(2025-09-29). Four Alawite Workers Killed in Hama as Syrian Sectarian Violence Continues. news.antiwar.com Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was feted in last week's visit to the US for the UN General Assembly, but the ongoing sectarian violence raging in Syria shows no sign of slowing. Syria's Alawite minority is among the main targets. Alawites were massacred en masse in a government-backed operation back in March. Upwards of 1,300 were …
(2025-09-29). Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South. juancole.com Forced Displacement is a War Crime; Homes Razed, Syrians Detained and Unlawfully Transferred to Israel Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Syria since December 2024 have carried out a range of abuses against residents, including forced displacement, which is a war crime. Other abuses include homes seizures and demolitions, denial of access to livelihoods and …
(2025-09-29). Israeli soldier seriously wounded in explosion at IDF outpost in southern Syria. haaretz.com
(2025-09-29). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-09-29). Iran Recalls Envoys From Germany, France And United Kingdom. popularresistance.org Iran has recalled its ambassadors from Germany, France, and the UK for consultations, state media reported on 27 September, after the three European states triggered the UN mechanism to reinstate sanctions. | The Foreign Ministry said the decision was taken in response to the "irresponsible action" of the European trio in reviving UN Security Council resolutions that had been repealed under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). | The sanctions, scheduled to take effect at midnight, will impose restrictions on Iran's banking, shipping, arms purchases and nuclear cooperation. | Iranian President Maso…
(2025-09-29). The Malignant Minds Taking Over HHS. counterpunch.org 
"He enjoyed showing people how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks." It was a striking description of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., written by his cousin, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. In January, she denounced him as a "predator" in a scathing letter to the Senate, imploring them to reject his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(2025-09-29). Can deleting zeros from local currency remedy inflation? tehrantimes.com TEHRAN ⚪ Although inflation is a global issue but it is more severe in Iran than most countries mainly due to U.S. sanctions and now that E3 (France, Germany and UK) triggered snapback, UN sanctions came into effect from Saturday, three months after Israel and the U.S. bombed Iran. The snapback sanctions will make matters pertaining to commodity prices worse. The imposition of snapback sanctions essentially kills Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear deal). Iran has recalled its ambassadors from E3.