Sputnik – 01.03.2026
TEHRAN – Iran banned the entry to the Persian Gulf for US ships, senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said on Sunday.
“As of today, no US ship has the right to enter the Persian Gulf,” Rezaei said on air of Iranian television.
Trade through theStrait of Hormuz is impossible at the moment until further notice, the official added. … Full article
Vessels transiting the Strait have received VHF radio transmissions attributed to the IRGC stating that “no ship is allowed to pass”
Al Mayadeen | March 1, 2026Iranian state media on Sunday aired footage showing an oil tanker ablaze after being struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that the vessel was targeted as it “passed illegally through the waterway.”
The broadcast comes amid intense regional escalation following unprovoked strikes by the United States and “Israel” against Iran. … Full article
RT | March 1, 2026
Russia holds an estimated 31 billion tons of recoverable oil reserves – including proven deposits and volumes not yet ready for production – enough to last over 60 years at the current output rate, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak has announced.
He stressed, however, that this does not mean Russia will run out of oil in six decades, noting that additional volumes are added annually through exploration and drilling. […]
“The main goal is to ensure that our country has sufficient oil reserves for 30 to 50 years. Maintaining this balance is crucial. Therefore [we] are constantly drilling and searching for more oil,” Novak concluded. … Full article
Sputnik – 01.03.2026
“Gas prices may rise, because approximately 20% of the world’s LNG transits through the Strait of Hormuz, including all of Qatar’s production,” Igor Yushkov, a top Russian energy expert, told Sputnik, commenting on the Persian Gulf crisis.
“Qatar is one of the largest producers of LNG in the world, second only to Australia and the US. If there’s a shortage of LNG on the global market…the exchange price could easily exceed $1k or even 1.5k. We’ve seen similar prices in Europe even without such a shortage. So the price could skyrocket.”
According to Yushkov, “everything will depend on how long the tension in the Strait of Hormuz lasts,” including not only Iran’s readiness to reopen it, but gas producers’ willingness to resume transit.
“In any case, we will see higher shipping costs, higher insurance costs for ships,” with the situation “further exacerbated” by the fact that the Northern Hemisphere is still in the heating season, with Europe’s underground gas storage facilities being gradually depleted.
“Even though Qatar gas physically goes primarily to Asian markets, the exchange price will rise everywhere,” same as oil, Yushkov clarified. Qatar itself also has no alternative to Hormuz. “Therefore, if it is unable to export LNG, Qatar will simply have to stop production.”
Message to China
The current crisis is also “a major wake-up call for China,” with the US demonstrating its readiness to flout international law, Yushkov says.
“China is being shown that anything coming from the south is unsafe. Passage through the Strait of Hormuz may be interrupted today as part of the current conflict, but tomorrow the Americans could close it off to Qatari LNG supplies to the Chinese market.”
“Or they could close the Strait of Malacca, through which all the hydrocarbons going to China from Africa and the entire Middle East flow. Therefore, this is a signal to China that anything coming from the north is much safer, and much more difficult to shut down,” the observer summed up.
Analysts warn of sustained rally across global markets if tensions escalate
By Chi Jingyi | Global Times | March 1, 2026… Lin noted that the macroeconomic impact of crude oil imports on China is far less severe compared with the US and EU.
“As a net oil importer, China faces higher import costs from rising oil prices. Nevertheless, because petroleum represents a relatively small share of overall energy consumption, the broader macroeconomic effects remain manageable and controllable.”
According to official data, oil accounts for only about 18 percent of China’s total energy consumption, whereas oil and gas make up nearly 70 percent in the US and EU. … Full article
Sputnik – 01.03.2026
Iran is in an “existential confrontation” with the US and Israel, and restricting access to the Hormuz Strait – entry point to the oil-rich Persian Gulf region, is one of the “most powerful strategic cards” it holds, says Dr. Ali Mamouri, a former strategic communication advisor to Iraq’s prime minister.
“Iran’s broader strategy appears to be buying time and raising the cost of the conflict, hoping to drag the United States into a prolonged and expensive confrontation that would generate domestic political pressure on President Trump to seek a ceasefire,” Mamouri told Sputnik.
“On the other side, Washington and Israel seem to be betting on internal collapse—expecting that military pressure might trigger protests, elite divisions, or defections within Iran’s security forces. So far, however, none of these internal fractures have appeared.”
“A prolonged closure” of the Hormuz Strait would have a profound impact on the global economy, Mamouri says. … continue
By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | March 1, 2026
The recent military escalation in the Middle East revealed a strategic miscalculation on the part of Washington and Tel Aviv. By launching a direct offensive against Iran, authorities in the United States and Israel apparently assumed that Tehran would repeat the pattern observed in previous confrontations: initial restraint, calibrated retaliation, and delayed timing. This pattern was evident both during the so-called Twelve-Day War and in earlier episodes of Israeli aggression against Iranian targets and regional allies. This time, however, the calculation proved mistaken. … continue
RT | March 1, 2026
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran are unlikely to trigger regime change and risk escalating into a wider geopolitical confrontation, former Pentagon security policy analyst Michael Maloof has told RT.
Washington and West Jerusalem launched what they described as a “preemptive” attack on the Islamic Republic after nuclear talks failed to produce a breakthrough, prompting retaliation from Iran. Tehran responded with missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and US military bases across the region.
In an interview with RT on Saturday, Maloof said the timing of the attack had likely been finalized during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago on February 12, despite President Donald Trump publicly insisting that negotiations with Tehran were ongoing.
“The United States has always done Israel’s bidding. Netanyahu basically controls Trump,” Maloof claimed, adding that the US president has effectively pursued the Israeli PM’s vision of “a greater Israel to encompass all the Arab countries.”
Trump openly declared his goal to force regime change in Tehran, but efforts to topple Iran’s government would face major obstacles, according to Maloof. … continue
By Ian Proud | Strategic Culture Foundation | March 1, 2026
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was assassinated in what is being described in western media as a joint airstrike operation. Even though the Israeli air-force carried out airstrikes in and around Tehran, it is clear that these were supported by the U.S. military. As such, the U.S. is complicit in the murder of the Head of State of a sovereign nation.
And this unilateral military action once again proved both that the United Nations Charter has lost its value and that the UN Security Council is now broken. … continue
RT | March 1, 2026
Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the ongoig joint US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic.
Multiple news agencies, including the Tasnim, Mehr and Press TV simultaneously announced early Sunday that the 85-year-old leader had been “martyred” in the attack.
“The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint attack by the criminal America and the Zionist regime,” the official statement said.
“At the moment of the martyrdom, he was carrying out his assigned duties and was present at his workplace, when this cowardly attack occurred,” it added, refuting the “Zionist regime’s psychological warfare” claiming that the Supreme Leader was hiding in a secure and hidden location. … Full article
The Dissident | February 28, 2026
During his announcement of the current U.S./Israeli regime change war on Iran , Trump framed the war under the pretext of helping Iranians, saying:
to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.
For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let’s see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.
But after one day of war, the U.S. and Israel have already carried out a massacre of over 100 children.
The Financial Times reports that, “A primary school in southern Iran was struck during Saturday’s joint US-Israeli military operation, killing at least 108 people who were mostly schoolgirls, according to Iranian authorities.”
According to the governor of Hormozgan Province, Mohammad Ashouri, “In addition to the deaths, 92 people were injured and an unspecified number trapped under rubble”. … continue
By Jon Fleetwood | February 26, 2026
… Washington lawmakers have introduced legislation authorizing $6 billion in taxpayer-backed funding to create a permanent state-run biosecurity and infectious disease response apparatus, with bird flu explicitly cited as one of the outbreak threats used to justify its creation.
If approved, the bill would establish a new government institute with the power to direct billions into infectious disease programs, biological countermeasure development, and outbreak response infrastructure—while allowing grant and review records tied to those activities to be shielded from public disclosure. – Read full article
Dr. Tenpenny’s Eye on the Evidence | February 26, 2026
Professor Francis Boyle was a leading bioweapons expert. In fact, he was the author of the US Bioweapons Act of 1989, so who better to comment on mRNA COVID jabs, which he called “biological weapons” and “Franken-shots.”
Boyle has stated openly that the SARS-CoV-2 and the mRNA injections were DARPA-funded offensive bioweapons programs with a goal of developing lethal vaccine technology for population reduction. He also talked about their intended capabilities to cause rapid cancers, prion disease, and autoimmune disorders. He explained that the spike protein is the weapon.
He was active and outspoken. He testified to Congress and warned the public. He agreed to testify in the Netherlands trial against Bill Gates and Dr. Fauci, but just 20 days after agreeing to testify, he was found dead. Interesting… because, while elderly at age 74, he was in good health and still working full time. He was found dead, and his cause of death is still unknown.
Even with Boyle out of the way, things are not going well for Gates et al in the Netherlands trial.
By Ben Squires | Reclaim The Net | February 28, 2026
A British Columbia tribunal has ordered a former school trustee to pay $750,000 for saying things about gender ideology that the body deemed “hate speech.”
Barry Neufeld, who served on the Chilliwack school board, now faces a financial penalty most individuals could never satisfy, for comments made in social media posts, board meetings, and public rallies over a five-year period.
The tribunal called 24 of his 30 reviewed “publications” merely discriminatory. Six crossed into what it labelled “hate speech.”
“Hate speech” under section 13 of the B.C. Human Rights Code means speech “likely to expose a person or a group or class of persons to hatred or contempt” because of a protected characteristic. The tribunal gets to decide which speech crosses that line. No jury. No criminal standard of proof. A quasi-judicial administrative body makes that call, then attaches a $750,000 price tag.
Neufeld’s statements were blunt. He called “gender-affirming support” for trans children “child abuse.” … Full article
Simons was accused of running a thinktank dedicated to fighting “disinformation,” then used a government intelligence body to spread it
By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | February 28, 2026
In England, Member of Parliament Josh Simons resigned from the Cabinet Office on Saturday after the Guardian revealed he had personally emailed GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre to link journalists investigating his thinktank to a Russian disinformation campaign. The same journalists he later claimed to know nothing about. … Full article
RT | February 28, 2026
The move comes mere weeks before elections in the Central European nation and has been condemned by the Hungarian National Media Association, which called it an attack on press freedom.
The pages of Bama.hu, Szabolcs Online and Kisalföld.hu were made inaccessible as of Friday, prompting the media outlets to criticize what they called an unjustified decision in a joint statement. They also vowed to appeal the ban.
The affected media outlets – all part of the Mediaworks Hungary conglomerate – have been described by other local media as presenting the view of the government and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party.
The development came ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for early April, where Fidesz faces tough competition from the pro-EU opposition Tisza Party.
The Hungarian National Media Association blasted the ban, insisting that the pretext for the move was flimsy. Non-compliance with the “community principles of Meta,” Facebook’s parent company, could “mean anything,” it said in a statement expressing solidarity with the affected outlets. … Full article
IMEMC | February 28, 2026
Illegal Israeli colonizers carried out a number of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, shooting one young man near Hebron, assaulting one near Nablus, and five others near Tubas.
Osama Makhamra, a local anti-settlement activist told the WAFA News Agency that armed paramilitary colonizers, under army protection opened fire towards Palestinian citizens in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
Makhamra reported that one young man sustained a live gunshot wound to the hand; he was transported to the hospital suffering moderate injuries.
He added that colonizers assaulted shepherds from the Makhamra and Awad families in Khirbet Asfi and Mughayir al-Abeed in Masafer Yatta, and attempted to steal their livestock; a number of citizens sustained bruises.
Media sources reported that settlers invaded and ransacked several citizens’ homes, including that of the citizen Ahmed Ismail Abu Aram, in the village of Al-Halawa, and opened fire with live rounds in Khirbet Aqwawis. … Full article
Sputnik – 28.02.2026
Iran intends to inflict at least a few hundred casualties upon the US military as it realizes that the US will continue attacking until being forced to pay a significant cost, Foad Izadi, associate professor at the University of Tehran, tells Sputnik.
“There is this culture of resistance in Iran, and this culture of resistance will help Iran, an ancient civilization, to be able to do what Iran has done historically – resist invaders, resist aggressors,” he says.
Meanwhile, the United States is trying to do the same thing it did the last year – kill as many Iranians as possible.
“This time they are more explicit in terms of wanting to change the Iranian government, which is a foolish thing to do, because last time the attack on Iran resulted in a rally around the flag effect,” Izadi notes. “This time is going to result in the same thing.”
He also points out that the US and Israel once again attacked Iran while in the middle of negotiations with the country.
By Tarik Cyril Amar | RT | February 28, 2026
Israel and its US auxiliaries have attacked Iran. In terms of international law and elementary justice, things are clear beyond the slightest doubt: the attack is a war of aggression – but to be fair, in Israel’s case that hardly makes a difference anymore.
With ‘highlights’ including apartheid, ethnic cleansing, unlawful detention, torture, sexual violence, and genocide, Israel has such an extensive and constantly growing record of, literally, every crime under international law, including human-rights and humanitarian law (or the law of armed conflict), that one more or less hardly seems to matter anymore. This state is a monster, and monsters will monster as long as they can. … continue
The Jewish supremacist oligarch punishing Venezuela
Tracking Power | February 27, 2026… Between June 2023 and October 2024 (according to Open Secrets) Singer donated some $43.25 million to pro-Zionist electoral campaigns. These included massive donations to Trump. He had previously supported the presidential campaigns of former President George W. Bush, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and, in 2015, to Marco Rubio.
Singer was also the largest donor ($1 million) to a super PAC seeking to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (the anti AIPAC Republican) according to a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission in July 2025. The group, MAGA KY, raised $2 million between its launch in late June and the end of July.
Make no mistake Paul Singer is a Zionist instrument helping to cement Pax Judaica – the emerging Jewish Empire – in the US and Latin America. – Read full article
Inside the Israeli arms, training, and spyware pipelines that turned Mexican cartels into paramilitary armies
José Niño Unfiltered | February 27, 2026
… When one examines Israel’s and American Jewry’s concerted efforts to render Latin America amenable to Jewish hegemony—through initiatives like the Isaac Accords and the strategic co-optation of pivotal regimes such as Argentina’s—it becomes evident that Mexico stands poised as the next arena for such influence operations orchestrated by Israel and international Jewry.
Make no mistake: Israel and the broader Jewish community harbor ambitions that extend far beyond consolidating control over the Middle East and the affluent nations of the West; emerging economies like Mexico represent fertile ground for subversion and dominance, even if it necessitates embedding operatives within the labyrinthine underbelly of its criminal syndicates. In the post-World War II global order, where Jewish interests enjoy unparalleled institutional privileges and protections from sovereign states worldwide, no nation escapes the scope of the pan-Judah’s expansive designs—Mexico, assuredly, forms no exception. – Read full article
By Tal Shalev | CNN | February 28, 2026
The timing of the US and Israeli attack on Iran bears symbolic meaning in Judaism. Ahead of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, worshippers read the specific portion from the Old Testament, known as Zachor.
The passage from the book of Deuteronomy commands the ancient Israelites to remember an unprovoked attack by the nation of Amalek and to eradicate the memory of Amalek once the Israelites are settled in their land.
The passage is read publicly before Purim to fulfil the mitzvah of remembering Amalek as Israel’s achetypical enemy.
Al Mayadeen | February 28, 2026
Iran’s ISNA news agency reported that dozens of students remain trapped under the rubble, while a number have been rescued. A hospital in the same area also suffered partial damage, according to ISNA.
Iran’s Mehr news agency further reported that two students were martyred in the Narmak area of Tehran.
Iran Invokes Article 51 of the UN Charter
In the official statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran invoked Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, affirming its legitimate right to self-defense following the Israeli strikes on Iran.
The ministry characterized the airstrikes as a violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
According to the statement, “The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will respond forcefully to any attack.” The ministry reiterated that Iran would use all its capabilities to deter aggression and confront its enemies. … continue
Press TV – February 28, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that it destroyed a sophisticated American radar system stationed in Qatar as part of its retaliatory attacks targeting US bases and assets in the region.
A Saturday statement from the IRGC said the FP132 radar system, which was targeted in the attack, had a range of 5,000 km and had unique equipment to counter ballistic missiles.
According to a report by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency in 2013, the radar system was worth around $1.1 billion.
The statement said the system was “completely annihilated” in the massive missile attack.
The attack came as part of a coordinated response by Iranian armed forces to Israeli and US unprovoked aggression against Iran that took place early on Saturday.
The unprovoked attacks triggered a swift Iranian response, with IRGC and army missiles and drones targeting US military sites in at least seven regional countries, including Qatar.
Qatar hosts Al-Udeid, the largest US airbase in the region, and Iranian authorities had warned the base would become a target if Iranian territory were struck by the US or Israel. … Full article
By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | February 28, 2026
Key Takeaways
By Glenn Greenwald | February 28, 2026
For decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American neoconservatives have dreamed of only one foreign policy goal: having the United States fight a regime-change war against Iran. With the Oval Office occupied by Donald Trump — who campaigned for a full decade on a vow to end regime-change wars and vanquish neoconservatism — their goal has finally been realized.
Early Saturday morning, the United States and Israel began a massive bombing campaign of Tehran and other Iranian cities. President Trump posted an eight-minute speech to social media purporting to justify his new war, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury.” Trump’ war cry was filled with the same slogans and clichés about Iran that Americans have heard from the carousel of bipartisan neocons dominating U.S. foreign policy for decades: Iran is a state sponsor of “terror”; it is pursuing nuclear weapons; it took American hostages forty-seven years ago (in 1979); it repressed and kills its dissidents, etc. … continue
By Tamer Ajrami | MEMO | February 27, 2026
The United States has turned the talks with Iran upside down. What is happening now does not look like serious negotiations. It looks more like a way to buy time and prepare for a more dangerous phase. That is why two questions matter: Why Trump’s war on Iran will not succeed, and why would it be a dangerous choice for Washington?
The answer is simple. The demands Washington is putting on the table are designed to be rejected, and because any military action, if it occurs, will reveal the limits of force, the logic of exhaustion, and the absence of a clear or achievable goal. … continue
The case comes amid a pattern of repression targeting Palestine solidarity activism in Britain
MEMO | February 27, 2026
A secondary school teacher says she was left “in a state of shock and distress” after a smear campaign by pro-Israel groups and a formal investigation by her employer over her participation in a pro-Palestine campaign.
Sajia Iqbal, 43, took part in a National Day of Action organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) on 5 April 2025, as part of a Redbridge PSC initiative linked to the peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The protest took place at a Sainsbury’s store in Ilford, where a group of around “eight to ten activists” collected Israeli goods from the shelves and placed them in a trolley alongside a Palestinian flag. They handed a letter to the store manager calling on the supermarket to uphold the boycott by removing Israeli products from sale. […]
Iqbal stressed that she participated in a personal capacity. “I didn’t represent the school, I represented myself. I wasn’t wearing anything that links me to my employer” she said, adding that she had not committed any criminal offence, and simply exercising her democratic rights. … Full article
The Cradle | February 27, 2026
The family of UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, filed a lawsuit on 26 February in a US court challenging sanctions imposed over her UN-mandated findings on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“Francesca’s expression of her views about the facts as she has found them in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and about the work of the ICC [International Criminal Court] is core First Amendment activity,” the lawsuit states.
The complaint was submitted by Albanese’s husband and child, who argue that the heavy sanctions have severely disrupted their lives, including limiting access to their home in Washington.
The filing asserts that the measures amount to punishment for speech, stating that “At its heart, this case concerns whether Defendants can sanction a person – ruining their life and the lives of their loved ones, including their citizen daughter – because Defendants disagree with their recommendations or fear their persuasiveness.” … continue
The Dissident | February 27, 2026
A new Gallup poll found that for the first time in 25 years, more Americans are sympathetic towards Palestinians than towards Israelis.
Of the Americans polled, 41 percent said they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36 percent said they sympathize more with the Israelis, and the rest responded that they express no partiality toward the two sides.
Gallup noted that these results, “contrast with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years.”
It added, “From 2001 to 2025, Israelis consistently held double-digit leads in Americans’ Middle East sympathies, with the gap averaging 43 points between 2001 and 2018. However, public opinion began narrowing in 2019, several years before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The cumulative effect of gradual changes in U.S. attitudes since then has led to the Israelis no longer being viewed more sympathetically.”
This poll is no doubt causing a major panic for Israel and the Zionist lobby, which is propped up entirely by US weapons and funding, as well as US wars in the Middle East fought against Israel’s enemies on their behalf.
The Quincy Institute and the Costs of War Project has detailed that “the US has supplied $21.7 billion in military aid” to Israeli since the start of the genocide in Gaza, noting that, “Israel could not have wreaked the level of destruction it has inflicted on Gaza without US weapons and financing, and its ability to widen the war to the broader region would be severely undermined” and “Israel would also have been hard pressed to conduct the war at the pace it did without US assistance with maintenance and spare parts. That’s because Israel’s entire inventory of combat aircraft is composed of US-supplied F-15s, F-16s, and F-35s, as are most of its attack helicopters.”
The Quincy Institute noted that, “the United States could substantially undermine Israel’s ability to wage war if it cut off weapons, financing and spare parts.”
On top of the $21.7 billion provided to Israel from the United States during the genocide in Gaza, Harvard University economist Linda Bilmes has documented that since October of 2023, the U.S. has spent $9.65-$12.07 billion on wars in the Middle East on behalf of Israel in Iran, Yemen, and beyond. … Full article
Palestine Solidarity Movement | February 27, 2026Israeli settlers and military harassed several Palestinian families and a vegetable stand owner in the Jordan Valley. Each incident resulted in the arrest of the Palestinians being attacked, while Israeli settlers, present on the land illegally under international law, saw no repercussions for their violent actions. These arrests demonstrate how Israeli settlers and military work together to harass and assault Palestinians on their legally owned land.
On 22 February 2026 a group of Israeli settlers attacked the family of Anwar Jamil Sawafta in Bardala. The settlers violently broke into his home and beat Anwar, his wife, and their five children.
When the Israeli army arrived, they arrested Anwar and his wife Wissal, leaving their five children on their own.
As of 26 February, Anwar and Wissal are still in Israeli military custody. … Full article
MEMO | February 27, 2026
The UN said Friday that more than half of humanitarian aid movements to the Gaza Strip were blocked or denied by Israeli authorities in February, worsening shortages for civilians, Anadolu reports.
“Food rations have been cut by half in February, largely because there are not enough supplies in Gaza. Around two-thirds of the aid trucks coming through the Egypt corridor were sent back this month,” said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric at a news conference. […]
Asked why trucks were turned back at the Egypt corridor, Dujarric said: “They were not cleared by the Israeli authorities, as far as I’m aware. There’s an issue of them considering some items that we feel critical not being allowed into Gaza.” … Full article
IMEMC | February 27, 2026
On Friday, in ongoing violations of the ceasefire established in October 2025, Israeli forces killed 7 Palestinians and wounded several by drone bombings and gunfire.
Israeli forces killed one and injured three as a result of targeting a tent housing displaced people at the Mustafa Hafez Shelter School next to Nasser Hospital, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli occupation army drone dropped the bomb.
A killed Palestinian arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital by Israeli occupation army fire in the Aslan area of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
Citizen Hussam Hassan Abu Khousa (43 years old) was killed by the Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in the Al-Atatra area in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
In Gaza City, a woman was injured in the head by a gunshot near a country in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.
A Palestinian citizen was killed by Israeli occupation forces’ fire on Friday in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, while a citizen was killed and three others were injured in the bombing of a displaced persons tent in Khan Younis, south of the Strip.
The drone buzzing and bombings are constant. In the evening, Israeli aircraft launched an airstrike on the eastern areas of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. Casualties are unknown at this time.
Israeli tanks opened fire east of Khan Younis, shelling tents of displaced Palestinians in Al-Namsawi Cemetery area, west of the city in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military released footage it said documents the moment it bombed armed resistance fighters exiting a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the army claimed it had identified fighters exiting a tunnel and published the video as evidence of its account. However, the footage instead appears to show the bombing of a police station, contradicting the army’s narrative. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | February 26, 2026
Israeli occupation forces carried out several attacks on towns in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon on Thursday, killing one citizen of Syrian nationality, and injuring 19 others, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported.
Israeli warplanes targeted the following areas in a series of airstrikes:
Additionally, an Israeli Merkava tank fired shots from the newly-established position in Jabal Blat, targeting the outskirts of Aitaroun.
Furthermore, Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of the town of Aitaroun with mortar shells, while a strike from an Israeli drone targeted the al-Taher Hill in southern Lebanon. … Full article
By Ali Abou Jbara | The Cradle | February 26, 2026
The smoke had barely lifted from the latest Israeli bombardment of south Lebanon when another conversation began circulating in Beirut. While border villages buried their dead and families searched through rubble, a parallel discourse surfaced in studios and on digital platforms: normalization with Israel presented as a viable political path.
The ongoing war on Lebanon, marked by unprecedented Israeli escalation, daily raids, and widespread destruction, exposed more than military vulnerability. It revealed that certain voices inside the country no longer conceal their position toward Tel Aviv.
They now speak openly of public normalization as the cure for Lebanon’s crises – even as Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese skies, despite the so-called ceasefire. What is marketed as pragmatism begins to resemble political surrender. … continue
The Cradle | February 27, 2026
Senior US officials want Israel to strike Iran before Washington launches a renewed assault on the country, POLITICO reported on 26 February, to gain more support among US voters for war.
Advisors to US President Donald Trump are “privately arguing that an Israeli attack would trigger Iran to retaliate, helping muster support from American voters for a U.S. strike,” POLITICO wrote, citing two people familiar with the discussions.
“The calculus is a political one – that more Americans would stomach a war with Iran if the United States or an ally were attacked first,” the magazine added. … Full article
The Dissident | February 27, 2026
… the evidence free claims from the mainstream media that Iran killed tens of thousands of peaceful protestors are clearly not convincing many.
With recycled WMD deceptions and atrocity propaganda not working, the Trump administration is now deciding to intentionally get Iran to kill Americans on military bases in the Middle East, in hopes it will finally convince the public to support a war in Iran for Israel.
As the commentator zei_squirrel put it , “Normally this would be called treason of the highest order, but it’s being argued that killing Americans will be done for Israel, so the media and political class love it and think it’s a brilliant idea”. – Full article
Press TV – February 27, 2026
A major Iraqi anti-terror group has warned that the United States will suffer “massive losses” if it wages another act of aggression in West Asia.
Kata’ib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades) issued the warning in a statement released on Thursday, amid the US war posture against Iran despite indirect nuclear talks between the two sides.
“If America dares to ignite the fuse of war in the region, it will find itself facing massive losses that are impossible to contain or compensate for,” it said.
The anti-terror group, which is part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also called on its members to become ready for a “war of attrition” in case of a new US military assault in the region.
“Amidst the American threats and military mobilization that portend a serious escalation in the region, we stress the need for all fighters to prepare for a war of attrition that could be long-lasting, exceeding the estimates of the American administration,” it added.
Meanwhile, Kata’ib Hezbollah cautioned the government of Kurdistan Region against the consequences of any “collusion” with hostile foreign forces, saying such a move could threaten the security of the semi-autonomous Iraqi region.
The US began its war rhetoric against Iran after recent foreign-linked riots, which immediately failed to take off, and during which US President Donald Trump talked about coming to the aid of the armed mercenaries. … Full article
Press TV – February 27, 2026
US intelligence does not support President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran is close to fielding missiles capable of striking the United States, Reuters reports, casting fresh doubt on an alarming narrative that critics say is being used to manufacture consent for war.
Citing sources familiar with classified assessments, the British news agency said that Trump’s claim, made during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, is exaggerated and not borne out by intelligence reports.
Yet the claim formed a central plank of his renewed public case for possible military aggression against the Islamic Republic.
In the address, Trump told lawmakers that Tehran was “working on missiles that will soon reach” the United States, without presenting evidence, referring to what is technically known as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
He also alleged that Iran was rebuilding a nuclear program he claimed had been “obliterated” by US airstrikes last June during the 12-day US-Israeli war on Iran.
The rhetoric has revived uneasy memories of past US wars launched on false premises, most notably the claims about weapons of mass destruction used to justify the invasion of Iraq. … Full article
The Cradle | February 27, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 27 February that Washington must drop its “excessive demands” for a nuclear agreement to take place, coinciding with a continued US military buildup in the region.
“Success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other side and avoidance of any miscalculation and excessive demands,” Araghchi said in a call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
The call came as Washington’s aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, was set to arrive in Israel, following weeks of threats and a massive US air power buildup in West Asia described as the largest since the Iraq invasion.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to attack the Islamic Republic and has intensified sanctions on Iran, with the most recent being issued just hours before the latest round of talks.
Trump said a week ago that Tehran had two weeks to agree to Washington’s terms. […]
The next round of negotiations will be held in Vienna next Wednesday. – Full article
The Cradle | February 27, 2026
Washington has warned Damascus against seeking Chinese technology for Syria’s telecommunications sector, sources told Reuters on 27 February.
The three sources said Syria has been told that relying on Chinese technology “conflicts with US interests and threatens US national security.”
The US warning was relayed during a meeting between a US State Department delegation and Syrian Communications Minister Abdulsalam Haykal in San Francisco on Tuesday, the report added. … continue
By Mike Fredenburg | Responsible Statecraft | January 23, 2026
Are the military services babying the F-35 to obscure its true costs while continuing to get enormous sums of taxpayer funding for a plane that has consistently failed to live up to performance expectations? … continue
Sputnik – 27.02.2026
The G7 nations have issued $3.8 billion in loans to Ukraine in 2026 using proceeds generated by frozen Russian state assets, bringing the total amount of loans given to Kiev since 2024 to almost $43 billion, according to calculations by Sputnik based on data from the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and national agencies.
In 2024, the G7 countries approved a $50-billion loan to Ukraine, funded by revenues from frozen Russian assets. By late February 2026, the countries had allocated $42.7 billion to Ukraine under this scheme.
The first billion was transferred to Ukraine by the United States in late 2024. Since then, Washington has not provided any new funding to Kiev from Russian asset proceeds. The other members of the G7 gave Ukraine $37.9 billion in 2025 and $3.8 billion in 2026.
Overall, the European Union has contributed $32 billion in funding to Ukraine as part of the loan secured by Russian assets. Canada has contributed $3.6 billion, while Japan and the United Kingdom have each contributed approximately $3 billion.
RT | February 27, 2026
Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel hailed as “major victory” for the party and the nation a Thursday court decision that suspended its designation as a “confirmed right-wing extremist” organization.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, slapped the top opposition party with the classification in May 2025, having previously branded it a “suspected extremist group.”
An administrative court in Cologne granted a temporary injunction at the party’s request, pending a final ruling. […]
Federal law grants the BfV special powers to surveil and investigate members of groups it designates as extremist. Such labels can also influence voter preferences. The injunction comes ahead of March regional elections in Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. National polls show the AfD as a credible challenger to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democrats for the top spot.
Weidel said the ruling “indirectly threw a spanner in the works for the ban fanatics,” referring to mounting calls from the party’s mainstream rivals to outlaw it. Lawyer Ralf Hoecker, who represented the AfD, said the decision makes a proposed ban “no longer conceivable. It’s off the table.” … Full article
Remix News | February 27, 2026
Ukrainian analyst Valery Savchuk spoke in a video about Ukraine’s geopolitical pressure on Hungary by shutting down the Friendship oil pipeline, calling it a correct strategy. He added that drones should also be used to strike at the “Russian-Hungarian-Slovak friendship,” writes Hirado, based on a video the analyst published.
“I personally like this Ukrainian position: the position of a serious player who uses all opportunities to achieve his goals. Blackmail? Yes, geopolitics. It’s time for us to play these games too — on the condition that this game leads to the desired result for us.”
He then went on to say that Ukraine should also use drones against the Hungarians and Slovaks. “Now we will wait for the decision of the European Union. We will wait for the effective work of our diplomats, and most importantly: We will wait for new devastating blows of our drones to this Russian-Hungarian-Slovak friendship,” he said, presumably referring to the Friendship oil pipeline. … continue
By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | February 26, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kiev this week empty-handed, and she was pissed. She had been planning to mark the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war on February 24 with a new €90 billion loan to prop up the corrupt Kiev regime.
At the last minute, Hungary announced that it was vetoing the “Ukraine Support Loan.” So, von der Leyen, the former German defense minister and arch Russophobe, had nothing to show the puppet regime. The big anniversary occasion was an embarrassing flop. Hungary was accused of “betraying” European solidarity.
Putting a brave face on the debacle, von der Leyen made a promise, with menacing tone, about delivering the €90 bn “one way or another.” She said: “Let me be clear, we have different options, and we will use them.”
Those options would seem to include inciting regime change in Budapest. Hungary is going to the polls on April 12 for parliamentary elections. It is no secret that the European Union leadership would dearly like to see incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán being turned out of office, and replaced by Péter Magyar, of the opposition Tisza party, who is more amenable to Brussels’ policy of supporting the Kiev regime in the proxy war against Russia. … continue
RT | February 27, 2026
The EU is desperately attempting to engineer “regime change” against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next month’s parliamentary election, employing tactics such as poll manipulation and energy blackmail, German opposition leader Alice Weidel has claimed.
In a post on X on Wednesday, the co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party accused Brussels of using “their puppet,” Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar, in a bid to remove Orban.
“They want Orban gone, and they are willing to use any means to achieve it,” Weidel wrote, pointing to the ongoing “blockade of oil supplies” from Ukraine to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline, and “manipulation of election polls.”
Weidel was responding to a recent survey by Hungarian pollster Median showing Magyar’s opposition Tisza Party with a 55% to 35% lead over Orban’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance. Irish economist Philip Pilkington dismissed the figures as “really crazy polls,” comparing them to surveys in Georgia ahead of elections in 2024, which were followed by unrest.
Hungarian opposition pollsters have a track record of significant inaccuracies. In 2022, left-leaning polling firm Publicus was wide of the mark by 20 points, while Median itself underestimated Fidesz by 7 points in its final pre-election survey. Orban ultimately secured a 20-point victory. … continue
Sputnik – 27.02.2026
DONETSK – Ukrainian armed forces units were stationed in a mental hospital building, which was equipped as a headquarters in the city of Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region, a refugee from the city told Sputnik.
“The psychiatric hospital – that’s where they had their headquarters,” the refugee said.
The refugee added that Ukrainian servicemen also used the local school to house personnel.
Ukrainian fighters threatened to kill civilians and burn their homes as they retreated from the city of Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region, a refugee from the city told Sputnik.
The refugee said that when Gulyaipole was under Ukrainian control, the country’s soldiers occupied the house of a local resident who had left for medical treatment. When a neighbor attempted to explain that the house had an owner, the Ukrainian servicemen pointed weapons at her and ordered her to leave the city.
“They said ‘leave, when we withdraw, there will be nothing here, we will burn everything’,” the refugee said, adding that the Ukrainian soldiers also threatened to kill residents during the retreat. … Full article
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | February 26, 2026
Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is calling for a criminal investigation into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over a June 2021 directive suggesting healthcare employers not report workers’ adverse reactions to mandated COVID-19 vaccines “so as not to discourage vaccination.”
According to the directive, OSHA said it would not cite healthcare employers for failing to report COVID-19 vaccine injuries, even though workplace injury recordkeeping policy at the time required, and still requires employers to report vaccine side effects.
The agency outlined its COVID-19 vaccine injury reporting policy in the COVID-19 FAQs on its website. CHD learned that this policy was never properly enacted even though a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) spokesperson claimed otherwise.
In letters to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and DOL, CHD accused OSHA of “apparent violations of law arising from misrepresentations regarding employers’ — particularly healthcare employers’ — non-discretionary duty to track and disclose workplace injuries related to COVID-19 vaccines and failure to properly administer that data.”
OSHA’s failure to collect COVID-19 vaccine injury data among U.S. workers “has created inexcusable and irremediable data gaps,” CHD stated.
OSHA, which is overseen by the DOL, enacted the directive despite acknowledging that the vaccines may cause injuries that would require employees to take time off work and despite tracking adverse events related to other vaccines.
The call for an investigation came months after a whistleblower alerted The Defender to OSHA’s directive. … continue
Issues and Insights | February 25, 2026
… The volume of laws, rules, and regulations that have been passed and issued across the world to take “climate action” is probably innumerable. But we do have a good fix on how much has been spent. According to Danish researcher and author Bjørn Lomborg, more than $16 trillion has been shelled out for the global green transition.
Using data from a Bloomberg report published last month, Lomborg points out that from 2004 to 2025, “the world has spent at least $16 trillion on green,” a sum that’s 113 times greater than “what we spent on avoiding hunger through the World Food Program” and is rising by more than $2 trillion year, 2% of global GDP.
Despite all the spending, “fossil CO2 emissions set another record last year.”
… the “green ‘climate change’ obsession could arguably be the most inhumane political movement in history.” Resources that could have been dedicated to “clean water for poor countries, preventing deaths from diseases like malaria, building schools in Africa,” and “bringing reliable electric power to the more than 1 billion people who still lack access” have been squandered on nonsense. … Full article
RT | February 26, 2026
World Economic Forum (WEF) chief Borge Brende has stepped down from his post over his ties to late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The name of the Davos forum CEO surfaced in the latest trove of Epstein documents released by the US authorities in late January. The files indicated Brende attended several dinners with Epstein and repeatedly communicated with him.
The revelations prompted an internal investigation at the WEF and have now led to Brende’s downfall.
“After careful consideration, I have decided to step down as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum. My time here, spanning eight and a half years, has been profoundly rewarding,” Brende said in a statement on Thursday. […]
Last year, the forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab, stepped down as chair of its board after facing allegations of misusing funds and making inappropriate remarks to women. … Full article
Global Times | February 27, 2026
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio again touched upon China in terms of nuclear weapons negotiations, claiming that any nuclear arms treaty must include China. In the same few days, CNN published an “exclusive report,” citing so-called intelligence sources, to hype up the so-called “Chinese nuclear test.” These coordinated efforts are just a carefully orchestrated show by Washington. Earlier this month, Christopher Yeaw, assistant secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation at the US Department of State, disclosed a so-called “breaking news,” claiming that China conducted nuclear testing in 2020, causing a stir in international public opinion. Since then, the “China nuclear threat” rhetoric, directed by Washington, has been launched.
With high-ranking officials making statements, the so-called “insiders” disclosing information to the media, and a number of mainstream media outlets echoing the sentiment, Washington’s elaborate efforts are clearly driven by self-interest. The intention is obvious: Simultaneously with Yeaw’s alleged “Chinese nuclear test” revelations, he also conveniently stated that the US will return to testing on an “equal basis.” This timing coincides with the expiration of the New START Treaty between the US and Russia, a time when the US faces immense international pressure. Clearly, hyping up the “Chinese nuclear threat” is a two-pronged approach: It allows the US to deflect responsibility for deliberately delaying or even abandoning US-Russia nuclear negotiations, while simultaneously providing a fig leaf for its shady ambition to resume nuclear testing. … continue
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By Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News | April 17, 2024
Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel was framed in the West as a reckless attempt to spark a major regional war, but in reality, Israel has been attacking Iran for decades.
As is routinely the case with Western-backed wars, the corporate media’s timeline begins at the moment that suits their narrative. We have seen this play out recently, with the attempt to rob the Gaza war of all contexts before October 7, 2023. Similarly, when it comes to Israel’s conflict with Iran, the two have been embroiled in what is referred to as a “shadow war,” the details of which are pretty shocking. … continue
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