💥Adi Alexander, father of Edan Alexander, 19, an IDF soldier taken hostage, to @JakeTapper, on the pager rager: "this pager, mission-impossible action, it’s like treating agony with more agony… this vicious cycle of violence needs to stop." cnn.com/2024/09/19/pol…

The nuclear fearmongering would have us forget that the Three Mile Island accident caused zero deaths, zero injuries, and no known health effects

Were the Israeli Pager and Walkie-Talkie Attacks on Hezbollah Indiscriminate? | by Marko Milanovic ejiltalk.org/were-the-israe…

Return of the rhetoric about Iran and the resistance axis preparing for an “unprecedented attack” in retaliation, though a bit more plausible considering the importance of Hezbollah for Iran t.me/SEPAHCYBERY/99…

Israel's actions against Hezbollah go beyond simply targeting its commanders; they are dismantling the trust between the group and its surrounding community, which has always believed they were safeguarded by a highly professional military and security apparatus.

In addition to recent comments by Emirati officials MBS also upped the ante recently saying that Saudi Arabia will not normalize with Israel without a Palestinian state. There's no future without the creation of such a state on the 1967 lines. nytimes.com/2024/09/19/wor…

The mass electronic device explosions across Lebanon and Syria in recent days bear the hallmarks of a sinister dystopian nightmare. International humanitarian law prohibits attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and military targets and prohibits the use of these

.Amnesty International says 'the evidence indicates that...(Israel's pager attacks in Lebanon) were carried out indiscriminately, would be unlawful under international humanitarian law and should be investigated as war crimes.' At least two young children were killed in the attacks.

My latest with my ⁦Tech Against Terrorism⁩ colleague Louise Meloy for ⁦Eurasianet⁩: #ISKP intensifying online propaganda targeting #Russia and #CentralAsia — The branch is widening inroads among Caucasus extremists eurasianet.org/perspectives-i…

On right: Abu Hayder al-Khafaji (Kata’ib Hezbollah figure killed by Israel just now in Syria). On left: Kata’ib Hezbollah figure Abu Baqir al-Saadi (killed by the Americans)

#Israel appears intent on recalibrating rules of engagement with #Hezbollah through a nuanced combination of security measures and psychological tactics, indicating a shift in conventional parameters of engagement over past yr, signaling a transition into a new phase of conflict.

📢 UNIDIR is #hiring 3️⃣ Graduate Professionals to join the Security and Technology Programme! Passionate about cybersecurity, #AI and technology innovation? 🤖 Apply by 4 October 2024!

Iran supporting armed factions in various conflict zones= "malign actor" UAE supporting armed factions in various conflict zones= "traditional" and "force for stability", w/glowing tributes from think-tankers 😃😃

Pretty silly logical fallacy to argue that foreign influences on a culture somehow invalidate that culture’s identity. Anyway, it is fairly clear that English identity in Britain ultimately goes back to the Anglo-Saxon ethnolinguistic group that came to the island.

It's not officially called a war yet, but it bears all the hallmarks of one. Decision-makers and analysts might refer to it as an escalation, but for those living through its aftermath—for the family mourning their lost loved ones, the couple whose mortgaged home is now in ruins,

Iraqi Intelligence & Federal Investigations Agency announces it has arrested 9 ISIS members in separate operations in Salah ad-Din Province. They confessed to their crimes & were involved in numerous terrorist attacks in the province. mobp.as/mOOPx

An explosion in a major coal mine near the city of Tabas in South Khorasan province left 30 dead, 17 injured so far, according to local officials. 22 people are still trapped. Rescue operation is ongoing. %76 of coal used in Iran is extracted from mines.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that he is weighing the so-called generals’ plan to lay siege to northern Gaza, promoted by a group of senior IDF reservists." timesofisrael.com/pm-says-hes-we…

In the escalating deterrence "game" between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israelis are trying to cause a population exodus from parts of the south and Beqaa in response to Hezbollah's efforts yesterday to do the same from northern Israel: lorientlejour.com/article/142812… via @LorientLeJour

🚨 IDF spokesman: In the near future we will attack in the Beqaa Valley, where Hezbollah stores weapons in civilian buildings - this is a targeted warning, those who are in buildings that have weapons - stay away