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Recently, when covering an investment dispute between a border-area kibbutz in Israel and a Chinese investment fund, some media outlets claimed that “China prohibits investment in Israel.” The Embassy of China in Israel has issued a clarification on this matter through Channel 12.

After the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on October 7, 2023, China adjusted the travel risk level for areas within Israel in line with international practices. As the situation has eased, areas classified as extremely high risk (red) have been significantly reduced and are now limited to small areas around the north border and along the Gaza Stripe border.

Strictly limiting personnel movements and economic activities in extremely high-risk areas is an international practice. Restrictions on economic activities in small, extremely high-risk areas should not be confused with the normal economic and trade exchanges between China and most areas in Israel.

China encourages Israeli friends to engage with us in various forms of economic and trade cooperation, and hopes that all sectors will actively safeguard China-Israel relations and play an active role in advancing bilateral friendship and practical cooperation.

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The Syrian military entered Hasakah’s governorate’s Shaddadi Base after the US army handed the facility over to Damascus, Syria’s Defense Ministry announced in a statement on 15 February.

“The Syrian Arab Army has assumed control of the Shaddadi military base in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria. The base was handed over to the Syrian Army after completing arrangements with US authorities,” the Defense Ministry’s media department told state media outlet SANA.

The US military established the Shaddadi base in 2016, around a year after the US occupation of Syria officially began.

US troops were still present at the site in January 2026, when a large-scale government assault saw the nearby Shaddadi Prison come under heavy attacks. Hundreds of ISIS members escaped from that prison during the chaos.

Numbers of people living in vans have quadrupled over the past five years.

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Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has sharply criticized comments by former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for intensified economic pressure on Iran.

In remarks posted on X on Saturday, Baghaei wrote, “Nancy Pelosi calls on the US administration to ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy so ordinary Iranians—even in rural areas—‘feel the pain.’”

“Deliberately inflicting pain & suffering on civilians for political leverage is the textbook definition of terrorism,” he added, noting, “Only an evil & arrogant mindset can feel entitled to prescribe policies built on civilians' suffering in another country.”

“Legally speaking, this is further evidence of a deliberate & systematic US policy of exacting pain and cruelty on populations it disfavors. Such conduct amounts to ‘crime against humanity.’”

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended Spring Festival greetings at a reception in Beijing to usher in the Chinese New Year -- the Year of the Horse.

At the Great Hall of the People, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, conveyed New Year greetings on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to all Chinese people at home and abroad.

Describing the ending Year of the Snake as extraordinary, Xi said China met difficulties head-on and made new progress in the face of a complex and volatile environment at home and abroad, elevating China's economic strength, scientific and technological capabilities, national defense capabilities, and composite national strength to new heights.

Over the past year, China's economy withstood pressure and sustained growth, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality, Xi said.

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Since last month, Cuba has been experiencing one of its deepest crises ever as a result of a U.S.-forced oil embargo. The goal is to deepen the social and economic crisis in Cuba so that the U.S. can coerce the country into bowing to imperialist interests and to pave the way for a full-on restoration of capitalism.

Trump has threatened tariffs against any country that supplies oil to the country. Mexico has completely cut off critical oil deliveries, and Brazil has made steep drops in their shipments. Recently, the U.S. blocked Venezuelan oil shipments to the island. These moves make these countries’ complicit in Trump’s imperialist aggression, which demonstrates the need for an urgent anti-imperialist response organized by the working class and masses around the world.

Amid this crisis, several organizations have announced the Nuestra América flotilla to sail to Cuba with food, medicine, and other essential supplies. The flotilla is set to sail next month from ports across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with the aim of reaching Cuba in March as a living challenge to the U.S. blockade and a concrete act of solidarity with the Cuban people.

The flotilla is inspired by the Global Sumud aid flotillas to Gaza, which set out to break Israel’s illegal blockade with civilian ships carrying food, medicine, and activists in a direct challenge to the use of siege warfare as a tool of imperialist subjugation. One of the most powerful actions that emerged out of the flotilla movement were the general strikes organized by dockworkers in Italy, against both the repression of the flotilla and the genocide in Gaza.

This working-class intervention, in alliance with youth and broader sectors, showed that when when workers “block everything,” they can make imperialism pay a real cost for its wars and blockades.

Now more than ever, internationalist youth and workers around the world need to organize and mobilize against Trump’s broader imperialist offensive which includes the revived “Monroe Doctrine” that has resulted in military intervention in Venezuela as well as threats to invade Greenland. At the same time, Trump is also escalating in the Middle East with the deployment of even more military forces that are encircling Iran to force the country into submission. Even at home, Trump has been escalating his attacks against immigrants in cities like Minneapolis and working to undermine any opposition to his policies.

Unconditional support for the fight against Trump’s siege on Cuba does not — and must not — require political support for the bureaucratic Cuban regime. We can stand firmly with the Cuban people against imperialist aggression while also defending the democratic rights of the Cuban masses. This means opposing policies meant to restore capitalism while advocating for the broadest freedom to organize for those who want to defend and deepen the social gains of the revolution.

Against Trump’s repression and his criminal attempts to reassert U.S. dominance, especially in Latin America, we must organize a campaign in solidarity with the flotilla and the mobilizations in countries like France in support of Cuba. This campaign is especially significant from the heart of imperialism, where building visible, coordinated action can both amplify these international efforts and directly target the bipartisan imperialist regime that is orchestrating the siege against Cuba.

The labor movement can play a key role, in uniting with other workers’ movement across the region — some of which have been calling for a continental strike against imperialist aggression in Latin America — to be a leading force in the struggle against the imperialist offensive targeting Cuba.

Down with Trump’s blockade and imperialist aggression against Cuba! All out in solidarity with the peoples of Cuba, Venezuela, and all oppressed nations fighting imperialism!

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Brazil Cuba solidarity reaches new heights as trade unions and social movements launch coordinated efforts to support Cuba amid a severe energy crisis triggered by U.S. pressure. On February 14, 2026, the Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) formally requested an emergency meeting with state-owned Petrobras to arrange urgent fuel deliveries to the Caribbean island.

The campaign, dubbed “Petróleo para Cuba” (Oil for Cuba), counters recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. He imposed potential tariffs on nations or entities supplying hydrocarbons to Cuba, exacerbating fuel shortages that cause rolling blackouts and disrupt essential services.

Paulo Neves, a director of the FUP, stressed that Petrobras must act as a sovereign public enterprise. It should resist external intimidation and prioritize concrete diplomatic action over mere statements.

The initiative seeks to create operational and regulatory channels. These would ensure steady energy flows to Cuba while reducing immediate humanitarian risks faced by hospitals, schools, and the general population.

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