Al Mayadeen | June 11, 2026
Israeli occupation forces launched a series of airstrikes and artillery attacks on southern Lebanon, according to local reports, despite an ongoing so-called “ceasefire” between Lebanon and the Israeli government.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that Israeli warplanes struck the villages of al-Suwwaneh, Khirbet Selem, Kfratebnit, and Deir Kifa. Additional strikes targeted the area between Sojod and al-Rayhan, with four separate raids reported in the area.
In the town of Al-Shahabiyah, an Israeli drone strike hit near a health authority facility. Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelled the towns of Qlaileh, Touline, and the outskirts of Kfar Chouba.
Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike targeting the village of Habboush in the Nabatieh governorate. Later, Haboush was struck again, this time targeting a motorcycle on the main road.
At approximately 5:00 am, an Israeli drone carried out two strikes targeting a room inside a house and a car parked in front of the residence in the al-Maqasid neighborhood of Nabatieh. No casualties were reported from those strikes.
In western Bekaa, a drone strike was launched near the town of Mashghara. Two additional drone strikes hit the town of Sohmor, followed by three more strikes on the plain of Mashghara and the orchards area, bringing the total number of strikes to 6.
Many citizens were killed and wounded in the said attacks, with relevant information pending the Health Ministry’s report.
The Lebanese Army Command’s Directorate of Guidance reported that a specialized army unit successfully dismantled an unexploded, guided aerial bomb left behind from previous Israeli attacks. The device was found inside a water treatment plant in the Ibl al-Saqi area near Marj’youn. The bomb was transported to a secure location for further action. … Full article
The Cradle | June 11, 2026
On 10 June, Israeli occupation forces abducted a municipal councilor and a municipal worker from the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Shuba who were operating a water pump on the outskirts of the village, taking them to an undisclosed location.
“An Israeli patrol took away Kfarshuba municipal council member Mohammad Hassan al-Hajj and worker Ahmad Salah Diab, taking them to an unknown location,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said.
“The two men were working to pump water to the town of Kfar Shuba when the Israeli patrol stopped them and took them away,” it said.
The kidnapping comes after Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for the abduction of Lebanese civilians – explicitly targeting women and children – during a cabinet meeting on 9 June as a way to cripple the morale of resistance fighters resisting Israeli invasion.
According to reports from the Jerusalem Post, Ben Gvir advocated for “thinking outside the box” by “arresting their women and youth and taking them to terrorist prisons” to exert pressure on Hezbollah, arguing that targeting family members is “what hurts them the most.” … Full article
Press TV – June 11, 2026
Three Indian sailors who were reported missing have been killed after the US military struck a tanker in the Sea of Oman earlier this week.
The Palau-flagged MT Settebello came under attack on Wednesday after the US military accused it of not complying with “directions from American forces.”
There were 24 Indian crew members on board, 21 of whom were rescued.
“It is deeply unfortunate to learn of the tragic incident aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. Sadly, three Indian seafarers initially reported missing are now confirmed dead after two bodies were recovered,” India’s Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal wrote in a post on X on Thursday. … Full article
By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | June 11, 2026
During the Ramadan War earlier this year, Yemen’s Ansarallah’s role was notably limited – a move that is now turning out to have been strategic. The Yemeni Armed Forces now have the potential to tighten the noose of the global economy if the US-Israeli-UAE alliance seeks to escalate its war of aggression regionally. … continue
RT | June 11, 2026
Three civilians have been injured by an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said.
Debris from an intercepted UAV sparked a fire at an apartment block in the city of Krasnodar, injuring two people, Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. Several private homes were also damaged and one person injured in the Seversky district of the region, Kondratyev added.
The Krasnodar regional operational headquarters released footage showing the aftermath of the attack. A video and photos posted on the agency’s Telegram channel show damage to the facade of the residential block, shattered windows, and the aftermath of fires in two apartments.
In total, 330 Ukrainian drones were shot down across Russia overnight as the country came under another large-scale Ukrainian aerial raid, the Defense Ministry reported. The interceptions took place over Moscow, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Orel, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula regions, as well as over the Crimean Peninsula, the ministry said. … Full article
In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union (i.e., Russia) came within an inch of all-out nuclear war with each other. To resolve the crisis, President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev entered into an agreement in which the United States agreed not to invade Cuba in return for Russia’s decision to withdraw nuclear missiles it had installed in Cuba.
For more than 50 years, both Russia and the United States have complied with that agreement. Russia has never re-installed nuclear missiles into Cuba. In turn, the United States has never re-invaded Cuba.
Given President Trump’s recent acts of aggression against Cuba, the question naturally arises: Will Trump and the US national-security establishment break the commitment that President Kennedy made by initiating another military invasion of Cuba? … continue
The Cradle | June 10, 2026
On 7 June, Central London County Court Judge Alan Johns authorized German insurance multinational Allianz, the insurer for Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems, to proceed with a civil lawsuit against a group of pro-Palestine activists seeking nearly $400,000 in damages.
The judge dismissed the defendants’ petition to pause the corporate litigation until their criminal proceedings conclude.
The activists, identified as the Allianz6, were involved in demonstrations at Allianz offices in London and Guildford during 2024 and 2025, in which they occupied the buildings and applied water-soluble red paint to the exteriors.
Allianz was targeted by pro-Palestine activists due to its financial and insurance ties to Elbit Systems UK – the British subsidiary of Israel’s largest arms manufacturer.
According to reporting from Middle East Eye (MEE), the insurance company claims these actions resulted in physical damages exceeding $100,000.
The legal conflict intensified after the defendants requested a stay on the civil proceedings.
In response, Allianz increased its financial demands by adding another £200,000 ($267,909) in so-called “symbolic damages,” with the firm citing “reputational damage and commercial embarrassment” as the basis for the increase, alleging the activists forced the closure of each office for one day.
The total claim now stands at £289,604 (around $387,938) plus legal costs, with the activists describing this additional sum as a “protest license fee.”
Seren John-Wood, a community worker and one of the defendants, told MEE that the strategy of moving the case into civil court is a calculated effort to avoid juries.
While criminal courts in the UK have frequently acquitted pro-Palestine campaigners, civil cases are decided by judges using a lower standard of proof. … Full article
IMEMC | June 10, 2026
Eight Palestinians were killed in the occupied Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Gaza Ministry of Health said Tuesday, raising the death toll from Israel’s ongoing assault since October 2023 to 72,988, amid continued Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire that took effect on 10 October 2025.
The Ministry of Health reported 34 injuries during the same period and noted that additional victims remain under the rubble and on roadways, where ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.
A Palestinian child, Malak Abdullah Qaddoum, succumbed to the serious wounds she sustained two days earlier when Israeli forces bombarded an area west of Gaza City, an attack that instantly killed her father and her sister.
Since the ceasefire began, the Ministry of Health has documented 978 Palestinians killed and 3,097 injured, with 782 bodies recovered from destroyed areas.
The ministry also said Israeli forces abducted seven paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) while they were passing through a military roadblock on Salahuddin Street in central Gaza. Five were later released after interrogation, while two remain in Israeli custody.
The ministry condemned the abductions, stating that targeting medical teams violates international humanitarian law and obstructs lifesaving services.
Separately, the Fishermen’s Committees in Gaza reported that Israeli naval forces abducted nine fishermen on Tuesday while they were working off the coasts of Gaza City and Deir al‑Balah. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – June 11, 2026
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Israeli police forces on Wednesday demolished a Palestinian home in the Beit Hanina al-Tahta neighborhood north of Occupied East Jerusalem, leaving an entire family homeless.
Local sources said Israeli troops, accompanied by heavy machinery, raided the area and demolished the approximately 1,076-square-foot (100-square-meter) home of Mahmoud Mleihat.
The house was home to 10 members of the Mleihat family, including a person with disabilities, all of whom were displaced as a result of the demolition. … Full article
MEMO | June 10, 2026
A new video released on Tuesday by the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights B’Tselem shows an Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian baby, aged seven months, while he was in his mother’s arms in Hebron, southern West Bank, four days ago.
B’Tselem said it obtained footage showing the shooting of the Abu Hikal family, which killed baby Sam Abu Hikal and injured his parents.
The video clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing down to stop, while still at a distance from the soldiers and posing no threat.
It also shows the father holding the child and trying to stop the bleeding from his head, while the mother, who was also hit while carrying her son, sits on the road next to the family car.
B’Tselem added that the incident happened on Friday, 5th June, as the Palestinian family was returning from a family visit in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of Hebron.
The shooting occurred after the father, driving the car, saw soldiers on the road and slowed down.
International Solidarity Movement | June 10, 2026
18 year old Hussein has been held in Israel’s prison camps for over two months without charge or trial. He is a shepherd from the Khirbet Makhoul community in the north Jordan Valley of the Occupied West Bank.
On April 10th, 2026 Hussein was on his way to sell cheese from his family’s farm when he was stopped and abducted by occupation forces, who later claimed he had a knife and head covering in his car.
However, as anyone who knows Hussein can attest, and as Hussein explained to the court, Hussein wears a head covering to protect himself from the sun while grazing his herd and needs the knife for farm work – such as cutting open bales of hay.
At a hearing to extend his captivity, the occupation court accepted Hussein’s reasoning and ordered his release on bail.
The occupation forces appealed the court’s decision, and three days later the court rejected the military’s request and once again ordered Hussein’s release. The family paid his bail, and his lawyer began preparations for his release, but the occupation forces refused to release him against the orders of their own court.
Forcing another hearing without Hussein’s lawyer of choice, they extended his detention for another six days so that they could obtain an ‘administrative detention’ order from the military courts.
Hussein is now under administrative detention in what is widely regarded as Israel’s torture camp prison system. … continue
IMEMC | June 10, 2026
Israeli forces injured a Palestinian woman on Wednesday, after ramming her vehicle in the town of Kfeirat, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, a military vehicle ran over a Palestinian teenager, causing injuries.
Media sources reported that an Israeli military vehicle rammed into a civilian vehicle, causing a 35-year-old woman to sustain a dislocated shoulder near the town of Kfeirat.
She was transported to the Jenin Governmental Hospital in Jenin for treatment.
Meanwhile, occupation forces ran over a Palestinian young man on Wednesday afternoon, after storming the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that an 18-year-old Palestinian suffered moderate injuries after he was run over by a military jeep in the center of Aqraba town.
It added that Israeli soldiers obstructed ambulance crews from reaching the wounded young man, before they were able to transport the victim to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus city.
The UK, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway have imposed sanctions on networks that collaborate with settler violence in the occupied West Bank
By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | June 10, 2026
… Targeting settlers with sanctions simply encourages Israel to provide more impunity for those doing its work on the ground, while the Israeli government continues with settlement construction.
As the Commission of Inquiry’s report shows, Israel cannot be discussed separately from settler violence. … Read full article
The Cradle | June 10, 2026
On June 9, extremist Israeli settler groups launched a coordinated arson attack on the historic Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, torching agricultural fields east of Ramallah as part of a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing.
The violence against the 3,000-year-old village intensified following the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost in the immediate vicinity, as local residents of Taybeh face persistent encroachment and assaults by Israeli settlers whose stated objective is to seize the area’s rich pastoral lands.
This ongoing attempted annexation has placed the community under significant pressure as it attempts to maintain its agricultural and pastoral way of life under constant violent harassment.
This latest assault follows previous instances of settler-led violence specifically targeting the historic Church of Saint George, a landmark of significant religious and cultural importance within the village. … continue
MEMO | June 10, 2026
Christian religious leaders in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre have called for urgent international action to prevent an attack on the city’s Christian quarter after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings covering the coastal area.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, senior church leaders appealed to the international community and Lebanese authorities to intervene amid growing fears that military operations could expand into parts of the city that have so far avoided direct attacks.
The appeal was signed by Archbishop George Iskandar of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Elias Kfoury of the Greek Orthodox Church of Tyre and Sidon, and Maronite Archbishop Charbel Abdullah.
Their statement came after Israeli evacuation warnings prompted hundreds of residents to flee the Christian quarter, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.
Civil defence teams were deployed to assist elderly residents and facilitate evacuations to what authorities described as safer areas.
The warning followed a series of attacks on nearby neighbourhoods that Lebanese officials said killed eight people and wounded dozens of others.
Scenes of displacement unfolded across the city as residents loaded vehicles with mattresses, luggage and household belongings before joining long lines of traffic along the coastal highway.
Witnesses described severe congestion as families attempted to leave the area. … Full article
Press TV – June 10, 2026
India has summoned a senior US diplomat and lodged a strong protest following a strike on a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman that sent three Indian crewmembers missing.
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) handed over a demarche to US Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks during a 30-minute meeting at its headquarters in New Delhi after Wednesday’s attack on the Palau-flagged vessel “Settebello,” which had 24 Indian crewmembers on board.
According to the MEA, 21 of the crewmembers have been rescued, while three remain missing. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | June 10, 2026
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna has issued a sharp rebuke of the latest International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors’ resolution, rejecting its call on Tehran to declare its uranium stocks and denouncing the move as a politically motivated act unworthy of a technical body.
The mission said the measure was “another political resolution” adopted through a “shaky vote,” saying it falls well short of the standards expected of an agency tasked with technical oversight of nuclear affairs.
The US-backed resolution, passed on Wednesday, calls on Tehran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and allow inspectors to verify them. Submitted by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, it cleared the 35-nation board with 21 votes in favor, three against, and 10 abstentions. Russia, China, and Niger cast the three opposing votes, while Venezuela was barred from taking part. … continue
By Hadi Zaarour | The Cradle | June 10, 2026
A question many strategists and military planners have floated in recent months is whether the US or Israel could, or would, use a nuclear weapon against Iran.
Since the latest US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic erupted, some have brushed the idea aside as too extreme to be taken seriously. Others, however, have treated it as a real option, even if only through the use of a so-called tactical nuclear weapon – a smaller-yield device designed to devastate a more limited area while still crossing the nuclear threshold.
One point should be beyond dispute: the question is no longer whether the US or Israel can strike Iran with a nuclear weapon. They can. The more important question is whether anyone in power is reckless enough to believe such an act would solve a strategic problem rather than set the world on fire. … continue
Press TV – June 10, 2026
Donald Trump is at it again. The same megalomaniac who once threatened to annihilate Iranian civilization has switched back to the tired script: demand capitulation, impose an artificial deadline, and vow cataclysmic violence if the other side refuses to bend.
His latest threat of a “harsh attack” on Iran, framed as punishment for delaying a war-ending deal, is the shrill, panicked whistle of a political machine running out of steam. […]
Here lies the fatal flaw in Trump’s calculus: he assumes time is an American weapon. Just last week, his administration argued that “time works in America’s favor.”
Yet within seven days, he was screaming about delays and threatening war. This contradiction smacks of desperation and panic. It betrays a realization that Washington has recalculated the odds and discovered that in a war of endurance, Iran wins hands down.
Consider the dynamics of the current ceasefire. The status quo – a tense, prolonged truce with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to hostile vessels – does not benefit the United States, but Iran. Every day that passes without full-scale war, while the US fails to reopen the strategic waterway on its own terms, is a day that consolidates Iran’s position.
Following the recent Israeli attack on Dahiyeh, when Iran struck back, the US and the Israeli regime were forced to retreat from their planned aggression. They blinked, immediately. This transforms the field dynamics. It proves that the old equation, where the US could strike with impunity while Iran absorbed the blows, is effectively dead.
A new equation is being written. Any aggression, no matter how limited, will be met with a decisive, escalatory response from the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is not a deterrent built on parity but a deterrent forged from pure, unadulterated resolve. … Read full article
Al Mayadeen | June 10, 2026
Preliminary data, satellite imagery assessments, and information from Iranian security services point to the success of Iran’s large-scale military operation that was carried out at dawn Wednesday, Fars News Agency reported, citing an informed military source.
According to the source, Iran’s Air and Missile Forces successfully struck 70% of the designated military targets with high precision, adding that long-range ballistic missiles and drones operated by Iran’s armed forces were able to penetrate air defense systems deployed at US military bases in the region.
Iranian missiles and drones also accurately hit their designated targets at the al-Azraq base in Jordan, the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait, as well as the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, the source stated. … continue
Press TV – June 10, 2026
The managing director of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company says pre-dawn US strikes have completely destroyed critical water infrastructure in the eastern part of the province, leaving more than 20,000 residents without access to drinking water as summer temperatures soar.
Abdolhamid Hamzehpour told local media Wednesday that American terrorist attacks hit the water supply facilities in Sirik county, targeting the distribution network for the town of Kuhestak and 10 villages in the Bemani district.
Hamzehpour detailed that two concrete reservoirs, with capacities of 500 and 2,000 cubic meters, along with their associated mechanical equipment, were demolished in the strikes. The destruction of the facilities has led to a complete halt in water distribution for the affected areas.
“The enemy has precisely targeted the infrastructure linked to the daily livelihood and health of the people,” Hamzehpour said, describing the act as “flagrant terrorism.” … continue
The Cradle | June 9, 2026
Diplomatic efforts to finalize a peace agreement between the US and Iran ran into significant delays due to Israeli violations across West Asia, Pakistani government mediators revealed to Anadolu Agency on 9 June.
US President Donald Trump told reporters in New York on Monday that a settlement could be reached in “two or three days,” yet Pakistani mediators say that such an immediate breakthrough is “unlikely.”
While Trump continues to maintain that a peace deal is close at hand, officials in Islamabad stress that the “situation is complex and has entered a sensitive phase” due to persistent Israeli military aggression in southern Lebanon.
According to sources close to the mediation, the two nations were “inches away” from concluding a temporary truce in late May, only for the momentum to be derailed by the “large-scale” Israeli incursion and the annexation of Lebanese territory. … continue
By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | June 10, 2026
Iran’s ballistic missile response to Israel’s attack on Beirut is a game-changer for the power dynamics of West Asian politics. The ‘Unity of Squares’ concept has officially led to a NATO-style defense pact developing between the members of the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance.
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to strike the southern suburbs of Beirut last Monday, the immediate threat issued by the leadership in Tehran forced him to take a step back. Ultimately, the US and Israel would delay the implementation of the decision to attack the Lebanese Capital, then suffering an overwhelming response that outperformed expectations. … continue
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Iran will not leave any attack or threat unanswered, stressing that the United States has chosen to test what he described as Iran’s resolve despite battlefield losses.
Araghchi affirmed in an X post that the Iranian armed forces would respond to any aggression, signaling a hardened stance amid rising regional tensions.
‘Leave our region if you want to be safe’
Addressing Washington directly, Araghchi warned the United States to withdraw from the region, saying: “Leave our region if you want to be safe.”
He added that the history of the Persian Gulf contains what he described as “dire fates” that befell foreign forces, framing foreign military presence as inherently risky.
The foreign minister’s statement comes after the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had launched strikes on Iran, stating the operation was carried out under orders from the US military leadership and framed as a response to what the US claims is Iran’s downing of an Apache helicopter.
CENTCOM described the strikes as a “proportionate response” to what it called “unprovoked Iranian aggression,” linking the escalation to reports surrounding the incident. However, no independent verification has confirmed the claims.
Press TV – June 10, 2026
Iran’s Armed Forces have launched retaliatory operations against American military targets in the region after fresh American aggression struck several locations in the country’s southern Hormozgan Province.
On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) noted how the “warmongering American regime” had attacked several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the province earlier in the day under the “false pretext” of an American helicopter’s crash.
According to the IRGC, the American strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower in Sirik and destroyed two water reservoirs in the Bemani district of the county. … continue
RT | June 9, 2026
Ukraine should compensate Germany for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the co-leader of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, has said.
German investigators have attributed the explosions, which crippled the pipelines built to transport Russian gas to Germany, to a small group of Ukrainian operatives. The alleged ringleader was extradited to Germany from Italy last autumn.
Moscow has repeatedly questioned Berlin’s account of the attack, arguing that such a sophisticated operation could not have been carried out by a handful of divers in NATO-monitored waters without state backing.
Speaking at a party event on Tuesday, Weidel rejected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s proposal to grant Ukraine associate membership in the European Union, describing the country as a “bottomless pit” that is already heavily reliant on foreign financial assistance.
“Germany has already transferred more than €100 billion to Ukraine over the past four years alone,” she said.
Weidel argued that Kiev should first explain its role in the Nord Stream sabotage. … continue
RT | June 9, 2026
Bulgaria’s new government has announced it will halt weapons deliveries to Ukraine, signaling a major policy shift for the NATO and EU member, which has been supplying arms to Kiev since the escalation of the conflict in 2022.
The conflict cannot be resolved on the battlefield, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters on Tuesday, arguing that Ukraine’s primary challenge is a shortage of personnel rather than weapons.
”What we are witnessing is a war of attrition, and no matter how much weaponry is amassed, its only result is the loss of human lives,” he said, as quoted by AP.
According to Stoyanov, it is time to sit down at the negotiating table “to seek a just peace that is defined by both sides.” … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 9, 2026
Germany and France have reportedly decided to halt plans for a joint next-generation fighter aircraft program after failing to resolve long-standing disagreements between the companies leading the effort, marking a major setback for one of Europe’s most ambitious defense initiatives.
According to officials cited in media reports on Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the future of the project during the EU-Western Balkans summit in Montenegro last week and concluded that there was little chance of overcoming the impasse that has stalled development for months.
German officials said Merz advised Macron to discontinue pursuit of the joint fighter aircraft program.
Macron’s office confirmed that the two leaders had reviewed the issue extensively and expressed disappointment that the project’s principal industrial partners, Airbus, representing Germany and Spain, and Dassault Aviation, had been unable to reach a compromise.
The initiative, valued at roughly €100 billion, was launched in 2017 as the centerpiece of a broader Future Combat Air System intended to provide Europe with a sixth-generation fighter aircraft supported by drones and a secure battlefield networking system. … continue
The US heads a record rise in nuclear arsenal spending, accounting alone for $69.2 billion of the $119 billion spent on nuclear arsenals in 2025 by the world’s nine nuclear-armed states, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
The total represents a 19% increase from 2024, the highest level since ICAN began tracking spending of Russia, China, the US, France, the UK, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel in 2020.
Other major increases included:
- China: 7% increase to $13.5 billion
- United Kingdom: 17% increase to $12.6 billion
- Russia: 6% increase to $9.5 billion
The Dissident | June 9, 2026
Axios has reported that if David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance deal to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of CNN goes through, Zionist genocide denier Bari Weiss, the current editor of CBS News, may now be installed as editor-in-chief of CNN as well.
The report noted that “Paramount has held preliminary conversations with several candidates for a business-side counterpart to CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, according to two sources familiar with the network’s inner workings”, adding, “The search implies that if Paramount Skydance’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery goes through, Weiss would oversee all news editorial across both CBS News and CNN. Her potential counterpart would manage business operations across both companies.” … continue
By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | June 9, 2026
The Israeli government has hired two Hollywood producers, Daniel Rosenberg and Tim Piper, and their production company Piro Inc. to produce pro-Israel propaganda targeting Americans.
According to O’Dwyers, an outlet covering public relations-related news, “Havas Media Germany has hired Piro Inc. to further the digital efforts of the Israel Government Advertising Agency to sway US public opinion”. … continue
Israel will benefit enormously and Americans will bear the burden
By Philip Giraldi | Unz Review | June 7, 2026
There is near certainty that Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2027 will pass through the House of Representatives to become law this coming week after a failed attempt last Thursday in the House Armed Services Committee to pass an amendment to delete it led by Democratic Party Congressman Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie. The NDAA will now be awaiting only the fully expected signature of Israel’s servant President Donald Trump on the Act to become part of the nation’s legislative package that will set the rules and regulations that the nation’s defense will operate under. It will, unfortunately, also set up through Section 224 a “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” that integrates “US-Israeli military research and development, co-production of weapons systems, licensing agreements, AI, directed energy, data integration, and missile defense.” It also creates the framework for “bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of US-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation.” The Director of the “Initiative” will be responsible for the coordination of the work and it is already being suggested that he will be an Israeli. And the funding will come 100% from the US Treasury by way of the budgeted allocation of $1.5 trillion that has been requested for the US military in 2027. … continue
MEMO | June 9, 2026
Israeli forces assaulted children following their incursion into Quneitra in southern Syria on Monday, in the latest violation of the Arab country’s sovereignty, Anadolu agency reported.
Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported that “Israeli occupation forces entered the area west of the town of Al-Rafid in the southern Quneitra countryside, beating four minors, and confiscated their phones.”
Earlier on Sunday, the broadcaster reported that “Israeli occupation forces entered the village of Al-Hurriya in the northern Quneitra countryside with five military vehicles and more than thirty soldiers and searched a number of houses.”
Israeli forces have carried out near-daily incursions and military operations in southern Syria, including raids, checkpoints, house searches, and detentions, according to Syrian media reports. … Full article
Corralling millions of Palestinians into 30% of the former strip is making life there untenable. This is all part of the plan.
By Omar Shaban Ismail | Responsible Statecraft | June 8, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late last month that he had ordered the Israeli military to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip.
Under President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, Israeli forces were required to withdraw to a zone encompassing roughly 50% of Gaza’s territory, demarcated by the so-called Yellow Line, ahead of further withdrawals in the future. Instead of retreating, however, the Israeli army has steadily expanded its area of control, which now stands at roughly 60% of Gaza, while leveling the areas under its occupation to the ground.
Indeed, despite a so-called ceasefire, Israel continues to carry out near daily attacks on Gaza — at least 932 people have been called since the ceasefire was announced — while heavily restricting the entry of aid.
So what does it mean to squeeze more than two million people into 30% of the already tiny Gaza Strip? … continue
GAZA – Gaza’s health ministry has denounced the arrest of seven Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics by the Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning while they were carrying out their humanitarian duties in the Gaza Strip.
The incident occurred as the medical team was passing through a military checkpoint set up by Israeli forces on Salahuddin road, the main artery connecting central and southern Gaza.
The health ministry explained that the arrests took place while the paramedics were carrying out their usual humanitarian duties of rescuing the wounded and transporting patients.
The ministry noted that the seven paramedics were detained and subjected to harsh on-site interrogations before five were later released, adding that two of them remain in custody at an undisclosed location.
The ministry called for immediate international intervention to secure the release of the remaining paramedics and guarantee their safety.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the movement highly valued the Iranian and Yemeni responses to what he described as escalating Israeli aggression against the Lebanese people, saying the stance represented a genuine model of solidarity among the region’s nations in confronting Israeli attacks.
In a press statement on Monday, Qassem said Hamas viewed the position as “the true form of solidarity that should prevail among all components of the nation”. He called on regional forces to regard this level of support and backing as a duty at this stage in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.
Qassem said Hamas had received repeated assurances from Iranian and Yemeni officials that they were seeking to end the war on all fronts, including the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
He added that Iran had provided the movement with political, military and financial support and continued to declare its backing for the Palestinian people and their right to resist, while also supporting efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire.
Qassem said Hamas hoped that the current state of solidarity and direct support would extend to Gaza and that the enclave would remain central to regional efforts linked to ending the war and halting the aggression.
Press TV – June 9, 2026
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the fanatic Israeli minister for security affairs, says the Lebanese women and youth must be kidnapped as a means of exerting pressure on the resistance movement Hezbollah.
He made his proposal during a security cabinet meeting on Tuesday, urging officials to adopt more aggressive measures against the Lebanese group as discussions focused on expanding Israel’s military invasion in Lebanon.
“Let’s start thinking outside the box about Hezbollah,” Ben-Gvir said, adding that conquering territory and killing many Hezbollah fighters, but also abducting their women and youth and taking them to prisons is “what hurts them the most.”
Israeli forces continue to suffer casualties and equipment losses in southern Lebanon.
Several cabinet members reportedly voiced support for intensifying military raids in Lebanon despite a ceasefire announced by the United States earlier this year.
Israeli forces have already kidnapped Lebanese civilians during the aggression, although the exact number remains unclear. … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 9, 2026
Israeli attacks on Masaken al-Shaabiya in Tyre have killed nine civilians and injured 28 others, Lebanon’s Civil Defense reported on Tuesday, as the aggression on Lebanon continues unabated.
Civil Defense had reported the recovery of five injured after fires that broke out due to an Israeli airstrike on the city of Tyre were extinguished, while its teams continue to monitor the ground situation and take necessary measures in accordance with public safety requirements.
Earlier today, “Israel” issued a massive displacement threat targeting the ancient city of Tyre and more than 10 surrounding towns and refugee camps. Under the threat of imminent attacks, tens of thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes.
Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that two civil defense personnel were injured while providing aid to a wounded person following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the town of Al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon.
Israeli attacks also targeted the areas of al-Masaken, Wadi al-Khardali, Aita al-Jabal, Msayleh, Srifa, and Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain. In parallel, Israeli drones continued intensive low-altitude flights over the capital, Beirut, and its suburbs.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health Emergency Operations Center reported that the cumulative toll since the expansion of the Israeli aggression on March 2 through June 8 has risen to 3,637 killed and 11,188 wounded. … Full article
Press TV – June 9, 2026
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stated that Lebanon will accept nothing less than a complete and unconditional ceasefire on land, air and sea, strongly reaffirming the Lebanese resistance’s principled and steadfast position against Israeli aggression.
Berri said on Monday night that only after a full ceasefire takes effect will any discussion on the simultaneous withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from Lebanese soil and Hezbollah forces from areas south of the Litani River begin.
He categorically rejected the Israeli regime’s so-called “test areas” or any piecemeal arrangements.
“What is being called ‘test areas’ is unacceptable to me. We only accept the withdrawal of Israel and the entry of the Lebanese army into the area, simultaneously with the return of all displaced people,” Berri said.
He also underscored Lebanon’s openness to mediation by any country proving the resistance’s flexibility for genuine peace while maintaining its unbreakable red lines against the Israeli aggressor. … continue
The Cradle | June 9, 2026
A “significant number” of Israeli airstrikes against Iran were launched from Jordanian airspace, a military intelligence source revealed to Fars News Agency on 9 June.
The security source also said that Jordanian military helicopters assisted Israel by intercepting Iranian drones and missiles headed toward Israeli territory.
The coordination reportedly included operational and intelligence support from several western European nations operating within Jordan.
According to the source, Israeli jets utilized long-range air-to-surface munitions for these attacks in response to Iran’s recent rapid upgrades to its radar and air defense systems. … continue
By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | June 8, 2026
Iran has fired missiles at Northern Israel after Israel crossed Iran’s red line and began bombing Dahieh in South Beirut.
The Israeli media has claimed that Israel intercepted most Iranian missiles, including missiles fired at Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases.
But what Israel and Western media will not tell you is that Israel yet again issued strict censorship orders, barring journalists from covering any damage that Iranian missiles did to Israeli military facilities. … continue
What “ending aid” actually means
By Steven Simon | Quincy Institute | May 26, 2026
… Israeli officials, including figures associated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have floated the idea that Israel should declare its intention to phase out US military grant aid in the next MOU.
This has been widely reported as a signal of Israeli self-confidence and fiscal strength — a small, wealthy, technologically sophisticated country graduating from dependence on foreign assistance.
The framing is politically effective. It appeals to Israeli nationalists who dislike the stigma of aid. It plays well with American conservatives who support Israel but are skeptical of foreign assistance as a category. And it preempts the traditional left-liberal critique — that US military grants should carry conditions related to Israeli behavior toward Palestinians or its neighbors — by appearing to remove the grant altogether.
But ending aid in this context does not mean ending US financial support for Israel’s military and defense sector. It means changing the institutional form through which that support is delivered. The concept, in effect, is not to reduce support for Israel’s military; it is to shift it from the foreign-operations budget and the State Department’s oversight to the Pentagon’s procurement, research and development, industrial base, and sustainment machinery.
Once that migration is complete, aid in the conventional sense — a grant administered through foreign-assistance legislation, subject to State Department conditions, and debated annually in foreign-policy terms — will largely disappear. In its place will be a web of procurement contracts, co-production arrangements, licensing deals, and sustainment pipelines that are governed by acquisition law, managed by program offices, and justified in the language of US military readiness and industrial capacity.
Israel is not the only US partner with defense-industrial integration. Many allies participate in co-development, co-production, and supply-chain embedding, and US acquisition rules already accommodate procurement from certain allied sources in defined circumstances. What is unusual in Israel’s case is the bundle — scale plus political institutionalization. … Read full brief
MEMO | June 8, 2026
The Israeli army demolished six homes and a carpentry workshop owned by Palestinians across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest demolitions in the occupied territory, Anadolu reports.
Israeli bulldozers razed five Palestinian homes in the town of Barta’a, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, displacing dozens of residents, Barta’a council chief Ghassan Qabha told Anadolu.
He said the demolished structures were part of demolitions targeting 20 homes in the town on claims of lacking building permits. […]
Barta’a is located behind the Israeli separation wall and administratively falls under the Jenin Governorate. Its residents hold Palestinian identity cards.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces brought down a house and a carpentry workshop in Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron.
“Israeli occupation forces stormed Khirbet Qalqas, and demolished our two-story home, which housed five people,” said Abdul Rahman Abu Sneineh, a son of the homeowner.
“Israeli forces also bulldozed the surrounding land and walls, uprooted several fruit trees, and demolished a carpentry workshop in the village,” he added. … Full article
IMEMC | June 8, 2026
Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian and injured two others on Monday during a large‑scale military invasion of the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, where soldiers surrounded a home, fired live rounds, and threatened to demolish the property if a resident they described as “wanted” did not surrender. […]
Journalists attempting to cover the events said soldiers fired live ammunition in their direction, forcing them to retreat from several streets.
Medical sources confirmed that a 14‑year‑old child was injured by shrapnel from live ammunition, while Palestinian Medical Relief crews treated an 18‑year‑old who was also struck by shrapnel. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – June 8, 2026
GAZA – At least six Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were injured in Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday.
According to media sources, a number of civilians were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted an apartment near Barcelona Park in Gaza City’s Tel al‑Hawa neighborhood.
Later on Monday evening, three civilians were killed, including a child, and others were wounded in an Israeli strike on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
In the morning, two Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were wounded when an Israeli airstrike targeted tents sheltering displaced families in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
Another citizen, identified as Mohamed Abu Tair, succumbed to his wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Khan Yunis refugee camp last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Information Center reporter said that the Israeli occupation army launched an artillery attack on areas east of Khan Yunis, while firing flares over the region. He added that Israeli forces also fired smoke grenades near Salahuddin Street at the Bani Suheila rotary east of Khan Yunis, while tanks opened fire towards the eastern areas of Gaza City.
On Sunday evening, four civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City’s an‑Nasr neighborhood.
MEMO | June 8, 2026
“Instead of trying to control the whole world” or “manage” social media, we can control AI, Israeli AI researcher Dr Maya Ackerman has suggested, telling the American Jewish Committee that pro-Israel advocates can go “directly to the companies” developing the technology with “technical and advocacy solutions.” … continue
RT | June 8, 2026
Observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) mission observed numerous issues during Armenia’s controversial parliamentary election on Sunday, including pressure on monitors, opaque military voting, and confusion during ballot counting, a Russian election official has said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who campaigned on a promise to integrate the land-locked post-Soviet nation with the EU, won just under 50% of the vote and is now set to form the next government. Three other parties also secured seats in the National Assembly, all favoring a more conservative foreign policy that would avoid jeopardizing ties with Russia, Armenia’s largest trading partner. … Full article
Sputnik – 08.06.2026
“In some cases, the Prime Minister publicly threatened opposition candidates with investigations and nationalization of their companies,” an OSCE report of “preliminary findings and conclusions” on Sunday’s parliamentary vote in Armenia said.
Other violations by the ruling party highlighted by the 23-page document include:
- Endorsements of Pashinyan by “some prominent EU and US leaders,” which was viewed by most opposition as “external involvement favoring the ruling party”
- “Multiple allegations, some of which it assessed as credible, regarding pressure to attend ruling party campaign rallies”
- “Moreover, several social and economic measures were announced or introduced by the government shortly before the elections, which was widely perceived as benefiting the ruling party”
- “Frequent personal attacks between contestants and inflammatory rhetoric, mainly by the Prime Minister, and in some cases, opposition leaders”
- Arrests of candidates, and “reports describing an environment of fear, with opposition activists being intimidated, investigated or detained”
Monday’s shorter OSCE press release and 47-minute video media briefing omitted most if not all of these details, declaring that “Armenia’s voters were offered a genuine choice against a backdrop of direct foreign pressure and uneven campaign opportunities.”
Press TV – June 8, 2026
A senior Russian diplomat has warned of efforts by the United States to rally support for a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that distorts facts about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, made the remarks on Monday after Reuters reported that the US is lobbying other countries on the IAEA’s Board of Governors to back its draft resolution against Iran. … Full article
Press TV | June 8, 2026
A draft resolution set to be tabled at the June 2026 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors – a copy of which is in the possession of the Press TV website – is another calculated attempt to weaponize the UN nuclear watchdog against Iran and its peaceful nuclear program.
The new resolution – like many other IAEA resolutions in the past – seeks to mount political pressure on Tehran over the unsubstantiated and long-discredited claim of “non-compliance” with ITS nuclear safeguards obligations.
The proposed resolution, titled “Implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of UNSC resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” does nothing more than recycle the same old accusations.
It alleges that Iran has failed to provide the IAEA with full and timely cooperation regarding undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple locations, ignoring the fact that three important Iranian nuclear sites were bombed by the United States and Israel.
Significantly, the draft text refers back to a June 2025 resolution that – without presenting any tangible evidence whatsoever – found Iran in non-compliance with its safeguards obligations under Article XII.C of the IAEA Statute.
That politically driven resolution, history now records, paved the ground for direct and unprovoked Israeli military aggression against Iran days later. The IAEA, by pushing that resolution, effectively became complicit in aggression against a sovereign NPT signatory.
According to the current draft, Iran has failed over the past year to remedy those alleged concerns or provide the access and information requested by the agency. This is a claim Tehran categorically dismisses, pointing out – correctly – that the agency’s demands frequently exceed Iran’s legal obligations under the NPT.
The IAEA, under Western pressure, keeps moving the goalposts – demanding more than the law requires, encouraging Iran’s enemies to impose sanctions and wage wars, refusing to condemn attacks on nuclear facilities, and then dishing out new reports against Iran. … continue
By Trita Parsi | June 8, 2026
It remains unclear whether Iran’s effort to establish a new equation in the region has truly succeeded — an equation in which, for the first time, Iran would directly strike Israel if Israel attacks Lebanon.
What is clear is that recent events suggest the strategic landscape may be shifting. Israel chose to defy President Trump and carry out strikes against Iran. Yet according to both Iranian and American sources, those Israeli attacks appear to have been deliberately calibrated to inflict limited damage, perhaps reflecting U.S. pressure to avoid a broader escalation.
Iran, for its part, responded by striking Israel once more after the Israeli attacks. The full extent of the damage caused by Iran’s two rounds of attacks remains unknown, however, due to extensive Israeli military censorship. As a result, outside observers still lack a complete picture of the military and strategic consequences of these exchanges.
The real test of whether a new regional equation has emerged may not lie in what has already happened, but in what comes next. Specifically: Will Israel strike Beirut again?
Even if it does, Israeli decision-makers will now have to factor in a cost that did not previously exis — the likelihood of a direct Iranian response against Israel. For decades, Israel enjoyed near-complete freedom of maneuver in much of the region. It could bomb targets in Lebanon at will without facing meaningful costs imposed by third parties. That assumption may no longer hold. … continue
Al-Mayadeen | June 8, 2026
The Israeli military failed to achieve its objectives in Lebanon, military analyst Amos Harel wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Harel said that despite “sustained and intensive airstrikes against Hezbollah positions and weapons depots across southern Lebanon, the Israeli military has yet to achieve its operational objectives.”
In Harel’s view, Hezbollah continues to demonstrate an effective and resilient combat capability, particularly through its persistent use of FPV drones, which have repeatedly penetrated Israeli defenses and inflicted casualties, underscoring the limitations of “Israel’s” military campaign.
Addressing attempts by the Israeli authorities to portray limited tactical actions as major successes, Harel stated that efforts to present the destruction of alleged tunnels in the al-Shaqif area as a strategic achievement merely emphasize the difficulties “Israel” faces on the Lebanese front.
He noted that the Israeli military alleged the “destruction of a network of tunnels and Hezbollah command-and-control facilities during its operation at Beaufort Castle, with the disclosure accompanied by leaks from senior political officials.” According to the military, the operation was justified by the site’s symbolic and historical significance, as well as its commanding tactical position overlooking the Nabatieh highlands. Harel, however, argued that the move was being overstated, maintaining that it amounted to a limited tactical operation with localized impact and fell far short of representing a meaningful strategic achievement on the Lebanese front.
Hezbollah stated on June 1 that Israeli occupation forces conducted a short incursion near the al-Shaqif Fortress (Beaufort Castle) following days of shelling, but withdrew without consolidating positions in the area.
On the broader regional front, the Israeli analysis indicated that with the renewed exchange of strikes between “Israel” and Iran, the United States could once again be drawn into the war, a scenario that runs counter to the position publicly articulated by US President Donald Trump in recent weeks. … Full article
By blueapples | Ashes of Acacia | June 8, 2026
For generations, the attack on the USS Liberty by the Israel Defense Forces (”IDF”) has served as a catalyst that shifted the paradigm of how the American public views the United States’ relationship with its supposed “greatest ally.” For the current generation of Americans, Kentucky representative Thomas Massie has been the catalyst that has opened their eyes to the reality of the lengths that Israel will go to in order to shape the governance of the U.S. toward pursuing the Jewish state’s interests instead of those of the American people. Massie’s defeat against Ed Gallrein in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky, like the attack on the USS Liberty, is a distillation of how Israel has subverted the American democratic process, virtually transforming the U.S. into its vassal state. The parallels between the attack on the USS Liberty and the pro-Israel lobby’s assault on Massie make it fitting that the outgoing congressman from Kentucky will be dedicating a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on June 8th, 2026 to honor the memory of the American servicemen who lost their lives aboard the USS Liberty at the hands of IDF.
Massie’s speech before the House of Representatives will fall on the 59th anniversary of the June 8th, 1967, IDF attack on the US Navy technical research ship, which was stationed in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea near the Sinai Peninsula during the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. The USS Liberty was attacked from air and sea by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats during its active signals intelligence-gathering mission. The attack led to the deaths of 34 American servicemen, injuries to 171 others, and severe damage to the vessel, which led to it being decommissioned the following year. … continue
By Humaira Ahad | Press TV | June 8, 2026
… Describing the lethal weapon, US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Brad Cooper said that the PrSM provides the American military with “an unrivalled deep strike capability”.
Each PrSM missile carries 180,000 tungsten pellets. Four missiles mean 720,000 projectiles dispersed over just a small section of Lamerd, a city of only 30,000 people.
That’s the equivalent of 24 tungsten pellets for every man, woman, and child in the city, suggesting that a staggering concentration of firepower was unleashed by the US and Israel on a civilian area. … Read full article
The Cradle | June 8, 2026
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei denied reports alleging that Iran targeted Saudi Arabia on 8 June, cautioning that such claims could be linked to potential “false-flag operations” conducted in Iran’s name.
Baghaei stressed that Tehran publicly takes responsibility for any military action it carries out and noted that no statement had been issued by Iran confirming the reported incident.
He further said Iran has repeatedly warned about the possibility of false-flag operations, claiming that Israel and other actors have previously carried out similar actions, including during the most recent US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic.
His comments came after missile alert sirens were activated in the Saudi city of Al-Kharj, home to Prince Sultan Air Base, a facility long used by US forces, just hours after Israel launched renewed strikes against Iran on Monday morning. … continue
By Salman Rafi Sheikh – New Eastern Outlook – June 8, 2026
Donald Trump’s attempt to tie an Iran peace settlement to a mandatory expansion of the Abraham Accords reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how dramatically the Middle East has changed since the Gaza war and why old diplomatic formulas no longer work. … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 8, 2026
The Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya, the command center for Iran’s armed forces, announced on Monday that a painful response has been delivered to “Israel” and that military operations have been halted for now.
Tasnim News Agency reported citing information available to it that the other side, referring to “Israel” and the United States, requested the ceasefire, emphasizing that Trump openly acknowledged this.
Furthermore, Tasnim reported that Iran agreed to the ceasefire under a new, conditional arrangement, stating that Tehran would resume the confrontation if US-Israeli aggression continued in Beirut and southern Lebanon. … Full article
Press TV – June 8, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted industrial sites deep inside the Israeli-occupied territories with a barrage of ballistic missiles in direct retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime’s strikes on Iran’s petrochemical industry.
The IRGC Public Relations Department announced in a statement on Monday that the strikes hit petrochemical facilities in the port city of Haifa with missiles, in reprisal for a similar US-Israeli attack on the Karoun petrochemical plant in Iran’s strategic southern port city of Mahshahr.
The statement emphasized that the Zionist regime had “launched a dangerous game” by attacking civilian facilities and energy infrastructure of Iran.
It warned that strikes on Iran’s civilian infrastructure and energy facilities would expand the scope of retaliation, which will include all energy targets in the region. … Full article
By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | June 8, 2026
Nine days after Iran warned the West, Israel in particular, that any further attacks on Beirut would result in Iran retaliating against Israel, Israel hit the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh. The attack on Sunday afternoon sent plumes of smoke rising over the suburb, with strikes targeting two apartments in two buildings. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the attack in the Dahiyeh district, saying it was in retaliation for an earlier Hezbollah strike on Israel. At least two people were killed and 11 wounded in the strike on the densely populated civilian neighborhood, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.
Iran, as promised, wasted little time in responding and launched 20 missiles in five waves at Israel. Donald Trump called Bibi Netanyahu, telling him to hold off in retaliating against Iran because he anticipated signing a peace deal with Iran. Trump also reportedly told Netanyahu that if Israel decided to retaliate the Israelis would not have US support. What did Netanyahu do? He launched a retaliatory strike using 11 missiles against Iran. … continue
RT | June 8, 2026
French fighter jets have shot down an unidentified drone over Latvia, with the Baltic country’s military claiming the aircraft entered its airspace after being diverted by Russian electronic warfare.
Latvia did not name the origin of the UAV. However, a similar incident was reported overnight in Moldova, where the authorities said a drone that crashed there was most likely Ukrainian.
The incidents appear to fit a growing pattern of drones launched by Kiev against Russia ending up in third countries. … Full article
RT | June 8, 2026
A Ukrainian UAV attack on a passenger train in Crimea has left one person dead and another injured, regional governor Sergey Aksyonov has said.
The train was traveling between Moscow and Simferopol when its locomotive was hit by an “enemy drone,” Aksyonov wrote on Telegram early on Monday.
“According to preliminary information, the train driver was injured, the assistant driver was killed, and none of the passengers were hurt,” he said. … Full article
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- “Balancing” Act at the New York Times
- The Guardian Runs A Smear Piece Against Anti-War Journalist For Exposing The US/Israeli War On Iran
- Israel Pressures Trump to Murder Mojtaba Khamenei and Negotiator Ghalibaf
- IRGC Navy: 20 commercial ships transit Hormuz in 24 hours after obtaining permission
- Trump says one thing, does another; naval blockade remains in place
- Five Americans injured in Iranian missile strike on Kuwait base: Report
- A second corruption storm in Ukraine, and satanism in its government
- Three civilians killed in Ukrainian UAV attacks on Russian region
- Ukraine ‘deliberately’ struck Europe’s largest nuclear plant – Rosatom
- The Collective West, U.S., EU, and NATO, has morphed into a terrorist network
- US strike on alleged drug vessel in Pacific raises death toll to 202
- Bulgaria facing EU punishment months after joining eurozone
- EU and NATO pushing Romania toward war with Russia – MEP
- NATO member blasts ‘irresponsible’ Baltic threat to Russian exclave
- Le Pen leads every major rival in new French presidential runoff polling
- Russia urges Armenia to hold EU membership referendum
- Putin calls for data on Romania drone incident to be shared
- Fars sources dispute Trump claims on proposed Iran agreement
- Italy: Protesters stage nationwide strike, demand end to Israeli genocide in Gaza
- Israel closes Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslims until further notice
- Israel Is Arming ISIS Linked Gangs With Military Drones To Help Carry Out Further Ethnic Cleansing In Gaza
- Beyond Gaza: The expanding geography of displacement
- Israeli spy Pollard says Turkiye and Egypt could be Israel’s next targets as Ankara is cast as ‘new Iran’
- Ambulance Team Targeted in Maaroub as Israeli Strikes Intensify Across Southern Lebanon
- Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
- Israel Relaunches, Rebrands Online Propaganda Campaign
- German politician blasts ‘totalitarian madness’ of sanctions on pro-Palestinian journalist
- Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Cuba
- Iran shoots down trespassing US drone near Bushehr: Report
- Russia warns US against sending more troops to its borders
- Dead Silence: UN, OSCE Ignore Russian Appeals Over Ukraine’s Slaughter at Starobelsk
- Trump Administration’s DOJ Filing in Supreme Court ‘Sharp Betrayal’ of Religious Freedom
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- The Weaponization of Gene-Edited Mosquitoes. Will It Save Lives?
- The US Military Keeps Blowing Up Small Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific
- A Nation of Suspects
- Trump Administration Targets Americans Opposed to Zionism
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- Death toll of Israeli attack on Gaza City rises to 10, including children
- Jewish Settlers attack Palestinian families east of Ramallah
- Israeli Airstrikes Kill Two in Sidon, Hit Multiple Southern Lebanon Sites
- IRGC oversees safe passage of another 26 vessels through Hormuz in past 24 hours
- IRGC targets US military base in response to attack on Bandar Abbas
- Iran condemns US aggression on Bandar Abbas, supports Oman
- Strategic rebound: How Iran turned military aggression and economic siege into lasting leverage
- Empire with a Humanitarian Face: Democrats Rebrand
- From Fantasy to Historical Fact in Two Moves
- European “Expert Commission” Urges COVID-19-Like Global Climate State Of Energency!
- Germany Considers Law to Force Social Media Algorithm Boost for State-Approved News
- Hebrew Language Israeli Media Is Boasting About Buying U.S. Congress
- Defining Dissent: How the Federal Crackdown on Anti-Semitism Redefines the Boundaries of Speech
- Israel Lobby Seeking to Revamp U.S. Aid as ‘Partnership’ Immune to Political Shifts
- How Israel’s Resettlement Demands Shifted Toward Europe
- Hezbollah battles invading Israeli troops at ‘zero distance’, thwarts attempts to expand occupation of Lebanon
- Israel orders forced evacuation of Lebanon’s Tyre ahead of new carpet bombing campaign
- Qassam Leader Among 11 Palestinians Killed In 24 Hours In Gaza
- Palestinian killed by IOF gunfire in Jenin
- Israeli forces restrict access to Ibrahimi Mosque, attack Muslim worshipers
- Israeli police assault, kidnap Palestinian girl near Aqsa Mosque
- The extremely harsh life of those who tried to stand up to the United States at the UN
- How Can the Small Island of Cuba Threaten a Nuclear Superpower? – Cuban FM
- India-Israel-UAE: An Alliance of Many Anxieties
- US, Israel root cause of insecurity in region, have no place in its future: Iranian official
- Iran TV shows details of unofficial preliminary US-Iran MoU framework
- Al Jazeera Claims The US-Iran Deal is Done… Not So Fast
- Israeli air raids kill 17 civilians in southern Lebanon after Netanyahu orders intensified strikes
- Settler attacks reported across West Bank, Jerusalem
- Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian in Jenin Refugee Camp
- Israeli airstrikes kill seven, child dies of injuries in Gaza
- Hamas warns ‘Israel’ using Gaza ‘Orange Line’ to entrench control
- Ex-Mossad chief threatened ICC prosecutor over Israel war crimes probe
- Trump advances his Arctic strategy
- Senior MP reveals Russia’s strategy for strikes on Kiev
- Germany Embarked on Unprecedented Military Buildup – Expert
- Moscow demands release of Russian Orthodox bishop detained by NATO state
- Putin Signs Law on Use of Russian Forces to Defend Russians Arrested Abroad
- Western Media Distorted Starobelsk Tragedy to Smear Russia – Russian Foreign Ministry
- Staff at drone-hit Russian college added to Ukrainian ‘kill list’
- The Disasters of War. Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” Doctrine Conducive to Worldwide Famines…
- ‘Unacceptable’: Islamabad won’t normalize with Israel, defense minister says despite Trump’s push
- When Our Word is No Longer Good
- West planning to use former ISIS militants against Iran – FSB chief
- How Western Intelligence Agencies Built the Global Jihadist Network
- ADL’s “Antisemitic Incidents” List Is Deeply Disappointing
- Israeli finance minister demands carpet bombing of Beirut in response to Hezbollah’s deadly FPV drones
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