(2024-02-11). Red Sea Tensions Increase. popularresistance.org As Israel continues its massacres in Gaza, tensions are intensifying over the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the wider North African and Western Asian region. After three US soldiers were killed by a drone strike in Jordan, the US responded with strikes inside Iraq and Syria, killing 40. White House national security spokesman John Kirby then told Fox News that the strikes were "just the first round," making it clear that hegemony is Washington's only horizon. | Meanwhile a related conflict is heating up on the southern side of the Gulf of Aden, triggered by a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Ethi…
(2024-02-11). Dear Mr. High Commissioner: Help Free Assange. popularresistance.org On 20-21 February, a High Court in London will decide Julian Assange's fate: freedom or death. Two judges will decide whether the WikiLeaks founder will still be able to lodge an ultimate appeal, or will end his days in an American jail. | Mr. Assange has committed no crime. His only fault is to have revealed some of the crimes of the powerful of our time. Lèse majesté crime! | American wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere have destroyed millions of lives and ruined these countries for generations to come. No one has been prosecuted. On the contrary, these crimes have been covered up with impunity in the Unite…
(2024-02-10). China grew more than any other developed economy in 2023 | January 2024. dongshengnews.org 
China strengthens its role as an international peace broker by intervening in multiple international conflicts; China supports Palestine's full UN membership; PetroChina now controls Iraq's largest oil field; Taiwan's separatist ruling party won elections…
US-led coalition "has become a factor for instability", says prime minister's military spokesperson…
On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of Baghdad. This was a further U.S. escalation in a major new front in the U.S.-Israeli war on the Middle East, centered on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, but already also including ethnic cleansing in the 
U.S. officials may not acknowledge the connection between the Gaza War and the U.S. bombing campaign, but there is no question that Israeli militarism is relevant to the increased attacks from the Houthis against commercial shipping in the Red Sea as well as the increased attacks from Iranian-backed militia against U.S. facilities in Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. 
The Iraqi government, on Thursday, asserted that continued 
Hezbollah denounced on Thursday the US assassination of Iraq's Hashd Shaabi commander, lashing out at Washington's "flagrant breach" of the Arab country's sovereignty, security and stability." In a statement, Hezbollah's Media Relations strongly condemned the "crime assassination of commander Hajj Wissam Mohammad Saber, known as Abu Baqer Al-Saedi, along with his companions on the hand …
The U.S. and Europe — the Brits in particular — are out of control and flouting international law as they carry out military strikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The West claims it is an act of self-defense, but instead of killing or arresting specific individuals responsible for attacks, are engaged in collective punishment. I think we are coming to a point where anger against the West is going to boil over and the U.S. and Europe will get a taste of their own medicine. All of this was avoidable, but the U.S. and Britain have convinced their citizens that attacks on foreign countries without the b…
The strike provoked spontaneous protests against the US and intensified the demands of immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops. Iraqi resistance announced they will continue to attack US bases in the region…
Download the PDF. Beware U.S. imperialism's war on Iran! Palestinian resistance condemns U.S. attacks on Syria and Iraq Mundo Obrero: La asamblea internacional de Nueva York rinde homenaje a la resistencia palestina Editorial: Stop defunding UNRWA! Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. | 
The U.S. attack on Iran's military and affiliated militias in Iraq and Syria as well as the attacks against the Houthis in Yemen raise serious questions. We are told that U.S. forces are in Iraq and Syria to combat the forces of ISIS, which happen to be a leading enemy of Iran. Last month, the U.S. even warned Tehran about an ISIS attack in Iran that killed nearly 100 Iranians. This fact suggests that the United States and Iran have something in common in the region, at least regarding the ISIS threat, and that they should be engaged in bilateral or back-channel discussions. U.S. non-recognition of Iran continues…
The following statements from Palestinian Resistance forces appeared on Resistance News Network, Feb. 3, 2024, in response to the recent U.S. attacks on Syria and Iraq. Hamas — Islamic Resistance Movement We condemn in the strongest terms the U.S. aggression on both Iraq and Syria, considering it a dangerous escalation, . . . | 
Will the escalation in bombing by the U.S. and British air forces against people in Syria, Iraq and Yemen lead to a regional war with Iran? Despite declarations from President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that they seek no war with Iran, . . . | 
The following statements from Palestinian resistance forces appeared on Resistance News Network, Feb. 3, 2024, in response to the recent U.S. attacks on Syria and Iraq. Hamas — Islamic Resistance Movement We condemn in the strongest terms the U.S. aggression on both Iraq and Syria, considering it a dangerous escalation, . . . | 
Iraq's central bank has banned eight local commercial banks from participating in transactions involving US dollars, citing efforts to This step follows a recent visit by a high-ranking US Treasury official to Baghdad. | The banks targeted are now prohibited from accessing the…
An Iraqi MP, Mustafa Jabbar Sanad, has proposed cutting off subsidised oil exports to Sanad collected a list of signatures from other Iraqi parliamentarians calling for a vote on a resolution requiring the Ministry of Oil to stop sell…
Amid The tit-for-tat strikes between Iraqi paramilitaries and US forces have persisted since October when groups…
Secretary of State Tony Blinken is on his fifth trip to the Middle East since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, reportedly pushing for a pause to Israel's assault on Gaza and for Hamas to release all remaining hostages. Blinken's trip to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel and the West Bank comes in the wake of U.S. strikes in Syria, Iraq and Yemen against militant groups across the region. "There's not a lot of goodwill or faith right now for the U.S.," says Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for HuffPost, who lays out where diplomatic negotiations stand today in t…
The Jordanian army has denied on Saturday participation in recent The US military launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a recent Reports had circulate…
As the Pentagon launched airstrikes in Syria and Iraq against Iran-backed militants and carried out new attacks on Houthi forces in Yemen over the weekend, we speak with Narges Bajoghli, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University. She is an expert on the Axis of Resistance, the informal coalition loosely led by Iran that consists of the Iranian and Syrian governments, the Houthi movement in Yemen, militant groups in Iraq, Hezbollah, Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza and the West Bank. She lays out how, despite their different ideologies, the groups are united in their goal of opposing West…
Countries: Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, World, Yemen | Source: Berghof Foundation | Please refer to the attached file. | Under crossfire: the courageous work of women faith-based mediators | In our latest study, we explore how women use faith as a tool to solve conflict and which tactics they use to overcome challenges they face during the process. | Women faith-based mediators often play a crucial role in peace mediation processes. Our latest 
I provide an update on the Zelensky/Zaluzhny soap opera and dissect the feckless U.S. bombing campaigns in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
