Arab Uprisings

 

By Sharmine Narwani
 
Many observers are correct in noting that the Middle East is undergoing yet another seismic shift – that the Russian-brokered destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a US-Iranian rapprochement, the diminished strategic value of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and a US withdrawal from Afghanistan will all contribute to changing regional dynamics considerably.

“Bandar ibn Israel”

By Sharmine Narwani
 
The recent acts of political violence in the Middle East’s Levant are not unrelated.

Arabs, Beware the “Small States” Option

By Sharmine Narwani      Al- Akhbar

At the heart of all politics lies cold, hard opportunism. New circumstances, changed alliances and unexpected events will always conspire to alter one’s calculations to benefit a core agenda.

By Sharmine Narwani – Al-Akhbar – 2013-05-13

The Middle East is treading water these days. Two years of rhetoric about ousting dictators, revolution, freedom, honor, dignity, and democracy – without result – has people on edge, their disillusionment now demanding an outlet.
There are no outlets though. Sensing the fast-growing disenchantment with undelivered promises, even the “bright new leaders” are tightening the reins and demanding compliance.

Editors' Introduction
 
Christopher Stevens arrived in Benghazi, Libya as the US Special Representative to the National Transitional Council, in April, 2011, wielding a program of death and destruction.  

At that time the main goal of Christopher Stevens and the United States government was to subjugate the sovereign nation of Libya.  More than anything else, this

Covering Syria: The Information War
By Aisling Byrne
Originally published in the Asia Times
July 12, 2012
Images and captions added by Color Revolutions and Geopolitics

The narrative that has been constructed by the Western mainstream media on Syria may seem to be self-evident from the scenes presented on television, but it is a narrative duplicitously promoted and

Editors' Introduction: The significance of Webster Tarpley's reports from Syria and Lebanon cannot be overemphasized.  Finally there is a credible journalistic voice reporting from inside the region, one that rips apart the current media narrative about Syria as a complete "tissue of lies."  

Libya's War for the Abaya
By Susan Lindauer
Originally published in Global Research
July 27, 2011
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For European bankers, it's a war for Libya's Gold. For oil corporations, it's a war for Cheap Crude (now threatening to destroy Libya's oil infrastructure, just like Iraq). But for Libya's women, it's a fierce, knock down

Faking the Case Against Syria
By Trish Schuh
Originally published in Counterpunch
November 19-20, 2005
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Another slam dunk forgery is being used to convict Syria. The United Nations’ Detlev Mehlis inquiry into the murder of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafiq Hairri depends on a central witness, Zuhir Ibn Mohamed Said Saddik,