(2025-10-12). For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks. |
(2025-10-12). 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?
(2025-10-12). Imperial Puppet in Syria. voicesfromsyria.com He is the supreme commander of the army, the state, the police, the judiciary, and the economy. Head of the Shura Council and the Council of Ministers. Amir al-Mu'minin, Caliph of the Muslims, heir of the Umayyads, Pharaoh of the Levant, leader of al-Qaeda — the self-proclaimed "Most High." No decree is issued, no law …
(2025-10-12). Syria's Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Syria's parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on the basis of a direct vote. Sixty "constituencies" were established to elect 121 members of the People's Assembly of Syria (only 119 were actually elected). Another 70 members will be …
(2025-10-12). Elections Without Direct Voters, Syria's Parliament After Assad. moderndiplomacy.eu Ahmed al Sharaa's new parliament is seated. The urgent question is simple and immediate. Will this body be a genuine forum for Syrians or a carefully staged reassurance for foreign capitals and investors? On October 5, 2025, local electoral college delegates elected 119 deputies to a 210-seat People's Assembly. President Ahmed al Sharaa will personally …
(2025-10-12). Late Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa was a 'remarkable leader'. sanews.gov.za Late Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa was a 'remarkable leader' | President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the late Ambassador Nkosinathi "Nathi" Mthethwa as a "remarkable leader" whose conviction helped to steer South Africa's march towards democracy. ⚪ The President was speaking during the Ambassador's funeral held at Kwambonambi in KwaZulu-Natal following his passing at the age of 58 in Paris, France where he was stationed as South Africa's Head of Mission. ⚪ "We gather here today, in mourning and in gratitude, to honour the life of a remarkable leader — someone whose courage, conviction and compassion helped ste…
(2025-10-12). Iran invites Malaysian investors to tap into mining sector opportunities. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Iran is ready to welcome Malaysian investors into its mining industry, with the necessary infrastructure already in place to support joint projects and foreign participation, a senior industry official said during a meeting with Malaysia's ambassador in Tehran.
(2025-10-11). We Must Reject Normalization Of A Genocidal Regime And Impunity For War Crimes. popularresistance.org Israel is a rogue regime, deeply violent, fundamentally racist and unconstrained. It has developed a kind of arrogance that comes out of absolute impunity guaranteed by the West. That's why they not only deployed a murderous attack in a sovereign country against people who were there to negotiate with them, but they also carried out acts of aggression against Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and in the territorial Waters of Tunisia and Malta. | This is a rogue regime that is posing a threat across Western Asia and beyond to the broader world. It's a regime that has launched a transnational terror attack in Lebanon wi…
(2025-10-11). Fire breaks out in a hospital in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — A fire broke out on the fifth floor at the University Children's Hospital in Damascus, caused by an electrical short circuit, hospital officials said.
(2025-10-11). South Korean envoy visits West Azarbaijan, discusses tourism ties. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — South Korea's ambassador to Iran, Kim Jun-pyo, has paid a visit to West Azarbaijan, discussing ways to expand cultural and tourism ties with the northwestern Iranian province.
(2025-10-11). Samantha Power Secretly Colluded With Israel To Enhance UN Role, Leaked Emails Show. scheerpost.com USAID Administrator Samantha Power, 2024. usembassykyiv, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Wyatt Reed / Former US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power secretly coordinated w…
(2025-10-11). Venezuela At UNSC: 'We Believe We Are Facing Imminent US Attack'. popularresistance.org On Friday, Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, alerted the UN Security Council that Venezuela strongly believes a US military attack is imminent. He characterized the situation as the latest aggression in decades-long attempts to oust first President Hugo Chávez and now President Nicolás Maduro. | "The plan is clear," he said during an emergency meeting. "It is once again about executing the operation that already failed: overthrowing the legitimate and constitutional President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, to install a puppet regime and turn our country into a colony." | When ques…