the zinis israeli entity intensified its aggression on gaza while keeping one eye on hisballah in lebanon and the other on the west bank primarily due to its strategic proximity. neither the entity nor the united states of america for saw that yemen, which has been at war for years without a practical resolution, would turn into a new front. in of november, the yemeni armed forces declared war on the zionist entity in support of the resistance in gaza, presenting a significant and unwelcome surprise for the entity. yemen initiated missile and drone attacks on targets in the zionist israeli port of elat overlooking the red sea. however, the yemani armed forces did not stop there and announced the imposition of what could be described as naval blockade on the entity. it appears

there are significant losses due to the yemani missiles, prompting the pentagon in the first week of december to announce a plan to form naval force to so-called protect international navigation in the babel mandip straight and the red sea. however, despite the availability of european countries warships and for gates, they do not express great enthusiasm to join this force. well, that is mainly due to the fact that european countries do not possess a large naval fleet. warships are distributed between protecting. the coast of these countries and positioning near ukraine in anticipation of any developments in the russian ukrainian war. on the other hand, these countries are concerned that if they participate in confronting the yemini arbed forces in their gaza support operations, their commercial ships passing through the babel mandib and the red sea could themselves become targets for the yemenes. in the meantime, despite the pentagon's threat to respond to the yemenis, of the yemeni armed forces daily reaffirm their determination to continue target. israeli

entity ships and ships bound towards occupied palestine until the zionist entity ends the genocide against palestinians in the gaza strip. the matter is no longer limited to imposing a blockade on zyanist israeli ports. the geostrategic battle and its escalating events are shaking the world. the closure of of the red sea to ships colluding with the enemy turns into a heroic festival teaching the us and zianist israel harsh lessons and threatening them with more successive blows capable of breaking. their alliances and coersive global policies. these strikes establish new stage of resistance given the expansion of its military operations and the development of its capabilities to combat militious international hegemony. there is a clear evolution in the history of resistance post october 7 and after the introduction of the equation of the red sea and the babel mandip straight. welcome to the media streamman.

in the yemeny situation and the security of the red sea and the babel mendip straight, there is a direct impact on the american strategic security concept over an extended period of decades, converging at the intersection of navigation, security, energy security and the security of the zionist occupying entity symbolized by the red sea. now every day, the yemen armed forces challenged this strategic concept of american security, leaving the united states with limited options, either exert pressure to stop the israeli aggression, the israeli entity aggression on gaza or engage in a broader war that would disrupt navigation, impeed energy flaw and turn the red sea into a war zone. to discuss this issue with us from beirot is mr. ali murad, political commentator and also journalist at alakhbar newspaper, lebanese daily newspaper. thanks amion for being with us, mr. now there is a

clear development in the history of the resistance post after october 7th of flod operation after the introduction of the equation of the red sea and the babil mandab straight. how significant in your view is this new role by the yemen armed forces? greetings to you and your viewers. undoubtedly the yemeny contribution within the support fronts for the palestinian people in the gaza strip. aiming to stop the aggression against the palestinians gains international significance. this distinguishes the yemani front from other fronts in southern lebanon and iraq. so far, the real impacts of yemeny support on the global american strategy, specifically in the indo-pacific region have not been fully assessed. the zinus role aligns with this american strategy to enhance trade with southeast asian countries. part of attempt to encircle and undermine china. today, yemen's geographical location coupled with the...

elating strength due to the ongoing aggression for nine years has given them the ability, power and determination in targeting the us strategy before discussing any economic harm to the israeli entity economy. hence we understand why washington is very disturbed by this yemini contribution and why the us attempts to garna international support, viewing it as an effort to undermine the yemani resistance and its contributions to supporting resistance in gaza. the two giant shipping companies, the danish mursk and the german haploid have announced the suspension of their voyages in the red sea with operations being put on hold until further notice. this is what the statements the two companies said, this marks a significant development in the red sea obviously and in the red sea standoff in general, and its impact on international navigations since these two companies represent about 21.8% of the global trade, that's huge numbers, billions of dollars

here, is that an enough pressure message to the united states and the west uh to oblige them to take action against the yemeny armed resistance in the yet, we did hear the pentagon saying certain stuff and saying that the defense minister, the us defense minister has a trip this week to uh west asia, what do you think about that? i believe the situation is the opposite, the united states has been trying for weeks to engage major world powers in order to secure an international decision, preferably from the un security council, to form a global force to confront yeminis in the babil mandab area, however there hasn't been international enthusiasm, reports leaked from china, that us secretary of state anthony blincon tried unsuccessfully to persuade china towards this direction. i think the americans pressured maritime companies to issue such statements, aiming to impose de facto situation on the international community, causing a paralysis in trade through the red sea. this is attempt

to enforce new reality. the us is trying to impose new reality alongside the announcement the alliance it desires, forming a military force in the arabian sea and the red sea. however, strategically looking at the position of military vessels and aircraft carriers, this alliance has been in place for years, ostensibly to prevent arms smuggling to yemen, whether in the gulf of aiden, the red sea or the gulf of oman. therefore, this us move seems to be mely symbolic to justify the upcoming actions in that region. well, we did hear the us envoy to yemen, mr. tim lender king, i have so much to say about that man, but i will refrain, he told reuters that the united states wants to form the widest possible maritime alliance to so allegedly to protect ships in the red sea and send a, i quote, significant signal to the ansarullah that there will be no tolerance for further

attacks. how do you think yemen will react to these threats? i believe one of the unannounced us objectives for forming this alliance is to serve the... previously declared strategy of building new alliances and reviving old ones. in this case, we have an existing alliance that has been in place for years. any military move by the us and its allies toward the yemani mainland is likely to trigger natural reactions from sunar. just envision a scenario where there is indeed a confrontation such as a western american attack on locations in san'a or the yemani coast. without doubt there will be reactionary responses involving anti-ship missiles, drones and possibly even naval mines. potentially causing a global disruption in maritime navigation, this, of course, will put pressure on the global economy. beyond the maritime and navigation aspect, there's the issue of oil facilities. yemen is officially still in a state of war with the coalition of aggression attacking it, and the ceasefire is ongoing without

formal renewal. this presents an opportunity for sanah to target energy sources and oil reservoirs, causing hardships for americans. this presents an opportunity for to target energy source. and all reservoirs causing hardships for americans. if the situation escalates into a new war scenario in the southern arabian peninsula, it would lead to a spike in oil prices coinciding with upcoming us elections, causing devastating effects on the us and western economy, well in less than a minute, but wouldn't that be an opportunity for muhammad bin salman to reengage in war against yemen. muhammad bin salman is aware of the significant repercussions on. saudi arabias economy and his vision 2030 plan. hence, we've been witnessing leaked media reports for weeks, suggesting that saudi arabia is sending messages to sunhar indicating lack of interest in escalating tensions with yemen. the us has been trying to get saudi arabia

involved in this so-called international coalition to deter the yemani involvement in the fight against zianist israeli aggression and genocide in gaza, yet so far we have not seen real enthusiasm from the kingdom of saudi arabia towards any escalation with yemen. i believe that the yemenis are fully aware what it means for muhammad bin salman. to allow another round of violence against yemen, for instance, it means that the saudi oil refineries would again come under fire with yemeni missiles, and it also means that the saudi, much anticipated vision 2030 will not see the light of day in the upcoming seven years. nbs also knows this very well, he is adamant on making vision 2030, done deal that he is willing to not join any new coalition. moves would spark another wave of

violence, violence that would for sure light up the entire arabian peninsula, meaning that not only ksa will suffer the consequences, rather the shock wave of consequences will affect all the arabian peninsular regimes, consequently there is push to experite reach. a political agreement between the two countries in negotiations that have been stalled for two years, well that definitely sounds interesting. i want to thank you very much mr. ali murad, political commentator and journalist at alakhbar for joining us to tell us the latest of what might happen considering the yemen armed forces attempt to perform a maritime blockade against the zionist entity in support of palestine. thanks million for your time and your contribution. ladies and dance, please stay tuned because next we will be talking about how the confrontations between the resistance axes and the zionist and american entity are

escalating. it is certain that all the fronts in the confrontation with the zionist entity have moved simultaneously. what is definite is that these fronts have significantly contributed to solidifying the palestinian cause as a central issue within the project the resistance axes. they did not wait for a signal from anyone to start targeting the institutions of the designist entity from southern lebanon to the red sea including ilat passing through iraq and syria with a particular focus. on palestine. more details in the following report. the recent israeli

entity aggression on gaza and its subsequent expansion of military operations beyond the borders of gaza, reaching the southern border of lebanon, iraq, syria, and yemen in the red sea, has created an atmosphere of regional tension. at this stage, the axis of resistance primarily composed of cohesive native armed factions has emerged as key player. these factions promote themselves as advocate. of resistance as a strategic choice against sionist israel and the united states of america, positioning it as the soul tool for the liberation of palestinian territories with al quds at the forefront while backing the resistance in gaza. for the first time since the consolidation of the axis of resistance and the alliances within it, we see it engaged in such a significant and wide ranging battle within the framework of the al-aqsa floth battle. it is no secret that the islamic republic of iran has a relationship of support, endorsement and coordination with the countries of the axis of resistance through relations with arab countries such as palestine, iraq, syria,

yemen, and lebanon. the discussion about the axis of resistance and the struggle of the axis of resistance against the israeli entity is not new. however, what is contemporary today is that the axis is leading its first significant battle against the israeli entity, and behind it, the united states of america. various strikes have been carried out against us occupation bases and the zionist entity in the region, but battle tactics employed by the operations room of the axis of resistance have greatly assisted in supporting gaza in the al-aqsa flot battle. it is essential to recognize that yemen's intervention has transformed the battle from a supportive one into a strategic one at the global level. meanwhile, in south lebanon, the 106 km front along the border with the occupied palestinian territories has undoubtedly become a major concern for both the united states of america and cyanist israel. additionally, it poses a challenge for western. countries, especially those with contingents within peacekeeping forces in south lebanon. the operations have increased

and their geographic origins have expanded. besides yemen and lebanon, there have been almost daily attacks with regular missile strikes and drone attacks against us occupation forces in iraq and syria. the pace of targeting us occupation bases in syria and iraq is escalating. the resistance has altered its approach, intensifying the targeting both quantitatively and qualitatively. the number of targeting operations and single day for a single base has increased significantly, for example, the ain asad base recorded three strikes within a few hours last tuesday, december 12, highlighting current trend where rocket barrages have become a characteristic of the ongoing escalation, the scene carries within it a decision by the resistance to transition to more impactful strikes against us forces, potentially hastening their withdraw from both iraq and syria. now to discuss this issue with us from damascus is miss venessa bieli, independent journalist and very dear

friend, it's a pleasure having you on with us venessa today to discuss these escalatory confrontations. between the axis of resistance and the american occupation and the zianist occupation in west asia, but for the first time since the integration of the resistance axes in west asia we see that it is waging such a real and broad battle within the framework of the palestinian al-aqsa battle beginning with hisbollah in lebanon which shares 106 kilometer with palestine and with with the zionist entity basically in direct confrontation with the zionist entity since october 8. 2023, how has hizbullah's attack served the resistance in gaza? well, hezballah's campaign and of course the tremendous sacrifices made by hezbulah resistant fighters has been tremendously beneficial to the resistance both in gaza and in the west bank of course where there is

much lower key or in the sense of media coverage. but the same kind of ethnic cleansing operation continuing. of course, what hasbullar operations have done, although they have been strategically very controlled and contained to try and prevent the escalation that of course the us and israel and the uk and the eu cartel are looking for. um, it has effectively kept the zionist forces in the north of the occupied territories, busy with haizbalar and unable therefore to send reinforcement. to gaza and to the west bank to help with the ethnic cleansing programs that are ongoing in in those areas of palestinians and equally of course what it has done has had a tremendous impact upon the settlements, the zionist settlements in the northern territories, actually evacuating almost all of them and

leaving them as ghost towns, of course this is another wound in the side of israel because the loss of settler communities from inside the occupied territories effectively means that there is no need for israel to exist, and so therefore these these two wounds, first of all, the the keeping the zianist forces occupied in this area along this border, but also as i said, the the evacuation of the settlement all along that border is a tremendous psychological effect. upon the regime and population, moving to to another front for the access of resistance, the escalation of resistance operation against the american occupation bases, especially us bases in iraq and syria indicate that the access of resistance has actually begun to deal with the core conspirator against the arab and islamic

nations and humanity as a whole, actually uh meaning the united states of america here, so far the pentagon has confirmed that at least seven of its soldiers were injured as a result of repeated attacks its bases in syria and iraq by the resistance. how will the us be able to deal with this unprecedented escalation at so many levels? well, of course, what they're doing in syria is to trigger their various proxies which include isis and al-qaeda and the kurdish separatists in the northeast, to attack syrian arab army positions in central syria and in northern ham, northern lotakia, west of aleppa. and those attacks since october the 7th have intensified um in coordination with the islamic resistance and the palestinian resistance factions within syria that are using syrian territory uh to carry out attacks not only on the us bases which are priority but also against the zionist occupied uh joland territories and of course

what we have seen then also is is the primary proxy of the us in the middle east, israel carrying out consistent and systematic air aggression against syria, including yesterday when they targeted uh one of the air defense bases in the western countryside of damascus, so the us is waging for the time being a proxy war against the resistance factions in iraq and in syria. well, we also saw that after more than 70 days it is no longer secret that the uh united states of america is effectively leading the war on the palestinian people in gaza in such a genocidal way and it is in their hands to stop this genocide or to continue with this genocide and they're choosing to continue. you, it is no longer hidden that the united states of america's fear uh the expansion of the battle a larger scale, threatening their overall strategies in the region, especially

with the yemen being such vital uh heavy player in this in the red sea and babilmendip. what do you think is the united states uh post war strategy and maybe the resistance one if there is one exists if there is a post war day to begin with, yeah, um, well, i think for the resistance access, the the nations that are currently taking part in the resistance, and have not betrayed the palestinian cause, there is a need to try, as i said, to to control the escalation that the us is looking for. i tend to see israel now very much and netanyahu very much as zelensky and ukraine. it's nothing more than a proxy war for the us, and israel is the instrument. that they're using to expand the war against hezbollah, for example, and into lebanon, we've seen many threats from israel, which of course are indirectly coming

from the united states, that if hezbolah doesn't withdraw to the north of the latani river, then uh, bayrut will be turned into hunus. are these empty threats, are these desperate threats? from israel, i would suggest, yes, but from the us that is looking and has been looking for escalation for some time, um, i believe they are looking for any justification or pretext escalate both into lebanon itself, into syria, into iraq, into yemen, we've seen the potential of a coalition being formed of traiter arab states with eu states, the uk and the us to target yemen, because yemen, as you said, is having the greatest effect against the zionist entity and against its controllers, let's say... other than its allies, so i think the danger is that the us is looking for this escalation, it's looking to prevent the rise of bricks, the rise of iran in the region,

and the only way that it sees that it can do that is by effectively destroying the resistance access nations and taking control of more territory, so then we see the plan for greater israel coming into play of course, um, and again as i said, the us is very much using the current. extremist, zionist regime and its forces as instrument to achieve as much of this as it can, just as it did with zelensky and ukraine uh against russia, well it seems every day it's looking more and more like it is uh the day before the day of judgment, everything seems like it's going to explode. i want to thank you very much vanessabili independent journalist from damascus talking to us about the recent coordinated escalations of the axis of resistance against us. patient and zionist israel in support of the palestinian resistance obviously, thank you very much for being with us, thanks million for your contribution to our show, ladies and gents, thank you very much for watching the media

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minerals and selling weapons to conflict region african countries, cold winking african countries with dubious agricultural projects. this racist regime is now taking desperate africans to farms in occupied palestine amid the us israel war on gaza.

the death toll from israel's relentless aerial and artillery strikes on the gaza's trip is approaching 20,000, mostly women and kids. palestina resistance fighters fighter barrage of rockets deep into israel, but reports pointing to sounds of exp. yemen warns the new reform us led military coalition in the red sea of painful response against any violation of its sovereignty.