🇺🇸🇪🇷 US lifts sanctions on Eritrea as Washington turns its attention to the Red Sea

The Trump administration has lifted sanctions imposed on the Eritrean Defense Forces, the country’s ruling party and several other Eritrean entities and officials during the Biden administration.

The sanctions were imposed in connection with #Eritrea’s involvement in the Tigray war in neighboring #Ethiopia.

But the timing is particularly interesting.

Eritrea sits on the Red Sea, across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with the strategically located ports of #Massawa and #Assab.

With the war in #Yemen escalating and #RedSea shipping increasingly under threat, Washington appears interested in improving relations with a country occupying one of the most strategically important stretches of coastline in the region.

@DDGeopolitics

"Europe needs the Strait of Hormuz more than we do. Get in a boat. This is their fight, not ours."

Oh, Europe… you really thought the wars would always stay over here in our land ripping our lives to pieces, didn't you?

For decades, Washington's wars, interventions, regime change campaigns and proxy conflicts have helped destabilize the very regions Europeans later complain are sending refugees toward their borders.

First Washington brought about the Ukraine regime change and war then came another war against Iran for the sake of terrorist Israel and suddenly Europe discovers that wars have consequences, that energy routes can be disrupted, that economies can be hit, and that ordinary citizens can pay the price.

And now Washington's message is essentially:

We helped set the fire. You deal with the smoke.

The Strait of Hormuz was not simply some natural disaster that Europe woke up to one morning. The current crisis emerged from a war that Washington launched and a blockade the US itself has enforced.

So yes, Europe can "get in a boat".

But perhaps before doing so, it should ask why it spent decades standing quietly beside the people who kept setting boats, countries and entire regions on fire.

You cannot keep applauding wars abroad and then act shocked when their consequences finally wash up on your own shores.

Also, just wondering…how many times has the orange orangutan in the White House announced that 'the Strait of Hormuz is open" so far?

Asking for a European friend. 😝

She's suddenly very interested in the difference between "open" on Truth Social and actually open in real life. 😂

Trump claims 'permanent control' over Greenland security in landmark deal with Denmark

Washington has sought to annex Greenland to control Arctic transit, secure access to critical rare-earth minerals, and counter the influence of Russia and China

Cuba plunged into total blackout as the island lost power for the eighth time this year. The nationwide outage is caused by a severe fuel and energy deficit, leaving all residents in darkness except for one five-star hotel.

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#Cuba vs #USEmpire

It really doesn't get more ironic than this... ✅

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Fire in #Riyadh following today's attack by the Yemeni Armed Forces (#YAF).

The attack targeted a #Saudi #Aramco facility near the capital's airport.

The fire is still not extinguished at this time.

@Slavyangrad
#Yemen #KSA

Over 5,500 people granted Irish citizenship during two days of mass ceremonies at the Convention Centre in #Dublin.

@MTodayNews
#Ireland #Kalergi

Yemeni Armed Foces strike Riyadh airport

Saudi channels report a powerful explosion and black smoke at the capital's airfield. Sources previously noted an attempt by #AnsarAllah to attack one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's residences, located 1,200 km from the Yemeni border.

The success of this operation remains unclear as satellite imagery predates the strike, and no verified proof of damage is available.

@Slavyangrad
#Yemen #YAF #KSA

How did the Israeli-linked global 'scam empire' operate? | TRT World

The network traced its roots directly to the early 2010s, an era famously dubbed "The Wolves of Tel Aviv" by The Times of Israel investigative journalist Simona Weinglass. 

Her groundbreaking 2016 series exposed a multi-billion-dollar domestic binary options industry operating out of high-tech Israeli commercial centres.

Following massive international pressure, the Israeli Knesset formally banned the domestic binary options industry in October 2017.

However, experts noted that this ban did not dismantle the networks but forced them to export their fraud operations. Meanwhile, the network headquarters stayed in Tel Aviv.

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has previously exposed two cells of the network, revealing that it defrauded at least 32,000 individuals out of a total exceeding $275 million.

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#WolvesOfTelAviv

From Alliance Assurance to Waddesdon: the Rothschild risk-pricing function



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