...in which #Arab leaders have accepted their weakness in material and military affairs and sought to normalize with a much more powerful, Western-backed #Israel.
By contrast, the #Iranians, #Hamas, #Hezbollah, the #Houthis and others chose a more religiously-sound approach. They accepted that the #US could overwhelm them with high-tech “shock and awe” aerial attacks. 👉They chose to focus instead on delivering...
"The growing ties between Tehran and Moscow come as Iran has increased its military activity against Israel through attacks by its proxy groups: Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis."
Dans le sud du Liban, une escalade guerrière encore «contrôlée»
Mercredi a marqué la journée la plus sanglante pour les civils au #Liban depuis le début du conflit entre le #Hezbollah et #Israël le 8 octobre. Reportage à Nabatiyé, où sept membres d’une même famille ont été tués.
Ukraine believes that #Starlinks SpaceX's satellite internet device, are used by Russia. Musk has denied this.
Although Starlinks are 'geofenced', #SpaceX can control where operate, recent tweets from #Musk and SpaceX have not mentioned any investigation in Ukrainian claims.
Ukrainian intelligence reports that #Iran and #Hezbollah are training Russian #droneoperators in #syria The training also involves Syrian mercenaries Russia wants to deploy in Ukraine.
This is a further strengthening of political/military relations between Russia, Iran and Assad’s regime in Syria.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Tehran-backed militant group based in Lebanon are reportedly carrying out the instruction at the Shayrat Airbase.
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
The strikes were the heaviest since cross-border exchanges began between militant groups in #Lebanon and the #IsraelDefenseForces (IDF) on 8 October, the day after #Hamas’s incursion in southern Israeli in which about 1,200 people were killed.
After the attacks, 200,000 people were evacuated from #Israel's border areas - both the southern border with #Gaza and the northern border with #Lebanon, where the #Iran-backed group #Hezbollah, in support of Hamas, has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces.
Military intelligence: Iran, Hezbollah train Russian drone operators in Syria (kyivindependent.com)
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Tehran-backed militant group based in Lebanon are reportedly carrying out the instruction at the Shayrat Airbase.