Lebanon

Posted by: John Phoenix Ceasefire in Lebanon starts after Israeli Dastard Attacks. But Iran is Ready to Hit Zionist Regime November 27, 2024 At least six people have been killed after Israeli warplanes carried out a string of airstrikes against several border crossings between Syria and Lebanon. “The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of Lebanese territory at 00:05 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2105 GMT Tuesday), targeting border crossings between Syria and Lebanon,” reported Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military source. The source added, “The aggression killed six people, including two soldiers while the rest were civilians, and injured 12 others, including children, women and Syrian Arab Red Crescent workers.” Israel...

Posted by: John Phoenix The whole of progressive humanity is mourning the death of Hassan Nasrallah, a brilliant and intrepid fighter against imperialism, who led the organisation of which he was General Secretary – Hezbollah – as it stood indomitable and often alone in the Arab world in mounting armed resistance to Israel, the racist colonial state imposed and maintained by Western imperialism on the Middle East. A deeply religious Shia Muslim, Nasrallah first came into politics to struggle against the marginalisation of the Shia community in Lebanon. In the Lebanese civil war between Christian Maronites and Muslims, he joined and fought with Amal (the Movement of the Deprived) that had been founded in 1974 by his mentor Sadr. In 1982 Israel invaded Lebanon with a view t...