Is Iran preparing a new series of attacks on US, Israel with proxies?

This is the scenario the US has been concerned about for years. The pro-Iran attacks may spill over to Syria.

Iran’s media gave major headlines to claims of attacks on US forces in Syria on Sunday. The July 4 date was symbolic; it was US Independence Day. What could be a better day for Iran to claim it had struck a US base in Syria?

However, it turns out the rumors of the rocket attacks were likely false, and the US-led coalition denied any incident happened in Syria.

Yemen’s Houthis deny that Iran gave them advanced drones

The Houthis think they can get legitimacy through negotiations, but haven’t given up on using drones and rockets.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have achieved many successes using drones and missiles in recent years. The US, Saudi Arabia and other countries have linked the Houthi drones and missiles to Iran over the past four years.

But the Houthi ambassador to Iran, Mohamed al-Dailami, who was appointed in 2019, gave an interview to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency this week. The Houthis had developed their own weapons and were not receiving drones from Iran, he said.

Bennett and Putin agree to meet during first phone call

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds first call with Vladimir Putin, agree to face-to-face meeting.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin made plans to meet in the near future, when the two leaders held their first phone call on Monday since the new government was sworn in last month. No date was set for such an encounter.

Bennett and Putin “agreed to meet soon,” the Prime Minister’s Office said after the call.

The US And NATO Leave Afghanistan (And The World) At The Mercy Of Terrorists – OpEd

The decision of the USA / NATO forces to withdraw from Afghanistan is a definite incentive for the Islamic terrorists and extremists to continue their offensive moves around the world. By withdrawing the forces, USA and other NATO countries have virtually conceded their defeat against acts of terrorism in a decisive manner. If the USA and other NATO partners think that they would not be affected by Taliban terrorists taking over Afghanistan, this would be a naïve view.

“The Americans were completely devoid of any strategy”

The West is pulling out of Afghanistan after 20 years, but the conflict remains – and the Taliban are stronger than they have been for a long time. And now? The renowned Taliban expert Ahmed Rashid talks to Tobias Matern about mistakes made by the West and the future role of the Taliban in Afghanistan

The West is leaving Afghanistan – have the USA and its allies achieved their goals?

A Mobster and Turkey’s Arms Shipments to Jihadis

Erdoğan’s government claimed the cargo was humanitarian aid to Turkoman locals in Syria but then filed criminal charges against the editors Cumhuriyet, for being members of a “terrorist organization,” espionage and revealing state secrets…. The prosecution asked for life sentences for two Cumhuriyet editors.

Since then, Can Dündar, then-editor-in-chief, has been living in Germany in exile.

Ongoing Palestinian Genocide & Gaza Concentration Camp Conditions By The Numbers

The world needs to know the horrendous dimensions of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide, and of the gross Apartheid Israeli maltreatment of 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and in particular of the 2 million inmates of the blockaded and bombed Gaza Concentration Camp. A numbers-based summary of these ongoing atrocities will strengthen global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the intolerable obscenity of Apartheid Israel and its racist supporters.

Mali : Crise au Sahel : « Ce que je pense », de Serge Daniel

On ne peut pas rester dans un camp militaire ou dans une brigade de gendarmerie bien barricadé de nos jours et espérer combattre le terrorisme. Il faut utiliser les mêmes méthodes que les terroristes, c’est à dire les attaquer en allant à l’offensive. C’est une guerre asymétrique. En 2010, j’ai suivi l’armée mauritanienne dans la forêt du Wagadou.
Nous avions mangé pendant deux jours de l’arachide. Il faut s’adapter au terrain c’est tout. La même année un colonel de l’armée malienne le colonel Gaston m’a permis de voir ses troupes en action contre les Jihadistes dans la forêt du Wagadou côté malien. Admirable. Hélas ça n’a pas continué.

Rising Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean

Overview

The Eastern Mediterranean has always been an area of important political and cultural developments, dense migration, but also a hotspot of international tensions. The past decades have been no different: the region remains a bridge for trade between Europe and Asia, whereas geopolitics have divided the island of Cyprus, and more migrants crossed the waters to escape hardship.