(2024-08-09). Battle for Syria's Oil Pits Local Tribal Forces Against US Occupation. mintpressnews.com As Arab tribes in Deir Ezzor mount an offensive against the SDF, the focus is on the US-controlled oil fields that have long provided Washington with leverage over Syria. The stakes for US influence have never been higher.
(2024-08-09). Israeli Airstrikes Injure Four Soldiers in Central Syria. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Israeli aircraft launched strikes on several military installations and buildings in central Syria on Thursday evening, resulting in the injury of at least four Syrian soldiers.
(2024-08-09). Syria: Fighting in eastern Deir Ez-zor kills at least 13. newarab.com 
Fighting between Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of Dahla in the eastern province of Deir Ez-zor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. | Fighting erupted on Wednesday when pro-Iranian fighters attacked Kurdish-held areas, according to the Britain-bas…
(2024-08-08). Houthi Leader Vows Yemen Will Join 'Axis of Resistance' in Attack on Israel. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi vowed the Yemeni group will coordinate with the "Axis of Resistance" in an attack on Israel in response to Israeli escalations in the region. The axis includes Iran, Hezbollah, Shia militias that operate in Iraq and Syria, and the Houthis, who are officially known as Ansar Allah. Iran is …
(2024-08-08). Israeli Airstrikes Target Central Syria, Wounding Four Soldiers. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted central Syria on Thursday as tensions are soaring in the region amid anticipation of an Iranian reprisal attack on Israel. A Syrian military source told Al Mayadeen that the strikes targeted several military sites and injured four Syrian soldiers. The strike was launched at about 8: 55 pm local time from the direction …
(2024-08-08). Protest in Syria demanding peace for Palestinian children. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of Syrian children gathered today in front of the United Nations Office in this capital, to denounce the crimes of the Israeli regime against children in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and occupied Syrian Golan.
(2024-08-08). Fear for Syrian refugees in Turkey amid riots and data leaks. newarab.com 
Once a refuge for those fleeing the Syrian war, Turkey has become a hostile environment for over 3.2 million Syrians who now live in constant fear of deportation, violence, and deadly attacks. | "I fear leaving my house," says 28-year-old Syrian, Ahmed Rahmani, who lives in Gaziantep, a city close to the Syrian border hosting one of the largest Syrian communities in Turkey. | "I just want to be safe and live without threats. I want everyone to give me and my family a break, but now we may need to leave Turkey and never come back." | Political tensions have recently escalated after Turkish President Recep Tayyi…
(2024-08-08). Ancient secrets unearthed in vast Turkish cave city. newarab.com 
Through a basement door in southeastern Turkey lies a sprawling underground city — perhaps the country's largest — which one historian believes dates back to the ninth century before Jesus Christ. | Archaeologists stumbled upon the city-under-a-city "almost by chance" after excavation of house cellars in Midyat, near the Syrian border, led to the discovery of a vast labyrinth of caves in 2020. | Workers have already cleared more than 50 subterranean rooms, all connected by 120 metres (131 yards) of tunnel carved out of the rock. | But that is only a fraction of the site's estimated 900,000-square-m…
(2024-08-09). Team Genocide Walks Out on Nagasaki Commemorations. counterpunch.org In an astonishing "Fuck you" to the survivors of the 1945 US nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, several Western countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Italy and the UK have just dropped a bombshell: announcing their ambassadors are shunning this week's commemorations in solidarity with Israel. Last week the mayor of Nagasaki, Shiro Suzuki, rescinded
(2024-08-09). U.S. and UK ambassadors to skip Nagasaki memorial amid controversy. mronline.org 
The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration's decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.
(2024-08-09). US And UK To Boycott Nagasaki Memorial After Israel Disinvited. popularresistance.org The American and British ambassadors to Japan have announced they will skip an upcoming ceremony commemorating the victims of the US's 1945 atomic bombing because the city's mayor did not invite the Israeli ambassador. | The Russian and Belarusian ambassadors have also been excluded from the event this Friday by Japanese authorities. | The Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony is intended to mark the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bomb attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima that killed tens of thousands of Japanese civilians, with many more later dying from radiation poisoning. | The attacks in August 1945 preceded Japa…
(2024-08-09). US leads G7 in ambassadors' boycott of ceremony commemorating atomic bombing of Nagasaki. wsws.org Justified on the basis that the mayor of Nagasaki refused to invite the ambassador of the genocidal Israeli regime to the ceremony, the coordinated decision by the imperialist powers to stay away underscores that they are risking a world war waged with nuclear weapons.
(2024-08-09). Public debut of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao ignite a fresh wave of 'panda-mania' in U.S. ecns.cn The public debut of giant pandas has ignited a fresh wave of "panda-mania" as California Governor Gavin Newsom called it, with throngs of media gathered and numerous visitors waiting to see the fuzzy ambassadors in person.
(2024-08-09). Moscow City Duma Chairman and Chinese Ambassador to Russia discuss inter-parliamentary co-operation. tvbrics.com 
Partnership between Moscow and Beijing can be particularly fruitful in the field of innovations and mutual settlements…
(2024-08-09). CJPME condemns Canada for boycotting Nagasaki memorial service. cjpme.org Canada's Ambassador to Japan will be boycotting Friday's memorial service for the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
(2024-08-09). Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat. asiapacificreport.nz By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor France has approved a high-level Pacific "fact-finding mission" to New Caledonia to gather information from all sides involved in the ongoing crisis. "We are welcoming a mission of the troika for a fact-finding mission in New Caledonia before the [Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting]," the French Ambassador to…
(2024-08-08). US Ambassador Boycotts Nagasaki A-Bomb Ceremony Because Israel Is Not Invited. news.antiwar.com US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will boycott Friday's memorial service in Nagasaki commemorating the 79th anniversary of the US dropping a nuclear bomb on the city because Israel was not invited to attend. Emanuel said the ceremony had become "politicized" by the decision not to invite Israel, but Russia and Belarus will also be …
(2024-08-09). Hezbollah Targets Israeli Military Sites in Retaliation for Southern Lebanon Strikes. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Hezbollah fighters have launched multiple attacks on Israeli military installations in the northern Israeli-occupied territories, retaliating for recent Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese towns and villages, the group said on Thursday.
(2024-08-09). Will United States Lead A War Against Iran? ummid.com Fears of a regional war in the Middle East spiked after Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets towards Israel. This was in retaliation to the Israeli covert operations, which killed a senior Hezbollah commander and a top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
(2024-08-09). 'It's Zionism vs. jihad': Despite Hezbollah threat, this group is encouraging evacuated Israelis to reclaim the north. haaretz.com They live in what is perhaps the most threatened part of Israel, but a group of activists in the north — sick of inaction on the part of the state — are encouraging their evacuated neighbors to return home. Could this be a seminal moment for contemporary Zionism?
(2024-08-09). Lebanon proposes additional LAF troops in south to restore calm. newarab.com 
The Lebanese government has circulated a detailed proposal to all its diplomatic missions abroad, outlining what it says is a plan aimed at achieving long-term stability in southern This initiative, which includes pledging to deploy more Lebanese army personnel through a new recruitment campaign into the border region, comes amid heightened tensions in the region and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. | This proposal marks the first time the Lebanese go…
(2024-08-09). Israel's enemies seek revenge, but not so harsh as to start all-out war. haaretz.com The public in Israel is taking seriously the threats by Iran and Hezbollah to unleash a missile and drone attack on the domestic front, and Netanyahu is not willing to make the compromises required for a deal that would bring the war closer to an end…
(2024-08-09). Hezbollah says scores 'direct hit' on Israeli troopers in 'Dovev Barracks'. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement carries out yet another retaliatory strike against the Israeli forces deployed in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories.
onlineopinion.com.au (2024-08-08). Netanyahu is dragging Israel down on his catastrophic journey to hellHow has Israel reached this point of utter despair and terrifying uncertainty? How is it possible that after 76 years of existence, Israel's relations with the Palestinians have reached a new nadir? How on earth is Israel now facing inescapably coordinated attacks by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and other militant Islamist groups? How is it conceivable that Israel has alienated its closest ally and protector-the United States – to a degree never seen before? How has Israel become a rogue state, a pariah that has lost its morals and is putting Jewish values to shame? How is it imaginable that Israel today is governed by a bunch of criminals, fascists, warmongers, and messianic extremists who are destroying the country brick by brick, causing irreversible damage that will impact generations to come? And how has Israel reached this point of dire social and political schism and divisiveness, which is consuming the country from within, exposing its vulnerability and dreadful lack of cohesion and unity of purpose? The answer to these troubling generational questions is NETANYAHU.
(2024-08-09). Hezbollah says targeted Israeli Iron Dome missile systems. presstv.ir Hezbollah fighters have conducted multiple operations at the northern side of the Israeli-occupied territories, targeting various military installations.
(2024-08-09). Israel ramps up psychological warfare on Lebanon with broadcasts. newarab.com 
An The drone flew over the town of Bint Jbeil playing an audio recording that urged the residents of the town to "blame Hezbollah and [its Secretary-General] Hassan Nasrallah" for the attacks on southern…
(2024-08-09). Hezbollah wants freedom to attack Israel, but Iran has strategic interests to consider. haaretz.com Hezbollah's retaliation could have critical implications for Iran's position in Lebanon and beyond…
(2024-08-09). Israeli man dies after being wounded by malfunctioning interception of Hezbollah drone. haaretz.com The military said a preliminary investigation showed that 28-year-old Mikhael Samara of Kafr Yasif was struck when an air defense interception rocket failed to explode in the air…
(2024-08-09). Facing Threats From Iran and Hezbollah, Is Israel's North Prepared? themedialine.org 
(2024-08-09). Reports: Two Hamas members killed in Israeli-attributed airstrike in Lebanon's Sidon. haaretz.com Israeli critically wounded by interceptor rocket in Nahariya this week dies of wounds ‚ñ Oil tanker attacked four times off Yemen, crew and vessel safe ‚ñ IDF: Hezbollah members killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon ‚ñ IDF launches ground operation in southern Gaza's Khan Yunis…
(2024-08-08). Hezbollah leader on the loss of martyrs Sayyad Fouad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh. workers.org 
"Resistance fighter waves Hezbollah flag." The following remarks were given by Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on August 6, 2024. The remarks were published on Resistance News Network. The enemy may resort to breaking the sound barrier over Dahiyeh [Lebanon], for provocation and to frighten those present at the ceremony. . . . |
(2024-08-08). Israel's Haifa engulfed by fear of Iran, Hezbollah retaliation: Media. presstv.ir Israeli media say settlers in Haifa dread the possibility of Iran and Hezbollah retaliation over the recent Israeli assassinations of top resistance figures.
(2024-08-09). Hamas official killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Sidon. newarab.com 
(2024-08-09). Lebanon only has '4 months worth of food' in case of Israel war. newarab.com 
Nasser Yassin, the minister overseeing contingency planning for a wider conflict, told Reuters Lebanon would need $100 million monthly for food, shelter, healthcare and other needs in a worst-case scenario. | "A small fraction…
(2024-08-08). Philadelphians protest Israel's assassinations. workers.org 
Philadelphia Hundreds of people demonstrated on Aug. 3 in Center City Philadelphia in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon in the aftermath of brutal Israeli assassinations of resistance leaders. Among the protesters were families with young children who frequently helped lead chants. Called by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, the demonstration gathered . . . |
(2024-08-08). Ukraine Shifts Wagner Confrontation to Mali. orinocotribune.com By Habib Lassoued — Aug 5, 2024 | Ukraine's entry into the Sahel-Saharan war provides new confirmation that the region has become a playground for international conflict. | Kiev sees Mali as an opportunity for revenge | Ukraine entered the geopolitical conflict in the Sahel region when it officially announced its support for Tuareg separatists and members of the Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin group during a military operation in northern Mali, which led to the killing of a number of government soldiers and militants of the Russian Wagner Group. | Ukraine's entry into the war provides new confirmation that the…