The United States has reached a “dead end” said Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, whilst speaking on the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations this Tuesday, stressing that the future of the Islamic Republic should not depend upon the outcome of the negotiations. This, as the US postures for a more aggressive approach in the region. Read More...
A New York Times piece has recently brought to light a seemingly corrupt dealing between the former senior White House advisor Jared Kushner and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Whilst the story is certainly telling, it is far from the worst thing conjured up between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and former US President Read More...
The war in Yemen has come to a temporary halt, due to a UN brokered ceasefire, last Saturday. This Thursday, Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has ceded power to a newly formed ‘Presidential Leadership Council’. Western media present this as Saudi Arabia’s push for peace, when in reality it represents an admission of loss Read More...
As the war in Ukraine wages on, the global hegemony of the unipolar power, the United States, is being tested the world over. In the Middle East, clear shifts are occurring, yet fail to match reality and lack strategic depth in the long term. Under the United State’s former Trump administration, a policy of normalizing Read More...
Foreign policy conducted on the sly: Britain and the repressive Gulf monarchiesby Ian SinclairMorning Star29 March 2022 In 1917, after listening to an account of fighting on the Western Front, Prime Minister Lloyd George is reported to have said “If people really knew [the truth], the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they […]
Gavin O’Reilly In the now month-long mainstream media coverage of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, much attention has been paid to the actions of the ‘Ukrainian Resistance’. In a manner not dissimilar to its coverage of the ‘Syrian rebels’ a decade ago, a romanticised image of ‘Ukrainian freedom fighters’ fighting bravely against a militarily …
Press TV – March 31, 2022 OPEC and allies including Russia agreed on Thursday to another modest monthly oil output boost, resisting pressure to pump more, and ditched the Paris-based International Energy Agency as a data source in a sign of a hardening standoff with the West. The group has resisted repeated calls by the […]
Kit Knightly The first tweet I saw when I checked my timeline this morning was from foreign policy analyst Clint Ehlirch, pointing out that the Russian ruble has already started recovering from the dip created by Western sanctions, and is almost at pre-war levels: The Russian Ruble is nearing its pre-invasion value. Sanctions were designed …
Press TV – March 29, 2022 The Saudi Arabia-led military coalition that has been attacking Yemen for the past eight years, claims it will halt the offensive on Wednesday. Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition, made the announcement on Tuesday. He alleged that the coalition would “take all steps and measures to make the […]
21WIRE | The surprise announcement could mark the end of a brutal 7-year campaign led by the Kingdom against its neighbour.
