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.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-24). Let Them Eat Cement. popularresistance.org Israel, with the backing of its U.S. and European allies, is preparing to launch not only a scorched earth campaign in Gaza but the worst ethnic cleansing since the wars in the former Yugoslavia. The goal is to drive tens, most probably hundreds of thousands of Palestinians over the southern border at Rafah into refugee camps in Egypt. The reverberations will be catastrophic, not only for the Palestinians, but throughout the region, almost certainly triggering armed clashes to the north of Israel with Hezbollah in Lebanon and perhaps with Syria and Iran. | The Biden administration, slavishly doing Israel's biddin…

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-24). France's Macron Says US-Led Anti-ISIS Coalition Should Fight Hamas. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron was in Israel on Tuesday and said the US-led anti-ISIS coalition based in Iraq and Syria should also fight Hamas. "France is ready for the coalition, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria against ISIS, to also fight against Hamas," Macron said alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron did not …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-24). Pentagon: US Forces in Iraq and Syria Attacked 13 Times in Last Week. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon said Tuesday that US troops stationed in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 13 times within a week as the US is backing Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said between October 17 and 24, troops in Iraq came under attack 10 times while troops in Syria were attacked …

Staff (2023-10-24). Palestinian American Journalist Rami Khouri on Israel's Gaza Bombardment & Risk of a Regional War. democracynow.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning if Hezbollah joins the fray in Israel's escalating war on the Palestinian territories, Israel will wage a second war in Lebanon. This comes as Israel exchanged fire with Hezbollah on the southern border of Lebanon and struck airports in Syria. We discuss the latest developments with Rami Khouri, Palestinian American journalist and columnist with 50 years' experience in the Middle East. He discusses simmering tensions in the region, where he says Israel's "tough guy" approach is a failed military strategy that only generates "…

Syriana Analysis (2023-10-24). Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-25). Israel Demands UN Chief Resign for Saying Hamas Attack Didn't Happen in a Vacuum. news.antiwar.com Israel's ambassador to the UN has lashed out at UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for saying the Hamas attack on southern Israel "did not occur in a vacuum" and demanded his resignation. "It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum," Guterres said at a UN Security Council meeting. …

ecns.cn (2023-10-25). Agriculture bright spot in relations, envoy says. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng — using as an example the dilemma of a top agriculture company — appealed for a stop to the politicization of economic issues.

presstv.ir (2023-10-25). Hezbollah has 'finger on trigger' to defend Gaza, confront occupation. presstv.ir Hezbollah's deputy chief says the group is at the heart of Gaza's resistance against Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-10-25). Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats, staff from Beirut embassy. presstv.ir Saudi Arabia evacuates family members of its diplomats and staff from the kingdom's Beirut embassy amid sporadic firefight between Israel and Hezbollah.

Staff (2023-10-24). Headlines for October 24, 2023. democracynow.org Israeli Strikes Kill 700 Palestinians Across Gaza as Hospitals Face Critical Fuel Shortage, Freed Israeli Hostage Yocheved Lifshitz Says She Was Treated Well by Hamas Captors, Israel-Hezbollah Cross-Border Violence Displaces 20,000 in Southern Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron Visits Israel Pledging "Full Support" for Gaza Bombardment, Ontario Legislative Assembly Censures MPP Sarah Jama After She Calls for Gaza Ceasefire, New Delhi Police Arrest Protesters Near Israeli Embassy as They Demand Gaza Ceasefire, Jewish Peace Activists in New Mexico Hold Protests Demanding Senators Call for Gaza Ce…

Editor (2023-10-25). Oct 25, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Agnus Dei — Samuel Barber How Much Killing Is Enough Killing? by Caitlin Johnstone Bobby Kennedy, Israel, and the hypocrisy of Peace and Diplomacy, by Scott Ritter The No Statutes of Limitation Forum: Lavrov's Address, by Karl Sanchez From Balfour to Now, Western Duplicity Covers Israeli State Terrorism and Genocide, by Finian Cunningham Is a Palestinian Genocide in the making or an Israeli Defeat? by Paul Craig Roberts Israeli Official Threatens to Wipe Iran, Lebanon Off the Face of the Earth, by Jason Lemon Gaza, Hamas & Netanyahu's Likud, by Dan Steinbock HRW: In War Crime, Israel is…

Staff (2023-10-24). Years After Washington's Bloody Escape from Lebanon, US Threatens to Send the Marines: 'Ahla Bhal Talleh'! orinocotribune.com By Karim Al-Amin — Oct 23, 2023 | Around 5: 30 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, October 23, 1983, a yellow Mercedes truck entered the main compound of the United States Marine Corps (the marines) near Beirut Airport. The truck driver circled the area south of the parking lot of the compound and then left the premises. At 6: 22 a.m., the truck returned and broke into the compound. However, this time it approached from the west side of the parking area, making a detour, before heading directly towards the barbed wire fence that separated the parking area from the building. After crashing through the fence, it bro…