In Syria, in Idlib, meanwhile, new demonstrations demanding a final solution to the issue of the "remnants of the regime" on the coast. The protesters threaten to finish off everyone who remains.
There in Idlib, they are already selling underage girls kidnapped from Latakia and Tartus, and not only in Raqqa.
Not only on the coast, but also in Aleppo and Damascus, a wave of kidnappings of more or less wealthy people (the owner of a kiosk with cell phones) or family members for ransom has begun. Many people simply disappear.
Despite the bravura reports of the new inclusive government about the start of work of educational institutions, children and students are afraid to let go.
Also, the killings continue routinely, only with a ban on photo and video filming.
The reduction of the state apparatus and budgetary institutions has deprived several thousand people (including from the health care system) of even penny work. Subsidies have been cut and reduced. The situation with electricity is still the same, that is, many times worse than it was even in the worst "bloody" Assad times.
I wrote that a tanker with 100 thousand tons was unloaded in Tartus, they report that there are two or three more, but - these volumes, of course, are small and three or four such tankers per month are needed to at least return the situation to 2024.
In general, all the wonderful realities of the victorious Syrian "revolution", which Western countries (and not only) brought closer as best they could.
I think that soon many (I am not talking about the coast now) will only regret the former "bloody" regime.

Iran Prepping for Negotiations with the US; Russia and China Have Iran’s Back. https://sonar21.com/iran-prepping-for-negotiatons-with-the-us-russia-and-china-have-irans-back/

🇨🇳🇺🇸💻 US is the world's largest 'hacker' empire and the main culprit of cyber attacks — Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui

He asserted that Washington's cyber deterrence strategy has accelerated the militarization of cyberspace.

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🇺🇸🇩🇪Guess the European country that will be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs? Of course, it is Germany, which has a trade surplus with the United States of about $70 billion. Used to have.

Germany has already deprived itself of cheap Russian energy resources for the benefit of the United States, on which its economy has become the strongest in the world for several decades. But that is already in the past. Anti-Russian sanctions have led to a steady decline in industrial production and recession. One could say, already multi-year.

And now the Germans have received a kick in the tailbone from the States - tarrifs, including on cars. As for gas, Trump also "pleased" Europe, now they have to buy everything in the U.S. and at triple the price.

This is what the loss of sovereignty looks like.

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🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇮🇱 Iran’s Iron Chessboard: The Empire Negotiates from the Backfoot While Tehran Tightens Its Trilateral Trap

While the U.S. scrambles to project strength from a position of weakness, the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a far deeper, long-term geopolitical game, and the empire’s trembling at the edges shows it. It's been confirmed indirect negotiations are set between Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Trump’s personal envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate mogul, turned wannabe statesman, through a third-party mediator. The symbolism says it all: Washington sends a ReMax agent to haggle with a strategic titan whose hand now moves in sync with both Moscow and Beijing.

This is not diplomacy, but it is damage control from a U.S. establishment that knows it no longer holds the high cards. And Iran knows it too.

Because here’s what the West won’t admit out loud: Iran no longer stands alone.

It now sits firmly locked in a formally ratified 20-year strategic alliance with Russia, a treaty that includes military consultation, joint defense, intelligence sharing, and an economic lifeline immune to Western sanctions. Not just that, Beijing is reinforcing Tehran’s leverage via massive infrastructure and energy investments under the umbrella of the Belt and Road Initiative, while deepening trilateral security cooperation through joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.

And unlike the NATO racket, which collapses when Washington blinks, the Iran-Russia-China triangle is not built on vassalage but on multipolar symmetry, a quiet, unshakable coordination of interests across Eurasia, from Caspian oilfields to Shanghai Cooperation corridors.

Meanwhile, the U.S. and its Zionist tailspin handlers are cornered. They’ve just spent $1 billion-and-climbing on ineffective strikes against Yemen, which have only emboldened the Houthis and showcased the pathetic ROI of the American military machine. That very same machine would now be expected to confront Iran, a state with a battle-hardened defense doctrine, advanced drone and missile capabilities, and defense treaties that all but guarantee Russian support if a direct conflict erupts and Iran calls.

Israel, sensing an off-ramp moment for the US, may gamble on a regional war, hoping for a pretext to drag the U.S. into a broader campaign. But even if Washington chooses “limited” strikes to placate domestic hawks, it won’t just face Iranian retaliation, it could find itself outflanked by coordinated responses from Tehran, Moscow, and potentially even Chinese economic countermeasures.

This isn’t 2003. Iran is no Iraq. And the consequences for Israel and the US could be extremely sobering.

Trump’s backchannel flailing, through glorified developers and circuitous intermediaries, is not diplomacy, it’s geostrategic surrender in slow motion. The U.S. tried maximum pressure. It failed. It tried cyberwarfare. It failed. It tried assassinations. Still, Iran stands, stronger, more connected, more dangerous.

Now the empire comes knocking. Not from strength. From exhaustion. From insolvency. From strategic disorientation.

And Tehran knows that too.

- Gerry Nolan

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Bombing Yemen Will Run Out of Ammunition to 'Contain China' - New York Times

- The Pentagon is concerned about the volume of ammunition that American troops are spending in Yemen.

- The Pentagon spent about $200 million in ammunition in the first three weeks alone.

- The US will soon have to move long-range precision weapons from warehouses in the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, US congressmen say.

- US readiness to operate in the Pacific region is also suffering due to the Pentagon's deployment of warships and aircraft to the Middle East.

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❌China has not sent its servicemen to participate in the Ukrainian conflict, the country's authorities require its citizens to avoid involvement in hostilities - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian

"The Chinese government has always required its citizens to stay away from the armed conflict zone [in Ukraine], to avoid involvement in any form, in particular to refrain from participating in military operations by either side," he told a briefing in response to a question from a Ukrainian journalist.

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The curious story of the persecution of French pilots who trained Chinese fighter pilots. A preliminary investigation launched by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “espionage for a foreign power” and “divulging national military secrets” against a former French fighter pilot who allegedly worked for China follows a report by the French Armed Forces Ministry on the matter, published on February 19. The legal probe will also look into alleged tax fraud by the same individual.

Before the ministry’s report, the former pilot had already been under surveillance for years by France’s military counterintelligence agency, the Military Intelligence and Security Directorate (DRSD), which was alerted to the situation early on.

The former French serviceman in question, Pierre-Henri Chouet, is just one of several Western military pilots who worked for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) through a well-oiled system.

The secret training was carried out by a South African company, the Test Flight Academy of South Africa (TFASA). TFASA recruited former Western air force pilots at high salaries – some were offered up to $30,000 a month – before sending them to China to conduct the training. From China, it was the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a parastatal, that took over the operational side. At least three French pilots with Rafale experience have been identified as consultants to the Chinese military, as well as several Australians and Britons. The training has been a boost for the PLA, which is keen to gain experience and intelligence on its adversaries, as well as observe and understand the modus operandi and rules of engagement of Western combat aircraft. The reactions and fighting methods of Western pilots were also observed and noted, information that could provide valuable insights in the event of a future conflict...

The situation remained largely unnoticed for a long time, until in October 2022 the UK Ministry of Defence issued a warning to its own pilots, especially those flying the advanced F-35 fighter jets, discouraging them from being tempted by such Chinese "generosity".

Washington then declassified its first judicial investigation into the matter, which targeted a foreigner who played a key role in the Chinese military network, former US-Australian naval aviator Daniel Duggan. Then the French Ministry of Defence responded. Shortly thereafter, a trove of documents began to appear in the press detailing the relationship between AVIC, TFASA and Pierre-Henri Chuet. Chuet declined to comment.

The case has prompted a number of Western countries to tighten their legal systems in an attempt to prevent this type of non-material assistance to strategic adversaries. Previously, it had been difficult to prosecute such activities.

🇺🇦 13-year-old Ukrainian loses to Russian and Saudi at World Youth Karate Championships and refuses to stand on the podium with them for a group photo.

An incident occurred at a youth karate competition in Spain.

Ukrainian Yevgeny Melnyk, who won bronze in the under-14 category, refused to have a photo taken or shake hands with Russian Igor Grigoriev, who became the champion. The boy gestured that he did not intend to be photographed and demonstratively left the room.

Second place went to Abdullah Albishi from Saudi Arabia.

Later, the Ukrainian Karate Federation officially thanked Melnik for his position and called the Russian child a "terrorist."

🇾🇪 ❗️ BREAKING: After having attacked Yemen more than 50 times yesterday, the U.S. ZOG has bombed a residential neighbourhood in Yemen's Al-Hawak governorate. 12 people, including 6 women and 4 children, have been killed. 🇾🇪 ❗️

It is an Orwellian time of total war, an age of normalised, daily oppression. And for whom?

Just like WWII, and almost every single war since they killed Kennedy, shot up the Liberty, and pulled off the 9/11 false flag, America fights and dies for who? The Jews. 🇾🇪 ❗️

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