Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024-01-12: News Headlines

newarab (2024-01-12). Football used to promote vaccine drive in northwest Syria. newarab.com The final whistle of a month-long The knock-out tournament organised, by the

newarab (2024-01-12). Former Syrian general to face Swedish court for alleged war crimes. newarab.com A former Mohammed Hamo, 65, who lives in Sweden, is accused of having participated in the call for indiscriminate strikes in and around the cities o…

newarab (2024-01-12). Syrian regime used incendiary weapon in Idlib: White Helmets. newarab.com The Syrian regime injured four civilians with incendiary weapons on Sunday, 7 January, in the northwestern The use of incendiary weapons is prohibited against civilians and is restricted against combatants under international humanitarian law. | Sunday's attack targeted a school used as a shelter for displaced Syrians, as well as nearby homes. At least one of the ci…

Hadjer Nacer, Delan Devakumar (2024-01-13). Perspectives] Daring to dream: a message of hope and togetherness. thelancet.com The stories of refugees are at the heart of We Dare to Dream, a documentary by Waad Al-Kateab, which follows the fortunes of athletes as they attempt to compete in the Olympic Games for the Refugee Olympic Team. This is the second film by Al-Kateab, after the multi-award winning For Sama, a deeply harrowing documentary that chronicled Al-Kateab's experiences through the horrors of life under siege in Aleppo, Syria, and her hopes after the birth of her daughter Sama. We Dare to Dream begins with Al-Kateab's own story of becoming a refugee and her emotional journey after she left war-torn Aleppo.

Udani Samarasekera (2024-01-13). World Report] Millions face food insecurity as WFP scales back in Syria. thelancet.com A funding shortfall has led the World Food Programme to curtail its operations in Syria. Udani Samarasekera reports.

WSWS (2024-01-12). Oxfam report describes Israel's onslaught on Gaza as "deadliest conflict of the 21st century" wsws.org The intensity of the Zionist regime's bombardment has claimed the lives of Palestinians at a pace many times higher than NATO's war on Russia in Ukraine, the Syrian civil war, the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and wars in Sudan and Yemen.

Chris Walker (2024-01-11). Trump Brings Back Birtherism With False Post Targeting Nikki Haley. truthout.org On Monday afternoon, former President Donald Trump shared a social media post falsely accusing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — an intraparty rival in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries — of being disqualified from being able to run for the White House based on her citizenship status. Haley, who also served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations during his four-year term in… |

Dan Williams (2024-01-11). Highlights from GOP debate ahead of Iowa caucuses. america.cgtn.com Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley had a tense and heated Republican Presidential debate in Iowa Wednesday night. | The pair clashed and traded insults across a range of issues. | But while those two battled it out on stage, the former President and Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump, was enjoying a much more relaxed televised town hall.

Chuck Freilich (2024-01-11). A war with Hezbollah is inevitable. But should Israel initiate it? haaretz.com There are weighty strategic reasons for Israel to take on Hezbollah and its provocations now. But a war in Lebanon stands to turn rising anti-Israel sentiment among the liberal U.S. electorate into a perfect storm. And it would be a conflict unlike any Israel has never experienced…

Jason Ditz (2024-01-11). Israel Killed Two Medics in Attack on Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com Israeli military strikes in southern Lebanon continued on Thursday, with reports that a flurry of strikes in Hanin struck a first aid clinic, killing two medics who were within. The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed and condemned the strike, adding that the Israelis also hit an ambulance. Hezbollah confirmed the incident in a statement through affiliated …

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-12). Kurds take solidarity action at Western Sydney Wanderers New Year's Day win. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-11). Kurds take solidarity action at Western Sydney Wanderers New Year's Day win. greenleft.org.au

aljazeera (2024-01-12). AFC Asian Cup 2023: Qatar abuzz with football fever ahead of opening match. aljazeera.com Football shirts dominate shopfronts, predictions rule banter and flags adorn streets ahead of Qatar's Asian Cup opener.

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-11). Israeli war in Gaza revives Arab solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Over 92% of people in the Arab countries consider Palestine an Arab cause and expressed their solidarity and support to Palestine, according to The survey was conducted across 16 Arab countries, including in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and the West Bank, Palestine (including…

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2024-01-11: News Headlines

Maximillian Alvarez, Chris Hedges (2024-01-11). Could Israel's war in Gaza spiral into a regional war? therealnews.com Over three months into Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza, there is little hope the carnage will stop anytime soon—and with each passing day, the danger of Israel's war on Gaza spiraling into a larger regional conflict increases. The devastation in Gaza is unlike anything seen in the 21st century, but Israel's military strikes—like last week's assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, a top leader of Hamas, in Lebanon—have not been limited to Palestine alone. At the same time, armed resistance groups in Iraq and Syria have launched hundreds of attacks on US bases, confrontation between Israel and…

Brian Berletic (2024-01-10). Why Ukraine's 2024 Strategy Will Fail & Why Isolating Crimea is Impossible. thealtworld.com Why Ukraine's 2024 Strategy Will Fail | — Ukrainian President Vlodymr Zelensky laid out Ukraine's 2024 strategy in a recent interview with The Economist; | — The focus will be on "isolating" Crimea; | — Crimea can be supplied entirely by sea and air, with any single port exceeding the capacity Russia required to sustain combat operations in Syria for 2015; | — Without enough long-range missiles to attack all or at least most of Crimea's ports and airfields and do so regularly, Russia will be able to maintain the flow of supplies for both the civilian population and Russia's military presence o…

Staff (2024-01-10). 2024-01-10: News Headlines. syria.positiveuniverse.com admin | Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:10:29 +0000 | | english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Fighters of Iraq's Islamic Resistance fire a missile barrage at the US occupation base in the Koniko oil field in Syria: statement. english.almanar.com.lb ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to take real actions to address China's concerns. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Tuesday urged the U.S. side to […] | |

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Fighters of Iraq's Islamic Resistance fire a missile barrage at the US occupation base in the Koniko oil field in Syria: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

The Media Line Staff (2024-01-11). UN Security Council Calls for End to Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping. themedialine.org

Chris Walker (2024-01-11). Trump Brings Back Birtherism With False Post Targeting Nikki Haley. truthout.org On Monday afternoon, former President Donald Trump shared a social media post falsely accusing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — an intraparty rival in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries — of being disqualified from being able to run for the White House based on her citizenship status. Haley, who also served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations during his four-year term in… |

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to take real actions to address China's concerns. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Tuesday urged the U.S. side to take real actions to address China's concerns, and solve rather than create problems.

Finian Cunningham (2024-01-10). Washington Sees Conflict With Iran as Scapegoat for Its Genocidal Crimes. thealtworld.com Arsonist Washington is shouting 'Fire' in a region it is blowing up. | How absurd! U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is "frenetically" crisscrossing the Middle East "warning" that the conflict is escalating to engulf the region. | Arsonist Washington is shouting 'Fire' in a region it is blowing up. | This is while Washington is fueling Israel's non-stop genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. And while the United States and Israel assassinate top Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Iraq. | This is while the United States blatantly blocks calls at the United Nations for a ceasefire, and while i…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Mondoweiss. (2024-01-10). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 95: Fighting Continues To Expand. popularresistance.org Israel is planning to fight for the rest of 2024 in the Gaza Strip, according to the military spokesperson, as war has now expanded into the northern front with Lebanon following the assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander, Wisam al-Taweel, on Monday. | Al-Taweel is a unit leader in Hezbollah's elite force, Al-Radwan, who has fought in every major battle against Israel since 1989. He took part in the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers in 2006 near the fence north of occupied Palestine, an event that started a full-blown Israeli war against Lebanon. | He is the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed by…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Israeli media: Hezbollah fired a heavy missile that caused extensive damage in a settlement which the Israeli censor banned to publish its name. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Hezbollah fighters strike Israeli occupation site of Al-Marj with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-11). Kurds take solidarity action at Western Sydney Wanderers New Year's Day win. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-10). Kurds take solidarity action at Western Sydney Wanderers New Year's Day win. greenleft.org.au

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-11). Israeli war in Gaza revives Arab solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Over 92% of people in the Arab countries consider Palestine an Arab cause and expressed their solidarity and support to Palestine, according to The survey was conducted across 16 Arab countries, including in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and the West Bank, Palestine (including…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-10). The War Within Israel's War Cabinet. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle's Lebanon Correspondent The Israeli body politic is beset with political and security differences exacerbated by the deadly costs of their Gaza war. Now they're fighting over whether to investigate their string of failures — before or after launching another war with Lebanon. Three months into Israel's longest and costliest unconventional war, the country's…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Two Israeli strikes and shelling target the outskirts of Marwaheen border village: Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb

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