The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a suspension of its flights to the Iranian capital and Russia warned against travel to the Middle East.

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Where are the Clinton’s when Haiti needs them?  If you read all the woke nonsense they wrote about all they were doing for Haiti, maybe you’d realize what good work they did.  It was a “partnership to catalyze long-term development.”  A lot of good that did.  The president has resigned from a safe distance, and few photos are coming out of Haiti.  You don’t want to see them.  They’re saving us from global warming, or they were.  All the kindergarten talk you’d expect, like they were turning Haiti into some woke paradise.  We’re seeing how that works out.  The scenes would work for some terrifying end of the world movie.  Maybe the Clintons should go down there and straighten things out, maybe check on their children’s center.

The Iranians are promising heavy retribution for the death of their general in Syria. They know good and well that Israel has carried out numerous bombing raids in Syria, what was their beloved general doing there? I wonder. But now we’re on a countdown of sorts, at least that’s what’s on the news.  They say Iran is about to respond forcefully to the killing of their general. Talk is cheap. If something major is about to happen, Israel probably already knows about it and will prevent it. If Iran gets away with some monumental attack against Israel, it may be the start of something big.

It spoke volumes when Biden decided to celebrate trannies for Easter.  Where do you even start?  The Easter crowd is not amused that the holiday was used to promote an abomination.  Must everything be desecrated? They’re all wrong. They call Easter the holiest day of the year, but people who believe that are a little miffed that it’s been used to promote transsexualism.  Get used to it.  

The worry is that we’re on the brink of WWIII.  Anthony Blinken has announced that Ukraine is going to try to join NATO.  That may spell trouble for the whole world.  They’re going to push Putin, promising to put foreign soldiers into the fray?  Who wants WWIII?

Wherever you look, wars have broken out.  Iran, formerly broke, is causing all manner of mayhem across the Middle East.  Gaza is a pile of broken concrete, and they’re still acting like it’s a war they can win.  It seems the problems must be made all but insurmountable just in case Trump gets elected.  Nobody’s sure that the problems that have overtaken us can even be solved in four years, but Trump says he’ll do it.

It looks like the lawfare cases they have lined up may blow up in their faces.  But they’ll do or say anything to prevent another Trump presidency.  Maybe they’d rather die, of embarrassment.   

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Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad was in Iran this week and told his counterparts that Syria will respond to Israeli attacks on Syria. “We are responding to these attacks every day,” Mekdad said, according to reports in Iranian media. He noted that the “Israeli regime’s attacks on Syria could not go unanswered,” Tasnim news said. “Those who attack Syria are the enemy of Syria and they supported the terrorists. Israel is doing this today. Maybe today’s answer is different from tomorrow and today’s answer is different from yesterday.”

He said that Syria is responding in “various ways.” He claimed Syria is pursuing “terrorists,” which apparently refers to Syria’s regime cracking down on former Syrian rebels in southern Syria near the Golan. “Some expect the response to the airstrikes, but Israel should not forget that Syria may waive such attacks, but it will not forget the essence of the issue…Israel should not be misunderstood and should know that these attacks will be answered,” he said.

These threats took place as he met Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian Foreign Minister. They focused on strategic relations between the two countries. “Iran condemns the presence of foreign forces in Syria, which was done without coordination with the Syrian government. We welcome the review of the foreign policy of some Arab and European countries and the recent visits to Damascus and the reopening of some embassies,” the Iranian said. Amir Abdullahian also said: “We had a detailed discussion about Afghanistan and we agree on the need to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan.”

Abdullahian slammed Israel and claimed that the “Zionist regime” has carried out attacks on Syria. “The fake and terrorist regime of Israel is the root of insecurity in the region and in West Asia.” He then referenced the recent peace deals between Israel and the Gulf. He also said he hoped the Iranian president would soon meet Syria’s president. Mekdad invited the Iranian president. “Economic relations between Iran and Syria were the focus of the talks, and we talked about them during the meeting with the [Iranian] President and Amir Abdullahian,” Mekdad said, adding that talks between Afghanistan and Iraq had also taken place.

This last reference is interesting. The Iranian also mentioned recent clashes on the border with Afghanistan. Iran’s IRGC has recruited Afghan Shi’ites to fight in Syria. It may be that Syria and Iraq are now paying more attention to Afghanistan. This is part of an eastern shift in which all these countries are looking to China and the east.

“I think our region will see new developments in the future,” The Iranian foreign minister said. “According to messages and statements from US officials, they have no choice but to leave the region.” The report of meeting hints that the US may withdraw from another place in the “coming weeks or months.” It is not clear if Iran and Syria think the US might leave the Tanf garrison or some other location or if this is a hint that Iran may plot new attacks against the US in Iraq or Syria.

Iran called for countries to help reconstruct Syria. The Syrian foreign minister “stated that it may be thought that Syria has overcome the past and economic problems, but this is not the case: Syria attaches special importance to relations with Iran and paves the way for Iran’s participation in economic projects. We welcome any Iranian participation in Syria.”

Iran also told Syria it was negotiating in Vienna with western governments to get sanctions lifted. The point of this is that sanctions relief could help Syria. The Iranian foreign minister added: “The three European countries did not take any initiative in these negotiations, as if they were looking to evaluate our team.” He said that “until the last moment, 3 European countries could not present an operational plan and idea.” Iran then slammed western media.

“During the negotiations, some media and lobbies tried to insinuate that Iran has started 90% enrichment.” Iran says this is “pure fabrication and lying.”

Iran has said it rejects an interim agreement in Vienna. They added that “negotiations will resume soon…we are looking for a good agreement and we expect the other side to take such an approach.” The Syrian Foreign Minister also called the UAE Foreign Minister’s visit to Damascus a courageous step, adding: “We will take the next steps based on this step…we hope that other Arab countries will.”

These are important points. It shows that Syria and Iran believe that a new dawn may be emerging amid reconciliation with the Gulf states. It also means Iran is optimistic about talks in Europe, even though it may also be preparing to lay the groundwork for a chance at failure.

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/syria-fm-tells-iran-it-will-respond-to-israeli-attacks-688027

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