U.S. Conducts Cyberattack Against Iranian Spy Ship Helping Houthis

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The United States conducted a cyberattack against an Iranian spy ship operating near the Red Sea earlier this month, according to February 15 reports. The news comes near the third anniversary of the Biden administration’s removal of the Houthi rebels from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The ship, MV Behshad, is suspected of gathering intelligence on international commercial vessels traveling through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and transmitting it to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen. The intelligence then likely assisted the Houthis in targeting ships traveling through the area. According to the reports, the U.S. cyberattack occurred on February 2, the same day that U.S. forces conducted airstrikes against Iran-backed Shiite terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Those airstrikes were in retaliation for the January 28 attack on U.S. troops based in Jordan, which killed three American soldiers.

ON THE CRISIS SITUATION IN THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPARATUS OF SCIENCE

  1. A FRACTURE IN UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF MYTHS
    The study of methodological requirements usually comes down to comparing scientists of various profiles to a certain “conceptual bar” that is most authoritative for them, the compliance of which is taken as a criterion for the scientific nature of certain artifacts, judgments and hypotheses of a more specific nature. The formula for precisely this understanding of methodologism was given by A. N. Whitehead (1861–1947). This prominent English philosopher, speaking of “a method that generates meaningful knowledge,” explained it as the need to rely on “a coherent, logical and necessary system of general ideas, in terms of which every element of our experience could be interpreted” [1]. And the problematic nature of such an understanding of methodologism is associated with the possible discrepancy between the “coherent logical and necessary system of general ideas” and real factuality, and, therefore, the requirements of science.

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Dans le dernier sitrep Ukraine, j’évoquais le choix du général Oleksandr Syrsky comme nouveau commandant en chef des forces armées ukrainiennes. Il est probable qu’il soutiendra les choix agressifs du président ukrainien Zelensky.

The Final Countdown: Will Russia and Ukraine Renew Gas Transit Deal?

Extending the transport of Russian gas via Ukraine after 2024 would likely benefit both Russia and Ukraine. Stopping the flow of gas, on the other hand, would be painful for whichever side initiates it.

At the end of 2024, a five-year agreement expires governing one of the oldest and biggest economic links between Russia and Europe: the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine. Kyiv has already said it will not extend the agreement, and Russian officials have confirmed no negotiations to that end are under way with either Ukraine or the EU. Still, that’s not to say that no more Russian gas will ever be shipped via Ukraine.

China is testing its freeriding strategy in the Red Sea

In April 2023, many foreign observers found themselves startled when senior diplomats from Iran and Saudi Arabia met at a China-brokered summit in Beijing—the first high-level meeting between both inveterate foes in several years. Beijing appeared to demonstrate a new diplomatic prowess—an active willingness to mediate tensions in one of the most geopolitically challenging and conflict-ridden portions of the globe.

Iran: IRGC Warship Test Fires Long-Range Ballistic Missile

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has enhanced its naval capabilities with the successful launch of a long-range ballistic missile from a military vessel.

IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami announced on Monday that the long-range ballistic missile has been successfully fired from an IRGC Navy’s military vessel in a coordinated mission involving the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force.

What Does General Zaluzhny’s Dismissal Mean for Ukraine?

There are no grounds for the doom-filled prophecies that without Zaluzhny, Ukraine faces disaster. But the circumstances of the general’s departure do leave the impression of a president who is overreaching his hand by more or less openly putting narrow and selfish interests before considerations of state.

Syria Today – Hezbollah Training Russian Drone Operators in Homs; Cross Border Aid Extended Three Months

Ukraine says Russian troops are being trained on the use of Iranian drones at the Shayrat airfield in Syria’s western province of Homs. At the same time, Syria has extended permission for the United Nations to deliver aid to opposition-held areas in the northwest of the country via two Turkish border crossings for another three months.