from Defend Democracy Press, April 18, 2026 (src: Al Mayadeen English) Merchant vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz reported security incidents on Saturday, including gunfire, and renewed restrictions, as maritime tensions intensified in the strategic waterway, according to shipping and security sources. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations …
Read More »Israel: The Wheels are Coming Off the Chariot
News from Israeli Press by Alistair Crooke and his wife, published on Conflicts Forum , March 28, 2026 Former IDF Ombudsman General Yitzhak Brik: ‘What awaits Israel in the next round of the war is frightening’ / “The IDF is collapsing” — ‘The Chief of Staff stood there and shoved …
Read More »Iran Didn’t Plot Cyprus Base Attack, Tehran Accuses Israel of ‘False Flag’ Ops. in Saudi, UAE
News from Defend Democracy Press, March 5, 2026 The British Defence Ministry has said that a drone that targeted its air base of Akrotiri in Cyprus was not launched from Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to allow the Americans to use UK air bases to launch the initial …
Read More »Evacuations Soar as Israel Launches New Ground Invasion of Lebanon
News from Defend Democracy Press, March 3, 2026 Tens of thousands displaced as Hezbollah readies for ‘open war’ A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected …
Read More »A Call from Beirut: To All Revolutionary Forces and Movements of Solidarity and Liberation Around the World
The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) and the Popular Democratic Party in Lebanon issue this urgent joint call to the free people of the world, to all organizers, activists, and collectives struggling for justice and liberation; to liberation movements, political parties, grassroots movements, labor unions, and student and …
Read More »Evacuations Soar as Israel Launches New Ground Invasion of Lebanon
Tens of thousands displaced as Hezbollah readies for ‘open war’ News from Defend Democracy Press, Mar 3, 2026 A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected …
Read More »Hezbollah: Government Incapable of Confronting Israeli Aggression Must Distance Lebanon from Additional Problems
News from Al Manar, March 2, 2026Commenting on the statement delivered by Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam following the emergency cabinet session at Baabda Palace, the Head of the Loyalty to Resistance Bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, highlighted the government inability throughout more than one year to confront the Israeli aggressiE …
Read More »52 Killed, 154 Injured in Israeli Aggression on Lebanon
Al Mayadeen News, March 2, 2026 As Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, targeting civilian sites in the South, East, and in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, civilian casualties continue to mount. “Israel” has killed 52 Lebanese civilians and injured 154 others during the aggression on Lebanon, the Lebanese government’s Disaster Management …
Read More »Iran Rejects Talks with US, Ceasefire Offer
News from Al Manar, March 2, 2026 Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, firmly rejected any negotiations with Washington on Monday, contradicting claims made by US President Donald Trump. “We will not negotiate with the US,” Larijani wrote on X, directly disputing Trump’s remarks in an interview …
Read More »Israeli Finance Minister Warns ‘Plans in the Making’ for New War on Gaza
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published February 23, 2023 Editor’s note: I know, this is redundant with the messaging of the last 2 years….. but really?!? A NEW war on the continually starved and bombed people and already destroyed landscape of Gaza? The minister said Hamas will be …
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