, the speculation points to an ever-present reality: The conflict between Iran on one side and Israel and the West on the other is not just about military might and threats – there is also an information battle being waged.
In that battle, the narrative of Khamenei’s poor health can be seen as a proxy for the health and stability of the Islamic Republic. One story has it that the Islamic Republic is unstable and just one major event away from wholesale change; the other, that the government in Tehran is well positioned to deal with both internal succession and external ideological foes.
The war of words
The speculation regarding Khamenei’s health comes amid a particularly tense moment in Israeli-Iranian relations. For the past year, the long-time foes have exchanged fiery rhetoric, which has been exacerbated by a series of escalatory events, including high-profile assassinations of Iran-alligned figures in Gaza, Lebanon and Tehran, and more lately direct military confrontation.
Terror Groups Isolated in Idlib, HTS Acting as CIA Proxy
US military strikes Iranian-linked militia group's weapons storage facility in Syria | Anadolu Agency |
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that it struck an Iranian-linked militia group's weapons storage facility in Syria.
"The strike is in response to an Iranian-aligned attack against U.S. forces in Syria yesterday," CENTCOM said in a release.
It said the strike aimed to degrade the group's ability to plan and launch future attacks on US and coalition forces who are in the region to carry out operations against Daesh/ISIS.
"As previously stated, we will not tolerate any attacks on our personnel and coalition partners. We are committed to taking all necessary actions to ensure their protection," said CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla.
CIA Proxy Terror Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
Syrian Islamic Terror Imported Into Ukraine
Underground U.S. groups funnel fighters, medics to Ukraine | Reuters |
A turning point in the Ukraine? Throws Erdogan his support behind NATO and the West?
