Daily Archives: October 29, 2023

2023-10-29: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-29). Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and Syria Continue After US Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria have continued through the weekend after the US launched airstrikes in eastern Syria early Friday. Lebanon's Al Mayadeen reported that a group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it "successfully" targeted the US's al-Shadadi base in northeast Syria's al-Hasakah province on Sunday. The British-based Syrian …

presstv.ir (2023-10-29). Simultaneous attacks hit 3 US bases in Syria. presstv.ir Simultaneous attacks target three military bases housing US occupation forces in Syria.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-28). New drone attacks against US bases in Syria. plenglish.com In two separate statements, the group claimed responsibility for an attack with two drones against U.S. forces concentrated in the Tanef area, in eastern Syria near the Iraqi and Jordanian borders. | The statement added that the drones hit their targets, without confirming yet if there were casualties or material damages in the referred base. | Another attack targeted U.S. military residences at the base established in the Al-Omar oil field in the north of the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. | Missile and drone bombings against U.S. targets in Syria increased notably since the start of the Israeli war against th…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-10-28). Syria calls Israeli aggression against Gaza fascism. plenglish.com The atrocities perpetrated by Tel Aviv against the Palestinian people surpass those of fascism, Al-Mekdad wrote on the Foreign Ministry's page on the social network X (formerly Twitter). | Syria denounced that during the last three weeks, the Israeli regime's army murdered three thousand children, destroyed approximately half of the houses in the Gaza Strip and besieged Palestinians by depriving them of water and medicine. | They even cut off electricity, telecommunications and the Internet, to cover up war crimes and crimes against humanity that it is committing or will commit later, the Syrian Minister clarifie…

WSWS (2023-10-28). US attacks Iranian "proxies" in Syria, as Israel intensifies assault on Gaza. wsws.org Hours before Israel initiated a communications blackout of Gaza and poured troops across the border, the United States dropped dozens of bombs on what it called Iranian "proxies" in Syria as part of its escalating standoff with Tehran.

Consortium News. (2023-10-28). United Nations General Assembly Votes For Gaza Ceasefire. popularresistance.org The [Jordanian]resolution calls for an "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce", and demands all parties comply with international humanitarian law and "continuous, sufficient and unhindered" provision of essential supplies and services into the Gaza Strip. | It also calls for the "immediate and unconditional release" of all civilians held captive as well as demanding their safety, well-being and humane treatment in compliance with international law. The resolution does not mention Hamas or the events of Oct. | Gilad Erdan, Ambassador of Israel to the U.N., said in response to the resolution passing…

Jonathan Ng (2023-10-28). France's Long Legacy of Colonialism Lives on in Sahel Crisis. truthout.org This fall, the military junta in Niger compelled France to agree to withdraw its ambassador and 1,500 soldiers from the country. The decision followed an ultimatum from Nigerien authorities and a wave of protests demanding their expulsion, as well as a tense standoff at the French embassy. At the height of the crisis, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the junta had taken Ambassador… |

Rick Sterling (2023-10-28). Background Facts about Gaza. dissidentvoice.org Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently said, "the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation." The Israeli Ambassador responded that Guterres' comments were "shocking", "unfathomable" and "disconnected from reality". He called for the Secretary General's resignation. Below are some facts about Gaza to …

UCSC Right Livelihood (2023-10-29). Tuesday 11/14: Paul Walker: Using International Law for the Abolition of Chemical Weapons. indybay.org Virtual Event: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvc-yppzkiHtW4Rbrh_c23atYvZf3at4fY

UCSC Right Livelihood (2023-10-28). Tuesday 11/14: Paul Walker: Using International Law for the Abolition of Chemical Weapons. indybay.org Virtual Event: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvc-yppzkiHtW4Rbrh_c23atYvZf3at4fY

mforinoco (2023-10-29). Hezbollah Says To Stand With Gaza Even 'If World Armies Line Up Against It'. orinocotribune.com

presstv.ir (2023-10-29). Hezbollah: Cowardly Israel too weak to win Gaza ground offensive. presstv.ir "Americans and Israelis do not know what days would befall them should the aggression continue."

presstv.ir (2023-10-29). Hezbollah strikes Israeli military sites with artillery shells, rockets. presstv.ir Hezbollah fighters launch artillery and rocket attacks on Israeli military sites close to the Lebanese border.

presstv.ir (2023-10-28). Hezbollah: Cowardly Israel too weak to win Gaza ground offensive. presstv.ir "Americans and Israelis do not know what days would befall them should the aggression continue."

presstv.ir (2023-10-29). 'Israel's role is to crush you and your people,' Hezbollah warns Arab states. presstv.ir Israel keeps rejecting all calls for a ceasefire, claiming it would benefit Hamas.

Martin Hacthoun (2023-10-29). Lebanon supports the Resistance in the face of Israeli aggression. plenglish.com Beirut, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) The speaker of Lebanon's Parliament, Nabih Berri, reaffirmed his support to the Lebanese Resistance (Hezbulah), in the midst of the persistent Israeli attack against areas of the country's south and the Gaza Strip.

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