191 Iraqi nationals from Syria’s al-Hol have been repatriated to their country, the United Nationals High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday, as authorities look to evacuate the camp’s residents and close the facilities. UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas...
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Palestinian Authority sets up Gaza liaison office
Full ArticleThe Palestinian Authority has established a liaison office headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa to coordinate with the office of the High Representative for Gaza , Nickolay Mladenov, Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh announced on Saturday. Al-Sheikh said the...
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said. It said the attack took place in Bannu, a district...
Over 1,000 politicians across Britain’s range of political parties have vowed support for the 'Pledge for Palestine' petition ahead of the crunch May local elections set to test many Labour -run councils. According to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign...
The International Olympic Committee will take no action against its member Gianni Infantino for a possible breach of political neutrality rules over aligning FIFA with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace . The IOC said Saturday the matter is...
L’ucrainizzazione di Taiwan
Full ArticleUno “scudo di silicio” in grado di mantenere costantemente acceso l’interesse degli Stati Uniti a impedire la riunificazione di Taiwan con la Repubblica Popolare Cinese. Segue nostro Telegram . Lo scorso 15 gennaio, Stati Uniti e Taiwan hanno raggiunto...
Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with counter-protesters on Saturday in the latest display of anger at the country's clerical leaders, who also face a US military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal . The gatherings...
Jordan has condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggesting it would be acceptable for Israel to take control of the entire Middle East, from the Nile to the Euphrates, in the first formal Arab...
Iraq’s ruling Coordination Framework coalition is moving towards abandoning Nouri al-Maliki’s bid for prime minister following US pressure and internal divisions, according to senior political sources. The shift comes after what Iraq’s Foreign Ministry described on Thursday...
The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in th e Eastern Pacific Ocean . U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known...
A Syrian Kurdish leader has said that there is a “real risk” of a new war breaking out in Syria, saying that a January 29 agreement with the Syrian government had not been implemented. Ilham Ahmed, the Co-Chair of the...
American dominance is fading, but no new hegemon is rising to—or even willing to—replace it. The world is drifting into a multipolar order without a clear centre. In this uncertain landscape, stability will not come from a single superpower. It...
NABLUS, (PIC) The Hamas Movement on Saturday sharply condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the continued detention of political prisoners in al-Juneid Prison in Nablus, holding its leadership fully responsible for the lives of nearly 150 detainees on an open-ended hunger...
As Lent begins and Palestinian Christians mark a season of repentance and prayer in the run-up to Easter, many are doing so under the shadow of intensifying settler violence and deepening Israeli control across the occupied West...
GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinian citizens were martyred and four others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, amid other ceasefire violations persisting for the 133rd consecutive day in different areas of the war-ravaged coastal enclave. A medical source...
By: John Elliott - - - - This photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor being driven home from Aylsham police station in Norfolk on Feb 19th evening hasbeen published worldwide. Photo by Phil Noble (Reuters) who had a tipoff Aylsham...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) 11 Palestinian families from the al-Khalayel Bedouin community in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, dismantled their crude homes and began preparing for renewed forced displacement following escalating settler attacks and ongoing restrictions on their livelihoods. Local sources reported...
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier entered the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, further boosting American firepower in a region that has seen a massive military buildup ahead of potential strikes against Iran. Below, key US military assets deployed...
Report Warns Israeli Land Registration Plan in West Bank Could Entrench De Facto Annexation
Full ArticleBethlehem / PNN / The Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) said a new Israeli land settlement and registration plan in the occupied West Bank represents a shift from a technical administrative procedure to what it described as a political and...
War on Iran is the opposite of ‘realism’
Full ArticleDon’t do it, Mr. President. By Andrew DAY Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su No one really knows what goes on inside the mind of President Donald Trump. But judging by the significant, ongoing U.S....
What is Israel planning for the Palestinians?
Full ArticleBy Sania Al-Hussein english.ahram.org.eg Israeli policies in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and in Gaza form part of an integrated strategic vision intended to fundamentally alter the situation in Palestine in a way that will be difficult to reverse. Official and...
GAZA, (PIC) In a scene where the sounds of takbir blend with the buzz of aircraft, and supplication mingles with the scent of rubble, residents of the Gaza Strip welcomed the nights of the month of Ramadan by holding the Isha...
GAZA, (PIC) Nearly 40,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents in what UNICEF has described as the largest orphan crisis in modern history, leaving a generation struggling without family support in the aftermath of Israel’s two-year genocide. Amid devastated...
Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has undergone "successful" treatment at a heart hospital, his office said Saturday, but his specific ailment was not disclosed. "I assure you that I am fine, by God's grace," said a statement posted on...
As Botswana’s president here is my plan to renew this country’s beleaguered health system – and my vision for a stronger Africa Shortages of medicine in Botswana forced me to declare a public health emergency last year. Patients went without treatment...
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Moscow was surprised to hear reports about possible Seoul's participation in this program, since such steps would be at odds with the country's official line of non-participation in the efforts of the...
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan including the capital Kabul has resulted in only minor damage and one reported injury, a disaster official told AFP news agency on Saturday. The quake hit on Friday just as...
La Turchia continua a rappresentare per Washington un alleato utile, non più necessario, e certamente problematico Segue nostro Telegram . Una storia d’amore, ma non troppo Le relazioni tra gli Stati Uniti e la Turchia rappresentano uno dei pilastri strategici...
A camp in northeastern Syria that had housed families of suspected members of the Islamic State group is now largely empty after hundreds of women and children were repatriated to their countries or transferred to other facilities...
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has said it would be “fine if they took it all” when asked whether Israel has the right to control land stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, invoking an alleged biblical...
One minute to midnight
Full Articleby Larry C. JОHNSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Notwithstanding some of the positive words that came out following the talks in Geneva on Tuesday between the United States and Iran, the...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,070 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Politics and accusations of censorship linked to Palestine dominated the 76th Berlin Film Festival , diverting attention from the 22 films competing for top honours. Gaza has been a point of heated debate since the first day of the festival,...
Lebanon's president on Saturday condemned deadly Israeli attacks on his country carried out a day prior , the latest despite a ceasefire with group Hezbollah. In a statement, Joseph Aoun called the attacks "a blatant act of aggression...
Europe will be forced even more to choose sides, deprived of its presence in the Mediterranean and control of the routes. An incredibly effective soft power. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Strategic...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) Thousands of Palestinians performed the first Friday prayer of the blessed month of Ramadan at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of al-Khalil, in the southern occupied West Bank, under strict Israeli measures that restricted worshippers’ access to the...
Africa asserts itself at the 39th AU summit: between claimed sovereignty, colossal challenges, and political paradoxes. This February 2026, Addis Ababa was the setting for a historic event: the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union from...
Iran's foreign minister said on Friday he expected to have a draft counterproposal ready within days following nuclear talks with the United States this week , while US President Donald Trump said he was considering limited military strikes. Reuters...
Cancer patients in Gaza, slow death in Israeli prisons or while waiting at the crossings
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The tragedy of cancer patients in the Gaza Strip is worsening with the near total collapse of the health system, at a time when the beginning of the current month was supposed to bring the occasion of World Cancer...
For Andrew, it seems there is no depth profound enough for his brother King Charles to push the knife in. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Things are heating up in the UK...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens and searched homes during a campaign, which started last night and continued into the early hours of Saturday. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a citizen and...
NEW YORK, (PIC) The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, has said that settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have displaced about 880 Palestinian families. This came in the spokesman’s daily press briefing on Friday. Dujarric warned that continued violence and other...
BEIRUT, (PIC) At least 14 people were martyred and around 30 others were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting areas in the Beqaa region of eastern Lebanon on Friday evening. The attacks targeted the towns of Rayaq, Bednayel, Qasrnaba, and...
Iran’s internet blackout as media event: Networks, algorithms, and the politics of visibility
Full ArticleDuring Iran’s internet blackout, state violence unfolded unseen with competing propagandists filling the digital void Originally published on Global Voices Advox Protesters gathering in the streets in Iran. Photo by Mamlekate on Wikimedia Commons . ( CC BY-SA...
Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies A new South African video game lets players take back African artefacts held in western museums in a series of heists, amid a growing campaign...
Why Arab states are terrified of US war with Iran
Full ArticleAs an American attack on Iran seems increasingly inevitable, America’s allies in the Persian Gulf — the very nations hosting U.S. bases and bracing anxiously for an Iranian blowback — are terrified of escalation and are lobbying Washington to stop...
The Trump administration appears to be moving closer to a U.S. war with Iran, and there are plenty on the right, including inside MAGA, rallying against it. Unfortunately, they seem much more drowned out this time around. Marjorie Taylor Greene...
Netanyahu’s recent rush to the United States signals that Israel seeks Washington to expand the agenda of negotiations with Iran. However, the Trump administration seems to recalibrate its policy alignment with Israel. A Diplomatic Visit or a Geopolitical Stress Test?...
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