(2023-07-06). Iran officially becomes SCO member state. ecns.cn On Tuesday, a flag-raising ceremony was held for Iran in Beijing, marking the nation's official membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the ninth member state to join the bloc. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-06). Iran dismisses US allegations of bid to seize two oil tankers near Sea of Oman. peoplesdispatch.org The US has been opposed to Iranian attempts to create a regional maritime security alliance in the region, even as it maintains its own naval command base in Bahrain…
(2023-07-06). Iran and the USA are in Private Negotiations. journal-neo.org
(2023-07-06). Iran Denies Attempting To Seize Tankers In Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Navy Shares Footage. southfront.org 
An undated picture of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol craft. | A senior Iranian military source denied The U.S. Navy claimed that Iranian vessels attempted to seize a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker TRF Moss in the Gulf of Oman, and after about th…
(2023-07-06). Syria's Missing: New U.N. Body Will Investigate Disappearance of 130,000 People in 12-Year Civil War. democracynow.org 
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis," says Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and CEO of the medical nonprofit MedGlobal, as well as a former medical school classmate of President Bashar al-Assad.
(2023-07-06). New UN Body Will Investigate Disappearances During Syria's 12-Year Civil War. truthout.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis… |
(2023-07-06). Israel Attacked Targets Near Syria's Damascus Overnight — Report. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, late on July 5, according to the Ynet news website. | Syrian media didn't report any attacks or explosions near Damascus. Yent said that the Syrian military did not use air defenses against the airstrikes as it normally does. According to the Hebrew news website, the alleged airstrikes targeted warehouses storing "advanced Iranian weapons." | I…
(2023-07-06). Lukashenko Says Wagner Chief Prigozhin Is in Russia. news.antiwar.com Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was now in Russia, raising questions about the deal between Moscow and the mercenary leader that ended his short-lived mutiny. "As for Evgeny Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. Maybe he went to Moscow, but he is not on Belarusian soil," Lukashenko said, according …
(2023-07-05). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com 
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