(2021-08-10). Taliban Claimed Control Over Capital Of Farah Province. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On August 10, the Taliban claimed control over the city of Farah, the capital of the province of the same name located in western Afghanistan. | Farah is located on the Farah River, close to the border with Iran and is one of the largest cities of western Afghanistan with the population of 54,000."The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate also captured the center of Farah during Operation Conquest. The governor's office and all its attachments in the memorial center were cleansed of the ene…
(2021-08-10). Israel Sends Warning Message To Iran After Bombing Hezbollah Last Week. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageIsrael blames Hezbollah for attack despite allegedly being carried out by Palestinian groups. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The Israeli air force admitted for the first time since 2014 that it carried out several strikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah military installations. Air raids in the early hours of August 5 targeted the Lebanese villages of Mahmoudieh and Aaichiyeh, and the Lebanese army also recorded artillery fire from Israel. | Accord…
(2021-08-10). A Shocking List of 52 Zionist- & Apartheid Israeli-Nazi Germany Comparisons. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 7, 2021 | The cruel and genocidal oppression of the Indigenous Palestinians by nuclear terrorist, racist Zionist-run and genocidally racist Apartheid Israel invites comparison with the cruelties of Nazi Germany. However such comparisons made by anti-racist Jewish and non-Jewish humanitarians invite false and defamatory Zionist assertions of racism and anti-Semitism. To counter this, provided below is a shocking and detailed list of 52 Zionist- and Apartheid Israeli-Nazi Germany comparisons. | The following 52-item list of appalling abuses and human rights violations by genocidally ra…
(2021-08-10). Iranian-Backed Militias Sent Reinforcement To Southern Syria — Report. southfront.org 
Members of the Fatemiyoun Brigade during the Palmyra offensive in December 2016 | On August 8, the Iranian-backed Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba and Liwa Fatemiyoun militias sent military reinforcements towards Rif-Dimashq province in the southern Syria. This was reported by the North Press agency the next day, on August 9. | According to local sources, the reinforcements included at least four-wheel drive vehicles that were equipped with machine guns and about 100 militants with their full military gear. | The convoy…
(2021-08-10). Secretary of State Blinken blasts Russia, China, Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Maritime Security [China] In the South China Sea, we have seen dangerous encounters between vessels at sea and provocative actions to advance unlawful maritime claims. The United States has made clear its concerns regarding actions that intimidate …
(2021-08-10). Biden's Totally Failing Foreign Policies. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Joe Biden came into the U.S. White House promising to change Donald Trump's foreign policies, but didn't even try to change them, and instead he has continued them, and has failed with them exactly as Trump did when he was the President. Here are some examples: | The nuclear agreement with Iran (the Obama-negotiated "JCPOA" for I…
(2021-08-10). NATO-nuclear axis: Turkish, Pakistani defense chiefs meet in Islamabad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish defense minister visits Pakistan Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar paid an official visit to Pakistan on Aug. 10. Akar, who arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for an official visit, is expected to meet with Pakistani Defense Minister Pervez Khattak, Defense and Production Minister Zobaida Jalal, and Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa. ==== …
(2021-08-09). Iran Says 'Israel' Playing Victim to Divert Attention From its Crimes in Palestine. orinocotribune.com Iranian envoy to the United Nations says the Israeli occupation is "playing victim" to divert attention from its continuing crimes in Palestine, warning the 'Israel' against any acts of "adventurism and miscalculations." | Zahra Ershadi, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the comments in a statement on Friday after a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on a recent incident for an Israeli-operated oil tanker in the Sea of Oman. | Ershadi's comments came in reaction to Israeli War Minister Benny Gantz who said on Thursday that 'Israel' is ready to attack Iran and that there must be a…
(2021-08-09). Venezuela Registers 1,155 COVID-19 Cases on Saturday and Maintains a 95% Recovery Rate (12 Deaths). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday August 7, Delcy Rodríguez, the executive vice president of Venezuela, tweeted that there were 1,155 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities. The recovery rate remains at 95%, with 297,536 patients healed, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan Government. | During the daily report offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Rodríguez specified that community cases were detected in 23 states: Miranda (236), Carabobo (192), Caracas (133 ), Lara (104), Yaracuy (104), La…
(2021-08-09). Will India & Iran Ally with Kabul Against the Taliban? asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-08-09). Nukes on the Screen: Seven Decades of Atomic Danger. towardfreedom.org Numerous films, some of them based on novels, feature nuclear war, its potential impacts and the extreme threat these weapons pose.
(2021-08-09). Nagasaki remembers 70,000 dead, calls on leaders to create nuclear-free zone. peoplesworld.org 
Nagasaki marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city today with its mayor urging Japan, the United States, and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons. In his speech at the Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged Japan's government to take the lead in creating a nuclear-free zone …
(2021-08-09). Video: Remember Hiroshima: "People Became Nothing, … People Dying All Around Me" globalresearch.ca First published on August 6, 2017 Within 9 seconds one hundred thousand people were killed or doomed… | And that's what is on the drawing board of the Pentagon on a much larger scale, with a trillion dollar nuclear weapons …