malik traina

Reporter for AJE based in Libya. All thoughts expressed here are my own

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

On World Press Freedom Day, Gaza journalists protested reporting dangers.

Over 260 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct 2023; at least 130 were killed worldwide last year, many unpunished. The UN warns press freedom is in steep decline.

Al Jazeera’s @libyanmind reports.
#WorldPressFreedomDay

[أ.د فيصل بوصليب @Drabusulaib]

سقوط النظام الإيراني أو تفكيك إيران ليس من مصلحة دول الخليج العربية

[malik traina @libyanmind]

@Chief455163 @AJEnglish Haha. True.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Two ships have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, with the MSC Francesca sustaining heavy damage.
While Tehran claims enforcement of maritime rules, Gulf states are calling for urgent de-escalation as mediation efforts continue.

Al Jazeera's Malik Traina reports.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

This is a good move—it buys us time. It’s essential that we use it wisely.

Acknowledge that under current conditions, there are no military solutions and a true settlement is unlikely.

Follow the Reagan-in-’84 model: pull our forces out of the region, let our Gulf allies negotiate to reopen the SOH, and refocus on the issues at home and winning the next election, like Reagan did.

This is the opposite of what Israel wants us to do. To prevent Israel from pulling us deeper into this war, we must impose real restraint by limiting military aid to Israel.

The escalation game is a losing hand. Dump it and walk away.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Gulf states are seeking to ensure their security concerns are included in US–Iran talks, as regional tensions linked to the ongoing war continue.

Al Jazeera's @libyanmind reports.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

Open the Strait 🎵

[malik traina @libyanmind]

So the answer is a full blockade of the straight of Hormuz? Isn’t that what Iran was doing in the first place?

[Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social @TrumpDailyPosts]

𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗝. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟬𝟴:𝟱𝟮 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝟬𝟰.𝟭𝟮.𝟮𝟲

So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

To ensure the ceasefire is successful we must first ensure that we restrain the Israelis.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Saudi Arabia has closed the King Fahd Causeway, the only road connecting it to Bahrain, which was opened 40 years ago.

Al Jazeera's Malik Traina reports from Kuwait.

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

The Financial Times is reporting something that should be front-page news everywhere.   

Pete Hegseth didn’t just help design the Iran war. He championed it publicly, cheered it on, and sold it to the American people. And according to the Financial Times, while his own department was in the final stages of preparing to launch it, his broker at Morgan Stanley was attempting to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the defense companies that build the weapons we used to fight it.   

The investment didn’t ultimately go through, but only because the fund wasn’t yet available on Morgan Stanley’s platform. Not because anyone stopped it.  

If these reports are accurate, the Secretary of Defense was positioned to profit from a war he helped start, using information no private investor could ever have. That is a profound betrayal of every service member he commands, and of every American who trusted this Administration with their national security.  

No one should be cashing in on privileged information while lives and national security are on the line.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Kuwait says its international airport was hit by a drone attack targeting fuel tanks.
Officials say the strike caused a large fire and damaged fuel storage facilities at the airport. There are no reports of injuries.

Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from Kuwait City.

[malik traina @libyanmind]

RT @AJEnglish: Iranian missiles and drones continue to hit the Gulf region.

Al Jazeera’s @libyanmind has the latest from Kuwait City. http…

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Dubai authorities say blaze contained with no oil leakage or injuries reported, as attacks are reported across the Gulf. https://t.co/UllrKMmi3N

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

A drone has sparked a fire at a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport as Iran continues its retaliatory attacks on Gulf Arab nations almost a month into the US-Israeli war on the country.

Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from Kuwait City.

[Doha News @dohanews]

Tasnim News Agency, a semi-official news agency in #Iran affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (#IRGC), said an informed source confirmed that Iran did not issue any evacuation orders for Doha or its media outlets. The source told the agency, “Contrary to the false rumors circulating on the internet, Iran did not issue any evacuation warning for #Doha and Qatari media.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting news agency also apologised on its Telegram page for publishing a post claiming an evacuation warning had been issued for the #AlJazeera Media Network offices in Doha, denying the information. IRIB said the information was quoted from internal sources and was removed immediately due to the lack of confirmation from official or informed sources.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

For decades under Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s Amazigh people were oppressed, with their language and traditions banned. Now free to practise their culture, they marked Yennayer, their new year.

Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from Yefren.

[Emadeddin Badi @emad_badi]

I have sat through many meetings with Egyptian policymakers who cast the Haftar family as a bulwark against instability on Egypt’s western border, while dismissing the need for meaningful LAAF reform.

Deeply ironic that Cairo must now implore the very actors it enabled to stop conduct that directly undermines Egypt’s national security through support to the RSF.

https://t.co/ltli60YDKB

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Libya is laying to rest army chief General Mohammed al-Haddad and four other military figures who were killed in an aircraft crash, following days of mourning https://t.co/U4cNZZPOC3