Alina Ramos Martin (2023-12-07). Syria criticizes WFP decision to suspend food aid. plenglish.com Damascus, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Minister of Local Administration, Hussein Makhlouf, expressed discontent of the Damascus government over the decision of the World Food Program (WFP) to suspend its aid as of next January.

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Senate Votes Down Resolution to Withdraw Troops from Syria. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Thursday voted down a resolution that would have directed President Biden to withdraw all US troops from Syria, where US forces have come under frequent attack in response to President Biden's support for Israel's Gaza onslaught. The bill failed in a vote of 13-84 and received support from seven Democrats, five Republicans, …

infobrics (2023-12-07). Envoy Claims Russia's Trade with Associate BRICS Nation Increasing. infobrics.org The impact of Western sanctions on Russia has inadvertently created a "window of opportunity" for Brazil, according to the country's ambassador, Rodrigo Baena Soares…

infobrics (2023-12-07). Strengthened Sino-UAE Bilateral Relations Hailed. infobrics.org The Sino-UAE diplomatic relations, based on the spirit of collaboration and mutual respect, have notably strengthened over recent years, said Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to China…

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-12-07). Gaza Divides The World, Again. popularresistance.org My award for courageous elocution of the week goes hands-down to Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, who addressed the General Assembly last Tuesday on the topic of Israel and its barbaric attacks on the Palestinians of Gaza. His remarks, which Consortium News reproduced, were appropriately lengthy. Here I draw from his introductory paragraphs: | The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela robustly condemns the Israeli aggression against the civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is an operation of mass expulsion of an entire people in order to annex their territory b…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-12-07). Canadian ambassador Gartshore tours Guantanamo province (+Photo). plenglish.com Guantánamo, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Ambassador to Cuba John Geoffrey Gartshore concluded on Thursday a tour across sites of historical and tourist interest in the easternmost of Cuba's provinces, according to Venceremos newspaper.

Dan Lieberman (2023-12-07). Face to Face with Hezbollah. dissidentvoice.org As part of a fact-finding mission to the Middle East in late 2007, one year after Hezbollah concluded a war with Israel, we spent a few days with Hezbollah. I knew that Hezbollah carried heavy baggage, could be threatening, and operated as a state within a state, but it never seemed, as bludgeoning reports insisted, …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Israeli Defense Minister Threatens Military Action to Push Hezbollah Back from Lebanon Border. news.antiwar.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-12-07). Regional resistance to war on Gaza continues with more attacks on Israel and US bases. peoplesdispatch.org The Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and militias in Iraq have all targeted Israel and US bases in the last few weeks in support of the Palestinian people. Israel has continued to receive military aid from the US…

Aja Arnold, Victoria Bouloubasis, Rebecca Chowdhury, Rae Garringer, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi, Tina Vasquez,, Lewis Raven Wallace, The Real News Network. (2023-12-07). Why Journalists Must Speak Out About Gaza. popularresistance.org As journalists and media workers, we know that silencing a free press is a key tactic of authoritarian governments. We are horrified that the Israeli military has now murdered an unprecedented number of journalists and media workers in Gaza—at least 75 people as of December 4. Since October 7, Israeli forces have also killed three journalists in Lebanon, and targeted journalists in the West Bank and Jerusalem, arresting 44 journalists as of November 28, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. And, Israel's forced power and communications outages in Gaza have made even the simplest communications…

noreply (2023-12-05). Larch Wrote An Excellent Summary. smoothiex12.blogspot.com stake for the RF was Crimea, the Azov, Sevastopol, the home of the | Black Sea Fleet, the Rostov-on-Don GS command HQ, and the quick loss of | Transnistria as a follow-on for the Ukies-Moldovans. It also could have | led to the severing of the Syrian Express supplying Tartus and Russia's | ME operations.To think the Russians wouldn't have escalated far | beyond that battlezone in self-protection of all those strategic ass…

Ana Perdigón (2023-12-06). Nicaragua Recalls Ambassador from Argentina. orinocotribune.com Given the repeated verbal attacks against Nicaragua which the newly elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has indulged in, the government of Daniel Ortega announced that it was withdrawing its ambassador, Carlos Midence, immediately. The ambassador will be withdrawn prior to Milei's inauguration. | "Given the installation and inauguration of a new Government in the Argentine Republic, an inauguration that will take place on December 10, and in the face of repeated statements and comments from the new leader, the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua has proceeded to withdraw its amb…

ecns.cn (2023-12-05). Strengthened Sino-UAE bilateral relations hailed. ecns.cn The Sino-UAE diplomatic relations, based on the spirit of collaboration and mutual respect, have notably strengthened over recent years, said Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to China.

Staff (2023-12-05). Headlines for December 5, 2023. democracynow.org Gaza Death Toll Approaches 16,000 as Israel Intensifies Attacks and Lays Siege to Hospitals, Israeli Strikes Kill World-Renowned Researcher Sofyan Taya, Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf, U.S. State Department Says It's "Too Soon" to Judge Whether Israel Is Protecting Civilians, Lawsuit Accuses Netherlands' Government of Complicity in Israeli War Crimes, Death Toll from Tanzania Floods Rises to 63, Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP28 Climate Summit as Carbon Emissions Reach Record Pace , Trial Opens of Two Paramedics Charged with Negligent Homicide in Death of Elijah McClain, Ex-U.S. Ambassador V…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-05). The Two-State Solution Is a Smokescreen for Israel's Ethnic Cleansing. libya360.wordpress.com Hamza Ali Shaw Palestinians in Gaza flee south. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu via Getty) "The two-state solution is no longer possible". Those were the uncharacteristically honest words of the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, last week. From the person who callously denied a humanitarian catastrophe existed in Gaza and had the audacity to dismiss the idea that…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-12-05). Belarus and Cuba to pursue 18 joint scientific projects. plenglish.com Minsk, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Belarus' Academies of Sciences and Cuba will pursue 18 joint scientific projects from December 2023 to December 2025, Cuba's Ambassador to Minsk Santiago Perez told Prensa Latina on Tuesday.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-12-06). Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Occupation Military Sites. orinocotribune.com Several Israeli soldiers were injured by Hezbollah on Sunday as the group ramped up operations in solidarity with Gaza | Hezbollah pounded Israeli military sites on the Lebanese border on 4 December for the third day since the collapse of the Gaza-Israel truce. | "In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance, at 11: 30 noon on Monday 12/4/2023, targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers east of Misgav Am with guided missiles and it was directly hit," the group said in a statement. | The Ruw…

Aja Arnold (2023-12-05). Why Journalists Must Speak Out About Gaza. truthout.org As journalists and media workers, we know that silencing a free press is a key tactic of authoritarian governments. We are horrified that the Israeli military has now murdered an unprecedented number of journalists and media workers in Gaza — at least 75 people as of December 4. Since October 7, Israeli forces have also killed three journalists in Lebanon, and targeted journalists in the West Bank… |