First Bombing After Mousavi’s Death: Israel Targets Sayyida Zainab

The attack on Sayyida Zeinab occurred shortly after a Syrian passenger plane arrived from Baghdad at Damascus International Airport, according to Sawt al-Asima.

A site near the town of Sayyida Zeinab in Damascus countryside was reportedly targeted by Israeli shelling on Monday, January 29th. According to Sawt al-Asima sources, the attack focused on a farm close to the Rawda Hotel, less than one kilometre from where Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Reza Mousavi was killed in late December. The farm is allegedly used by IRGC for meetings with affiliated militia leaders and as temporary accommodation.

Will the Horn Explode?

The announcement made on New Year’s Day that Ethiopia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Somaliland covering several areas may have created the first major geopolitical risk of the year 2024.

Iran-Backed Militias In Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen And Bahrain Condemn U.S. Attack On Iraqi PMU Officials In Baghdad; Threaten ‘Stupefying’ Response Against U.S., ‘Its Helpers, Partners And Interests’ In The Region

On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that at 9:30 p.m. (Baghdad time) its forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S. service members, killing an Iran-backed Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region.[1] Media sources affiliated with the Iran-backed militias in Iraq reported that several operatives from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) were killed, including a senior leaders of the Hizbullah Brigades (which is part of the PMU) Wisam Muhammad Saber aka Abu Baqir Al-Sa’idi and also an official by the name of Hajj Arkan Al-‘Alyawi.[2]

Iran Informed The U.S. In Advance Of Its January 2020 Missile Attack On Ain Al-Assad Air Base In Iraq; MEMRI Reports Confirm Former President Trump’s Claim In February 4, 2024 Interview About Iran Warning; Iranian Supreme Leader Advisor Shamkhani Denies This, Saying Iran Never Warned U.S.

In a February 4, 2024 interview on Fox News, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that in January 2020, Iran had informed his administration of its intention to attack the Ain Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq but without causing casualties. The attack was to be a response to the U.S. killing of IRGC Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020.

Iran-Supported Groups In The Middle East And US Policy – Analysis

Iran has long backed a network of armed groups in the Middle East to advance its regional interests. These groups, which include U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and which sometimes style themselves the “Axis of Resistance,” have conducted attacks on U.S., Israeli, and other targets for years. The number, pace, and scope of such attacks have surged since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault on Israel from Gaza and in the context of the subsequent Israel-Hamas war.

Iran Reinforces Positions in Hama, Deir-ez-Zor and Homs, Withdraws Thousands of Troops From Aleppo

Iran aims to reinforce its forces in its areas of presence in Syria, according to Baladi News.

Informed sources have disclosed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard militias have withdrawn thousands of Syrian members affiliated with them from the Aleppo governorate. These members were relocated to positions in the governorates of Hama, Deir-ez-Zor, and Homs.

Iranian Religious Scholar Hamed Jadidi: We Took Syria, Iraq, Iran, And We Will Conquer Saudi Arabia; The Zionists Engineered COVID-19 In Order To Control People By Implanting Nanochips Produced By Bill Gates Into Their Bodies

Iranian religious scholar Hamed Jadidi, a member of the Esfahan Basij cultural-social network said that Iran will “inshallah” conquer Saudi Arabia soon in a January 30, 2024 event in preparation for the upcoming elections, which was aired on IRINN TV (Iran). He said that Saudi Arabia is collaborating with the Zionists and that it asked China to mediate between it and Iran so the Houthis in Yemen wouldn’t attack them. Jadidi continued to claim that the Zionists orchestrated the coronavirus “super-project” so people would take the “Zionist vaccine,” like Pfizer, and implant nanochips into their body. He further explained that these nanochips would be activated through 5G networks and artificial intelligence, and this way the Zionists would have control over human beings.

Kataib Hezbollah commander killed in Baghdad in US strike

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a U.S. strike on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

“(U.S.) forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S. service members, killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region,” a statement from the military said. It did not name the commander, Reuters reported.