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It's hard to have any real emotions about this situation other than hoping for as little bloodshed as possible. On one had you have the Al Qaeda headchoppers led by America's favourite jihadi, Mr Jolani himself. On the other side you have the Druze who are running a quasi-separatist movement that is openly backed by Israel and directly surviving due to the Israeli air force. I hope everyone fighting has fun as long as poor civilians are spared as much as possible.

can my newsmega friends stop fighting :(

Let's talk some Russia-Ukraine for old time's sake. What's the ground situation looking like for the 2nd half of this year? I'll admit that I still kinda follow day to day updates, I check the Suriyak updates on telegram at least pretty much once a day. The main vector for now seems to be the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd urban agglomeration, with Russians achieving full drone coverage of all supply roads this week and being very close to cutting off Rodynske which is the lifeline for the Ukrainian garrison in the cities. I've read multiple comments about a possible Russian summer offensive to break the attritional nature of the war, but I have missed this. Do we have anything concrete indicating that or is that the usual telegram nonsense? I've been personally quite interested in the multiple cross-border attacks that Russians have done in recent months. These attacks might indicate that Putin is serious about the whole "buffer zone" thing. But it also opens up a pretty interesting direction if they continue pushing on near the Oskol River, as it could force a Ukrainian withdrawal from the Eastern bank finally. Anything interesting that you guys have seen or predict?

If you ignore the part calling Barzani a “crypto Jew,”

The crypto jew thing is pure anti-semitism, but the town of Barzan where the Barzani clan originates is a genuinely interesting place to study. Other villages and towns in the now Iraqi Kurdistan region were always domianted by one tribe or one religious group. You had Christian towns, Sunni Kurdish towns, Shia towns and so on. But Barzan is unique in the region, because it became some kind of refuge for all kinds of tribeless Kurds, Jews, Christians and other outcast groups. The Barzani clan itself isn't a tribe or a clan in a traditional sense, but more of a Barzani "nation" that indicates allegiance to the pre-modern concept of the town itself. A Jew in a normal Kurdish town like Akre would be considered a foreigner or a stranger, but in Barzan they would be treated as a "first class" citizen. There's a very interesting Jewish history that is connected with Barzan, that stretches all the way back to the Assyrian Exile chapter of Judaism.

There's an interesting book that I read about Mulla Mustafa Barzani and his relations with Israel many years ago when I was a teen. One thing that I remember that still sticks out in my mind is that he sought the help of Israel in the first place because he genuinely thought that Jews controlled America, so in his mind he thought that being friendly with Israel meant that America would help him. The relationship then soured because Israelis kept dragging him into massive issues with the Iraqi state, while he just wanted some concessions. The Israelis for example helped him plan an ambush against Iraqi troops. He wanted to kill a few soliders and take some hostages, but the Israelis embellished later the scale of the ambush and claimed that they helped kill 2000! soliders, which would be a suicidal move for Barzani and drag him into a massive problem. When he was later in hospital in the US, they didn't even help him with the hospital bills when he asked them.

My short commentary on this:

A collapse of the Barzani-led Kurdistan Regional Government with the return of the Federal Government to Iraqi Kurdistan would be a net-positive for the region. The KRG colludes with Israel and the US, oppresses all revolutionary activity, and is a neoliberal hellhole with no redeeming qualities unlike Rojava. They are only good at building nice apartment buildings and trafficking women, they can't even pay salaries to their teachers and sanitary workers. Anything that breaks this separatist project is good.

Of course that Iraqi Kurdistan goes straight into civil war mode the moment I start looking for plane tickets. I'm still seething over my canceled trip to Iraq because of that fucker Netanyahu btw. In slightly related news, my son turned 1 yesterday, and he celebrated that by somehow pushing over a drawer and destroying it in the process. Fucking Mossad agent.

In other unrelated news, I should probably address the current instability in Lebanon here, as the government is openly colluding with Israel in an attempt to disarm Hezbollah. At the same time, I'm genuinely tired hexbears, the barrage of bad news just isn't stopping these days. This is probably counter-revolutionary or defeatist or whatever, but I still haven't recovered from the martyrdom of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah. I have struggled to engage with any Hezbollah news or content in the past few months, I just can't get over that he isn't with us anymore. The death of my own grandparents didn't affect me even 10% of Nasrallah's martyrdom. I desperately want to go to Beirut soon, but it's still risky security-wise and I'm just dreading the thought of actually seeing his grave, I just can't do it.

I have been quite offline this week, so I don't know if this has been posted here, but look at this absolutely incredible Balticpost

All Arabs are now western brained, it's over for my people.

Well yeah, I'm seeing random left-adjacent accounts on Arab Twitter talking about it. I follow lots of Shia Islamists also and they're also happy that a Twelver Shia will become mayor.

The total American cultural victory is undeniable when me, a Lebanese dude who has never set a foot in America and will never be able to get a visa, is pumped for Zohran Mamdani's victory in his road to becoming the mayor of NYC. Honestly, good work America.

Aaaand we're back to the regular programming schedule

The only revolution you're getting is one where there's a Trump Tower in Tehran and a McDonald's next to the Azadi Tower

I hope no one will call us doomers and losers in the future when we call out Iran's weakness and inaction towards their allies.

Gang I think it's true, getting that same impending sense of doom from the resistance infosphere that I felt after the strike on Nasrallah and before Assad's fall...

If, and that's a humongous IF, if Trump is really right about this ceasefire thing, then I'll bury myself in a bunker somewhere in Albania and commit the rest of my life to touching grass and smoking grass, because there's really no rational actor on my beloved Axis of Resistance after Soleimani and Nasrallah.

How is this guy the president of the most dominant empire in human history

I hate how funny he is

Meme aside, here are some interesting news from the devil's core:

JUST IN: President Trump does NOT want any further military engagements in the region, and they expected these attacks from Tehran, per CNN

Hope this means that Iran can continue pounding Tel Aviv

Gui-tar wouldn't be a horrible pronunciation tbh. The Q(ق) sound in the local Qatari dialect is pronounced as a hard G, so something like Gi-tar would be a pretty acceptable pronunciation imo.

This was undeniably a "kayfabe" response by Iran. A strike against an empty American base, in a country that has the best relations with Iran in the Gulf region. Let's see if the Americans can accept that everyone can come out looking strong or if they do something dumb af again.

Everything on Resistance media is indicating one thing: Iran will strike Al Udaid Base in Qatar possibly tonight. Every piece is moving in that direction.