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12 Things Your Dermatologist Was Trained Not to Tell You

An Essay on the Skin as Elimination Organ and the Specialty That Cannot See It

Lies are Unbekoming | September 8, 2026

The skin as elimination organ is one of the cleanest terrain teachings there is, and it is the one dermatology cannot allow itself to consider. Every intervention the specialty offers depends on the skin being a barrier to seal rather than a channel to support. Change that one assumption and the whole treatment ladder reverses.

This is another entry in the Trained Not to Tell You series. Like the earlier variants, it proceeds from a single observation: the specialist you are seeing is a graduate of a curriculum reshaped a century ago by the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations, and the specialist is doing what that curriculum authorised. The fault lies in the training. Reading this essay as an attack on your doctor is a category error.

If your child has eczema, or your teenager is being handed Accutane, or you have been on Dupixent long enough to notice it never resolves the underlying condition, this essay is for you. It is also for the dermatologist willing to read it.

The essay also names something dermatology cannot name: much of what walks into the clinic began somewhere else. Eczema at three months, cystic acne cycling through antibiotics, the adult on lifetime biologic, all sit on a trajectory with an initiating event the specialty is not organised to investigate. … continue

Israel, Pfizer Knew COVID Vaccine Caused Fatal Heart Condition — But Waited Months Before Alerting Public

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 14, 2026

Pfizer and Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) knew in early 2021 about a significant “cardiac event” safety signal associated with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine — but withheld the information from physicians and the public for several months, a new peer-reviewed study has found.

The authors of the study, published last week in EXCLI Journal, reviewed an MOH dataset containing 531 hospitalization records dating from March 2021 — just months after the rollout of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech shot — to May 2022.

The records included 67 deaths, including nine in patients under age 50. Two of the nine deaths were attributed to myocarditis, which can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and death.

Myocarditis was recorded in 71.6% of the hospitalization records involving patients under 30. Nearly two-thirds of those patients “had no meaningful medical history” before their diagnosis.

The deaths and injuries were reported to Israel’s MOH and to Pfizer. Yet, public health authorities in Israel, the U.S. and elsewhere downplayed the safety signal, reporting it “only after a delay of approximately three to four months.”

Even then, health authorities described most cases as “rare” or “mild” — and of less concern than the risk COVID-19 posed.

Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D., senior research scientist for Children’s Health Defense (CHD), said none of the myocarditis deaths are found in the U.S. government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), even though Pfizer was obligated to report the deaths to VAERS.

“The bereaved and the injured are owed an answer,” Jablonowski said.

Steve Kirsch, founder of the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation, said the study’s findings are significant because they are based on “internal government data” instead of data from vaccine makers or from publicly available databases.

Kirsch said the data show that Israel’s MOH “was clearly more interested in protecting the manufacturers than the public.” … Full article

Haaretz Editorial Board Acknowledges The Truth: Israeli ‘Consensus’ Is Pro-Genocide

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 14, 2026

Haaretz, one of Israel’s largest newspapers, published an article on the new film ‘NAZA’, which features multiple IDF terrorists admitting to committing genocide in Gaza, titled “Israelis Must Finally Confront What Israel Has Done in Gaza”.

By the title, one would assume the paper is claiming that regular Israeli citizens are unaware of the genocidal crimes its government committed in Gaza and need to confront that fact.

But within the article, the editorial board acknowledges the truth: the overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis know full well about the genocide unleashed in Gaza and fully support it. … continue

Israeli culture minister seeks to revoke citizenship of ‘NAZA’ film directors

MEMO | September 14, 2026

Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar said on Sunday evening that he would seek to revoke the Israeli citizenship of the directors of the Israeli film NAZA, after it won the Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

The film was directed by Oscar-winning Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Britain). Some critics had tipped it for the festival’s Golden Lion for best film after it received a 25-minute standing ovation following its premiere.

In a statement, Zohar said: “As culture minister, I will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators for treason against the state.”

Zohar described NAZA’s win at the Venice Film Festival as “shocking”, adding that “the filmmakers’ burning self-hatred, and their willingness to harm their homeland in order to receive applause from anti-Semites around the world, is unbelievable and constitutes treason against the state”.

The film, which was added to the festival programme at a late stage, features testimonies from Israeli soldiers about the war in Gaza and what they describe as the systematic killing of Palestinian civilians. … Full article

Likud seeks to bar two Arab lists from Israel’s next Knesset election

MEMO | September 14, 2026

Israel’s Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday it plans to submit requests to prevent the Joint List and the United Arab List (Ra’am) from running in the next Knesset election, scheduled for October.

“Likud will submit requests to prevent the Joint List and Ra’am from taking part in the election,” the party said in a statement.

It claimed that “there is no place in the Knesset for those who insult Israeli army soldiers and cannot say that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organisations”. … Full article

Israeli Soldiers Shoot Palestinian, Abduct Two Near Hebron

IMEMC | Septembr 14, 2026

On Monday, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Beit Ula, west of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians during invasions of Beit Ummar and Dura.

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the soldiers invaded Beit Ula, chased a young man, and fired live rounds toward his vehicle, wounding him.

WAFA added that the wounded man was taken to a medical center for treatment, while the soldiers deliberately set his vehicle on fire.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Yousef Na’im Sabarna after invading his home and violently searching it, WAFA said.

In At-Tabaqa village, in Dura town south of Hebron, the soldiers broke into and searched the home of Ziad Badawi Hamdan, ransacked its contents, and abducted him.

The soldiers also installed military roadblocks at several entrances to Hebron city and surrounding towns and villages, obstructing Palestinian traffic.

Earlier Monday, Israeli forces abducted thirteen Palestinians, including a father and son, during West Bank invasions, and injured another father and son during a home search. Israeli colonizers also carried out further attacks across the occupied territory.

Six children among 13 killed as Israel ramps up attacks on south Lebanon

Press TV – September 14, 2026

Israel has conducted new strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at ​least 13 people, including six children, the highest number of fatalities in recent weeks.

On Monday, Lebanon’s health ministry said that 12 people, including six children and three women, were killed in an attack on a residential building in the town of Kfar Rumman. State media had earlier said the strike occurred after midnight.

According to the ministry, one medic was also killed and two others wounded in a separate Israeli drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the town.

A woman, who said she was related to at least three of the victims, said the attack hit the residential building as children were getting ready for school.

While the Israeli military claimed it targeted people seen transferring weapons in the area, Reuters reporters confirmed seeing children’s schoolbooks strewn between chunks of concrete where the building once stood.

Eight-year-old Mustafa Farhat lost his grandparents and his mother in ​the attack, according to locals. ​Rescue workers were still looking for his father’s body on Monday morning while the wounded boy was hospitalized, they said.

One of his relatives, Mona Farhat, said the attack targeted their home in the run-up to school-time.

“What did they target? What is the goal they are targeting? Do they want us to leave our land? They are mistaken,” Farhat said at the hospital.

The attack came after days of escalatory strikes conducted by Israeli forces despite a ceasefire reached in June, raising fears of a renewed Israeli military offensive.

On Sunday, at least 11 people, including two women, were killed in Israeli attacks on three towns near the Ali Al-Taher ridge, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

The recent Israeli strikes also destroyed the Ghandour hospital in the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa. … Full article

IRGC down US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz using new weapons

Al Mayadeen | September 14, 2026

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a US MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported Monday.

According to the report, Iranian aerospace forces intercepted and destroyed the drone using a new air defense system integrated into Iran’s wider air defense network.

Iran has told the United States that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until seven conditions approved by the country’s top officials are met, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Saturday, citing an informed source.

“Until these seven conditions, which have been approved by Iran’s top officials, are met, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed,” the source told Tasnim.

On September 10, the IRGC Navy announced that it had targeted and destroyed a US unmanned vessel at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. As per the statement, the vessel was a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel and was carrying out a mission in the Strait of Hormuz when it was targeted. … Full article

Why Algeria finally shut the door on the UAE

Abu Dhabi’s alliance with Tel Aviv has pushed its rivalry with Algiers from quiet hostility into open regional confrontation

By Anis Raiss | The Cradle | September 14, 2026

On 10 September 2026, Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the UAE, giving the Emirati ambassador in Algiers 48 hours to leave. From midnight the following day, Algerian airspace was closed to UAE-registered aircraft, although commercial flights to and from Algiers were exempt until the end of the year.

The rupture had been signaled in advance. During a televised interview in July, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune described a Gulf state he declined to name in five words: “Wherever they set foot, blood flows.” He was referring to its role in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.

Abu Dhabi answered within hours through Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). Relations between states, he wrote, are managed “through reason, communication and clarity of interests, not through riddles and signals that require decoding.”

One week earlier, a UN fact-finding mission on Sudan had found “reasonable grounds to believe” that external networks, including some operating through the UAE, were supplying the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur with fighters, weapons, and training.

The source of Algiers’s anger was therefore no riddle. Algeria had become the third government in nine months to take direct action against Abu Dhabi’s regional reach. … continue

Yemeni Armed Forces target aircraft hangars, radars, arms depots at Saudi airbase

Press TV – September 14, 2026

The Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a combined missile and drone strike on a major airbase in Saudi Arabia’s southern region of Asir in retaliation for the latest bout of Saudi military aggression and ongoing blockade against their homeland.

The spokesperson for the Yemeni army, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a televised statement on Monday that the country’s military units had carried out a large-scale and qualitative operation against King Khalid Air Base near the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, located some 884 kilometers south of the capital Riyadh.

He noted that dozens of domestically manufactured Yemeni ballistic missiles and combat drones hit military installations and infrastructure, aircraft hangars, radar systems, runways, arms depots, and other designated targets inside the airbase.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their qualitative military operations deep inside Saudi Arabia as long as the open aggression against our people continues. Any new aggression will be met with a decisive and more intense response,” Saree noted.

The senior Yemeni official added, “We will continue to uphold the siege-for-siege and escalation-for-escalation equation, and will target Saudi troop buildups until the aggression ceases and the siege on our beloved country is completely lifted.” … Full article

Pakistan rejects activating Mecca pact to join Saudi war on Yemen

The Cradle – September 14, 2026

Pakistan refused Saudi Arabia’s request to join the war in Yemen and to counter the lightning offensive launched by the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) across the country – as well as missile and drone strikes on Saudi military and energy sites.

“There is no such thing under discussion right ​now … When the time comes (we) will act under the agreement,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on 10 September. … Full article

Two civilians killed, another injured as Saudi strike destroys bridge in southern Yemen

Press TV – September 14, 2026

At least two civilians have been killed when a Saudi airstrike destroyed a bridge in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz, as clashes between Yemeni army forces and Saudi-backed mercenaries are intensifying along the country’s western coast.

Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that two people lost their lives and another sustained injuries on Monday evening when a Saudi airstrike targeted al-Barah Bridge in the Maqbanah district.

The strike reduced sections of the transport bridge to rubble, and disconnected the region from nearby areas.

Saudi fighter jets also launched three airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Mokha. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties or the extent of the damage.

Elsewhere in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, Saudi combat drones carried out several strikes on Ayash area in the Monabbih district as Saudi artillery units shelled the region repeatedly.

Saudi Arabia launches 54 airstrikes on Yemen in past 24 hours

Additionally, Spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement that Saudi warplanes had carried out 54 airstrikes against multiple locations across Yemen over the past 24 hours.

He added that the aerial raids targeted districts in the northern provinces of Hajjah and al-Jawf, the southwestern province of Lahej and Ta’izz, as well as the central province of Ma’rib. … Full article

Satellite images reveal extensive damage to key Saudi oil pipeline as supply fears mount

Press TV – September 14, 2026

Satellite images have revealed extensive damage to a key Saudi oil pipeline following reported drone strikes, as industry sources warn that a prolonged shutdown could put up to 4% of global oil supplies at risk.

Images released on Sunday appeared to show a pumping station on Saudi Arabia’s 1,200km (745-mile) East-West pipeline charred and badly damaged after the reported strikes.

Saudi Arabia has yet to disclose the full extent of the damage or how long the pipeline will remain offline.

The pipeline has become crucial to Saudi Arabia during the past six months, as the wartime closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted oil flows from neighboring countries.

Saudi Arabia has used the route to redirect about four million barrels of crude a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply. … Full article

Iran–Arab summit on Hormuz postponed amid ‘lack of consensus’

Saudi Arabia requested the postponement, as reports say a new Tehran–Muscat deal on Hormuz is ‘unacceptable’ to Riyadh

The Cradle – September 14, 2026

Efforts to secure a final deal to restore traffic in the shuttered Strait of Hormuz have failed as a summit between Tehran and Arab states fell through, Iranian officials announced on 14 September. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei blamed Saudi Arabia in a statement, after reports had said so.

“The news that has been reported is correct: Saudi Arabia requested that this meeting not be held,” Baghaei asserted.

“What was agreed between Iran and Oman concerns the two governments. All aspects of the matter were worked out over several weeks, and the issue was supposed to be discussed at this meeting,” he added.

The idea to hold a summit was an Iranian-Omani one, he went on to say.

“It was expected that the countries of the region would recognize the opportunity if they believe we should sit together and discuss creating a secure region free from interference by destabilizing actors.”

Baghaei stressed that “the continuation of war among Islamic countries has only one winner, and that is the Israeli regime,” while adding that “as for what happens next, the understanding between us and Oman has been finalized, and we will make decisions in consultation with Oman.”

Another Iranian Foreign Ministry official said the meeting was postponed.

“Upon the request of some regional countries and a joint decision by Oman and Iran, the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf littoral states, which had been scheduled for Monday, was postponed to another date,” said Mohammad Alibek, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s director general for Persian Gulf affairs.

Oman made its own statement on the matter, confirming a postponement aimed at reaching a “consensus.”

Bahrain said it would not attend, citing the recent attack that ravaged Saudi Arabia’s key Red Sea pipeline that was activated to bypass Iran’s Hormuz blockade, known as the East-West Pipeline.

Washington blamed Iran for that strike, while Riyadh said the drones were launched from Iraq. … Full article

The Crippling Effects of Unnecessary War

By Ron Paul | September 14, 2026

In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history.

Worse, according to some news reports the advertising of the maximum price of $9.99 per gallon is meant to signal to truck drivers that they have run out of diesel altogether. Expensive diesel is a hit to the economy, but running out of the fuel at any price is a whole different kind of crisis.

Our highways are filled with semi-trucks burning diesel to bring the products we depend on to the markets. Our freight trains use diesel to transport what is not transported by truck. When the price of diesel increases, the cost of everything moved by that diesel also increases. This is one reason we are seeing much more inflation than the government wants to admit.

The diesel crisis is getting so serious that even President Trump has been forced to admit it. Of course, instead of taking at least part of the blame over his war of choice against Iran and his continuation of the proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, he is blaming Ukraine’s military strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

President Trump is now asking Ukraine to stop attacking Russian energy resources because diesel is a global commodity and the scarcity produced by the attacks is hitting us here at home. But the strikes deep inside Russia are guided by US intelligence, which provides the targeting data for Ukraine. … continue

Austria bars Iran nuclear chief from IAEA summit due to US pressure

The Cradle | September 14, 2026

Iran’s top nuclear official has been blocked from addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference in Vienna after pressure from Washington, Bloomberg reported on 14 September, citing a US official.

Iran’s vice president for nuclear affairs, Mohammad Eslami, left Tehran on Saturday and was slated to address the UN nuclear watchdog as part of its 70th General Conference, which began on Monday.

However, Austria denied Eslami entry at the request of the Trump administration, an anonymous US official told Bloomberg.continue

Zaporozhye Power Plant Subjected to Over 750 Strikes by Ukrainian Drones in 4.5 Months – Rosatom

Sputnik – 14.09.2026

The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and Energodar have been subjected to more than 750 strikes by Ukrainian drones and artillery in last 4.5 months, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday.

“Over the past 4.5 months, more than 750 strikes have been carried out by Ukrainian drones and artillery against the ZNPP and Energodar. Kiev is systematically hunting civilians and employees of the plant. Since the beginning of the escalation, 20 people have been killed, nine of them employees of the ZNPP, and more than 100 people have been injured,” the corporation said. … continue

The NATO standard as a mechanism of domination of the European military industry

By Hugo Dionísio | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 14, 2026

The official narrative is well known and has been widely debated and rebutted! Between May 8, 1945, and February 24, 2022, Europe – the world – knew no war. Europe and the world lived in idyllic peace, threatened only here and there by the forces of dictatorship, evil, and terrorism, which humanely and democratically compelled the occasional, casual, and exceptional intervention of the United States and its allies, motivated by selfless altruism, boundless kindness, and an iron will to defend the good.

The neoliberal paradise on earth came to an end with what the collective West designated Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine, “forcing” an “aggrieved” Europe to rearm. Russia was “attacking” Europe; Europe was at war, a war declared by Russia. Everything that had led to what the Russians – much as NATO did in Kosovo – designated a “special military operation” was suddenly silenced, and all who tried to frame the problem historically and objectively were classified as Putinists. The rekindling of the primal supremacist, Russophobic, and anti-communist prejudices of the Cold War immediately came to the fore.

But rather than dwelling on the proverbial stupidity, ignorance, and imbecility of a ruling class of low-grade functionaries, who today are hurling the European Union into an abyss so dark that it threatens to destroy it, what matters is to address, unveil, and reveal what lay hidden behind this shoddy tragicomic theater.

While the leaders of the EU, NATO, and the United Kingdom lent body and voice to a stand-up comedy so wretched it might have been programmed by the sleepy Joe Biden, the United States, over the time it spent preparing and perfecting its instruments of subjugation of Brussels through NATO – wielding the famed interoperability standards – took control not only of strategic dimensions of the EU’s security – as in the case of the end of Swedish and Finnish neutrality – but also exponentially increased the arms trade with Europe and came to control, as never before, the military-industrial complex, even in countries once resistant to surrendering their military independence, such as Sweden, France, Italy, or Spain. … continue

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland to Demand Independence Vote

Sputnik – 14.09.2026

LONDON – The first ministers of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are set to sign a joint declaration on Monday demanding that London grant them the right to hold referendums on regional independence.

The signing is scheduled to take place on Monday during a meeting of representatives from these historically Celtic regions in the Welsh capital of Cardiff.

In a joint press release issued ahead of the summit, the leaders emphasized their intention to discuss strengthening cooperation and promoting “constitutional change” — a term implying either greater autonomy or outright independence.

The leaders will call on the British government to prepare, plan for, and facilitate constitutional change in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the first ministers said.

Summit participants will also discuss partnerships in the areas of the economy, energy, and international cooperation, including with European neighbors.

Earlier, the office of the UK prime minister announced that he would hold a summit in October with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland amid calls for independence in the autonomous regions.

Following the regional elections in May, pro-independence parties took the helm in all three of Britain’s autonomous regions.

Greenland’s Icecap Update

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | September 7, 2026

As I have been tracking for weeks, Greenland’s Surface Mass Balance grew by about 150 Gt more than average.

It was, effectively, a year without a summer in Greenland. The icecap usually starts to melt in mid June and carries on until late August.

This year it was a cold, snowy summer most of the time. The melt lasted about two weeks in July and that was it.

As ever, I must explain that the SMB represents the amount of snowfall and surface melt. As such, the icecap normally grows every year. Against this, though, must be offset calving of glaciers and basal melt.

I will be reporting on the full picture shortly, but early indications are that there was no melt in overall terms.

Circular logic all the way down

By Mike Jonas | Watts Up With That? | September 13, 2026

I have put a bit more work into Chaos Theory (aka the Butterfly Effect), and whether it can apply in the real world. It seems that just about every time someone tries to demonstrate Chaos Theory, they do it with a model. Trouble is, their findings then always turn out to have come from the model itself. As with the turtles that prop up our planet, the climate modelling world sometimes feels like it is propped up by circular logic all the way down.

The strictest version of Chaos Theory cannot apply to the real world, because it refers to variations in initial conditions, and the real world only has one trajectory. In other words, there is only one version of Earth’s climate at any one point in time, so it can’t have a variation in initial conditions. Unfortunately, the theory has morphed into something which many in climate science think applies to Earth’s climate, and when they run climate models they get confirmation. Well, they think it looks like confirmation.

First, let’s be clear about what we are looking at. Chaos Theory says that Earth’s weather and climate are very sensitive to local conditions: a tiny variation grows exponentially into a large difference. We know that weather and climate show natural variations on many physical scales and many time scales – there is turbulence in both the atmosphere and the ocean. We know that turbulence can be very difficult to predict, and we know that differential equations such as Navier-Stokes can be useful for understanding it. We don’t know that a tiny variation will grow exponentially. My suspicion is that the exponential growth described by Chaos Theory is an artefact of the models, not a natural phenomenon, and that it is being confused with natural variation. Further, that if we ditched Chaos Theory we might end up with a better understanding of our world. … continue

Bill Gates’ Telegraph Fall for Zika Virus Scam

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | September 4, 2026

The Telegraph should carry a health warning every time they publish fake news stories by the Bill Gates’ funded Global Health Security. … continue

$50 Million NIH Autism Study Ignores Link to Vaccines, CHD Scientist Says

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 8, 2026

A $50 million federal research initiative examining the potential causes of autism is sidestepping any examination of a possible vaccine-autism link and is instead funding research by establishment scientists who have denied such a link, a new letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya alleges.

The NIH announced the $50 million Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) last year. In his letter, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Chief Scientific Officer Brian Hooker wrote that three projects funded by the initiative are led by scientists who “built their careers on explicit, public denial that vaccines could play any role in autism etiology.”

Hooker wrote that his review of the ADSI portfolio turned up no studies examining “vaccines or vaccine components.” The ADSI appears designed to come to a predetermined conclusion that vaccines are not linked to autism, Hooker alleged.

The NIH-funded research instead largely focuses on connecting autism to a range of genetic and environmental causes while ignoring a possible link to vaccines, Hooker said.

In an assessment accompanying his letter, Hooker called the ADSI, as currently structured, “not a search for the truth” but, instead, a “validation engine” for mainstream autism narratives. … continue

Israeli forces raid home of Palestinian journalist in West Bank

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli forces have raided the home of Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi in the occupied West Bank.

On Saturday, Israeli forces raided the home of the 59-year-old journalist while he was away and instead beat his son.

They gave the family a one-hour ultimatum to turn Al-Samoudi in, according to Palestinian media citing local sources.

Al-Samoudi, who was on a visit to Jenin during the raid, had been released from prison on April 30 after spending a year in illegal administrative detention at an Israeli prison.

During his detention, he had been subjected to torture and abuse. He lost weight due to severe food deprivation and denial of basic rights, as is the case of many, if not all, Palestinian abductees. … Full article

Palestinian man brutally beaten by Israeli settlers in West Bank amid surging violence

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli settlers have brutally beaten a Palestinian man during a raid on the West Bank village of Beitillu.

Mahmoud Abu Radwan was attacked on Saturday evening and evacuated to Al-Ishraqati Hospital in Ramallah.

He suffered severe contusions and deep wounds to his head, chest and abdomen, requiring immediate medical treatment.

The victim was photographed inside an ambulance as he was taken for medical treatment following the brutal assault.

Footage shared by the humanitarian organization Occupation in the Eye showed armed settlers carrying clubs leaving the area. … Full article

Hamas welcomes BRICS declaration on Palestinian rights, rejecting displacement and changes to Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 13, 2026

GAZA – The Hamas Movement on Sunday welcomed the New Delhi 2026 Declaration issued by the 18th BRICS Summit, describing its positions on the Palestinian cause as positive and significant and highlighting its reaffirmation of the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

In a press statement, Hamas praised the declaration for affirming the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and return, supporting the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with Occupied Jerusalem as its capital, and calling for the State of Palestine to be granted full membership in the United Nations.

Hamas also welcomed the declaration’s rejection of any forced displacement of Palestinians, whether temporary or permanent, as well as any attempt to impose geographical or demographic changes on the Gaza Strip.

The Movement highlighted the declaration’s call for an end to the illegal occupation and its rejection of unilateral measures aimed at altering the legal and historical status of Occupied Jerusalem. It also welcomed its emphasis on protecting holy sites and upholding international law and international humanitarian law.

Hamas further praised the declaration’s condemnation of the use of starvation as a method of warfare, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and the obstruction, politicization or militarization of humanitarian aid. It also welcomed the declaration’s reaffirmation of support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and its UN mandate.

Hamas called on BRICS countries to translate these positions into concrete action to end Israeli violations and the occupation, protect the Palestinian people, and enable them to exercise their rights to freedom, self-determination, and an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. … continue

2 Palestinians killed, 13 injured in Israeli drone strike on vehicle in Gaza

MEMO | September 13, 2026

Two Palestinians were killed and 13 others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in southern Gaza City on Sunday, a medical source told Anadolu Agency.

The source said an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, killing two Palestinians and leaving 13 others with various injuries.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the drone fired at least two missiles at the vehicle, killing its two occupants immediately and injuring nearby passersby.

Separately, Israeli forces fired artillery shells toward Palestinian homes northeast of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to local sources.

Israeli military vehicles also opened heavy fire toward buildings and tents housing displaced Palestinians in southern Khan Younis, while Israeli warships fired toward the city’s coastline, witnesses said. … Full article

Israeli forces intensify attacks in southern Lebanon, shell Beit Jinn in southern Syria

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli forces have ramped up attacks targeting homes and civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon, and separately shelled the vicinity of Beit Jinn village in the Damascus countryside of southern Syria.

According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), more than 30 explosions were reported in the southern Lebanese town of al-Mansouri from late Friday through Saturday as Israeli strikes hit the area.

Several homes were devastated as a drone released containers filled with highly explosive substances over the town.

Israeli warplanes targeted regions in the Tyre, Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, and Marjayoun districts of southern Lebanon, while Israeli forces conducted explosions and artillery bombardments.

In the Khiyam region, a powerful explosion shattered windows in surrounding towns, while a drone released explosive materials onto residences, igniting a fire.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties from Saturday’s attacks.

Israeli tanks also advanced into areas in southern Lebanon, which lie close to the border with the Israeli-occupied territories, while Israeli forces carried out explosions and artillery attacks on the village of Arnoun and the Wadi Saluki stream area. … Full article

Iran, UAE seek to restore ties after US war on Iran

Al Mayadeen | September 13, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said following the BRICS summit in India that Iran and the UAE want to restore relations following the US war on Iran.

“For the first time since the war and the incidents that occurred in the Persian Gulf, we had a constructive exchange with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi,” Pezeshkian said a day after a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

The Iranian President added that “it was agreed that we would turn the page, look to the future and build it together.”

Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Saturday, where the two discussed “regional and international issues, de-escalation, stability, and efforts to advance regional peace and development,” per the Abu Dhabi Media Office.

Yemen rejects Saudi claim of mosque attack, attacks escalate

Al Mayadeen | September 13, 2026

A Yemeni military source has rejected claims circulated by Saudi media that missiles launched from Yemen struck a mosque in Saudi Arabia, describing the accusation as baseless.

Speaking to Yemen’s Saba news agency on Sunday, the source said the damage to the mosque resulted from interceptor missiles that failed to intercept Yemeni projectiles and subsequently fell over Saudi cities.

The source stressed that the impact of Yemeni missiles is well known, arguing that the damage reported at the mosque should not be attributed to the Yemeni Armed Forces.

The allegation comes amid a broader escalation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, with Yemeni forces carrying out missile and drone operations against Saudi military targets while Saudi aircraft continue strikes across Yemen.

Saudi Arabia launched 129 airstrikes in 48 hours

The Cradle | September 13, 2026

Saudi warplanes carried out 129 airstrikes across seven Yemeni provinces over 48 hours, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, stated on Saturday, vowing that the attacks would not go unanswered.

According to Saree, the strikes targeted Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah, al-Jawf, Saada, Amran, and Hajjah.

Saree said the attacks were carried out using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets that took off from Saudi military bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif. … continue

One killed, four injured after US attack on commercial vessel off Qeshm Island

Press TV – September 13, 2026

At least one person has been killed, and several others sustained injuries after a self-propelled underwater missile struck an Iranian commercial vessel as it was sailing in the Persian Gulf waters off the coast of Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hossein Amir-Teymouri, Governor of Qeshm Island, stated on Sunday that a projectile fired by the “American-Zionist enemy” struck the merchant cargo ship in proximity to the small Hengam Island and Shib Deraz fishing village.

He added that the attack claimed one civilian life and inflicted injuries on four others.

Amir-Teymouri noted that the deadly assault took place at around 5 a.m. local time (0130 GMT), emphasizing that necessary measures have been taken to attend to those injured in the incident. … Full article

Kiev strikes emergency fuel convoy to Europe’s biggest nuclear plant – Rosatom

RT | September 13, 2026

Ukraine has carried out a series of strikes on tankers delivering emergency diesel fuel to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), killing two Russian servicemen and wounding multiple others, Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said.

The attacks took place on Friday in the immediate vicinity of the plant’s perimeter and targeted fuel trucks transporting diesel needed for the facility’s emergency power systems, Likhachev said in a statement on Sunday.

Two Russian servicemen were killed and “a large number” were wounded, some seriously, according to the Rosatom chief. He said the troops had been involved in securing a “strictly civilian mission” to maintain fuel deliveries to the nuclear facility.

Likhachev accused Kiev of knowingly targeting the tankers despite being aware of their cargo and its importance to nuclear safety.

The incident comes just days after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned that the ZNPP’s diesel reserves had been critically depleted during nearly three weeks without external electricity. The plant lost its sole remaining power connection on August 20 and had to rely entirely on emergency generators until a temporary IAEA-brokered ceasefire allowed repairs to be carried out and the line to be reconnected on September 7.

Even after external electricity was restored, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stressed that replenishing diesel remained essential because the plant could again lose grid power due to unspecified “military activity” in the area. … Full article

13 Things Your Pediatrician Was Trained Not to Tell You

An Essay on the Profession Trained for Compliance, Not Curiosity

Lies are Unbekoming | September 11, 2026

“Nothing bad should be said about any vaccine.”¹ That is what Suzanne Humphries, a board-certified nephrologist, was taught during her American medical training. Vaccines are administered on schedule. Adverse conversation was not encouraged. It was actively closed down.

Lawrence Palevsky, a pediatrician practicing in New York, describes the same experience. What he was taught in medical school and residency, he later realized, differed sharply from what he observed in his own patients and read in the primary literature.²

Robert Sears, a California pediatrician, describes reading a book in medical school that documented severe injuries from the DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell-pertussis) vaccine. The vaccine was eventually removed from the American market. Sears kept reading. What he found was not what he had been taught.³

Rachael Ross, a family physician who spent three seasons cohosting the syndicated show The Doctors, described a similar reckoning in a widely read 2016 blog post. She had watched the schedule grow from sixteen doses of four vaccines during her own childhood to sixty-nine doses of sixteen vaccines by age eighteen. Medical school and residency, she wrote, had taught her to give them all on time, without question.⁴

Jayne Donegan, a British general practitioner, wrote in the foreword to Humphries’ Dissolving Illusions that her medical training left vaccination as an “article of faith” that could not be interrogated. The curriculum was already so crowded that there was no room to ask why non-vaccine-preventable disease deaths had also declined during the twentieth century for reasons unrelated to any injection.⁵

None of these physicians is fringe. Each trained inside the profession. Each describes the training in similar terms: a set of scripts about safety, efficacy, and schedule, delivered as certainties, with no time in the curriculum to interrogate the primary literature that would complicate them. A pediatrician does not know what she was trained not to know. She cannot ask questions she was trained not to ask.

American pediatric practice covers the child from birth through age eighteen, and in many practices through age twenty-one. What follows is a chronological walk through what that profession was trained not to tell you, across that entire arc. Thirteen items. In order. … continue

Mortality Data Reveal ‘Screaming Safety Signals’ Following COVID Vaccine Rollout

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 9, 2026

Excess mortality researcher Denis Rancourt, Ph.D., on Tuesday told Canadian lawmakers that national mortality statistics show “screaming safety signals” following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines — including increases in deaths among infants and children and increases in turbo cancers.

Testifying at Canada’s Allison Inquiry, Rancourt also argued that COVID-19-era government interventions — including lockdowns, isolating the elderly, closing businesses and withdrawing government support programs — also drove excess mortality during the pandemic.

Rancourt based his arguments on his analysis of official mortality data from Statistics Canada and in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He described how COVID-19 vaccines directly harmed individuals, and how specific pandemic policies caused broader societal harm.

His presentation came on the opening day of the Allison Inquiry, a four-day hearing chaired by Canadian Member of Parliament Dean Allison. The inquiry collected testimony from 50 Canadians injured by COVID-19 vaccines, along with testimony from physicians, scientists and other witnesses. … continue

New Study: The Antarctic Ice Sheet Gained Mass From 2020-2024 Due To Staggering Snow And Ice Accumulation

By Kenneth Richard | No Tricks Zone | September 7, 2026

According to a new study published in a Nature journal, from 2020 to 2024 the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) gained mass at a rate of +67.5 Gt/yr, reversing the modest 2003 to 2019 mass loss (-100.6 Gt/yr) trend.

This recent 5-year mass gain trend was driven by a massive increase in snow and ice accumulation (SMB).

Combining the mass loss (2003-2019) and mass gain (2020-2024) trends, Antarctica as a whole contributed a grand total of just 0.35 cm to sea levels over this 21-year period. … Full article

Population Trends To Blame Climate Change for Bear Encounters

By Linnea Lueken | ClimateRealism | September 10, 2026

A recent article in Fortune MagazineClimate change pushes thirsty bears into Coloradans’ cars — one honked a horn for hours from 3am onward,” from The Associated Press (AP), blames climate change for bears breaking into cars and homes in Colorado. This is false. Bears have gone in search of food and water amid a drought in Colorado, that much is true, but it’s not because of long term climate change.

“Millions of people live in or near bear habitat across the Rockies, where widespread drought has reduced supplies of nuts, berries and plants that bears eat,” the article explains this is “prompting the animals to roam far and wide for food.”

This is nothing unusual, except perhaps in the amount of bears that had dangerous contact with humans this year. The article blames climate change for the increase in bear encounters, but one of the most glaring issues with this AP piece is that it does not even once address the fact that there are significantly more bears than ever. … Full article

Australia: Officials Ask Parliament to Restrict Social Media Clips of Public Hearing Evidence

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | September 10, 2026

Just when you thought Australia’s steamrolling toward censorship couldn’t get any worse, the heads of Australian government departments want new limits on how members of parliament share recordings of officials testifying at public parliamentary hearings.

A new attempt to this end was made last week by the Secretaries Board, made up of the heads of Australia’s government departments. The board is currently chaired by Steven Kennedy, secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which advises the prime minister and coordinates policy across the government.

The proposal was contained in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards.

The board is unhappy that politicians are using excerpts of the footage from these hearings, often to criticize the officials, and sometimes to ridicule them, by editing the clips and adding captions to highlight certain parts of the testimony.

Comments left on social media under these posts are also a major concern for the board, as they can be “highly offensive” – and sometimes even defamatory. … Full article

UK Government Monitored Pro Free Speech Reactions After Charlie Kirk Assassination

By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 12, 2026

A UK Home Office memo reveals that the government was monitoring online reactions to the murder of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and was interested in those expressing “pro-free speech narratives.”

The memo was sent to officials at the Home Office, Foreign Office, Cabinet Office, and the police, the day after the murder, September 11, 2025. It was classified as Official Sensitive. The document was obtained by Steven Edginton who published a report on September 10, one year after Kirk’s Assassination.

The memo came from the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), whose job is to provide “insights” to inform policy and operational decisions across the government’s controversial Prevent program and counter-terrorism efforts. This is according to the Home Office itself, while RICU’s activities, as revealed by the leaked document, suggest it also engages in what looks like politically motivated surveillance of legal speech. … Full article

Free speech in West: French broadcaster removes program replay after actress blasts Israeli genocide in Gaza

Press TV | September 12, 2026

The French public broadcaster France Télévisions has removed the replay of a program in which actress Adèle Haenel denounced Israel’s genocide in Gaza and France’s complicity.

Haenel explained in a video posted on Instagram on Thursday that she appeared on France 5’s literary program La Grande Librairie on Wednesday, where guests were given freedom to express their views.

At the end of the program, Haenel declared, “Israel is committing genocide in Palestine, and France is complicit.”

“Do not accept the unacceptable,” she added, calling for sanctions against Israel and demanding, “Free Palestine.”

The actress revealed that her team recorded the segment because they expected her remarks on the genocide in Gaza to be removed, but France Télévisions instead deleted the entire replay from its website.

Haenel maintained that the decision exposed the silencing of voices supporting Palestine and the effort to push the issue out of public debate.

She also sarcastically thanked France Télévisions for strengthening her argument, saying the removal itself showed how pro-Palestinian views were being excluded. … Full article

Planned Jewish New Year celebrations in Thailand canceled following anti-Israel protest

Press TV | September 12, 2026

A mass dinner intended to commemorate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been cancelled after a pro-Palestinian protest nearby.

The cancellation came at the request of so-called Israeli security officials, who cited concerns that local protests against the event could turn violent and lead to confrontations.

The decision came after some 500 Thais staged a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the so-called Chabad House for several hours on Friday, with signs seen reading “SAVE PHUKET NO ISRAEL” and chants like “Free Palestine.” […]

On Thursday, numerous Thais gathered in protest against Israeli tourists outside the Israeli embassy in Bangkok.

The assembly was led by 78-year-old anti-American and conservative nationalist activist Sondhi Limthongkul, who presented a letter to Israeli ambassador Alona Fisher-Kamm, warning that Chabad centers were acquiring Thai land to “promote the goals orchestrated and financed by global Zionist networks.”

Subsequently, he journeyed to Phuket to lead the Friday protests.

Last week, an Israeli was deported from Thailand after being found guilty of making threats against the proprietor of a zoo located on the resort island of Koh Samui, which had displayed a Palestinian flag. … Full article

Britain stands against oppression in Palestine… by supplying F-35s

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 11, 2026

So, Britain announced with much fanfare this week that it was imposing sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine. Note that the sanctions are not against the Israeli state, but rather a much narrower definition: Israeli entities in the Occupied Territories.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham claimed that the move was an example of Britain giving international leadership to stand against oppression and injustice.

Addressing the British Parliament, Burnham said: “In this difficult and dangerous world, Britain has to stand for something, Britain has to show leadership, Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice… That is what the British people expect of us, and that is what this government will do.”

Several other European states and Canada have also joined the British-led initiative to ban trade and investment with companies doing business in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank.

Israel’s occupation is illegal under international law, yet Britain, the European Union and the United States have done nothing in the way of imposing sanctions. Sanctions are something the West prefers to impose on Russia, Iran, China, Cuba, North Korea, among others. … continue

Israeli Invasions Throughout the West Bank on Saturday; 3 Wounded

IMEMC | September 12, 2026

An elderly man and a child were injured, at dawn on Saturday, during the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the village of Marka, south of Jenin, while six Palestinian citizens were abducted during the storming of a number of towns and villages in the governorate.

Medical sources reported that a 68-year-old man suffered bruises to his back and chest, while a 14-year-old child suffered a fracture in his right hand after occupation forces stormed the village of Marka. They were treated at the Arraba Emergency Center.

In the village of Deir Abu Daif, the occupation forces abducted the young man, Mahmoud Khaled Yassin, after storming the village and raiding his house.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the town of Faqoua and abducted four Palestinian citizens, namely the freed prisoners Nabil Salah and Harith Masad, Bashir Masad, and Bilal Zahdi Mohammad Omriya, after raiding their homes and ransacking their property.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Jabal Abu Zaheer and the town of Silat al-Harithiya, and raided a number of homes, most of which belonged to freed prisoners, before withdrawing from the town. They also stormed the village of Zabuba, west of Jenin, raided a house, and the Al-Almaniya neighborhood, east of the city, where she abducted the young man, Fadi Al-Hindi.

A Palestinian was injured today, by bullets from the Israeli occupation forces, while the people of the town of Faqoua, east of Jenin, confronted attacks by Israeli paramilitary colonists on citizens’ lands. … Full article

Israeli drone strike injures 9 Gazans in new ceasefire violation

MEMO | September 12, 2026

Nine Palestinians were injured Saturday in an Israeli drone strike in southern Gaza, a medical source said, in what it described as a new violation of the ongoing ceasefire agreement, Anadolu reports. The source said the strike targeted a gathering of civilians near tents sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

Several tents were damaged in the attack, witnesses said.

Separately, the Israeli army carried out artillery shelling east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, east of Gaza City and near the Jabalia refugee camp in the north. No information was yet available about casualties.

Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza City.

Iran has good reason to bar IAEA inspectors from returning amid US aggression: Author

Press TV | September 12, 2026

Iran’s refusal to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into the country amid ongoing US aggression is understandable, says a US-based author and activist, urging the UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Israeli nuclear facilities as well.

Speaking to the Press TV website, Anthony Donovan, a war veteran and political campaigner, said he supports Iran’s decision not to allow IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and his team into the country while Iran remains under attack by the United States, Western countries and their allies.

“IAEA will be welcome when the threats cease. Perfect good sense. You have good reason to not trust Grossi and the US pushing for this absurd resolution in the UNSC,” Donovan said.

He added that the nuclear watchdog should instead be demanding an end to the attacks and warning about the dangers posed by military action against nuclear facilities.

“The IAEA needs to immediately and strongly demand an end to these bombings and aggressions, express the outrage at the danger this can pose,” Donovan said.

His comments came after the IAEA Board of Governors adopted a politically motivated resolution drafted by the United States, Britain, France and Germany calling on Grossi to report Iran to the UN Security Council and General Assembly. … continue

BRICS Draws Red Lines on Lebanon, Cuba, and Global Security

Sputnik – 12.09.2026

In their joint declaration, BRICS summit participants spoke out against unilateral sanctions that violate international law.

BRICS also condemned the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and called on Israel to withdraw its troops from its territory, according to the declaration.

Other key points:

  • BRICS expressed deep concern over the US tightening unilateral blockade against Cuba and its adverse impact on the economy, energy supplies and humanitarian situation.
  • It reaffirmed its commitment to combating all forms of terrorism.
  • BRICS voiced alarm over deliberate attacks on peaceful facilities under IAEA safeguards.
  • The group stressed the need to strengthen energy security.
  • BRICS underscored the necessity of ensuring the peaceful use of space technologies.

Invoking 9/11 to justify war against Iran is ‘utterly absurd’: Tehran

Press TV – September 12, 2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected US attempts to invoke the anniversary of the September 11 attacks to justify a “reckless and unlawful war” against Iran, saying Washington’s narrative on terrorism is riddled with fundamental contradictions.

In a post on X early Saturday, marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Esmaeil Baghaei criticized remarks by the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on terrorism and Iran.

“The narrative advanced by the US Secretary of War on the anniversary of 9/11 is riddled with fundamental contradictions,” he said.

Baghaei said the US could not simultaneously wage aggression, carry out assassinations, and cause civilian casualties while claiming exclusive authority to define terrorism and determine whose violence was legitimate. … continue

Iraqi Resistance denies role in Saudi East-West pipeline attack

Al Mayadeen | September 12, 2026

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has denied accusations that it was behind the drone attack targeting Saudi Arabia’s strategic East-West oil pipeline, rejecting claims linking Iraqi factions to the operation and criticizing Baghdad for acting on unsubstantiated allegations.

In a statement on Saturday, the Resistance said accusations that it had targeted vital Saudi infrastructure amounted to “an honor we do not claim,” while stressing that no credible evidence had been presented proving the involvement of any Iraqi party.

The group expressed strong surprise at the Iraqi government’s haste in adopting the accusations and taking measures without relying on verified evidence or concrete investigations. … continue

Why the Israelis are so afraid of a liberated Yemen

By Robert Inlakesh | Al Mayadeen | September 12, 2026

The liberation of Yemen by a staunchly pro-Palestinian movement is a nightmare scenario for the Zionist Project in the region, it ensures that the cause of occupied al-Quds will remain alive and that a new power will emerge to champion it. To the Israelis, what they are looking at is like the birth of a new Iran in the Arab World.

For long the Ansar Allah-led government of Yemen had been underestimated and treated as little more than a nuisance, one that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were handed the task of dealing with. In 2022, this dynamic began to shift, as the Yemeni Armed Forces demonstrated advanced missile and drone capabilities that shook vital targets in Saudi Arabia, even reaching as far as the United Arab Emirates.

The stalemate of the Marib offensive of 2021 may have also worked to deceive the US-Israeli alliance in the region, who clearly failed to take the armed forces of the Ansar Allah-led government in Sanaa seriously. However, Riyadh did end up taking them seriously in early 2022, as did Abu Dhabi, hence their decision to agree to a United Nations mediated temporary ceasefire.

Since then, Yemen’s leadership has become the only government on earth to directly order its military to open fire on the Zionist entity in order to support the people of Gaza. From the very beginning of the Genocide, the Yemeni Armed Forces began firing missiles at the Israelis, before imposing a blockade on them in the Red Sea. … continue

Sana’a strikes back: How Yemeni military’s lightning advance redrew the Red Sea’s strategic map

By Mohammad Molaei | Press TV | September 12, 2026

In the span of roughly one week, the Yemeni armed forces accomplished what eight years of attritional warfare had failed to achieve.

In a military operation officially named “God Is Strongest in Might and Severe in Punishment,” the Yemeni military, backed by the Ansarullah resistance forces, liberated more than 5,400 square kilometers of territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing strategically vital ports, towns, and geographic features that Saudi-backed forces had seized and held since 2017 and 2018.

The speed, coordination, and depth of the advance stunned military and security observers, shattered a carefully constructed Saudi media narrative, and fundamentally altered the strategic geometry of the war imposed on Yemen.

The ports of Al-Mokha, Dhubab, and Al-Khokha fell. Key towns, including Hays, Maqbanah, and Al-Mafraq, were liberated. The entire Jabal Habashi region came under Sana’a’s control.

These were no minor outposts but positions that the former Saudi-backed regime had spent four months capturing during the so-called “Golden Arrow” operation in 2017 and an entire summer offensive in 2018, backed by heavy Saudi air support and financial resources. … continue

From al-Mokha to Bab al-Mandab: YAF’s strategic advance takes shape

By Hala Farhat | Al Mayadeen| September 11, 2026

… What the YAF took control of on the ground was not empty coastline. Al-Mokha’s port was rehabilitated by the UAE, and its airport runway, along with military camps including Khalid Camp Base and Jabal al-Nar Camp, the command headquarters for forces on the western coast, had served for years as the operational backbone of a Saudi-Emirati-backed military presence. […]

The coastline Sanaa now holds took the Saudi-UAE coalition nearly three years to secure the first time, and it never captured the whole of it. Coalition-backed forces took Bab al-Mandab and Mayyun Island in October 2015, seven months after the Saudi-led aggression began.

Al-Mokha did not fall until January 2017 […]

On Mayyun Island, construction on a military runway began in late 2016, was abandoned, then resumed years later. By 2021, satellite imagery showed a completed 1.85-kilometer runway with three hangars, and the UAE sought a 20-year lease over the island.

Saudi Arabia picked up much of the financing after the UAE’s drawdown, continuing to pay the “National Resistance Forces” and fund reconstruction projects in the area. […]

Retired Brigadier General Ali Abi Raad, a strategic military expert, told Al Mayadeen the coalition’s defeat was the product of a fundamentally divided force, describing the roughly 30,000 fighters aligned with Tareq Saleh, a member of the Saudi-backed presidential council, and the “Giants Brigades” as a patchwork of Salafist, jihadist, and mercenary elements with Arab and Western nationalities among them, and no single unified command.

The “National Resistance Forces” and the “Giants Brigades” had been marketed for years as an elite, specially trained counterweight to the Yemeni Armed Forces, equipped and funded by Saudi Arabia. Whatever the precise mix of factors behind their sudden withdrawal, the result was a collapse that undid in days what had taken the coalition the better part of three years to build the first time around. – Full article

Putin Slams Europe’s Energy Policy as Gas Prices Hit $1,000

Sputnik – 12.09.2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sharply criticized Europe’s energy policy, recalling that Russia once supplied gas for roughly $150–180 per 1,000 cubic meters while European leaders stubbornly insisted on exchange-based pricing.

“We told them: ‘Gas is not a market commodity. At least, not a classic market commodity. It won’t work. Your prices will only rise.’ Well, you got what you asked for. A thousand dollars or euros now. And maybe even more,” Putin stated.

Putin warned that exchange traders care about short-term profit rather than physical gas reserves, saying prices could climb to $1,500.

Putin dismissed the situation as yet another catastrophic mistake in Europe’s economic policy, proving that their ideological pivot away from reliable Russian energy has only led to self-inflicted financial pain.