Author: M Barbu

Maher al-Assad Issues Directive to Shield Fourth Division Members from Arrest or Prosecution

Operating as the Iranian arm of the regime forces, the Fourth Division maintains its own security apparatus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Maher al-Assad, commander of the Fourth Division and brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has issued a directive imposing restrictions on any security or military entity’s ability to arrest members of the Fourth Division, except under official missions sanctioned by the division’s security office or its military police company.

Clashes Between National Defense and SDF East of Deir-ez-Zor

The SDF has not issued a statement regarding the events.

Groups of the National Defense militia (auxiliary forces of the Syrian regime) launched attacks on military positions held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along the Euphrates River in Deir-ez-Zor’s western and eastern countryside. The SDF retaliated against the sources of fire.

Les F-16 de la junte néo-nazie volent à partir des pays de l’OTAN – Un excellent moyen de déclencher la troisième guerre mondiale

Alors que l’OTAN et ses mandataires néo-nazis coordonnent leurs frappes à longue distance avec des attaques terroristes au plus profond de la Russie (une menace qu’ils ont déjà formulée à plusieurs reprises et qu’ils sont en train de mettre à exécution, comme en témoignent les derniers événements au Daghestan), les États membres orientaux de l’alliance belligérante se préparent à entrer effectivement dans le conflit, même si ce n’est pas de manière officielle. En effet, tout comme les moyens ISR (renseignement, surveillance, reconnaissance) de l’OTAN sont utilisés pour des attaques à longue distance contre l’armée russe à titre «officieux», l’Occident politique espère avoir la possibilité d’utiliser des avions de combat F-16 à partir de bases aériennes en Europe de l’Est, où ils seraient «à l’abri» des contre-attaques russes. En théorie, bien sûr, car personne ne peut vraiment garantir que Moscou tolérera de telles actions. Et pourtant, personne en Europe ne se pose la question la plus évidente : que se passera-t-il lorsque le Kremlin réagira ?

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Also: Putin ramps up sabotage, a CIA sex assault case ends, DoD stands by its covert disinfo op against China, more HPSCI havoc and Trump on JFK files

Blinking Red: In the four years before 9/11, CIA Director George Tenet testified publicly 10 times about the threat al Qaeda posed to the United States. In eight appearances before Congress in recent months, FBI Director Christopher Wray has been sounding similar warnings.

Bruits de guerre et logique géopolitique

Le monde est confronté au danger d’une grande guerre. Pour comprendre l’ampleur de cette menace, il faut aller au-delà des nouvelles en provenance d’Ukraine. Il faut aussi, d’une part, essayer d’apprécier de manière équilibrée le facteur variable de la volonté humaine dans la gestion des crises internationales et, d’autre part, les facteurs immuables de la réalité géographique.

‘I warned the CIA about Afghanistan’s collapse — and was ignored’ Biden only enflamed the situation

On 26 August 2021, shortly after the Taliban conquered Kabul, Abdur Rahman Logari detonated his suicide vest near the Abbey Gate in the city’s airport, killing 170 men, women and children who were trying to flee the country. Two days later, a US drone strike killed an entire Afghan family in the mistaken belief that the target was Logari. Joe Biden would later describe the Abbey Gate attack — Isis’s most successful operation in Afghanistan — as “the hardest of the hard days” of his presidency. Harder days, however, were soon to come.

Israeli regime preparing for all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon

A drastic escalation of tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon over the past week has brought the prospect of an expansion of war across the Middle East ever closer. Following Israel’s assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander and a retaliatory rocket barrage fired on northern Israel, The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released a statement Tuesday declaring that operational plans for a war in Lebanon have been approved.