Larry Johnson (2024-01-03). Israel's Counter Productive Assassination Policy. sonar21.com Saleh al-Arouri | If you were betting on a peaceful start to the New Year time to pay up. Israel made you a loser today by assassinating Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas leader living in Beirut, Lebanon. This is likely to throw more gasoline on the inferno of war that is raging in Gaza and along Israel's border with Lebanon and Syria and will once again prove to be a futile act by Israel. | Assassination, apart from being an act of revenge killing, has not brought peace or tranquility to the citizens of Israel. In fact, I think the evidence based on Israel's record of assassination over the last 70 years shows tha…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Iraq's Islamic Resistance Continues Striking US Military Bases. english.almanar.com.lb The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Monday new operations against an American military bases, vowing more attacks on the US occupation forces. In a statement, Iraq's Islamic Resistance indicated that its fighters attacked the occupation base known as "Green Village" in Syrian depth using drones. A second statement indicated that Iraq's Islamic Resistance fighters …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2024-01-02). Fake Intellectuals Working For Think Tanks Funded By the Arms Industry Are Driving Support For War After War After War. covertactionmagazine.com Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Now Iran A few days after the October 7 attacks in northern Israel, The Atlantic Council ran an inflammatory article on its website by Jonathan Panikoff, a former deputy national intelligence officer, entitled "It doesn't matter whether Iran planned the Hamas attack—Tehran is still to blame."[1] The …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-03). Aftermath of Arouri Assassination: Eyes on Dahiyeh for S. Nasrallah Speech. english.almanar.com.lb Tensions are high in Lebanon on Wednesday, a day after the Israeli occupation assassinated senior Hamas Leader Saleh Al-Arouri in Beirut's southern suburb, Dahiyeh. Meanwhile, eyes are on Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah's speech on Wednesday night. The Hezbollah leader is to deliver a televised speech at 18: 00 on Wednesday, on the fourth martyrdom …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-03). Hezbollah S.G. Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is to deliver a speech at 18:00 tonight on the fourth martyrdom anniversary of resistance leaders Hajj Qassem Suleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis. english.almanar.com.lb

Jake Johnson (2024-01-02). Analysts Warn of Escalation Risk Following Drone Strike Death of Hamas Leader. truthout.org Fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah intensified Tuesday after an Israeli drone strike reportedly killed a senior Hamas official in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, an attack likely to further enflame a region reeling from Israel's catastrophic assault on Gaza. Citing three unnamed security sources and Lebanese news outlets, Reuters reported that an Israeli drone attack on an office… |

MEE staff (2024-01-02). War on Gaza: Hezbollah vows retaliation over Israel's killing of senior Hamas leader in Beirut. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Hezbollah vows retaliation over Israel's killing of senior Hamas leader in Beirut | Lebanese group says 'finger on the trigger' after drone strike killed Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut neighbourhood of Dahiyeh | Tue, 01/02/2024 – 21: 54 | Hezbollah fighters attend funeral of comrade killed in southern Lebanon in cross-border fire with Israeli troops, on 21 December 2023 in Markaba, Lebanon (AFP)…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah Attacks More Israeli Occupation Sites in Northern Palestine. english.almanar.com.lb In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued on Tuesday striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement affirmed that …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah Mourns Martyr Arouri: Our Fighters' Fingers are on the Trigger. english.almanar.com.lb Hezbollah issued late Tuesday a statement which mourns the Deputy Head of Hamas Resistance Movement Saleh Al-Arouri who embraced martyrdom a number of his comrades on the way to Al-Quds. Hezbollah offered condolences to Hamas, the brave fighters of Al-Qssam Brigades, the locals of the steadfast Gaza, Al-Quds, and wounded West Bank, and all the …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah wages an aerial attack on the headquarters of Israeli military Command 91 in Eliet (Northeastern Safed) with a combat drone which hit its target accurately: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah mourns Hamas Deputy Chief Martyr Sheikh Saleh Arouri: Israeli crime will reinforce the resistance commitment to struggle until reaching victory and liberation: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah: Arouri assassination in Beirut's Dahiyeh is a serious aggression on Lebanon and won't go unanswered. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-03). Assassination of Al-Arouri Draws Wide Condemnations across Lebanon, Region. english.almanar.com.lb The assassination of Senior Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri has drawn wide condemnations across Lebanon, Palestine, the region and the world. Hamas deputy chief was martyred in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday (January 2) on Beirut's southern suburb (Dahiyeh). Regional and Int'l Stances Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the assassination of Al-Arouri was a …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2024-01-02). Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in Beirut strike. electronicintifada.net Assassination is a "serious escalation that will elicit retaliation from Hizballah," says Lebanon expert.

Barbara G. Ellis (2024-01-02). Yemen's Houthis Become Today's Red Sea Version of the 'Barbary Pirates'. counterpunch.org When my husband and I were producing the pro-West Beirut (Lebanon) Daily Star, one of Yemen's tyrannical kings was ruling from an elaborate barber's chair. Its few exports were chiefly coffee, cotton, and hides, but also postage stamps for international collectors. One of its most infamous imports we interviewed was California's outspoken and dramatic ex-patriot

MEE staff (2024-01-02). Israel assassinates Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon's Beirut. middleeasteye.net Israel assassinates Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon's Beirut | Hamas confirms the targeted killing of deputy head in Dahiyeh, a residential area in southern Beirut | Tue, 01/02/2024 – 16: 16 | Arouri was a founding member of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas (Reuters) |

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Israeli Channel 12: Rockets fall in the vicinity of the settlement of Margaliot at the border with Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Israel strikes outskirts of Syria's Aleppo; material damage reported. presstv.ir Only two days ago Syrian air defenses intercepted most of Israeli missiles launched toward the capital Damascus.

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Drones strike bases housing US occupation troops in northeastern Syria. presstv.ir Two military facilities occupied by American forces in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah are targeted by drone strikes.

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Iran: Israel assassinated IRGC commander due to its chain of defeats. presstv.ir Brigadier General Seyyed Razi Mousavi was serving as a military advisor in Syria.

James North (2023-12-30). Israel is provoking the U.S. into a conflict with Iran — but the media ignores the danger. mondoweiss.net In addition to killing thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, Israel has been routinely attacking at least four other nations in the region: Iran, Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon. Why does the U.S. media keeps the American public in the dark?

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-30). Three civilians killed in Israeli bombing in northern Syria. plenglish.com Damascus, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) At least three people lost their lives and two were injured by an Israeli bombardment against points located in the town of Al-Dhahabiya, in the south of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, media outlets reported here today.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Israel assassinated IRGC advisor after failing in Gaza battleground: Quds Force cmdr. presstv.ir Ranking Iranian commander puts the Israeli regime's recent assassination of a senior IRGC advisor in Syria down to the regime's failure in the Gaza war.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Israel strikes outskirts of Syria's Aleppo; material damage reported. presstv.ir Only two days ago Syrian air defenses intercepted most of Israeli missiles launched toward the capital Damascus.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Syria's air defense repels Israeli strike near Damascus. presstv.ir Syrian air defense units have intercepted and shot down most of the missiles launched by Israeli fighter jets near the country's capital city of Damascus.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). US strike near Syria-Iraq border kills fighters; resistance hits bases. presstv.ir At least five resistance fighters are killed and several others wounded in an attack by US warplanes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Iran: Israel assassinated IRGC commander due to its chain of defeats. presstv.ir Brigadier General Seyyed Razi Mousavi was serving as a military advisor in Syria.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Israel assassinated IRGC advisor out of despair: Iranian minister. presstv.ir The Iranian interior minister said Israel has "no respect whatsoever for international principles and ethical values."

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Egyptian official sees exchange of ambassadors with Iran in near future. presstv.ir A senior Egyptian official says Cairo and Tehran are expected to fully restore diplomatic ties and exchange respective ambassadors in the near future after more than four decades of estrangement.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Top Egypt official expects exchange of ambassadors with Iran in near future. presstv.ir A senior Egyptian official says Cairo and Tehran are expected to fully restore diplomatic ties and exchange respective ambassadors in the near future after more than four decades of estrangement.

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2023-12-31). Baghdad Is 'Heading Towards' Ending US Military Presence In The Country. popularresistance.org Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said his government is "heading towards" ending the presence of international forces in Iraq, which includes about 2,500 US troops, the largest foreign contingent. | Al-Sudani's comments came after his government strongly condemned several rounds of US airstrikes in Iraq as a violation of sovereignty and a hostile act. In the latest strikes, the US said it targeted the Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah in retaliation for an attack on a US base, but al-Sudani's government said civilians were also wounded in the US bombing. | "We are in the process of rearranging the relatio…

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Al-Aqsa Storm nullified Western support for Israel: Hezbollah. presstv.ir A top Hezbollah official says the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation launched by Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups rendered ineffectual the Israeli military, and its considerable foreign support.

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Hezbollah says clashes with Israel will end only if Gaza war stops. presstv.ir A senior Hezbollah official says clashes with Israel will end only if Israel ends its aggression on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Hezbollah launches eight more anti-Israel attacks in support of Gaza. presstv.ir The Lebanese resistance movement has launched eight more attacks against Israeli military positions, hitting military bases as well as troops.

presstv.ir (2023-12-30). Hezbollah launches fresh strikes on Israeli targets. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has launched fresh strikes on Israeli targets in the 1948-occupied territories.

WSWS (2023-12-30). Biden administration approves "emergency" sale of howitzer shells to Israel amid intensification of ethnic cleansing in Gaza Strip. wsws.org As the onslaught on Gaza continues unabated, the Israel Defence Force has also expanded its attacks in southern Lebanon against Hizbollah. The far-right government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can only proceed with such aggression because it knows it enjoys the unconditional support of US imperialism and its European allies.

Resistance News Network, Workers' World. (2023-12-30). Palestinian Forces Alliance Emphasize United Stance Against Israel, US. popularresistance.org The Central Command of the Palestinian Forces Alliance held a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss the developments of the Al-Aqsa Flood battle on its 82nd day. | The meeting was attended by representatives from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command, the Popular Struggle Front, the Palestinian Liberation Front, the Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War — Lighting Forces and the Fatah Al-Intifada movement. | The participants saluted our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and all of Palestine, sending greetings to the souls of the marty…