NEWS

05

Mar

ceasefire, India, Line of Control, LoC, Pakistan

The punching bag called LoC

BY: Durdana Najam PEJOURNAL - India and Pakistan have resolved to honour the 2003 Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire agreement. It has brought to an end almost six years of uninterrupted skirmishes along the border. In between was a major strike. Both the countries entered into each other’s airspace to avenge attacks on their respective soils. India was the first to take the leap. It targeted “terrorists” hiding in Balakot. Pakistan could not take this lying down and threw payloads on Indian territory as well. In the meantime, the captured Indian pilot was released to endorse Pakistan’s intention to have…

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04

Mar

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What does NATO want in Iraq?

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to increase the number of its forces in Iraq with the intention of expanding the organization's training activities in the area as soon as the Covid19 epidemic subsides. Since World War II, the United States had a leading role within the organization, made up of 30 states, being the one that contributes the most to the budget with 22.1 percent, followed by Germany with 14.70 percent, France with 10, 60 percent and the United Kingdom with 9.8 percent. During the Trump administration, the relationship with NATO was somewhat…

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28

Feb

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New missions by Washington allies to delay withdrawal from Iraq

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Recent developments in Iraq point to a complex scenario in which Joe Biden, as the former director of the new Middle East project in the Barack Obama administration, is working on a project to "divide West and Southwest Asia" to survive in the region. The scenario comes as the United States is required by the Iraqi parliament to withdraw its terrorist forces following the assassination of resistance commanders by Donald Trump. The work plan presented by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the outset. However, it shows that the Pentagon is not serious about…

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28

Feb

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Is the United States returning to Syria?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The United States has entered a new phase of its military operations in the east of the Euphrates by strengthening its military presence in northeastern Syria and building a second military base in the Al-Malikiyah  (Derek) area on the outskirts of Hasakah. Less than a month ago, the United States built a new military base near the Tal Alu area in Al-Ya'rubiyah. The Syrian government has reacted to the move, saying the United States' goal is to continue looting Syrian wealth and securing routes used to steal oil extracted from Syria. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced…

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28

Feb

Biden, bombing, Diplomacy, Iran, Pentagon, Syria

Biden’s reckless Syria bombing is not the diplomacy he promised

BY: Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. S. Davies* PEJOURNAL - The February 25 U.S. bombing of Syria immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is this administration bombing the sovereign nation of Syria? Why is it bombing "Iranian-backed militias" who pose absolutely no threat to the United States and are actually involved in fighting ISIS? If this is about getting more leverage vis-à-vis Iran, why hasn’t the Biden administration just done what it said it would do: rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and de-escalate the Middle East conflicts? According to the Pentagon, the US…

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17

Feb

Abraham Accord, Association of Persian Gulf Jewish Communities, Persian Gulf, The UAE, Zionists

The UAE and smoothing the path for the Zionists in Persian Gulf

Today, some regional media outlets announced the launch of an organization called the "Association of Persian Gulf Jewish Communities" (AGJC) with the participation of six Arab countries led by Rabbi "Elie Abadie" and headed by "Ebrahim Dawood Nonoo". As reported in this news; The association claims to bring together the Jewish communities of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve the Jewish community in the region. This suspicious act, which was carried out after the revelation of the UAE-Bahrain relations with the Zionist regime and specifically with the green light of…

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14

Feb

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US military brings equipment to base in Syria’s oilfield

PEJOURNAL - In a move to deepen its footprint in Syria, the US military has brought a number of trucks transporting logistic support, equipment and weapons to their base in al-Omar oilfield in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, a report says. The trucks reached the base through illegal border crossings with Iraq to boost the illegal presence of US forces in al-Jazira region, Syria’s official SANA news agency on Sunday quoted sources as saying. Two US helicopters also landed on the Shaddadah base, SANA quoted local sources in Syria’s Hasakah province as saying. The helicopter took off a short period, transporting…

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12

Feb

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Digital currency is a significant threat to the dominance of the stock market

BY:Alegandro PEJOURNAL - The dollar has been a global reserve currency for 100 years, but many people have been buying bitcoins since March, fearing that the US Federal Reserve-led central banks will devalue their currencies. Morgan Stanley, chief executive officer of Global Investment Management Strategy, is the author of Ten Laws of Successful Nations. When it spread, the US dollar was as strong as ever. Despite talk of faltering US supremacy, the dollar as an intermediary in international trade, another anchor for other countries to value their currencies, and the “reserve currency” of most central banks as the dominant savings.…

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12

Feb

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The entry of political intelligence into American foreign policy

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The Biden administration, unlike former US presidents, who also took over the leadership and hegemony of the United States at the inauguration, is taking over America from Trump that its world power has waned through a weakened foreign policy, its Covid effected economy is struggling to stand on its own two feet and democracy has stopped there. What we are witnessing in the United States these days is a political disgrace and a fundamental weakness in the foundation and structure of American democracy, which in the 2020 election confiscated 160 million American votes in the…

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05

Feb

Aman, COVID crisis, Israel, Military, Mossad, Security, Shin Bet

Effects of the COVID crisis on the security and military aspects of Israel

PEJOURNAL - In a study by Rami Ahmed, the Institute for Egyptian Studies examines the "effects of the COVID crisis on the security and military aspects of Israel in five sections: Security and military preparations against COVID: Netanyahu has replaced the air force with air and sea freight by involving the army and intelligence and security agencies in the process of countering Corona, even without obtaining a permit from The Knesset. He also tasked the army with disinfecting buses, trains, and public institutions. Thousands of soldiers also enforced curfews and restricted traffic throughout Israel. Netanyahu tasked Shin Bet (The Israel…

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