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Experts suggest that the situation on Lebanon’s southern border is quite complicated. Despite this, it has somewhat faded into the background due to the recent Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip. The current situation can be described as a conflict with an escalation of rocket attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. According to official figures alone, the clashes have resulted in the deaths of over 100 Lebanese civilians and more than 200 Hezbollah fighters. The Lebanese Army has suffered the least casualties despite repeated attacks by the IDF. Israeli casualties are often overlooked…

Ukraine has invested heavily in carrying out complex operations to strike at targets across Crimea including Russian naval vessels, ports, as well as striking at civilian infrastructure including the Crimean Bridge. According to Kiev, this is all part of a strategy meant to first isolate the peninsula, then seize it from Russia. The Western media, for its part, has invested heavily in convincing the world that Ukraine is “winning” in the Black Sea, and is building on these victories not only toward seizing Crimea but also toward…

“What goes around comes around”, so goes the old adage; that also applies to media coverage of the position of the US in World Affairs, and especially over the conduct of deadly conflicts in Ukraine and Israel.  Apparently the abrupt change in tone of Western media about Ukraine, or rather over the fighting in Ukraine, Palestine, and many parts of the world have suddenly met the underside of the bus, for starters!..