newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…
_____ (2023-01-09). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to restrict abortion rights, and to contest what they believed was a rigged election (the January 2021 Capitol riots). | Only small hardy bands by comparison have taken to the streets to protest record military budgets—approaching $1 trillion under Joe Biden—or the illegal bombing of Syria, expansion of U.S. troops in Africa, provision of $20 billion in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and military provocations directed against China. | Joan Roe…
unitedEditor (2023-01-09). "Time for the US to leave the region" unitedworldint.com Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Turkish National Intelligence Director Fidan met with Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian intelligence heads in Moscow. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Russian intelligence officials were also attended the meeting. The meeting caused a worldwide echo. It is considered of turning point for the …
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-09). Predictions for 2023? Annus Horribilis with Some Surprising Upsides. libya360.wordpress.com Sharmine Narwani This isn't going to be an easy year, anywhere. The constellation of events in the recent past — wars in Syria, Yemen, Libya; the targeting of Iran, China, Russia; the global pandemic and the securitization that ensued; the re-emergence of Salafi terrorism; widespread economic recession; failure of globalization; replacement of international law with…
scorinoco (2023-01-09). Soleimani Assassination Commemorated in Mass Rallies Across Middle East. orinocotribune.com 
On Januray 3, 2023, the martyrdom of the anti-imperialist hero, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was commemorated in Iran, Iraq, Syria and several other countries of West Asia and across the world. | As Iranians and Iraqis commemorate the three-year anniversary of Washington's illegal assassination of Iran's Quds Force Commander General Soleimani and Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, scores of people rallied in the streets of both countries. | On January 3, people from all over the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly in Soleimani's hometown of Qanat-e Malek in Kerman province, gathered to remember the fallen c…
Anonymous103 (2023-01-09). Military Situation In Syria On January 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On January 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On January 8, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa; | On January 9, SDF artillery shelled a Turkish base near Azaz city. Several Turkish servicemen reportedly were wounded; | Two SDF members were killed by the Turkish Army in the Olive Branch area in the northern Syria, according to the Turkish MOD; | The UN S…
