Following is a thread of quotes from #TheGlobalJigsaw latest episode on the #IRGC, #Quds force, #Basij militias - and th ideological blueprint for #Iran so called Axis of Resistance. Whole episode here:
Another #Iranian - the current mayor of the capital #Tehran - put it even more bluntly. He said that the Islamic Republic now ruled over four Arab capitals: #Baghdad , #Beirut , #Damascus and #Sana’a.
It was a #Libyan journalist in response to #Bush 's axis of evil' speech who said that these three countries instead formed an axis of resistance because they were against colonial and American interests and that phrase went on to be picked up by Iranian media.
An #OilTanker set to load crude from a #Libyan port was #TurnedAway this week because it had made a run to #Israel prior to attempting to load in #Libya. Libya's eastern government had previously called for an #OilEmbargo on Israel. Head of the #GNA & interim president #Dbeibah is under pressure to make a show of protesting Israel's aggression in #Gaza after #SecretMeetings he orchestrated towards normalization with Israel just prior to the Gaza conflict were exposed.
'There's a photo of #Prigozhin serving wine to George w. #Bush in the #Kremlin when he visited decades ago. And there's a photo of him at a meeting between President #Putin and various members of the #Russian military elite with representatives of #Libya , a country where #Wagner#mercenaries were believed to be active'
'Convicted in his youth for theft and robbery #Prigozhin spent 9 years in jail. So he easily clicked with the #prison crowd and once they joined his #mercenary group he could count on their loyalty. #Wagner fighters first appeared in #Ukraine in 2014. Not long after that, they were spotted in several locations in the Middle East too, which explains those pictures of Prigozhin with #Libyan officials. 4 ys ago Wagner backed renegade general Khalifa #Haftar 's attempt to take the capital, #Tripoli.