(2022-12-29). India-Russia Ties Go Deeper with Provinces Getting into the Act. infobrics.org The geography of partnership between Moscow and India is not just limited to New Delhi, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov stated…
(2022-12-28). Reconciliation: Turkey Has Not Made Any Serious Offer to Syria. orinocotribune.com By Erman àáete Dec 23, 2022 | While Damascus is open to negotiations with Ankara, it is wary of being used as a Turkish pre-election political ploy. | On 15 December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that his government planned to schedule a Initially, he suggested the establishment of meetings between intelligence agencies, and defense and foreign ministries, to be followed by…
(2022-12-28). Venezuela and North Korea Strengthen Bilateral Relations. orinocotribune.com The two countries addressed the Korean Peninsula's complex situation caused by US interference in the region. | A report released by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry stated that Venezuela's Vice Minister for Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, Capaya Rodríguez González, and North Korean Ambassador to Venezuela Ri Sung Gil met in Caracas to discuss the "deepening of political-bilateral relations" between the two nations. | The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's report indicated that the diplomats from Caracas and Pyongyang exchanged views on the state of the world during the meeting "with the aim of addressing issues of…
(2022-12-28). Zelensky appoints sexologist pyramid schemer as ambassador to Bulgaria. thegrayzone.com While Zelensky hypnotizes Western governments into forking over vast sums to finance his war effort, he has appointed a literal hypnotist (and part-time sexologist multi-level marketer) to a high-level diplomatic position. High end jewelry, hypnotism and multi-level marketing are not qualifications typically associated with international diplomacy. But these skills are featured prominently on the resumé of Ukraine's new ambassador to Bulgaria, Olesya Ilashchuk. Since her December 23 appointment by Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky as Bulgarian ambassador, Olesya Ilashchuk has locked …
(2022-12-27). Military Situation In Syria On December 27, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On December 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 7 times: 3 in Idlib province, 3 in Idlib province, 1 in Hama province; | On December 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra; | On December 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatira; | 12 Kurdish militants were killed by Turkey in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense;…
(2022-12-27). Eight Syrian Intelligence Officers Killed Or Wounded In New Daraa Attack. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Early on December 27, unidentified gunmen attacked a checkpoint of the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) near the town of Elnaymah in the eastern countryside of Daraa. | The gunmen targeted the checkpoint, locally known as al-Radar, with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. As a result of the hit-and-run attack, three intelligence officers were killed and five others were wounded. The death toll could rise as some of the wounded are said to be in a critical cond…
(2022-12-27). In Video: ISIS Terrorists Storm Security Center In Syria's Raqqa, Kill Six SDF Personnel. southfront.org 
File image. | On December 26, two fighters from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and four others from its security wing, Asayish, were killed in an attack by ISIS terrorists in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. | The attack targeted an Asayish security center in the direct of Diriyah. ISIS terrorists gunned down the guards then stormed the center, where suspected members of the terrorist group are usually held. An intense gun battle broke out inside and around the security center. Ten SDF and Asayish personnel we…
(2022-12-27). Russian Security Forces Dismantle ISIS Cells Ferrying Militants To Syria, Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS | Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Investigative Committee have dismantled an ISIS cell that sent militants to Syria and Ukraine, the
(2022-12-27). Israel much prepared to attack Iran's nuclear sites: Army chief. tribune.com.pk 
Israel's Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said Tuesday that the army's preparedness to launch strikes against Iranian nuclear sites has improved. | "The level of preparedness for an operation in Iran has dramatically improved," Kochavi said in a speech for the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies cited by The Jerusalem Post newspaper. | If the army is ordered to act against the Iranian nuclear program, he said, "it will fulfill the mission that is given." | Kochavi said Iran seeks to deploy hundreds of missiles in Syria along with deploying "thousands of Shia militiamen." | The army chief said Israel man…
(2022-12-27). Occupation: On Christmas, Israel Denies Palestinian Christians Their Rights. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-27). 'Pro-Nazi' Germany and Japan Have No Place at the UNSC. libya360.wordpress.com Ambassador Oleg Stepanov to Sputnik news agency: Germany and Japan no UNSC. Forever. Every year, the UN General Assembly considers a regular draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other relevant practices. Usually with no surprise. However, this time the vote was mind breaking, indeed. Especially, in terms of who and…
(2022-12-27). Ex-Australian prime minister Rudd appointed ambassador to US. wsws.org Rudd's nomination is another signal by the Albanese government of its readiness to align Australia more closely than ever behind US imperialism and its aggressive confrontation with China.
(2022-12-27). The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds 'William M.' Treated with kid Gloves. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Last Thursday, one "William M.," a retired French train conductor, went to the Kurdish Cultural center in the 10th Arondissement of Paris with a gun and shot six people, killing three and wounding three others, all Kurds. Some were in a hairdresser's shop. So write Nathalie Birchem et Denis Peiron …