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With the Mideast in Turmoil, ‘Israel’s victimization by radical, violent Islamists is akin to what India has also suffered,’ says one adviser.
New Delhi, Aug.31.– As the Middle East conflict continues, the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, has notably shifted India’s approach, offering open support for Israel — a dramatic break from decades of cautious diplomacy.
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Geolocated footage published on August 22 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced further in southern Russkaya Konopelka (east of Sudzha). A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces also advanced north of Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha) along the Sudzha-Sukhodolovka R-200 highway. Russian sources claimed that there are conflicting reports about fighting east of Sudzha near Samoryadovo and Kozyrevka, but that Ukrainian mobile groups may be operating in the area.
Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh stated on August 22 that the US is gaining "a better understanding" of Ukraine's goals in Kursk Oblast and noted that Ukraine wants to create a buffer zone in Kursk Oblast. Singh stated that the US is still working to determine how the buffer zone fits into Ukraine's strategic objectives and that the US continues to provide materiel to support Ukraine's battlefield needs. Singh clarified that current US restrictions on Ukraine's ability to use US-provided weapons to strike military targets in Russian border areas allows Ukrainian forces to engage in counterfire while defending against Russian attacks across the international border, including in Kursk Oblast.
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Under President Daniel Ortega’s government, more than 5,000 civil society organizations have been forced to shut down and eliminate tax exemptions for Catholic and Evangelical churches.
Mexico City, Aug.23.– Nicaragua has shuttered an additional 151 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the local affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce, as part of an ongoing crackdown by President Daniel Ortega’s government.
The decision, announced by the Interior Ministry on Aug. 20, follows the revocation of the legal status of over 1,500 NGOs earlier this year. Most of the organizations affected in this latest round of closures are religious groups.
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Exclusive Mohsen Sazegara: "Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, in the heart of Tehran, was a humiliation for Iran's intelligence organizations.”
Iran is in no position to fight a long-term war with Israel and even asked the US to intervene to prevent a possible large-scale Israeli retaliation to any Iranian attack, according to Mohsen Sazegara, founder of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post.
The IRGC was founded shortly after the 1979 revolution in Iran to protect the Islamic Republic’s religious control over the country, and to act as a counterbalance to the regular Iranian Army, many of whose officers were still loyal to the Shah of Iran, and therefore could not be trusted by the revolutionary regime.
Since 1979, its authority and influence has spread throughout the world and it is considered one of the leading sponsors of Islamic terror globally. The group is now designated a terrorist organization by the United States. Speaking from the US, where he is now based after leaving Iran more than 20 years ago, Sazegara also touched upon internal conflicts within the Islamic Republic and the problems facing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“What Israel did, I mean the alleged assassination of [Hamas Chief] Ismail Haniyeh, in the heart of Tehran, in one of the most protected places, was a humiliation for the intelligence organizations of Iran,” Sazegara stated.
“This has created a problem for Khamenei among his main powerbase – the intelligence services.” “[Khamenei’s] first reaction was that we retaliate and don’t stop. But when he referred to his military commanders and the experts in the IRGC, and they should present the options of what to do, they told him that Iran is not in a position to fight Israel. They don’t have any strategic balance. They can send missiles toward Israel, especially hypersonic missiles that can reach Israel in six to eight minutes.‘ But when Israel retaliates, then we can’t defend the country, especially air defense,’ Khamenei’s commanders told him.
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Russian forces are likely preparing for a massive missile strike on Ukraine. However, at the moment, they are only conducting pilot training on Tu-95 and Tu-160 aircraft.
Aviation expert Kostiantyn Kryvolap tells about this in the commentary for RBC-Ukraine.
"It’s hard to say if there are any concrete signs, but it's almost clear that something is happening and they are preparing for something. The first point to note regarding the use of Tu-95 aircraft for launching Kh-101 missiles is that they tried to deploy 20 Tu-95s for these tasks, but it hasn’t been very successful," said Kryvolap.
He emphasized that Russia still has 13-14 aircraft capable of performing these functions, which "constantly shuttle between Olenya and Engels airbases."
"At Engels, they seem to be performing some kind of maintenance, as by the number of flights, they should be fully equipped with Kh-101 missiles and ready for their tasks. Instead, they are flying, training, conducting false launches, and setting up decoy targets. There’s also an additional Tu-160," noted the expert...