{"id":1412,"date":"2026-06-06T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/06\/06\/ukraine-dear-putin-lebanon-a-crude-call-colombias-tiger\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:54:06","slug":"ukraine-dear-putin-lebanon-a-crude-call-colombias-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Dear Putin, Lebanon: A Crude Call, Colombia&#8217;s &#8216;Tiger&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Ukraine: Dear Putin, Lebanon: A Crude Call, Colombia&#8217;s &#8216;Tiger&#8217;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-cfaf9eb6-a6d7-44fa-b18e-16dad6bfb03b data-show-hidden-video-player=\"CFAF9EB6-A6D7-44FA-B18E-16DAD6BFB03B\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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Iranian drones also targeted the naval base of the US fifth fleet HQ in Bahrain almost 100 days into a war President Trump said would last 4-6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Iran claimed its latest attacks were in retaliation for US attacks on Queshm Island where the Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corp are known to have extensive tunnels with drones, anti-ship missiles and launching facilities. Growing signs of discontent were showing in the US as the House of Representatives passed a non-binding vote for President Trump to bring back US forces from the region or get approval from Congress to continue the conflict ..four Republicans sided with the Democrats:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a week that\u2019s seen Ukraine make an unwelcome appearance at the opening of Russia\u2019s World Economic Forum in St Petersburg, drones setting the port\u2019s oil terminal and a nearby warship on fire as it underwent maintenance, just hours before President Putin played host in the city to representatives of 130 countries with 20 delegates that included a US representative for the first time in years, delaying Russia\u2019s version of Davos.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the ferocity of Moscow\u2019s aerial campaign against Ukraine has not let up. The Institute for the Study of War says recent Ukrainian counterattacks, \u201care generating tactical, operational and strategic effects that could disrupting Russia\u2019s summer offensive\u201d. Speaking in Kyiv this week the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte claimed the casualties for Moscow were historic:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a week where details of the shocking treatment by British Police of a dying teenage victim were made public, and it led to protests and political fever pitch. This is the case of 18 year old student Henry Novak who was murdered as he walked in a Southampton street. The killer, Vickrum Digwa, a weapons obsessive, lied to police when they arrived, falsely accusing Henry of racism. The officers\u2019 body cams show Henry asking for help, but they handcuffed him as he lay dying. There have been violent demonstrations in Southampton, Britain\u2019s populist opposition leader Nigel Farage called for people to respond with pure cold rage. The world\u2019s richest man, Elon Musk amplified the anger on X claiming British officers were required to discriminate against white people. Sir Keir Starmer told Musk to stop interfering and whipping up division. Outside court, Henry\u2019s father urged people not to use his son\u2019s death to promote hatred, and, that he was haunted by his son\u2019s final moments..\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And a week away from the World Cup teams have been arriving in the US, Mexico and Canada where its being held this year. The Brazilian plane was said to have been sprayed with holy water as it touched down in New Jersey, The South African squad were met by a Mexican Mariachi band in Pachuca, and Cape Verde\u2019s team had a sing and a dance on the plane as they arrived in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Produced by Gavin Lee, Maya Yataghene, Alessandro Xenos and Daniel Whittington<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors t-content__authors--multiple\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author m-author--small m-author--has-image\">\n<div class=\"m-author__image\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/daniel-whittington-2\/\" title=\"Daniel Whittington\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                          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