by Mawada Iskandar, published on The Cradle, January 8, 2026 With tensions mounting and alliances fracturing, Yemen is once again positioned on the frontlines of a broader imperial confrontation. As Riyadh and Abu Dhabi struggle over influence and territory, the real war, says senior Ansarallah official Ali al-Imad, is not between …
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Alistair Crooke’s Conflicts Forum on substack, January 12, 2026 China’s ‘Kill Switch’ Just Erased the Iranian Regime-Change ‘Protestors’ / ‘Iran playing it strategically & managing the chaos efficiently’ / Veteran Israeli commentator Ehud Yaari: ‘We do not see clear cracks in the Iranian regime, in the government, nor the Army …
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by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, December 23, 2025 As 2026 approaches, Washington is laying the groundwork for yet another intervention – once again wrapped in the familiar language of peacekeeping. Behind closed doors, US officials are pushing for the deployment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza. …
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Conflicts Forum, December 16, 2025 A compilation tracking consequential & strategic observations in West Asia (Lebanon & Syria) — Analysis & reports from the Arabic/ regional press & other sources (16 Dec 2025) US-Israeli Coercion of Normalisation on Lebanon — The US-Israeli-Saudi-UAE nexus and the Lebanese Right / ‘Hezbollah will …
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by Rima Najjar, published on Global Research, December 8, 2025 For the first time in the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Washington has moved beyond arming, funding, and diplomatically shielding Israeli violence and has instead inserted its own military personnel, intelligence systems, and command structures into Israel’s war machine. It …
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by Mohamad Shams Eddine, published on The Cradle, December 3, 2025 For every assassination Israel carries out against a Hezbollah commander, a familiar question reverberates through Lebanon’s resistance circles: how did they track him? Within Hezbollah, operational security is almost sacrosanct. Senior figures adhere to rigid, high-level protocols designed to evade …
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Defend Democracy Press, December 8, 2025 The bloc is said to be reviewing options of support for the Internal Security Forces, so that the Lebanese army can ‘focus on its core task’ of disarming the resistance The EU is reviewing options to boost support for Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) …
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by Vanessa Beeley and Jamarl Thomas, published on Vanessa’s Substack, November 26, 2025 In this excellent intervie2w, Vanessa creates a big picture of Israeli expansion in SouthvWest Asia in general and Syria in particular She makes some excellent points about the methodologies of oppression/aggression as well. The same video is …
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by a Cradle Correspondent, published on The Cradle, December 6, 2026 On the morning of 7 October 2023, while the world braced for the fallout of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, another front of war opened quietly. Not with airstrikes or artillery, but with bulldozers, laws, and settler militias. As the bombs …
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by If Americans Knew, from Israel-Palestine News, October 12, 2025 Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (Day 736 of Israel’s Latest War on Gaza) 124 martyrs arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals over the past 24 hours. The number of known starvation/malnutrition deaths stands at 463, including 157 children. NOTE: Only …
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