The End of New START: A "Grave Moment" for Global Security


Today, February 5, 2026, marks a historic and dangerous turning point in international relations. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the final bilateral agreement regulating the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia, has officially expired.
For the first time since 1972, the world’s two largest nuclear powers—possessing roughly 90% of the world's nuclear warheads—are operating without any legally binding limits on their strategic forces.


Key Consequences of Expiration

The lapse of New START removes the "guardrails" that have prevented an all-out nuclear competition for decades:

• Removal of Caps: The treaty limited each side to 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed delivery systems (missiles and bombers). Both nations are now legally free to expand these numbers indefinitely.

• Loss of Transparency: The end of mutual on-site inspections and data exchanges means intelligence agencies will now rely on "worst-case scenario" estimates. This lack of certainty significantly increases the risk of miscalculation during crises.

• Strain on the NPT: The expiration undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Non-nuclear states may now question the commitment of major powers to disarmament, potentially fueling nuclear ambitions in regions like the Middle East and East Asia( and perhaps this is a good decision! ) .


A New Triple Arms Race?
The vacuum left by New START doesn’t just affect Washington and Moscow. We are entering a "polycrisis" in nuclear stability:

1. US vs. Russia: Both nations have the technical capacity to "upload" stored warheads onto existing missiles. Reports suggest the US could double its deployed forces within a few years if it chooses to match potential Russian increases.

2. The China Factor: A major hurdle in negotiations was the US demand to include China, which is rapidly expanding its arsenal. Beijing has consistently refused to join limits until the US and Russia reduce their stockpiles to Chinese levels.

3. The Technological Edge: Unlike the Cold War, this new race involves Hypersonic Missiles and Artificial Intelligence, which compress decision-making times and make traditional arms control frameworks nearly obsolete.

The Current Stance
• Russia: President Putin proposed an informal one-year adherence to the limits in late 2025, but the offer was not formalized. Moscow maintains that any future deal must include UK and French arsenals.

• United States: The Trump administration has signaled a preference for a "better agreement" over an extension, emphasizing the need for a multilateral framework that includes China.


• United Nations: Secretary-General António Guterres has labeled this a "grave moment," warning that the risk of nuclear use is at its highest in decades.

The international community now faces a choice: innovate a new, trilateral arms control architecture or brace for an era of unpredictable, high-stakes nuclear competition.


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Graham ends meeting with Lebanese Army Commander over stance on Hezbollah


U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced the termination of a "very short" meeting with Lebanese Army Commander General Rudolph Haikal, following a sharp disagreement over the classification of Hezbollah.

Graham stated that he asked Haikal directly whether he considers

Hezbollah a "terrorist organization."

According to Graham, the Lebanese Army Commander replied,

"

No, not in the context of the Lebanese situation,"

which prompted Graham to end the meeting immediately.

The U.S. Senator asserted that Hezbollah is "clearly a terrorist organization," emphasizing that it has "American blood on its hands," referring to the targeting of U.S. Marines in Lebanon. He added that the group has been on U.S. terror lists since 1997 by both Republican and Democratic administrations "for good reason."

Graham argued that the Lebanese Army's continued stance raises questions about its status as a "reliable partner" to the United States. He criticized what he described as "double-talk in the Middle East," stating that "too much is at stake and there is no room for pleasantries."

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🔴Washington urges citizens to leave Iran as Iranian delegation arrives in Muscat


In a notable move, the U.S. State Department has called on its citizens to leave Iran "by any means possible," including departing by land via Armenia or Turkey. This directive comes while the Iranian negotiating delegation is in the Omani capital, Muscat, for indirect talks.


This American step recalls events from last June, when the United States not only provided political cover for Israel during the course of Iranian-American negotiations but also actively participated in military action. This behavior reflected Washington’s use of the diplomatic track as a cover for escalation rather than a path to a solution.

Observers believe this timing raises serious questions regarding U.S. credibility in the negotiation process. It reinforces suspicions that Washington is adopting a dual policy: keeping negotiation channels open for appearance's sake, while simultaneously pursuing security and military pressure and escalation.

In this context, statements made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran last year have been circulating widely. He emphasized that "negotiating with such a government is irrational, lacks wisdom, is not honorable, and must be avoided," referring to what Tehran considers a U.S. record based on broken commitments and double standards.

According to informed sources, these developments reflect Washington's continued policy of sending contradictory messages at a time when the region is experiencing escalating tension and extreme sensitivity in both political and security tracks.

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🔴 General Closure of Commercial Markets in Iraq in Protest Against New Customs Tariffs

🤔 The Baghdad Chamber of Commerce announced a complete shutdown of commercial markets across Iraq starting Sunday, in protest against Government Decision No. 957 of 2025 regarding increased customs tariffs on imports. The decision was ratified in late October 2025 and came into effect in January 2026.

🖊 The decision raises tariffs to between 5% and 30%, covering most imported goods. However, implementation was sudden, without a gradual schedule or exemptions for essential goods. This led to a halt in the movement of goods at customs, affected market prices, and sparked a wave of anger among traders.

💬 The Chamber of Commerce stated that the closure aims to pressure the government to amend or postpone the application of the new tariffs, especially since the abrupt implementation caused immediate losses for traders and disrupted supplies in the markets.

📌 Background: The decision was issued by the central government before the new parliament had full authority. Since then, parliament has not made any amendments to the decision, despite repeated protests from traders.


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🔴 The Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) alongside Witkoff and Kushner as part of the American delegation in the Iran–United States negotiations in Muscat.

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🔴The Sovereign Void: Why the Architects of the Multipolar World Are Missing from the Empire’s Files


The unsealing of the Epstein documents (2024–2026) has provided more than just a list of names; it has provided a forensic map of the Atlanticist power structure. While the files are saturated with the names of U.S. Presidents, British royalty, and Zionist power brokers, there is a glaring absence of the leaders currently architecting the Multipolar World.

This absence is not a coincidence of geography—it is a structural firewall created by the pursuit of national sovereignty.

1. The Blackmail-Based Order
The Epstein network was never merely a tabloid scandal; it was a functional infrastructure for the Western ruling class. It served as a nexus where finance, intelligence, and high-level politics merged to ensure institutional loyalty through kompromat (compromising material) and shared liability.

To be "integrated" into the Western-led "Rules-Based International Order" often required entry into these elite social circuits. The figures missing from these files—Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Imran Khan—exist entirely outside this circuit because they have fundamentally decoupled their states from the Western social and financial ecosystem.

2. Sovereignty as a Shield
The leaders of the emerging multipolar hubs have been subjected to decades of "maximum pressure," sanctions, and character assassination. Paradoxically, this isolation served as a sanctuary of sovereignty.

• The Russian and Chinese Wall: Epstein’s recorded attempts to facilitate meetings with Vladimir Putin (2011–2014) were met with total failure. Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China have spent the last decade building indigenous financial and social infrastructures. By being locked out of the West’s "elite" circles, they remained immune to the specific brand of systemic corruption and social engineering used to manage Western puppet states.

• The Case of Imran Khan: As a disruptive populist, Khan’s absence from these files is telling. Unlike the traditional Pakistani political elite who are deeply integrated into Western real estate and financial markets, Khan’s refusal to serve as a client-state proxy led to his removal via a 2022 parliamentary maneuver—widely attributed to U.S. pressure. His lack of "files" meant he could not be managed; he had to be deposed.

• Intellectual Independence: The rejection of the network by Professor Norman Finkelstein illustrates the price of intellectual sovereignty. While other prominent academics were caught in the web, Finkelstein’s status as a pariah for his critique of the Zionist project made him unreachable.

3. The List of the "Un-compromised"
The following figures share a common trait: they are the primary targets of Western aggression, yet they are the only global power players absent from the Empire’s most infamous ledger:

• Vladimir Putin: Endured relentless sanctions and 2016 election interference claims; Epstein’s attempts to reach him were rebuffed.

• Xi Jinping: Targeted by Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and South China Sea sanctions; no direct social or financial links to the Epstein circuit.

• Kim Jong Un: Subjected to the most extreme isolation in modern history; Epstein’s documented interest in North Korean "summits" never materialized into access.

• Imran Khan: Ousted and jailed after refusing to provide military bases and pursuing an independent foreign policy; no ties to Western elite scandals.

4. Conclusion: A Question of Survival
The Epstein files prove that to be a "friend" of the Empire is to be a participant in its decay. The "International Community" is a club where membership is bought with complicity.

Is it a coincidence that those most hostile to Western domination are also the ones missing from its most infamous corruption networks? Or is it the consequence of true independence? As the Western order fumbles through its internal rot, a new world is being built by those who were never on "the list"—because they refused to pay the entry price.

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🔴Hours After Muscat Talks: Washington Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports

The United States announced a new package of sanctions on Iran on Friday evening, targeting 15 entities and 14 oil tankers linked to the export of oil and petrochemical products. According to Reuters, these measures come just hours after the conclusion of the first round of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Muscat.

The U.S. State Department stated that the sanctioned tankers are part of what it described as a "ghost fleet" used to circumvent sanctions and illegally transport Iranian oil. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott confirmed that these actions are part of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" policy aimed at reducing Iranian oil exports.

For its part, the U.S. Treasury Department announced additional sanctions on two individuals linked to the Iranian oil trade, freezing their assets within the United States and prohibiting any financial dealings with them by U.S. individuals or companies.

According to the U.S. statement, the sanctions included companies operating in several countries, including Turkey, the UAE, China, India, and Hong Kong. Details were also released on 14 oil tankers said to have played a direct role in transporting Iranian oil.

Washington emphasized that the listing of these entities, individuals, and vessels on the sanctions lists means the freezing of any potential assets they hold within the United States and the imposition of a total ban on any cooperation with them by U.S. parties.

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🔴 Pakistan: 200 people killed or injured in a terrorist attack linked to US- and Saudi-backed armed movements

On Friday, Pakistan’s capital Islamabad witnessed a terrorist bombing targeting the Al-Khadija al-Kubra Mosque during Friday prayers, leaving at least 31 people dead and around 169 others wounded, in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in more than a decade.

The explosion occurred in the Tarlai area on the outskirts of Islamabad inside a crowded Shia mosque, resulting in scenes of destruction and chaos as the wounded were rushed to hospitals, with expectations that the death toll may rise.

So far, no group has officially claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources point to possible involvement of armed groups such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or Islamic State – Khorasan Province, both of which have previously targeted Shia communities.

This operation reflects the escalation of violence and extremism in Pakistan in recent months, following a series of attacks in different provinces amid ongoing conflict between armed groups and the state.

The bombing comes just days after popular demonstrations in Pakistan in support of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, at a time of rising regional tensions and increasing cross-border violence.

As investigations continue, Pakistani authorities and the international community have called for the perpetrators to be pursued and brought to justice, while Islamabad’s government has pledged to intensify security efforts to curb the growing wave of violence.

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🔴 U.S. Treasury Secretary Reveals Strategy to Create Economic Unrest in Iran

🤔U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the measures taken by the Treasury Department led to the creation of a dollar shortage inside Iran, forcing the Iranian central bank to print money, which resulted in the collapse of the national currency and a sharp rise in inflation.

📄Bessent added:

🌕 “We will continue monitoring all our partners, all our Iranian partners,”
🌕 emphasizing Washington’s ongoing surveillance of actors connected to Iran’s economy.

🖊These remarks reflect the existence of a U.S. economic strategy aimed at generating economic instability in countries such as Iran, relying on what the United States consistently refers to as its “partners,” with potential repercussions extending to other countries in the region, including Iraq.


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Intelligence Update: February 2026


As the old global order fractures, the real war is being fought in the shadows. Here is the strategic reality the mainstream refuses to clarify.

• NATO’s Breaking Point: Internal intelligence sharing has reached a functional collapse. Following unilateral moves by Washington that prioritized US hegemony over "allied" interests, European trust is at an all-time low. Denmark’s emergency advisory for officials to disable Bluetooth is a stark admission: in the West, your "ally" is your primary eavesdropper.

• The Shadow War in Moscow: Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev of the GRU survived an assassination attempt in Moscow. While the West uses proxies for terror, Russia is securing its future in the Arctic. The aggressive expansion of Arctic LNG infrastructure is Moscow’s definitive answer to economic warfare—energy sovereignty is the new frontline.

• Implosion at the DNI: The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence is gutting its staff by 40%. This isn't just restructuring; it is a purge. The American intelligence apparatus is cannibalizing itself as internal political factions struggle for control of the collapsing empire.

• Iran’s Resilience: Western media is saturated with reports of "damaged" Iranian nuclear sites. The reality? Tehran has mastered the art of rapid recovery and strategic hardening. Their ballistic priority remains the ultimate deterrent against any regional miscalculation by the Zionist entity or its backers.

• The Cost of Treason: Cuba has delivered a life sentence to former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil for espionage. A clear message from Havana: at this stage of the global struggle, there is no room for those who sell their nation to the "enemy."

• AI & Moral Decay: UK regulators are now scrambling to contain the fallout from Grok AI’s generation of non-consensual deepfakes. The very tools designed for cognitive warfare are now eroding the social fabric of the societies that unleashed them.

History is accelerating. We know who is built to survive the crash.

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🔴Masks Off in Washington: Incompetent Staff or Calculated Bigotry?


💳Donald Trump is once again at the center of a racial firestorm after sharing a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. While the White House attempts to bury the scandal under the guise of a "staffing error," the incident exposes the deep-seated decay at the heart of the American political establishment.

🔘 The "I Didn't See It" Defense: Trump claims he only watched the beginning of the 62-second clip—focusing on his usual election fraud rhetoric—and missed the racist caricature at the end. The White House initially doubled down, dismissing the backlash as "fake outrage" before forced deletion following internal Republican pressure.

🔘 Fractures in the GOP: Even loyal allies like Senator Tim Scott couldn't ignore the blatant imagery, calling it "the most racist thing" he’s seen from this administration. This isn't an isolated "mistake"; it is a continuation of a decades-long pattern of birtherism and dehumanizing rhetoric used to galvanize a specific base.

🔘 Weaponized Memetics: By portraying high-profile political opponents as animals, the Trump apparatus is signaling a total abandonment of civil discourse in favor of primitive tribalism. Whether intentional or "erroneous," the message is clear: in the pursuit of power, no trope is too vile and no history too painful to exploit.

🔘While the Empire lectures the world on human rights, its own leadership remains tethered to the most regressive and hateful caricatures of the past.


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🔴 The Silent Killer: Iran’s Naval Mine Strategy in the Persian Gulf
Operational Warning:

🤔The Iranian Navy has unveiled advanced minelaying tactics as a direct deterrent to the U.S. Fleet.

🔘 Asymmetric Advantage: The narrow geography of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz turns naval mines into high-impact military and economic weapons.

🔘 Multi-Layered Defense: Strategy integrates coastal radar, drones, and underwater sensors to create a precise operational map before deployment.

🔘 High-Risk Zones: Strategic minefields in vital corridors force enemy vessels to slow down or alter course into "kill zones."

🔘 Tactical Integration: Mines work in tandem with coastal missiles, fast boats, and electronic warfare.

🔘 The Arsenal:
Includes Sadaf-2, smart mines (acoustic/magnetic sensors), and mobile "creeping" mines.

🔘 Innovation: Recent drills (Great Prophet 19) demonstrated rapid minelaying via Fajr-5 rockets launched from the coast, eliminating the need for vulnerable minelaying ships.

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🔴 Netanyahu flies to Washington with a “Zero Deal” agenda —

🔽total nuclear rollback, zero enrichment, missile range limits, dismantling the Shi’a Axis, and heavy enforcement on Iran. As Trump tries to salvage talks in Muscat, Jerusalem’s maximalist push could break the diplomatic track.


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Impact on Future Iran Negotiations

Netanyahu’s “Zero Deal” demands risk pushing to the margins a diplomatic track that so far prioritizes nuclear restraint. By elevating missiles and regional influence to primary negotiating points, Israel could undermine U.S.–Iran engagement, hardening Tehran’s position and potentially prompting greater military posturing in the Gulf.

The choice ahead for Trump — between U.S. diplomatic pragmatism and Israeli strategic maximalism — will shape the region’s trajectory for years.


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🔴Latest news from the South of Lebanon :

🌕An Israeli drone strike hit a car in the southern Lebanese village of Yanouh, killing three people including a child, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. The Israeli army claimed it targeted a “Hezbollah member.”

🤔Since the end of the 2024 war, Israel has carried out near-daily strikes and incursions into Lebanon, leaving over 4,000 dead and causing $11 billion in destruction.

🗒Message from the Observer:

🤔A child killed in Yanouh, dismissed as “collateral” in Israel’s military statement. This is the language of occupation: turning civilian blood into footnotes.

🤲The reality is clear—Israel wages a slow-motion war of erasure, and today’s martyr child is the most honest witness that “Israeli security” means civilian death.

👌From Yanouh to all of Lebanon, resistance is not a choice—it is survival.

👍This incident took place just one day after the Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam said the government will protect its people in the South !


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🔴From Tehran to Baghdad: The Economic Shock as a Gateway to Chaos

🔘It must first be acknowledged that any reading of what is happening in Iraq today, or what occurred in Iran at the beginning of November, cannot be separated from the accelerating U.S. military buildup in the region. Recent history has taught us that the economy precedes the cannon, and when the Pentagon decides on a course, the U.S. Treasury becomes the executive tool for that decision—planning, funding, and implementation.

🔘This link became clear after the serious admissions made by the U.S. Treasury Secretary before Congress, when he openly spoke of a strategy aimed at creating economic turmoil inside Iran. More dangerous still, as the Secretary himself admitted, is the presence of partners inside Iran and Iraq who support these policies, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

🔴 Dangerous Parallels Between Iran and Iraq

👌What happened in Iran and what is happening today in Iraq are not separate events; they share a trajectory that must be taken seriously:

🌕1. The Iranian Case:
The Pezeshkian government
implemented harsh economic measures that directly impoverished the middle and lower classes, creating unprecedented public tension. The most shocking of these measures was raising the official dollar rate from 28,500 tomans to 131,000 tomans.

📰The results were:

👌 Rapid collapse of the national currency
👌 Severe inflation
👌 Deepening gap between rich and poor
👌Explosion of public anger in the streets


🔘These protests later turned into bloody violence, leaving thousands of civilian and security force casualties, amid clear U.S. and Israeli interventions. Despite external factors, the Iranian government bears primary responsibility for this disaster, having chosen economic shock over less destructive alternatives.

🌕 2. The Iraqi Case:
👌In Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani’s government began implementing similar measures, notably raising customs duties on certain imports to around 30%. This triggered widespread strikes among shop owners and wholesalers, and led to the closure of many markets in Baghdad and other provinces.

🤔The danger is compounded by timing: these measures are being enforced just before Ramadan, the most sensitive period for economic activity and consumer demand. This means double pressure on both citizens and the market.

💬Some may justify these policies with arguments about controlling borders or curbing smuggling and tax evasion. But the core question remains: at what cost?
Is it logical to pursue reforms that crush the middle class, drain the poor, and deprive the market of vital goods stuck at border crossings?

🔹Especially when the causes of deficit are well known:

✌ An economy dependent on U.S. management of oil revenues
✌ Deep-rooted corruption in state institutions
✌ Chronic government failure to hold major corrupt figures accountable


🔽Meanwhile, salaries of the three presidencies remain untouched, the world’s most expensive parliament continues unchecked, and certain officials’ offices have turned into economic empires.

🌕3. The Political Cover:
🫶In Iran, Pezeshkian’s government did not act alone; without political cover, it would not have dared to implement such economic shock despite opposition.

🙌In Iraq, the scene is even clearer and more frustrating: a dormant parliament, and a State Administration Coalition—comprising Shiite, Sunni, and minority ruling forces—issuing statements stressing the need to support government economic reforms and decisions to control borders and curb smuggling and tax evasion.

🌕But this political support practically means prioritizing the cost of reform over the people, instead of pursuing real reform: prosecuting the corrupt, recovering stolen funds, and taxing the wealthy.

🔴 Final Warning

✌Iraqi politicians must listen carefully to the voice of the market, and to the cries of the middle and poor classes before it is too late. What happened in Iran is less than a month old, and the lesson is still fresh.

👌Military fleets have reached the Arabian Sea, and the notion that Iraq is safe from war is a dangerous illusion.
ISIS lurks at the borders, while inside the country a Trojan horse exists in overcrowded prisons filled with ISIS members—many transferred after the collapse of the SDF—waiting for the zero hour.

👋The United States did not come to the region to protect its peoples, but to exhaust them economically, implode them from within, and pave the way for Israel’s interests.

🙌We are talking about sovereignty, security, Iraq’s unity, and its future.

🔽Abandon your personal interests, and extinguish the strife before it spirals out of control.



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