January 11, 2021
A December 29, 2020 search shows that Google, in violation of its own policies, continues[1] to list Al-Manar TV as a curated new source on Google News, alongside reputable mainstream news sources.[2]
Google News is a news aggregator and app that lets users customize the news that they see from thousands of sources. Google News policies, as reported on its Support page, reads: We do not allow content that promotes violence or harassment against an individual or group based on ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We also do not allow content used to threaten or organize violence or support violent organizations. [3]
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke about Qatar’s role within the GCC in an interview on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that aired on January 7, 2021.
January 11, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9132
Russian Journalist Zhelenin: Putin, Bested By Turkey In Military Clashes In Syria And Libya, Was Reluctant To Challenge Erdogan In Nagorno Karabakh
January 11, 2021
Rosbalt s Alexander Zhelenin offers an explanation of Moscow s refusal to back Armenia militarily in the Karabakh war that is highly unflattering to Vladimir Putin. According to Zhelenin, this was not an act of grand strategy designed to detach Turkey from the West
[1] or to preserve neutrality in order to insert Russian peacekeeping troops in the war s aftermath. The true reason for Russia s restraint was Russia s military weakness vis a vis Turkey as demonstrated in Syria and Libya. Putin feared Turkish military power and Recep Erdogan s unapologetic attitude towards using it.
The United States Has Repeatedly Impinged On China s Vital Interests In the event of an all-out confrontation between China and the United States, the United States would find itself at a great strategic disadvantage. It will be bound to pay a high economic, political, and security cost which could lead to a complete breakdown of the hegemony of the United States in the world. The idea that America is peerless under heaven has long been ingrained in some Americans. Therefore, in the face of the rise of China, the strategy of the United States against China has evolved from the trade war and the war of science and technology at the beginning to containment and strike against China from various dimensions. Especially since 2020, in order to maintain its hegemony, the United States has carried out all-round encirclement and suppression against China. The consequences are serious for both the United States and China.