Recommendable! Why can the Kurdish people not be given some autonomy like in federalism?
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
U.S. Proposes $5 Billion to Kickstart Fund to Rebuild Gulf Energy Sites
Good news! This is fast!
"The Trump administration has proposed investing $5 billion in a new fund that would help Middle East countries rebuild energy infrastructure battered in the Iran war and reduce their reliance on the Strait of Hormuz to transport oil and gas, according to U.S. and Middle Eastern officials and documents seen by The Wall Street Journal. ..."
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Ahmed al-Sharaa diverting Syrian funds to build up military forces, weapon systems
How bad is it really? I have some doubts about this story!
"Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been diverting most of the country's resources, from tax revenues to international aid, toward building a large standing army and acquiring weapons systems, according to Israeli security assessments.
Instead of investing in infrastructure, rebuilding the country, or improving the welfare of civilians who suffered through 15 years of war, the extremist regime [???] is focusing on an arms buildup while working to conceal its military expansion strategy. The development is raising concern and red flags within the intelligence community. ...
A future confrontation is only a matter of time, security sources assess."
Sharaa secretly building up Syrian military, raising red flags in Israeli security community diverting Syrian funds to build up military forces, weapon systems | The Jerusalem Post "Instead of investing in infrastructure, rebuilding the country, or improving the welfare of civilians who suffered through 15 years of war, the extremist regime is focusing on an arms buildup."
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Could Palestinian pharma companies supply Israel? Time to test it
Good news!
"More than three decades ago, the Oslo framework identified pharmaceuticals as one area for Israeli-Palestinian industrial cooperation. That idea is worth revisiting today, not because economic cooperation can resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but because there may be a narrower economic opportunity that has never been seriously tested.
Palestinian pharmaceutical manufacturers already produce medicines at meaningful industrial scale. Israel, meanwhile, is a nearby pharmaceutical market that purchases large volumes of generic medicines. The question is whether qualified Palestinian manufacturers could supply selected products to Israeli purchasers safely, reliably and at a competitive total cost. ..."
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The Yemeni Houthis are about 350,000 strong!
I bet you did not know that!
Why this fact so rarely mentioned in Western news media is strange to say the least!
Who allowed this terrorist group to become so strong?
How much money and support is Iran giving the to Houthis?
"The group's manpower can be broken down into three main categories:
Core Militants and Veteran Troops: The group maintains a core faction of 20,000 to 40,000 highly trained, war-hardened militants. This core is heavily augmented by formal army units and commanders who remained in northern Yemen following the country's civil fragmentation, giving the Houthis access to professional military expertise.
Active Standing Army: According to official administrative records in Sana'a and independent intelligence reports from the Middle East Institute, the Houthis command an active-duty and affiliated force of over 200,000 soldiers divided across seven military regions.
Massive Recent Mobilization: The Houthis capitalized heavily on public sentiments regarding the Gaza conflict and reactions to Western airstrikes in the Red Sea. This allowed them to conduct a massive recruitment drive, ballooning their total roster to 350,000 personnel.
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Friday, September 11, 2026
'That's Your Problem': Trump Ditches MBS As Houthis Rain Bombs On Saudi Arabia
Recommendable, but bad news! I hope the report is largely wrong as fas as President Trump is concerned!
Where are the coward European powers when you need them!
Friday, September 04, 2026
US To Sell 10,000 General-Purpose Bombs and precision guidance kits at $5 billion To Saudi Arabia
Good news! Make the mullahs in Iran and their terrorist proxies sweat!
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) clears Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon near border to Israel after lengthy operation
Good news! What did the Lebanese government do about these hostile acts committed by terrorist for about two decades?
"The IDF announced on Thursday that it had completed the clearance of two Hezbollah underground infrastructures on the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon and that forces are now working to neutralize them.
According to the military, the infrastructures were built over a period of about two decades and were planned and funded by Iran. ..."
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Defense News ranks 3 Israeli companies in world’s top 30
Good news!
"Israel’s three biggest defense companies - Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Systems (IAI) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems - have been ranked for the first time among the world’s 30 biggest defense companies, in terms of revenue from defense products, according to the latest 2026 "Defense News" rankings of the world’s top 100 defense firms. ..."
Most Israeli desalination plants shut down again, water restrictions continue since Monday
Bad news! Desalination is salvation (when it works)!
The article does not mention whether any sabotage or cyber attacks were involved.
"Most of Israel's desalination facilities were shut down on Tuesday morning after operating overnight, following another increase in seawater turbidity, the Water Authority and Energy and Infrastructure Ministry said Tuesday. ...
Widespread malfunctions at desalination facilities began on Monday
The impact of a widespread malfunction at Israel’s desalination facilities reached central Israel on Monday ...
The warnings came amid an unusual disruption to Israel’s national water network, after five of the country’s six desalination facilities were forced to shut down.
According to Water Authority Director-General Yehezkel Lifshitz, severe seawater turbidity that began over the weekend and moved from south to north has ..."
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
King Abdullah of Jordan Predicted Iran’s Two Decades Of Expansionism in 2004. Really!
Is the King of Jordan (since 1999, age 64) out of touch with reality?
First of all, Saddam Hussein of Iraq was a menace like Ayatollah Khomeini and the theocratic dictatorship in Iran. Two evil regimes side by side. So if the king of Jordan argues that the US "upended the regional balance of power" is disingenuous at best!
That the Iraqi people and other Arab countries (like Jordan) were unable or failed to establish a robust democracy in Iraq to counter rogue regimes like Iran after the fall of Hussein is there fault!
Caveat I did not read the whole article.
King Abdullah
Sunday, August 23, 2026
German University of Technology in Oman since 2007
Amazing stuff! I did not know or forgot there was such a thing as GUtech in Oman!
It appears to be affiliated with the RWTH (Rheinisch-westfälische Technische Hochschule).
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Time For India's electronic payment system UPI in Qatar
Good news! Impressive!
"The Indian diaspora in Qatar is the largest foreign community in the country, numbering approximately 830,491 people according to official figures from the Ministry of External Affairs India." (Google Search)
"Qatar's total population is approximately 3.18 million people" (Google Search)
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Syria Takes Hmeimim & Tartus military Bases Back From Russia
Good news! Very recommendable! This is huge!
Turkey has taken a major step toward ending its four-decade conflict with Kurdish separatists
Good, but older news! Blessed are the peacemakers!
Maybe the first step towards more autonomy for the Kurdish people.
I personally remember having met Kurdish refugees several decades ago in my hometown Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
"Turkish lawmakers approved conditional amnesties for members of a Kurdish separatist group in an attempt to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies.
The law, which parliament passed late Monday, calls for the full disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, commonly known as the PKK, and suspends the sentences of some of its former militants. The group’s armed, four-decade insurrection against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s second-largest army has left tens of thousands of people dead across Turkey, Iraq and Syria, most of them Kurds."
"... Amounting to a de-facto peace accord, the historic settlement represents a definitive step by Ankara to build on a ceasefire that began after the PKK agreed to lay down its arms more than a year ago. ..."
Friday, August 14, 2026
Iraqi federal government is considering using force to disarm Iranian-backed Iraqi militias if they fail to disarm by September 30
Good news! What took so long!
"... Iraqi sources told Saudi media on August 12 that the Iraqi federal government has a plan to deploy Iraqi Army, Counter Terrorism Service, and other “elite” units around Iraqi militia operation centers to restrict the militias’ freedom of movement and supplies after the September 30 disarmament deadline."
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