Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Ukraine’s exhausted troops in Russia told to cling on and wait for Trump
Ukraine’s exhausted troops in Russia told to cling on and wait for Trump
Ukrainian soldiers say they've been ordered to hang onto territory in Kursk region until Trump takes office, with new policies, in January
“The situation is getting worse every day.”
“We don’t see the goal. Our land is not here.”
Almost four months after Ukrainian troops launched a lightning offensive into the Russian region of Kursk, text messages from soldiers fighting there paint a dismal picture of a battle they don’t properly understand and fear they might be losing.
We’ve been in contact, via Telegram, with several soldiers serving in Kursk, one of whom has recently left. We’ve agreed not to identify any of them.
None of the names in this article are real.
They speak of dire weather conditions and a chronic lack of sleep caused by Russia’s constant bombardment, which includes the use of terrifying, 3,000kg glide bombs.
They’re also in retreat, with Russian forces gradually retaking territory.
“This trend will continue,” Pavlo wrote on 26 November. “It’s only a matter of time.”
They are under immense pressure in Kursk, under constant Russian bombardment
Pavlo spoke of immense fatigue, the lack of rotation and the arrival of units, made up largely of middle-aged men, brought directly from other fronts with little or no time to rest in between.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4x9gz4ylwo
Monday, 2 December 2024
‘Cruel Psychological Warfare’: Hamas Releases Footage of Israeli-American Hostage In Apparent Effort
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Israel at War Day 422: ‘Cruel Psychological Warfare’: Hamas Releases Footage of Israeli-American Hostage In Apparent Effort
France accuses Israel of 52 ceasefire agreement violations
French diplomats have reported 52 Israeli violations in the last 24 hours, which were not reported via the planned surveillance mechanism, and have resulted in the death of three Lebanese civilians, allegedly. Paris has also noted the resumption of Israeli drone flights at low altitude over Beirut.
IDF Discovers Chemicals and Gas Masks in Hezbollah Strongholds
Materials hint at potential plans for chemical attacks or abductions during conflict.
Air Force intercepts ballistic missile from Yemen over central Israel
A police spokesperson said that Israel Police is conducting scans to locate fallen remnants of the intercepted missile.
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired another ballistic missile at Israel on Sunday morning, in a gesture of defiance against President-elect Donald Trump and despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Hamas says open to ‘all ideas and proposals’ ahead of hostage-truce talks in Cairo
As representatives arrive in Egypt for talks with negotiators, senior official says terror group hasn’t ‘received any new offer or proposal so far.’
Charging Netanyahu with War Crimes Shows the ICC Is Illegitimate and Not Fit for Purpose 
The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on unsubstantiated war crimes charges, shows that the body is unfit for purpose, and should be defunded, dismantled, or both.
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Biden seen holding anti-Israel book during Black Friday shopping excursion
Biden was spotted holding a copy of 'The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017'
UK, France, Germany vow to continue nuke talks with Iran
Britain, France and Germany have agreed to continue nuclear negotiations with Tehran following a meeting on Friday in Geneva and amid threats by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to reinstitute a “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic Republic once he assumes office in January.
After entering Aleppo, Syrian insurgents advance to a nearby province. Assad says he’ll defeat them
Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province. They faced little to no resistance from government troops, according to fighters and activists.
Setbacks for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah Turn into a Catastrophe for Syria’s Assad 
The loss of Aleppo to Islamist rebels represents a stunning defeat for the Syrian regime, highlighting its dependence on enfeebled allies.
Russian general in Syria sacked after bases looted and troops forced to flee
The news came as Moscow’s forces were forced to rapidly withdraw from their Al-Suqaylabiyah base in the northern Hama countryside, and the Hama air base, leaving behind a large amount of equipment and munitions.
Syria shores up support from Iran, Iraq, and UAE as Assad loses Aleppo - analysis
Now that Damascus has lost Aleppo, it is clear the regime is not stable. However, the regime will need all the help it can get from Iraq and the Gulf, as well as its allies in Iran and Russia.
Assad's nightmare becomes reality: How instability led to rebellion - analysis
For the Syrian regime, the nightmare of instability is becoming a reality, with rebels penetrating deep into Aleppo, revealing severe vulnerabilities.
Is the renewed conflict in Syria good for Israel? Understanding how the complex battle for Syria impacts Israel’s security
At the time, many analysts said Syria’s readmission to the Arab fold was a blow to Israel's goals for the region and would lead to increased Iranian activity in the country while limiting Israel’s ability to target weapons transfers to Hezbollah forces within Syrian territory.
Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship
The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers.
HA HA HA - France Accuses Israel of Violating The Ceasefire
DO NOT WRITE OFF SYRIA'S ASSAD - ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE EVIL PUTIN IS COMING TO HIS AID
Syria's rebel offensive is astonishing - but don't write off Assad
Rebel groups launched an offensive against Syria's government on 27 November, and have since taken control of large parts of Aleppo
The attacks, and Israel’s response, upended the status quo. Events in Syria in the last few days are more proof that the war gripping the Middle East is escalating, not subsiding.
During a decade of war after 2011, Bashar al-Assad’s rule survived because he was prepared to break Syria to save the regime he had inherited from his father.
To do that he relied on powerful allies, Russia, Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah. They intervened on his side against rebel groups that ranged from the jihadist extremists of Islamic State to militias supported by the US and the rich Gulf monarchies.
Now Iran is reeling from severe blows inflicted by Israel, with US support, on its security in the Middle East. Its ally Hezbollah, which used to send its best men to fight for the Assad regime in Syria, has been crippled by Israel’s attacks. Russia has launched air strikes in the last few days against the rebel offensive in Syria – but its military power is almost entirely earmarked to fight the war in Ukraine.
The war in Syria did not end. It dropped out of the place it used to occupy in headline news, partly because of turbulence across the Middle East and beyond, and because it is almost impossible for journalists to get into the country. In places the war was suspended, or frozen, but Syria is full of unfinished business.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgpdpgz4kdo
She fled Israeli bombing four times. It still found her
Rihab Faour fled her home. Then she fled again. Then a third time. Then a fourth. And by the fourth time, a year after the first, she had been fleeing Israeli bombs for so long that nowhere in Lebanon felt safe.
Her journey had begun in October 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel. That prompted Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and militant group, to fire rockets into Israel and Israel to retaliate by bombing southern Lebanon.
The Israeli bombs fell close enough to Rihab’s village that the 33-year-old and her husband Saeed, an employee of the municipal water company, gathered their daughters Tia, eight, and Naya, six, and fled to Rihab’s parents’ house in Dahieh, a suburb of the capital Beirut.
In Dahieh, for a while, life went on almost as normal, with the exception that Naya and Tia missed their friends, their own beds, their toys and all clothes they had had to leave behind.
Most of all they missed going to school, which had been replaced by online learning. They were excited when, back in August, Rihab enrolled them in a new school in Beirut and took them to buy brand new school uniforms.
Rihab holds a picture of her daughters, Tia and Naya, by the water's edge in Beirut
But before their first day could arrive, Israel expanded its bombing of Lebanon to include parts of Beirut, particularly the Dahieh suburb that the family now called home.
Israel was assassinating senior Hezbollah figures in the suburb, but it was using large, bunker-busting bombs, each capable of destroying a residential building. In some strikes, Israel dropped dozens of these bombs in one go and flattened entire city blocks.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8984g9gdgo
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