2024-01-03: News Headlines

RT. (2024-01-03). Iran Deploys Its Navy To The Red Sea. popularresistance.org Iran's Alborz destroyer crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea on Monday, the country's state-run IRNA and Tasnim news agencies have reported. The deployment followed a deadly encounter between US warships and Yemen's Houthi militants in the waterway on Sunday. | The Iran-affiliated Shiite group has controlled large swaths of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Al-Hudaydah, since an internal conflict flared up back in 2014. In November, the Houthis began attacking commercial ships passing through the Red Sea, which they believe to be Israeli-owned or headed for Israel. The militan…

Staff (2024-01-02). Iran deploys warship in Red Sea amidst rising tensions. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian navy's Alborz destroyer entered the Red Sea via the Bab al-Mandab on Monday, January 1. Iranian deployment comes amidst the growing tension in the region in the context of Israel's continued war in Gaza. The news of Iranian deployment to the Red Sea comes specifically a day after the US attacked three Yemeni vessels …

ecns.cn (2024-01-01). Five countries formally join BRICS. ecns.cn The BRICS memberships of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia officially took effect on Monday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). Five countries formally join BRICS. ecns.cn The BRICS memberships of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia officially took effect on Monday.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2024-01-02). Fake Intellectuals Working For Think Tanks Funded By the Arms Industry Are Driving Support For War After War After War. covertactionmagazine.com Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Now Iran A few days after the October 7 attacks in northern Israel, The Atlantic Council ran an inflammatory article on its website by Jonathan Panikoff, a former deputy national intelligence officer, entitled "It doesn't matter whether Iran planned the Hamas attack—Tehran is still to blame."[1] The …

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-02). Iran deploys warship in Red Sea amidst rising tensions. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian navy's Alborz destroyer The news of Iranian deployment to the Red Sea comes specifically a day after the US attacked three Yemeni vessels in the area, killing at least 10 soldiers. | The US, which recently launched an international maritime alliance called Operation Prosperity Guardian, claimed on Sunday that its helicopters a…

Editor (2024-01-02). Israel is Provoking the U.S. Into a Conflict With Iran — But the Media Ignores the Danger. scheerpost.com

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-03). Assassination of Al-Arouri Draws Wide Condemnations across Lebanon, Region. english.almanar.com.lb The assassination of Senior Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri has drawn wide condemnations across Lebanon, Palestine, the region and the world. Hamas deputy chief was martyred in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday (January 2) on Beirut's southern suburb (Dahiyeh). Regional and Int'l Stances Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the assassination of Al-Arouri was a …

James North, Mondoweiss. (2024-01-03). Israel Is Provoking The US Into A Conflict With Iran. popularresistance.org For years, this site has warned that Israel, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, have tried to instigate the U.S. into a wider war in the Mideast, particularly with Iran. We've also regularly indicted the U.S. mainstream media for ignoring this danger. | Today, the threat is greater than ever. And, true to form, the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the others continue to cover it up, instead treating Netanyahu as the embattled but honest leader of an Israel that is only trying to defend itself. | For more than a decade, Netanyahu's main aim was to destroy Iran's alleged (and unproven) program to build nuclea…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-02). Five new countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, formally join BRICS. peoplesdispatch.org Members of the expanded BRICS bloc have declared to work for multilateral regimes and multipolarity against the attempts to create hegemony and dominance in the world politics…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-02). Iran's Alborz Warship Passes Through Bab El-Mandeb Strait, Enters Red Sea. orinocotribune.com Iran's Alborz destroyer has passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea amid rising tensions in the region. | The Iranian Navy's 94th flotilla of warships, comprising of Alborz destroyer, entered the Red Sea on Monday amid heightening tensions in the strategic maritime route, Tasnim news agency reported. | Since 2009, Iranian warships have been operating in open waters to "secure shipping lines, fight against pirates and carry out other missions," it added. | The warship, overhauled and equipped with state-of-the-art systems, joined the Iranian Navy's fleet in 2019. | The flotilla's arrival in…

Editor (2024-01-02). We Did It! Thank You for Helping Us Surpass our Fundraising Goal; We Couldn't Have Done it Without You! scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). First flag-raising ceremony of 2024 held at Tiananmen Square. ecns.cn A flag-raising ceremony was held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Monday to mark the first day of 2024.

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