Author: Mideast discourse

On Thursday, the “Israeli military” accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of working “inside Lebanon” alongside Hezbollah to try to create missile factories to build weapons which can attack “Israel”. Hezbollah does not possess any factories to produce precision-guided missiles, Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah has said, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “lying” and looking for a pretext to attack Lebanon. “We do not have factories to produce precision-guided missiles in Lebanon,” Nasrallah said, speaking to supporters on Saturday night, his comments cited by Reuters. Hezbollah already has enough precision missiles for ‘any confrontation’ with Israel, big or small, Nasrallah…

Earlier this month, the Syrian Army launched an offensive in the province, citing militants’ constant violations of a ceasefire, and has liberated multiple settlements, including Khan Sheikhoun, which had served as a major strongpoint for anti-government militias and terrorist groups. The Pentagon has confirmed that the US-led coalition has carried out strikes against the leaders of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in Idlib province, Syria. “The removal of this facility will further degrade their ability to conduct future attacks and destabilise the region,” US Central Command spokesman Lt. Col. Earl Brown said, his comments cited by AFP. Earlier, local media reported…

Sarah Abed, independent journalist and analyst Last week the town of Khan Sheikhoun was finally liberated by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), led by the Tiger Forces and Republican Guard. Earlier this month a truce was entered into force in Idlib. It was understood that if Ankara failed to implement its obligations under the ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey last September in Sochi, the Syrian army would continue with their military operation. A few days later, Turkish-backed terrorist factions violated the ceasefire and the Syrian Arab Army resumed their military operation, just as planned. The strategic town of Khan Sheikhoun is…

The United States sanctioned the tanker Adrian Darya and its captain for transporting more than 2 million barrels of oil that will benefit Iran’s security forces, the Treasury Department said in a statement. “The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Adrian Darya 1, an oil tanker transporting 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil ultimately benefitting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The Adrian Darya 1 is being identified as blocked property pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorism or acts of…

Steven Sahiounie, Middle East observer Netanyahu attacks Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon to win re-election Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of “Israel”, the occupier of Palestine, may lose the election on September 17th.  He is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the occupation; however, he is facing possible defeat even though he is the best friend of Pres. Trump, who enjoys a 70% approval rating in “Israel”.  Netanyahu is facing 3 serious corruption charges in a hearing set for October.  Some analysts predict he will lose the election, lose his case, and go to jail.  To win the election, Netanyahu…

Lebanon’s army has opened fire at an Israeli drone in the south of the country, Reuters reported, citing Lebanese security sources. According to the source, the troops fired shots from M16 assault rifles. The National News Agency reported that the incident took place at the village of Odeisseh, near Marjayoun, near the border with Israel. The Lebanese Army stated that it had forced the two drones to return by firing at them. In the meantime, an Israeli military spokeswoman has stated that they’re “checking the report”. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has posted an image with a list of what…

By: Yuri Veselov, military observer, Inforos news agency Regional Arab news agencies with a focus on Arab monarchical regimes are trying to present the defeat of terrorists in the city of Khan Shaykhun and in the north of the Hama province as “an organized forced withdrawal of troops from the combat zone.” Concurrently, they make no secret of the fact that the loss of control over the area opens up a real opportunity to government forces to develop a powerful offensive deep into the provinces of Idlib and Hama. It must be admitted that the advancing troops lost up to…

 Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday called Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of the capital of Beirut and the town of Qousaya a “declaration of war”. “Attacks on the suburbs and the Qousaya area violate the 1701 resolution; these attacks allow Lebanon to use the right to protect its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity”, Aoun said during a meeting with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis. The president added that the Lebanese people were seeking peace, not war, and “we do not accept that anyone threatens us in any way”. Earlier in the day, Israel reportedly carried out airstrikes against…

BY TIM ANDERSON Having launched hundreds of attacks on Syria, while Damascus was distracted by its anti-terrorism operations, Israel has unleashed a wave of terrorism through drone attacks on Iraq’s popular mobilization forces (Hashd al Shaabi), followed by attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. In most cases the pretext is ‘Iran’, though Israel has not yet had the courage to mount open attacks on the region’s largest independent state. However, in the past, Mossad has assassinated some of Iran’s nuclear scientists, as detailed in Ronen Bergman’s 2018 book Rise and Kill First. Washington’s state media (Radio Farda) reported Israeli leader Benyamin Netanyahu…

The USA has illegitimately sent a new convoy containing tens of vehicles loading military and logistic equipment to Qamishli city in support of the separatist Qasad militia, which is besieging tens of thousands of civilians in the areas of its spread with a support of the US occupation forces spread in Syrian al-Jazira region. Local sources from Qamishli city monitored the entry of 200 trucks loading military and logistic equipment provided by the US occupation forces to Qasad militia as they were entered illegitimately through the river crossing of Simalka linking Kurdistan region of northern Iraq with Hasaka province. According…