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A community for everything related to West Asia, wrongly referred to as "The Middle East", and the imperialism currently underway by the imperialist force known as the United States of America.

We always take the sides of West Asia revolutionary forces and are unapologetic about it. The United States is an imperialist power that undermines the right of self-determination of West Asia, and has murdered millions of people in the area.

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Israel has been killing Palestinians in the West Bank in a wholesale manner, while massacring tens of thousands in the Gaza strip on the pretext of cracking down on armed resistance.

However, the statements by Israeli officials and posts on […] media outlets make it clear that these crimes against Palestinians have been systematically committed to displace the Palestinians out of their homeland in order to achieve the “Greater Israel” Project. Israel’s recent expansion into the Syrian Golan Heights, and reports about its intention to remain in parts of southern Lebanon, reinforce the concerns that Israel has already begun to implement its intended project.

On Tuesday, Jordanian and Palestinian officials, alongside the Arab League, condemned Israel’s publication of what it called the map of “the biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judea” on social media pages run by its government. The publication of the map sparked the rage of Arab countries as it included territories within Jordan, Syria and the occupied West Bank claiming that they were part of the alleged “Kingdom”.

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday that the shared map aligns with the “inflammatory remarks” of Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, calling for the annexation of the West Bank and the establishment of settlements in Gaza. The ministry reiterated Jordan’s “unequivocal rejection of such actions”, considering them a “blatant attempt” to undermine the right of Palestinian people “to establish their independent and sovereign state on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

The ministry also said that such “inflammatory actions and baseless claims, promoted by extremists within the Israeli government, perpetuate violence and instability”, and constitute a “flagrant violation of international law and norms”. Moreover, Jordan urged for a “strong international response to condemn and counter” the repercussions of these actions and claims for regional security and stability”. Jordan further warned that such provocative actions “exacerbate tensions and threaten international peace”.

The Palestinian presidency’s official spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned these actions, stating that they “constitute a blatant violation of all international legitimacy resolutions and international law”, and that they reflect “extremist Israeli policies”, which have “ignited the region and led to ongoing wars”.

Abu Rudeineh pointed out that these provocations, perpetrated by the Israeli authorities, have been accompanied by violent settler attacks in the West Bank, ongoing incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and continued incitement against the Palestinian people and their leadership. The Palestinian official called for an international response to stop the war, destruction, and killing of the Palestinian people. He also urged the next US administration “to work to stop all Israeli policies, actions and procedures that do not serve security and peace in the region”

Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, released a statement on Wednesday, warning that “the international community’s failure to address such provocative actions and irresponsible rhetoric risks exacerbating extremism and counter-extremism on all sides.”

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Israeli occupation forces are stationed across all strategic hills and military sites in Quneitra province in southern Syria, Sputnik reported citing Syrian sources.

It is believed that the [...] occupation army now controls 95 per cent of the area.

Additionally, Al-Mayadeen channel reported that occupation forces had taken control of the Yarmouk riverbed and the Al-Wahda Dam, which supplies water to Jordan for drinking and agriculture, and hydroelectric electricity to Syria. Taking control of the dam gives Israel control over one of the main water sources in Syria.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR): “Israeli forces entered the village of Koya and the historic Al-Wahda Dam near the Syrian-Jordanian border, and were stationed in strategic locations, after warnings to residents to surrender their weapons in the area.”

Al-Mayadeen also stated that the Israeli army has seized 440 square kilometres of Syrian territory. Reports further indicated that, within the past week alone, the Israeli military carried out 450 air strikes targeting 50 military sites in Syria.

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At least nine people were killed and three others injured in Israeli air strikes on Yemen in the early hours today, the strikes targeted the capital Sanaa and the western Hudaydah governorate, according to local reports.

Seven fatalities occurred at Salif Port following strikes on the facility, while two others died, and one person was injured in attacks on the Ras Isa oil terminal, Al Masirah reported. The strikes also targeted key infrastructure in Sanaa, with multiple raids hitting the Haziz and Dhabhan power stations. Fires were extinguished, but local services remain impacted.

Israel confirmed the strikes, claiming they targeted “military assets” used by Yemen’s Houthi-aligned armed forces after intercepting a missile fired towards the occupation state. “The targets attacked are used by the Houthi forces for their military operations,” Israel’s military stated.

In response, the missile unit of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a retaliatory military operation, targeting two sensitive and strategic Israeli military sites in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) region using two Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missiles. “Our response comes within the framework of a legitimate and natural reaction,” said military spokesman Yahya Saree.

In a post today on X (formerly known as Twitter), Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council condemned the attacks and reiterated Sanaa’s solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.

“The attacks of the Israeli-American enemy on civilian objects are condemned terrorist war crimes. The crimes of the temporary Israeli and American entity on Yemen are a continuation of the series of crimes in the region,” Al-Houthi said.

“The terrorist crimes of Israel and America will not deter Yemen from carrying out its duty of supporting Gaza. Yemen’s operations against their terrorism continue,” he added.

Hamas, also weighed in, branding the Israeli escalation a “dangerous development” and calling for increased Houthi strikes against the occupation entity. The resistance movement’s armed wing stated: “We commend the missile attack carried out by our loyal brothers, the Ansar Allah in Yemen, targeting the heart of the Zionist entity.”

“We praise their steadfast support for Gaza and call on them to escalate their attacks until the occupation submits and ends its genocidal war.”

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday asserted that Israel and the United States are “completely mistaken” in thinking that the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” collapsed following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria.

In a televised speech, Khamenei said: “With the developments in Syria, the crimes committed by the Zionist entity, the crimes committed by America, and the assistance provided by some to them, they thought the resistance had ended … They are completely mistaken.”

On 8 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fled the country after armed opposition factions entered the capital, Damascus.

Since Al-Assad’s fall, Iran has sought to distance itself from the ousted president, emphasising the historic ties between Tehran and Damascus.

Khamenei stressed that Al-Assad’s ousting would not weaken Iran.

“The Zionist entity imagines it can encircle and eliminate Hezbollah forces through Syria, but the one to be eliminated will be Israel.”

Israel has long claimed that Lebanon’s Hezbollah receives weapons and other vital support through Syria from Iran.

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For the Israeli far right, as represented by the notorious Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the ideology of “Greater Israel” puts Israeli expansionism in a religious context. But for Israel’s secular majority, its designs are much more grounded in simple dominance, aiming at an unprecedented level of hegemony in the Middle East.

During testimony at his trial on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his view of the current regional situation clear, saying, “Something tectonic has happened here, an earthquake that hasn’t happened in the 100 years since the Sykes-Picot Agreement.”

Plainly, Netanyahu sees this moment as an opportunity to redraw the entire political map of the Middle East.

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Syria's rapid collapse is a trap and a prelude to the West's impending downfall.

The unholy alliance of the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, and their occasional accomplice, Turkey under Erdogan, has orchestrated one of the most destructive calamities in modern history: the deliberate devastation of Syria.

This reckless, hubristic intervention—thinly veiled as a mission for "democracy" and "stability"—has not only obliterated a nation but has set the stage for a cascading series of disasters that will reverberate across the Middle East, Europe, and ultimately accelerate the decline of Western hegemony.

A Calculated Assault on Sovereignty

From the beginning, Syria’s destruction was no accident.

The U.S., driven by its insatiable appetite for control, partnered with Israel, ever eager to eliminate resistance in its neighborhood, and the UK, nostalgic for its imperial days of meddling in the region.

Under the guise of supporting "moderate rebels," this coalition funneled billions of dollars, arms, and propaganda to jihadist factions that unleashed unrelenting chaos on Syria.

The result? A once-prosperous nation reduced to rubble, its people displaced, and its sovereignty trampled.

Let’s not pretend this was about humanitarianism. The goal was clear: to dismantle a government that stood as a bulwark against Western and Israeli dominance in the region.

By backing extremist proxies and fueling sectarian divisions, the Axis of Evil—for that is what they truly are—deliberately destabilized Syria, hoping to turn it into another failed state ripe for exploitation.

The Erdogan Factor: Turkey’s Costly Gamble

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, blinded by visions of neo-Ottoman grandeur, played a key role in this debacle.

By allowing his borders to serve as conduits for jihadists and weapons, Erdogan gambled with his country’s future.

Turkey’s complicity will not only backfire but leave it vulnerable to the very chaos it helped unleash.

Refugee crises will increase, economic strain, and growing regional isolation now will haunt Erdogan’s regime, underscoring the shortsightedness of his strategy.

Moreover, Erdogan’s betrayal of Syria—a nation that was once an ally—has further alienated Ankara from its neighbors.

The Kurdish question, fueled by the power vacuum in northern Syria, now poses an existential threat to Turkey’s territorial integrity.

Erdogan’s dreams of dominance have instead sown the seeds of instability that will plague his nation for decades.

Catastrophic Ripple Effects

The consequences of this reckless campaign extend far beyond Syria. The refugee crisis will intensify and strain Europe to its breaking point, fueling political extremism and eroding the European Union’s cohesion.

Meanwhile, the Middle East has become even greater tinderbox of proxy wars, with Iran, Russia, and China stepping in again to fill the void left by Western incompetence.

The U.S. and its allies have unwittingly strengthened their geopolitical rivals, accelerating the multipolar world they so desperately sought to prevent.

As for Israel, its shortsighted strategy of weakening neighboring states will only deepen its isolation and fuel resentment.

The West’s blind support for such aggression further delegitimizes its claims of moral authority on the global stage.

The Decline of Western Hegemony

This calamity has also laid bare the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of Western powers. The narrative of "human rights" and "democracy promotion" has been exposed as nothing more than a cynical pretext for imperialism.

The world watches as the U.S., UK, and Israel flounder in their hubris, their actions sowing the seeds of their own downfall.

The Middle East’s turmoil is no longer confined to its borders. The West, weakened by its own overreach and internal divisions, is ill-equipped to handle the blowback.

Economic crises, political fragmentation, and the erosion of global influence are now the hallmarks of a fading empire.

Lessons Unlearned, Consequences Unfolding

The destruction of Syria stands as a testament to the catastrophic consequences of arrogance and greed.

The Axis of Evil has made the gravest miscalculation of our time, one that will haunt the world for generations. The Middle East will not forget.

The displaced millions will not forgive. And history will judge the U.S., Israel, the UK, and Erdogan’s Turkey as architects of a tragedy that reshaped the world—to their own detriment.

Their recklessness has not just failed; it has ensured their decline. The question is not if, but when, the tides of history will sweep away these architects of chaos.

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The Israeli invasion on Sunday appears to have been in preparation for some time.

Only one week before the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham offensive was launched, Israeli media reported that the chief of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret police, had been in Turkey for a meeting with the head of a Turkish intelligence agency.

Also one week before the offensive, Israel began new illegal construction in the demilitarized zone between the Syrian-controlled and the Israeli-occupied sectors of the Golan Heights in violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement.

According to UNDOF, the United Nations peacekeeping force which monitors the ceasefire, these were “severe violations.”

Syrians, regardless of their political outlook, will want to see their country back on its feet, united and independent as soon as possible. No supporter of Palestinian liberation has anything to fear from a truly sovereign Syria.

That is precisely why there are many powerful outside forces, principally Israel and the United States, who want Syria to remain weak and become subservient to their agenda. If division, dependency and chaos are the only ways to achieve that, then that is what they will foster and foment.

Israel, for its part, is wasting no time capitalizing on the tumultuous and historic events to seize more land and consolidate its genocidal grip on the region.

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The reservists, all from the 226th Brigade, have been named as Maj. (res.) Evgeny Zinershain, 43, from Zichron Yaakov; Capt. (res.) Sagi Ya'akov Rubinshtein, 31, from Lavi; Master Sgt. (res.) Binyamin Destaw Negose, 28, from Beit Shemesh; and Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Erez Ben Efraim, 25, from Ramat Gan.

The army is investigating whether the building was booby-trapped by a different IDF unit before the four entered it, or if the explosion was the result of an "operational accident."

According to the IDF, the reservists were on a reconnaissance mission that involved completing engineering tasks in an area the IDF had operated in multiple times before. As part of their mission, they entered an underground basement where weapons were discovered. The explosion occurred while they were attempting to clear the room.

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This recent setback in Syria, which is harmful for the world movement, did not begin just a few weeks ago. It is rooted in over 13 years of [neo]imperialist attacks on this sovereign country.

After the U.S. backed and funded mercenaries and terrorist forces in 2011, whose all-out effort aimed to destroy Syria, the Syrian Arab Army was able to regroup and fought back heroically. At great cost it was able to retake the major cities of Syria, including Aleppo, which is 217 miles from the Turkish border. But the conflict to regain full control of Syria was frozen for years.

U.S. / Turkish mercenary and terrorist forces maintained control of one-third of Syrian territory. This included the oil-rich and agricultural base of Syria. Armies of terrorist forces, enemies of Damascus, were paid, trained and fully outfitted in Türkiye and Jordan.

U.S. [neo]imperialism bragged for years that they were able to maintain the political and especially economic isolation of Syria through sanctions and the complete denial of all reconstruction aid for Syria. Meanwhile, Washington supplied ample funds for reconstruction in U.S- controlled regions.

These deadly sanctions, another act of war, were an attempt by the U.S. to deny vital services, to starve the population and to hollow out the Syrian economy until it collapsed.

The worldwide anti-imperialist movement must keep the bigger picture in mind. This is a moment to uplift, salute and remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in Syria, who for decades and against all odds held firm against [neo]imperialist domination.

The global struggle has many fronts, including in occupied Palestine, Syria and the rest of West Asia. Because [neo]imperialism has no solutions to any crisis, we remain confident that the struggle will regroup and break forth again at a higher level.

Nothing is final in class struggle, except that it will continue until [neo]imperialism is finally defeated on a global scale. The temporary setback in Syria shows that a battle may be lost but not the war.

Hands off Syria! U.S. out of West Asia!

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When two young American Jews raised to support Israel unconditionally witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, it changes their lives. They join a movement of young American Jews campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel and reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. Israelism sparked huge debate on American campuses even before the events of October 7, 2023.

It follows Simone Zimmerman, who visited Israel as a teenager, and Eitan who joined the Israeli army after graduating from high school as they discover the reality for Palestinians and radically revise their views. It includes interviews with academics and political activists, including Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Lara Friedman and a former director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman.

Contributors suggest the narrative that young American Jews are fed almost entirely erases the existence of the Palestinians through education and advocacy, sometimes involving groups that organise free trips to Israel partially funded by the Israeli government.

This film describes how influential this narrative is in shaping attitudes to Israel, not just in the United States but across the world.

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On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the Israeli army committed 38 violations of the agreement.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israel will withdraw its forces south of the Blue Line de facto border in a phased manner, while the Lebanese army will deploy its forces in southern Lebanon within 60 days.

Implementation of the agreement is to be overseen by the U.S. and France, but details on enforcement mechanisms remain unclear.

More than 3,960 people were killed and more than 16,500 injured in Israeli attacks in Lebanon and over 1 million displaced since October last year, according to Lebanese health authorities.

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The Israeli occupation army threatened to target Lebanese citizens located south of the villages of Shebaa, Hebbariyah, Marjaayoun, Arnoun, Yohmor, Qantara, Chaqra, Baraachit, Yater and Mansouri in southern Lebanon. The occupation told residents not to go south of the villages “until further notice,” warning that anyone going south of these villages “puts themselves in danger,” in a statement issued by the occupation forces.

The occupation army asked the residents of 64 villages in southern Lebanon not to return.

This comes as the Lebanese army confirmed on Thursday that Israel violated the ceasefire agreement several times on Wednesday and Thursday, confirming in a statement: “On November 27 and 28, after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli enemy violated the agreement several times.”

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[T]he Axis of Resistance — which includes the united armed resistance groups in Palestine, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Ansarallah in Yemen and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — has dealt a major blow to Israel and its [neo]imperialist supporters.

Hezbollah, the Palestinian Resistance and other forces in the Axis of Resistance have, time after time, hit bases, tanks and gatherings of the […] Occupation Forces with rockets and drones. Attempts at a ground invasion of Lebanon have been rebuffed by Hezbollah, which recently hit Netanyahu’s residence with flares.

Ansarallah has hit ships bound for Israel. “The combination of wide-area surveillance, close-in target shadowing and terminal guidance has allowed the Houthis to achieve some impressive feats of marksmanship, such as an apparent near-miss on a U.S. aircraft carrier,” said Michael Knights, referring to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, almost hit in June. (nationalinterest.org, Nov. 2)

IOF morale is at an all-time low, and as casualties among its soldiers mount, Israel is having to employ mercenaries. Zionist settlers are leaving […] in record numbers, and Israel’s economy is in shambles. The settler-colonial project is in jeopardy.

Why? To quote the Popular Resistance Committees: “Our people, their resistance and the axis of resistance will continue with steadfastness and determination until the aggression is broken and the fascist zionist project targeting the entire nation is defeated and crushed.” (Resistance News Network, Nov. 16)

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The Islamic Republic of Iran considers itself entitled and obliged to defend itself against foreign acts of aggression, based on its inherent right of legitimate defense, which is also reflected in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

The Islamic Republic of Iran will use all the material and spiritual capabilities of the Iranian nation to defend its security and vital interests.

Undoubtedly, the continuation of the occupation, illegal actions and crimes of the Zionist régime in the region, especially the genocide of the Palestinian people and aggression against Lebanon — which has continued in the shadow of the all-around military and political support of the United States and some other western countries — is the main cause of tension and insecurity in the area.

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