Recent Appearances...

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Recent Appearances...

Ahmad Samir	Ahmad Samir	al-Tawhid	Iraq-Jordan				20050721
Anas Samir	Anas Samir	al-Tawhid	Iraq-Jordan				20050721
Sabri Samirah	Sabri Samirah	Islamic Association for Palestine	Home Front				20030127
		president of the United Muslim Americans Association in Palos Hills, outside Chicago; immigration officials denied him permission to return after visiting his parents in Jordan.
	Sabri Samirah	United Muslim Americans Association	Home Front	Jordanian		Big Shot	20030127
		president of the United Muslim Americans Association in Palos Hills, outside Chicago; immigration officials denied him permission to return after visiting his parents in Jordan.
Salim Samir Baamer	Salim Samir Baamer	al-Qaeda in Africa	Africa: East				20030826
Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim	Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim	Iraqi Baath Party	Iraq				20030507
Samir Abdulaziz Al Najm	Samir Abdulaziz Al Najm	Iraqi Baath Party	Axis of Evil				20030108
Samir Ait Mohamed	Samir Ait Mohamed	al-Qaeda	Great White North				20040108
Samir Al-Biyuk	Samir Al-Biyuk	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine	Middle East				20031012
Samir Asli	Samir Asli	al-Qaeda in Europe	Europe	Algerian?	Arrested	Tough Guy	20030129
		charged with conspiring to develop or produce chemical weapons
Samir Azzouz	Samir Azzouz	Hofstadgroup	Europe				20051221	Link
Samir Feddag	Samir Feddag	al-Qaeda in Europe	Europe	Algerian?	Arrested	Tough Guy	20030129
		charged with conspiring to develop or produce chemical weapons
	Samir Feddag	al-Qaeda	Europe				20030113
Samir Fouda	Samir Fouda	Hamas	Middle East				20031024
Samir Ghosheh	Samir Ghosheh	Popular Struggle Front	Middle East				20030123
	Samir Ghosheh	Palestinian Authority	Israel-Palestine	Palestinian			20020609
Samir Hakim	Samir Hakim	Abu Sayyaf	Southeast Asia	Filipino			20030625
Samir Kandil	Samir Kandil	Palestinian Authority	Middle East	Palestinian			20020906
Samir Kishk	Samir Kishk	Salafist Group for Call and Combat	Africa North				20011201
	Samir Kishk	al-Qaeda					20011201
Samir Kuntar	Samir Kuntar	Hizballah	Southeast Asia				20060719	Link
	Samir Kuntar	Hezbollah	Syria-Lebanon-Iran				20051226	Link
	Samir Kuntar	Palestine Liberation Front	Israel-Palestine-Jordan				20060802	Link
Samir Mahdjoub	Samir Mahdjoub	Ansar al-Islam	Europe				20040519	Link
Samir Masharawi	Samir Masharawi	Fatah	Israel-Palestine-Jordan				20060402	Link
Samir Mashharawi	Samir Mashharawi	Fatah	Israel-Palestine-Jordan				20051214
Samir Rousha	Samir Rousha	Popular Front Struggle	Israel-Palestine				20040525	Link
Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem	Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem	Chechnya	Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia	Saudi	Deceased	Big Shot	20021228
		Real name (purported) of Chechen Arab leader Khattab
Samir Salih Abdallah al-Suwaylim	Samir Salih Abdallah al-Suwaylim	Chechnya	Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia				20060130	Link
Samir Suleiman Al-Ansari	Samir Suleiman Al-Ansari	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Arabia				20040504	Link
	Samir al-Ansari	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Arabia				20040503	Link
Samir Yahia Awadh	Samir Yahia Awadh	al-Qaeda Freelance					20020518
Samir al-Aziz al-Najem	Samir al-Aziz al-Najem	Iraqi Baath Party	Iraq				20030419
Samir al-Aziz al-Najim	Samir al-Aziz al-Najim	Iraqi Baath Party	Iraq				20030421
Samir al-Imbayed	Samir al-Imbayed	Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	Middle East	Palestinian	Deceased	Cannon Fodder	20040125
		Killed while reconnoitring an Israeli army position along the fortified fence between Gaza and Israel

Britain

BBC shelves Gaza documentary over impartiality concerns

2025-06-22

[IsraelTimes] Production team had accused Israel of war crimes; broadcaster keeps Irish band Kneecap in Glastonbury Festival despite group voicing support for Hezbollah, Hamas

The BBC said Friday it had decided not to air a documentary about doctors working in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
during the ongoing Israel-Hamas
Hamas

..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
war, citing concerns over impartiality following public remarks by the production team accusing Israel of war crimes.

The documentary, ’Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ was commissioned by the BBC and produced by the independent company Basement Films. It was initially slated for broadcast in February but has not been aired on any BBC platform.

The British public broadcaster said in a statement it was "determined to report all aspects of the conflict in the Middle East impartially and fairly,"

...somebody has a peculiar sense of humour….

and confirmed it had chosen to transfer ownership of the film material back to the production company.

The BBC’s decision to withdraw the documentary was finalized on Thursday, shortly after the remarks were made public.

In a statement, Basement Films said it was "relieved that the BBC will finally allow this film to be released." The company is now expected to distribute the film independently.

Plenty of Jew-haters will be thrilled to pay for the privilege of seeing it.

In its statement, the BBC said it had commissioned the documentary over a year ago but paused the film in April, "having made a decision that we could not broadcast the film while a review into a separate Gaza documentary was ongoing."

In February, the news service was forced to apologize after it emerged that a new documentary titled "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" had been narrated by the son of Hamas’s former deputy minister of agriculture.

BBC chair Samir Shah said at the time that the documentary was a "dagger to the heart" of the broadcaster’s impartiality, and vowed that "appropriate action" would be taken.

The BBC said in its Friday statement that broadcasting this latest film "risked creating a perception of partiality that would not meet the high standards that the public rightly expect of the BBC,"

…a very peculiar sense of humour…

adding, "Any film broadcast will not be a BBC film."

Prior to the announcement of the decision, Basement Films founder Ben de Pear said on Thursday while speaking at the Sheffield Documentary Festival that the BBC had "utterly failed" and claimed journalists were being "stymied and silenced."

He further claimed staff at the BBC "are being forced to use language they don’t recognize, they are not describing something as it clearly is [for fear of impartiality] and it’s tragic," in relation to coverage of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

No doubt.

Another of the film’s directors, journalist Ramita Navai, also made comments during an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Thursday, in which she accused Israel of being "a rogue state that’s committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing and mass murdering Paleostinians."

Israel has strongly denied
No, no! Certainly not!
allegations of war crimes or genocide during its ongoing military campaign in Gaza, which began after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that left some 1,200 people dead, mostly civilians, and saw over 250 people taken hostage.

BBC TO AIR KNEECAP ON DELAY
Separately on Friday, the broadcaster faced questions over its decision to include Irish rap group Kneecap in its Glastonbury coverage, after one of the group’s members was charged with a terrorism-related offense and the band was accused of promoting pro-Hezbollah and pro-Hamas messages, according to UK media reports.

Liam O’Hanna, 27, known by his stage name Mo Chara, appeared in court on Wednesday after being charged in May for displaying a Hezbollah flag during a London concert last November. He was ultimately released on bail.

Other videos circulating online appear to show a band member shouting, "Up Hamas, up Hezbollah."

The Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah terror group and the Paleostinian terror group Hamas are banned in the UK, and it is an offense to show support for them.

While the BBC won’t broadcast Kneecap’s performance live on one of its main TV channels, due to concerns that the group could violate the BBC’s editorial guidelines during a live set, the hour-long performance is expected to be made available on demand via BBC iPlayer after the event, allowing time for potential edits.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism urged the BBC to "carefully consider" its decision. "Despite our calls to remove the group from the line-up, the festival appears to be prioritizing profit over the safety of Jews," they said.

"Music fans are also understandably worried that our national broadcaster may find itself amplifying inflammatory messages."

The BBC has faced heavy scrutiny over the past 18 months for what many perceive to be an anti-Israel slant to its coverage of the war in Gaza, including its continued employment of a Gazook journalist who posted virulently antisemitic content on social media, and the recent resignation of high-profile presenter Gary Lineker after he shared an antisemitic Instagram story.

The broadcaster has been widely criticized by supporters of Israel for its refusal to describe Hamas as terrorists, even though the group’s military wing is proscribed by the United Kingdom as such, and even after the widespread documentation of its systematic targeting of civilians on October 7, 2023.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Berri ''200% sure'' Hezbollah won''t join Iran war; Qassem says Hezbollah ''not neutral,'' will act as it sees fit; Israel defense minister warns after 2 Hezbie big turbans and a GI turban killed

2025-06-21

[NAHARNET] Hezbollah will certainly not join the Israel-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
war, the group's ally Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri

...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
has reportedly told his visitors.

Berri's visitors told al-Jadeed, in remarks published Friday, that the speaker is "certain" that Leb
Leb

...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
will not join the war.

On Thursday, Berri said Lebanon will "200 percent" not enter the war. "It has no interest in that and would pay the price if it did," he said, adding that Iran "does not need us."

A Lebanese government source also told al-Jadeed Thursday that Hezbollah will not join the fray after an Iranian official told al-Jazeera that Hezbollah would act if the United States intervened to back up its ally Israel.

- HEZBOLLAH CHIEF SAYS GROUP WILL 'ACT AS WE SEE FIT'-
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem

... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
said on Thursday that the group would "act as we see fit" in response to the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

In a statement, Qassem said Hezbollah was "not neutral" in the conflict between the two regional superpowers, saying that the group would "act as we see fit in the face of this brutal Israeli-American aggression".

Berri said Qassem's remarks are only aimed at showing "solidarity" with Iran and certainly do not mean that Hezbollah will join the war.

Earlier this week, Hezbollah political bureau member Mahmoud Qmati denied that Hezbollah would get involved and said that "Iran is strong enough and does not need military support from anyone".

- HEZBOLLAH HAS NOT FIRED A SINGLE ROCKET -
U.S. special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack on Thursday warned Hezbollah against getting involved in the war between Iran and Israel, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the entire "Shiite axis" is not responding to Israeli attacks on Iran and that "Hezbollah has not fired a single rocket".

Caroline Rose, a director at the Washington-based New Lines Institute think tank said that "Iran-backed proxies across the region — particularly Hezbollah— just do not have the capacity" to enter the fray. But Israel could still target them, she said.

Geagea tells Hezbollah's Qassem only state ''can act as it sees fit''
[NAHARNET] Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
said Friday that only the Lebanese state "can act as it sees fit" after Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the Death Eater group would "act as we see fit" in response to the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

"Sheikh Naim, you cannot act as you see fit. Only the Lebanese government can do that because it represents the majority of the Lebanese people," Geagea said, adding that it is "absolutely unacceptable" for anyone to allow themselves to act as they like.

"Leb Leb

is a country and a state," Geagea said. "This is absolutely unacceptable, otherwise Lebanon will turn into a chaotic place with no rules or laws."

This comes after the U.S. special envoy for Syria warned Hezbollah against getting involved in the war.

Geagea urged Qassem to propose his ideas through Hezbollah's ministers in the government. "Only there, such matters can be discussed," he said.

FPM calls for ''Lebanon's neutrality'' in Israel-Iran conflict — Naharnet
[NAHARNET] The Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
said Wednesday that Leb Leb

should not take part in the Israeli-Iranian conflict as the arch foes shot it out for the sixth day.

"The war in the region is concerning and is threatening peace and stability in the region and in Lebanon," the statement said, describing the Israeli strikes on Iran as an aggression and condemning it. "The FPM is against any aggression on the illusory sovereignty of any county."

The statement, despite the condemnation, stressed that Lebanon must stay neutral and should not get involved, in order to preserve national interests and the security of the Lebanese people.

"Lebanon's national interests require a full commitment to a policy that keeps Lebanon out of foreign conflicts, fortifies the domestic front, enhances stability, and prevents Lebanon from becoming an arena for regional festivities," the FPM said, as it urged international powers to restart nuclear talks and look for peaceful solutions that "preserve countries' illusory sovereignty and spare people in the region more destruction and divisions."

Israel’s defense minister warns Hezbollah to stay out of Israel-Iran war, IDF killed 2 more Hezbie emirs and a GI turban
[IsraelTimes] ‘If there is terror, there will be no Hezbollah,’ says Katz after leader of Iran-backed terror group says it will ‘act as we see fit’ amid Israeli aerial campaign

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem to tread carefully Friday after the latter said his terror group would "act as we see fit" in the war between Israel and Iran.

"The Hezbollah leader hasn’t learned from his predecessors and is threatening to act against Israel," said Katz, referring to former Hezbollah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...>
, who was killed by Israel last
September.

"I suggest that the Lebanese proxy be careful, and understand that Israel has lost patience with the murderous Moslems who threaten it," Katz added, warning: "If there is terror — there will be no Hezbollah."

On June 13, Israel launched a campaign of ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Iran to decimate the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, which Jerusalem characterized as an imminent, existential threat.

Iran has responded with deadly barrages of ballistic missiles at civilian population centers and military targets in Israel.

Hezbollah, an Iran-backed proxy, has largely stayed out of the fray in the recent conflict.

The group was severely weakened by last year’s fighting with Israel and remains under the tight watch of the Lebanese government, which issued a warning to the group not to involve Leb in the war.

But Qassem said Thursday that the Iran-backed proxy is "not neutral" in the conflict between the two regional superpowers, saying that the group would "act as we see fit in the face of this brutal Israeli-American aggression."

The remarks came after US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack warned Hezbollah against getting involved in the war, saying it would be a "very bad decision."

Since a ceasefire agreement went into effect in Lebanon in November 2024, Israel has continued to launch targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, claiming violations of the truce by the terrorist organization.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in Israeli strikes since the deal was reached.

The military has continued to attack Hezbollah targets in dronezaps on southern Lebanon since the fighting with Iran broke out.

The IDF announced Thursday morning it had killed Yassin Izz a-Din, commander of Hezbollah’s rocket artillery unit in the Litani River sector, in a strike on Barish, in southern Lebanon, the night before.

The IDF said he had advanced numerous rocket attacks on northern Israel during the war, and was involved in "attempts to restore Hezbollah’s artillery forces."

Northeast of Harish that same night, in Nabatieh, the IDF said it killed Mohammad Ahmad Khreiss, who it said was the commander of Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit in the Shebaa area.

"During the war, the terrorist advanced numerous attacks against the State of Israel," including an anti-tank missile attack on Mount Dov on April 26, 2024, which killed Sharif Sawaed, an IDF civilian contractor, the military said.

The IDF on Thursday killed a third Hezbollah operative in a strike, saying he had been involved in efforts to restore the terror group’s infrastructure in the Houla area.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

'Until They Drink Blood.' What Targets Did Iran and Israel Hit During the War

2025-06-19

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Artemy Sharapov

[REGNUM] The military standoff between Iran and Israel has been going on for five days now. Both sides are actively using aircraft, drones and missiles, and both military and civilian facilities are being hit.

The battle is accompanied by a "fog of war": an unprecedented number of fakes and censorship of information coming from the field. But despite this, the chronology and "plot" of the fighting is quite clear.

"LEV" WAS GREETED WITH "PROMISE"
On the night of June 12-13, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a military operation that is referred to in Israeli documents as "The People Like a Lion" and in English-language sources as "Rising Lion." Both names refer to a verse from the Old Testament Book of Numbers, which in the Synodal translation sounds like this: "Behold, the people arise like a lioness, and rise like a lion; they will not lie down until they have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain."

On the afternoon of June 13, in response to a series of Israeli air force attacks on Iranian territory, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the launch of Operation True Promise 3. It involved ballistic missiles and UAVs.

The slogan "True Promise" is a reference to modern Iranian political mythology. The founder and leader of the pro-Iranian Lebanese group Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, promised to release Hezbollah fighter, Druze Samir Kuntar. He was captured by the Israelis back in 1979 and convicted as a terrorist. In 2008, the promise was fulfilled: Israel released Kuntar, who had served a quarter of a century, and four other Arabs in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.

The “third number” of the current Iranian operation is explained more simply: in April and October 2024, the Iranian army and the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), with the support of proxy forces - Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthis - already carried out two “True Promise” operations.

Both involved missiles and drones, and both were responses to Israeli actions. The first was in response to a missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which Tehran blamed on the “Zionist state.” The second, “True Promise,” was Iran’s response to the assassinations of Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Israel was clearly behind these actions.

In all three cases, including the current one, Israel is the attacker, Iran is the defender. The political, including international political aspects of the Iran-Israel war have already been considered earlier. From a strategic and tactical point of view, what is happening looks like this.

WHAT WERE ISRAEL'S PRIMARY GOALS?
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, the goal of the operation was to destroy facilities related to the Iranian nuclear program.

The first wave of the attack hit four key targets: the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province, the uranium enrichment center and nuclear research institute in Isfahan province, and the nuclear complex in Arak (Central Ostan province of Iran).

In addition, during the first wave of attacks, Israel targeted military bases, headquarters and IRGC headquarters. A number of high-ranking Iranian officers were also killed.

HOW THE BLITZ ATTACK BECAME POSSIBLE
The possibility of starting not just another exchange of missile salvos, but a full-scale Israeli campaign against Iran was not seriously considered.

The countries do not border each other, moreover, they are separated by more than a thousand kilometers and the territories of Iraq and Syria. Until recently, Syria remained a key ally of Iran, so Tehran believed that the country's western borders were reliably covered. However, in December 2024, Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed, and power was taken by people from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* group, who quickly established good relations with the United States, the European Union and, according to rumors, Israel.

On the night of June 12-13, a large group of Israeli aircraft flew through Syrian airspace and then crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan, a region whose government has always been opposed to Iran. The IDF was thus able to launch a massive strike from outside the Iranian air defense zone.

A special role in the first day of the conflict was played by sabotage and reconnaissance groups created in Iran by the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. Groups of saboteurs armed with Spike anti-tank missile systems and small kamikaze drones transported on trucks attacked radar stations and anti-aircraft positions.

WHAT ALLOWED IRAN TO RESPOND QUICKLYy
The response came fairly quickly. Experts conclude that the Iranian military doctrine envisages the death of the top brass in the first hours of aggression. Therefore, the Iranian Armed Forces and IRGC had several "benches" of senior officers on duty who were competent enough to plan and carry out a retaliatory strike.

The second factor that allowed for a quick and at the same time “economical” counterattack was the massive use of drones. In the first echelon, dozens of kamikaze UAVs were launched into Israeli territory.

In the current operation, Iran is using models that were adopted in the early 2020s. These are the Arash (a heavy kamikaze drone designed to strike stationary objects and radars) and the Shahed-136, which is similar in characteristics to our Geranium-2. The Shahed-107 drone, made of carbon materials, was officially presented during the current conflict. The range of Iranian combat drones is from 1,000 to 1,500 km one way.

The overload of Israeli air defense systems allowed the Iranians to hit several strategically (and symbolically) important targets already in the first wave of attacks: in particular, to strike the Israeli Defense Ministry and IDF General Staff complex in Tel Aviv. During the conflict, the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system proved to be fundamentally unsuitable for intercepting ballistic targets. During the first wave of attacks, at least one Iranian missile not only managed to overcome the resistance of the Israeli missile defense system, but also hit an object in the immediate vicinity of the Iron Dome battery.

At the same time, the IDF leadership anticipated the rocket attack from Iran, announcing “retaliatory strikes” in advance.

HUNTING FOR SAMS AND THE OIL "EXCHANGE OF FIGURES"
The second stage of the "duel" began with a change in the nature of Israeli attacks. After hitting stationary targets, the IDF Air Force and Mossad saboteur groups began hunting for mobile targets - anti-aircraft systems and mobile ballistic missile launchers.

For this purpose, Hermes-900 attack drones were actively used, equipped with small-sized guided air bombs "Miholit" with semi-active laser guidance systems and a range of 12-15 km. Subsequently, at least one such drone was shot down by Iranian air defense forces.

In the second stage, the Israelis' actions were not as effective as in the first. At least some of the targets destroyed were "decoys." Later, photos of one of the destroyed targets, which was a model of a ballistic missile, appeared on the Internet.

The main targets of Israeli missile strikes during the fighting on June 14-15 were Iranian energy facilities. The IDF attacked a strategic fuel storage facility on the outskirts of Tehran. Iran responded symmetrically - on the night of June 15, the city of Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea came under a massive missile attack. At least two missiles hit an oil refinery and the seaport area.

The Tehran leadership, led by the Rahbar, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, also announced a transition from “retribution operation” to a full-scale war.

"EVICTION ORDERS"
Beginning on June 15, both sides in the conflict began destroying secondary targets that could be used for military purposes.

Already on Sunday morning, Iran launched ballistic hypersonic missiles at Israeli territory for the first time. The target of the attack was the leading scientific and technical Weizmann Institute in Tel Aviv. Israel, in turn, focused on strikes against military facilities in Iran's western provinces. First and foremost, against the air defense bases responsible for protecting the Iranian capital.

On the night of June 15-16, Iran again launched a massive missile attack on targets in central Israel. The Haifa thermal power plant was hit, as well as facilities in Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv. One of the attacks caused significant damage to the US embassy building, the Israeli Air Force base "Nevatim", and the Rafael military-industrial complex.

In response, Israel issued the first "warning order" demanding that residents of several areas in western Tehran immediately leave their homes.

This was followed by a double strike on the building of the Iranian national television and radio network IRIB, as well as on unidentified targets in the mountains on the outskirts of the Iranian capital. Presumably, the strike targeted a complex of underground shelters for the country's top military and political leadership. Israel uses a proven tactic for attacks on underground facilities located at significant depths: the entrances and exits of underground structures, air purification systems, and electricity supply systems are all hit. Thus, any bunker, even the deepest one, is temporarily put out of action.

The next day, Iran used a new tactic: instead of silo-based missiles, it used mobile launchers that actively maneuvered around the country.

THE STAKES ARE RISING
On the fourth or fifth day of the conflict, the scale of mutual attacks is clearly expanding. On June 17, Iran struck the Mossad complex in Herzliya and the Aman military intelligence headquarters. It is noteworthy that in the first case, at least four Iranian ballistic missiles were able to bypass the counteraction of the Iron Dome missile defense battery, located directly on the territory of the complex.

The IDF Spokesperson's Office, in turn, reported the destruction of several F-14 fighters at the Mahabad airport in Tehran. However, online observers reported that the aircraft had been withdrawn from the Air Force since 2020 and were left at a reserve parking lot. An even more powerful attack followed on the night of June 18. Iran launched several dozen missiles at intervals of 20-30 minutes.

In the latest wave of attacks, Iran used the latest Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles, with a combat weight of over 500 kg and a range of up to 1,500 km. One of the missiles hit the Israeli Air Force's Meron electronic intelligence center in the north of the country.

During the latest wave of missile strikes, a failure of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system was also recorded. The interceptor missile that was fired deviated from its intended target and hit a residential area of Tel Aviv. It is noteworthy that this is the third recorded failure of Israeli missile defense systems in recent times.

INTERIM RESULTS
In the first five days of military action, Israel has failed to inflict critical damage on Iran's missile program. Moreover, each subsequent strike is more extensive and destructive than the previous one. And most likely, it will not be possible to inflict decisive damage with the forces already involved.

At the same time, Israel can count on military support from the United States. According to the latest data, over the past week the Pentagon has deployed dozens of tanker aircraft to the Middle East, accompanied by groups of fighters.

Two US Navy carrier groups are concentrated in the Persian Gulf. The intervention of American troops could, in a sense, draw off some of the Iranian forces involved in attacks on Israel. However, on the other hand, the conflict risks spilling out beyond the Middle East, which could lead to unpredictable consequences.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Geagea says Israeli airstrikes on Dahieh a ''major scandal'' — Naharnet

2025-06-08

[NAHARNET] Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
has said that the latest Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on Beirut's southern suburbs were a ''major scandal,'' seeing as ''eight months after the signing of the ceasefire agreement in November 2024, Beirut is being bombed again.''

''They are telling us that that happened because Israel is barbarous — We know that, but what have you done to prevent that?'' Geagea wondered, stressing that ''the solution comes through the clear regional equation and the clear international equation.''

''We need someone to endorse these equations so that we manage to solve our problems,'' the LF leader added, emphasizing that ''it it unacceptable for the Lebanese citizen to remain in danger of being bombed or killed in any given moment, whereas there is a solution.''

He added that the solution takes places when Hezbollah and its allies allow the Lebanese state to become an ''actual state,'' lamenting that state officials are also being lenient with Hezbollah regarding its weapons.

''Today Leb
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
has a chance and I don't know if this chance will still be there two months from now. We have major friends in this world, starting by the Gulf countries, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UNCOVERED: An underground tunnel route beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza

2025-06-08

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

⭕️UNCOVERED: An underground tunnel route beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

In a special, targeted operation, IDF soldiers located an underground tunnel route containing numerous findings such as command and control rooms, weapons, and additional intelligence… pic.twitter.com/7bPM5ozHN8
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 7, 2025

IDF believes it found body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar in tunnel under Gaza hospital

[IsraelTimes] Sinwar was killed in May strike; 12 reported killed in Khan Younis tent camp, 6 killed near aid site

The Israel Defense Forces believes it may have located the body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tunnel system last month, military officials said Saturday.

IDF troops operating in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis located the bodies of several terror operatives in the past day who were killed in the May 13 strike on a tunnel beneath the European Hospital, the military officials stated.

The IDF believed that one of the bodies may belong to Sinwar.

The IDF on Saturday confirmed that troops were operating inside Hamas tunnels in the area of the European Hospital, publishing footage of one of them.

“During the activity, IDF troops reached an underground route that was struck three weeks ago, where Muhammad Sinwar and other terrorists were located. Bodies of terrorists who have not yet been identified were located in the area,” the military said.

The IDF said it also located several findings “that prove the cynical use made by the Hamas terror organization of the hospital as a shield for its operations.”

The military said the tunnel featured command and control rooms, weapons, and other intelligence materials. The tunnel was used by the terror group as one of its main command centers during the October 7 onslaught, the IDF said.

“Throughout the war, the IDF has repeatedly exposed the use of hospitals across the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror organization for terror activity and as hiding places for senior members of Hamas’s military wing,” the military said.

The IDF said the tunnel “is located directly beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis and was also built by Hamas.”

The IDF published on Saturday the identities of two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City on Thursday, saying the pair were “operating under the guise of journalists.” The strike on Thursday hit a press compound in the courtyard of the Al-Ma’amadani Hospital, also known as Al-Ahli, killing journalists Suleiman Hajaj, Samir al-Rifai, Ismail Badah, and Ahmed Qaljah, according to Palestinian media. The IDF said Thursday that the compound was used by Islamic Jihad operatives to plan and carry out attacks on troops and Israeli civilians. Hajaj, according to the IDF, was a deputy commander of an Islamic Jihad engineering cell, and al-Rifai was also a member of the terror group. The military does not comment on the other two reported fatalities.

12 REPORTED KILLED IN OVERNIGHT STRIKE ON TENT CAMP
Palestinian media reported Saturday that 12 people were killed and some 40 were wounded in an overnight strike on a tent camp for displaced Gazans in the Khan Younis area. The reports cited a medical source at Nasser Hospital.

There was no immediate comment from the IDF on the strike.

Separately, Hamas-run civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that at around 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT), “six people were killed and several others wounded by the forces of the Israeli occupation near the Al-Alam roundabout.”

Gazans have gathered at the roundabout almost daily since late May to collect humanitarian aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Fund aid center about one kilometer (a little over half a mile) away. AFP was unable to independently verify the tolls compiled by the agency or the circumstances of the deaths it reports. The Israeli military told AFP that troops had fired “warning shots” at individuals that it said were “advancing in a way that endangered the troops.”

Samir Abu Hadid, who was there early Saturday, told AFP that thousands of people had gathered near the roundabout.

“As soon as some people tried to advance towards the aid center, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from armored vehicles stationed near the center, firing into the air and then at civilians,” Abu Hadid said.

The GHF said it wasn’t able to operate on Saturday due to Hamas threats targeting its staff. The group’s statement didn’t provide any further information on the threats, but a GHF spokesperson said they were directed at the foundation’s drivers and the local Gazan staff helping operate the distribution sites.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Geagea accuses Hezbollah of obstructing Palestinian camps disarmament

2025-06-06

[AnNahar] Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
accused Wednesday the Hezbollah-led camp of trying to delay Paleostinian disarmament and called for a government timetable for removing all illegal Lebanese arms.

"The Hezbollah-led camp is pressuring Lebanese officials to delay the disarmament of Paleostinian camps and inciting some Paleostinian factions to oppose the disarmament," Geagea said in a statement.

A joint Lebanese-Paleostinian committee had agreed last month that the disarmament of the first Paleostinian camps in Leb
Leb

...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
will begin in mid-June in three Beirut camps, and other camps will follow.

"Any procrastination would show that the government is not serious and would delay the creation of an actual Lebanese state, keeping Lebanon isolated, especially from its Arab friends and obstructing any aid for the reconstruction (of war-hit regions) or for reviving the Lebanese economy," Geagea said, urging the President and the government to start taking serious steps to build a state that has a monopoly on arms and has war and peace decisions "like any other normal state."

Lebanon hosts about 222,000 Paleostinian refugees, according to the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
agency UNRWA, many living in 12 overcrowded official camps.

Most are descendants of Paleostinians who fled or were expelled from their land during the creation of Israel in 1948.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Geagea says Hezbollah''s Qassem seems to be ''on another planet'' — Naharnet

2025-05-30

[NAHARNET] Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem

... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
seems "as if he's on another planet" to Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
who criticized Qassem's "unrealistic" statements, in an interview with LBCI on Wednesday night.

Geagea said foreign countries will not help Leb
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
or deal with the Lebanese state as long as Hezbollah is keeping its "illegal" arms. "There will be no reconstruction, no financial rescue — all of that is now suspended, frozen, and paralyzed, until Hezbollah disarms. No one will want to deal with the state in such a situation."

Geagea praised Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's stance on Hezbollah's arms but urged President Joseph Aoun to set a deadline for the disarmament of the group. "Salam's stances are very clear but Aoun's dialogue can not be indefinitely open. A timeframe is needed, decisive decisions are needed, although no one wants conflict," he said.

Aoun and Hezbollah have been exchanging messages and the president met with a delegation from Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc on Monday. Aoun has long stressed that disarming Hezbollah should happen through a calm dialogue warning against the use of force or dealing hastily with the matter.

Hezbollah's leader said the group will not discuss giving up its remaining weapons until Israel withdraws from the five border points it occupies in southern Lebanon and stops its ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s.

"We have completely adhered" to the ceasefire agreement, Qassem said, adding: "Don't ask us for anything else from now on. Let Israel withdraw, stop its aggression, release the prisoners and fulfill all obligations under the agreement. After that, we will discuss each new development."

Geagea responded that Hezbollah has no right to impose conditions and sarcastically added that the group failed to liberate Lebanese land through the use of force. "Can Hezbollah make Israel withdraw by force? Than why hasn't it done that?"

Hezbollah was left badly weakened by more than a year of hostilities with Israel, beginning with the group's campaign of rocket fire at its arch-foe in support of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, and culminating in a major Israeli bombing campaign and ground incursion into Lebanon.

"We need to implement the ceasefire deal. A Peace treaty with Israel is not our priority now," Geagea said, amid talks about a possible normalization of ties with Israel.

Israel's ambassador to the U.S. had said earlier this month that Syria and Lebanon could join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel even before Saudi Arabia

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Geagea says govt must set timeframe for disarming Palestinian camps

2025-05-23

[NAHARNET] The government must set a timeframe not exceeding a few weeks to collect Paleostinian arms inside and outside camps and become in charge of security, Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
said Thursday as Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
visited Leb
Leb

...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
Abbas and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun agreed that Paleostinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel, and to remove weapons that aren't under the authority of the Lebanese state.

Geagea praised Abbas saying he has always worked towards maintaining "healthy Lebanese-Paleostinian ties".

"Abbas' statements have refuted every excuse the Axis of Resistance® was hiding behind in order to continue carrying illegal weapons," Geagea said, adding that time has come for Lebanese people to have a real state with monopoly on weapons.

A joint statement by Aoun and Abbas said that both sides have agreed that weapons should only be with the Lebanese state, and the existence of "weapons outside the control of the Lebanese state has ended."

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

For 2nd time, IDF demolishes home of gunman who killed soldier at checkpoint in 2023

2025-05-22

[IsraelTimes] In a rare move, the IDF demolishes the home of a Palestinian gunman who killed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jerusalem in 2023, after the home was rebuilt following its first demolition last year.

Overnight, IDF troops operated in the West Bank city of Hebron to demolish the home of Abdelqader Qawasmeh.

Qawasmeh was one of three members of the Hamas terror group who attacked the “tunnels” checkpoint on the West Bank’s Route 60, south of Jerusalem in November 2023, killing Cpl. Avraham Fetena, a Military Police soldier.

As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly attacks. Rarely does Israel re-demolish homes that are rebuilt.

Israel defends the practice of razing the family home of attackers as a deterrent against future assaults. Over the years, a number of Israeli defense officials have questioned the efficacy of the practice, and human rights activists have denounced it as unfair collective punishment.

IDF to demolish home of Hamas gunman who carried out terror shooting on West Bank bus last year

[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces announces it will demolish the home of Hamas terrorist Samir Hussein, who injured a number of civilians in a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement city of Ariel last year.

Hussein’s home is located in the West Bank village of Einabus, near the city of Nablus.

Ten people were wounded, three of them seriously, when Hussein opened fire at a civilian bus. He was shot dead by security forces.

Hussein, a member of Hamas, was previously jailed by Israel for his activities in the terror group, according to the Shin Bet.

His family can appeal the decision to demolish the home, but such attempts rarely succeed.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Muslim-Christian parity preserved in Beirut Municipality as list backed by main political parties wins

2025-05-20

[NAHARNET] A list backed by most political parties won all 24 seats of Beirut's municipality on Sunday, maintaining Christian-Moslem parity on the capital's municipal council.

Political rivals such as Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
came together to form the list, arguing that such a temporary coalition was necessary to preserve equal Christian-Moslem power-sharing.

The list was also backed by the Amal Movement, the Kataeb Party, the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
, al-Ahbash, the Tashnag Party
Socialist party representing the Armenian diaspora in Leb. They're Christians, but they try to remain neutral, which means they get shot at without shooting back...
, the Hunchak Party and MP Fouad Makhzoumi.

A rival list was formed by MP Nabil Bader, the Jamaa Islamiya and a figure who was considered close to al-Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...

... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
Movement.

Four other lists were also formed in the capital, including one by the Beirut Madinati civil society group, which won one third of the capital's votes in the 2016 polls.

Voter turnout reached 21% in Beirut, 44.57% in Zahle, 41.11% in West Bekaa, 37.70% in Rashaya, 34.15% in Hermel and 48.88% in Baalbek.

The Lebanese Forces meanwhile announced its victory in the Zahle municipal polls against a list backed by all the other political forces and families in an electoral battle in which the Free Patriotic Movement gave its supporters the freedom to vote for either list.

LF leader Samir Geagea
....Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005....
hailed a ''major victory'' in the city, saying ''Zahle has chosen progress, change, civilization, illusory sovereignty, deaders and Leb
Leb

...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
A Hezbollah front man meanwhile said the party and its ally the Amal Movement won in the city of Baalbek, the city of Hermel and in 19 towns in the Bekaa.

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Africa Horn

Funding Cuts, Leadership Changes Hamper Somali Army’s Fight Against Al-Shabaab

2025-05-17

[Garowe] Over the last few weeks, the Somali National Army (SNA) has failed to fully take control of various frontlines. The loss of Adan Yabaal perhaps gives a clearer indication of a weak force struggling to stamp authority despite massive investment by the international partners in the force.

Now, racing against time and with key financiers led by the US contemplating a drastic cut of the budget for mission peacekeepers and the local forces, the Somali National Army is under pressure to take over security responsibilities, not until it shows its defence capabilities and mission readiness attitude.

Antonio Guiterres, the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Secretary General, predicts that the resources for payment of soldiers are first diminishing, with no guarantee that the US and other multinational funders would be committed to the mission. There is no indication that stability could be realised in Somalia.

Recently, the Troops Contributing Countries met in Kampala, Uganda and agreed to have at least 8,000 more soldiers dispatched to Somalia — at the time, the UN is keeping downsize the force and invest in local forces ahead of exit. This even draws uncertainties.

Samira Gaid, a security analyst, says misplaced political imperatives should be blamed for SNA inefficiencies, with politicians failing to give the military ample time to organise operations for effective execution.

"The anti-AS operations in 2022, which began spontaneously, were initially led by communities, but it was expected that the offensives would naturally transition to military leadership," she says. "Unfortunately, that never came to pass; the military was sidestepped, and the war effort was led at the highest levels, with objectives determined and targets set by politicians for political ends—without adequate planning or qualified military strategy."

"Many other factors also came into play: logistical challenges, changes in security leadership at critical times, and the use of hastily trained forces rather than older, more knowledgeable units, among others," Samira Gaid further says.

Asked if there is a possibility of SNA troops taking security responsibilities shortly, Samira says 'I cannot tell' while citing failures of the military in various frontlines, while insisting that the force has been degraded as opposed to five years ago when there was a plan.

Changes in military leadership under Hassan Sheikh Mohamud have also impacted the execution and strategy, further diminishing the SNA's chances. A few months ago, Hassan Sheikh sacked General Odowaa Yusuf Rage, but only to reinstate him a few weeks ago following challenges on the frontlines.

But despite the challenges, the government has also invested in religious scholars for the anti-radicalisation mission, besides blocking sources of finance for the group, starving them significantly. Websites and social media sites used for propaganda have been locked, too.

Another tussle is al-Shabaab

... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
's change of strategy — the group is keen to endear itself to the civilians by pretending to offer alternative leadership, further making it harder for the government and the military to counter them. As a result, civilians in some sections are embracing al-Shabaab leadership.

"They appeared less punitive than in previous campaigns against known and suspected collaborators of the Somali government and security forces, with Adan Yabaal being the only exception. They reportedly made calculated concessions, such as allowing clans to retain arms and offering "tax" breaks, she says.

"This shift appeared aimed at regaining the trust of communities—or at least reducing resistance to their presence. We also didn’t see the gory images and videos of beheadings of captured security personnel that they had previously circulated. All in all, they seemed to have shifted their political approach, blending in co-option as a means of regaining access."

The administration of Hassan Sheikh is blamed for focusing too much on political situations in Somalia instead of diverting attention to the al-Shabaab war. Whether or not the war would be waged militarily, the general strategic approach was mutilated, and there is a need for a deliberate change in strategy.

Shabelle Media’s take on the situation:

Somalia Faces Setback in Anti-Al-Shabaab Offensive Amid Political Distractions

Somalia’s federal government has come under criticism for a slowdown in its military offensive against the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militant group, following the recapture of Aadan Yabaal town in Middle Shabelle region by Somali National Army (SNA) forces in April 2025.

According to sources cited by Shabelle Media, planned follow-up operations against the insurgent group have stalled as the government in Villa Somalia becomes increasingly preoccupied with political maneuvering and preparations for upcoming national elections.

The slowdown comes amid reports that international support—particularly from the United States, which has played a key role in backing Somalia’s counter-insurgency efforts—has diminished in recent months, affecting both funding and logistical assistance.

In addition, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), which succeeded ATMIS, is reportedly facing significant financial constraints. The mission has yet to secure adequate funding necessary for sustained peacekeeping and military support operations across the country.

The setback comes at a critical time, as Al-Shabaab has intensified its attacks on military bases and recently liberated areas, raising fears among civilians and international observers about a possible resurgence.

Security analysts are urging a rapid reassessment of Somalia’s anti-insurgency strategy, stressing the need for consistent political commitment, international backing, and operational funding to prevent militants from regaining lost ground.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Geagea urges Hezbollah to ''draw lessons'' from what's happening in region

2025-05-16

...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
and the political steps decided ''prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is the right path leading to a Paleostinian state."

"After the (Axis of) Defiance advocates and those who claim to be a resistance -- through their actions, behavior and ideas -- transformed Israel into a giant in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's policy has returned Israel to its normal size,'' Geagea added.

He added that he believes that "the current scene emanating from Saudi Arabia is the right path to resolving the region's problems, foremost among them the Paleostinian issue."

"The time of using the Paleostinian cause as a pretext and hiding behind it to control Arab capitals, overthrow regimes or replace one ruler with another is over,'' Geagea said.

''May the Defiance advocates in Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
learn from everything that is happening in the region at the present time, cease their transgressions and surrender their weapons to the state so that we may have a real and effective state that can begin the process of development and reconstruction, and so that Lebanon may return to its former glory, not only as the Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
of the East, but as a shining beacon of knowledge, culture, civilization and progress in the East and West alike," he added.

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