Illegal Occupation
Iran and Syria sign agreement to boost military, security cooperation
Press TV – July 8, 2020
Iran will boost Syria’s air defenses, as part of a wider military security agreement between the two countries.
On Israel’s bizarre definitions: The West Bank is already annexed
By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | July 7, 2020
Wednesday, July 1, was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30% of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date, however, came and went and annexation was never actualized.
Turkish troops, allied militants cut off drinking water to people in Syria’s Hasakah, environs
Press TV – July 5, 2020
Turkish military troops and allied militants have once again cut off drinking water supplies to about a million people living in and around the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah by stopping a border water pumping station, a report says.
Israel Conducts Gas-Field Exploration on Lebanon Border: New Negotiations or Attempt to Start a War?
Sputnik – 04.07.2020
The Israeli government has approved gas exploration in the Alon D block, located along block 9 of the Mediterranean shelf – a disputed maritime area. Lebanon and Israel contest that area of the shelf, while both sides consider it a part of their exclusive economic zone.
UK Government Evasive About Sanctions If Israel Annexes West Bank
Ministers insist on being ‘friends and allies’ of the racist regime regardless of its horrendous crimes
Senate kills bipartisan bill to end war in Afghanistan & repeal 2001 Terror War authorization
RT | July 1, 2020
The US Senate has voted to table a bill that would have ended the war in Afghanistan and repealed the 2001 law authorizing the War on Terror, shooting down a rare attempt to wind down the longest conflict in American history.
Lebanon warns Israel over ‘dangerous’ gas exploration bid
Press TV – June 30, 2020
This file photo shows Israel’s Tamar natural gas production platform some 25 kilometers west of the Ashkelon shore in February 2013 in the Mediterranean Sea.
President Michel Aoun has warned Israel against its “extremely dangerous” bid to explore oil and gas on Lebanon’s maritime border, parts of which are claimed by the regime, saying the Arab country will not allow any violation of its territorial waters.