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Saudi King Salman presents President Donald Trump with The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

By Jan Oberg

Today, I am proud to say that NATO has a new home in the Gulf region. And that we have opened a new chapter in our deepening partnership.
NATO S-G, Jens Stoltenberg, in Kuwait on January 24, 2017

KSA special forces mired in an endless was with neighboring Yemen (Image: Twitter)
Marwa Osman
21st Century Wire 

By Wayne MADSEN | Strategic Culture Foundation | 21.04.2017 A series of moves by NATO’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) partner, the United Arab Emirates, has many observers in the Indian Ocean littoral nations wondering out loud whether the «North Atlantic» military pact is moving into the Indian Ocean and Arabian Peninsula, courtesy of an «outsourcing» […]

21st Century Wire says…
It’s been over a week now since the alleged chemical attack out of Khan Shaykhun, Syria and the US government has yet to provide definitive proof of its claims.

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By Marwa Osman | RT | March 5, 2017 Britain’s multi-million pound trade and aid strategy for programs in Bahrain needs exposed as the tiny gulf kingdom continues its chain of tyranny and torture against the Shia majority. The British government’s unreserved condemnation of torture and inhumane treatment and punishment seems to vanish when it […]

By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | February 23, 2017 Turkey has decided to pick up a quarrel with Iran. It all began with President Recep Erdogan’s sudden outburst on February 14 in the first leg of a regional tour of Gulf States – Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — when he said, “Some […]

February 2, 2017 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The full scope of the current deception being perpetrated against both the American people, and the rest of the world under the presidency of Donald Trump and the supposed "push back" from the "liberal media" is exposed in full amid President Trump's unfolding migrant policy.Bloomberg, in two articles,

Yemen’s Houthi militia fighters mounted a successful attack yesterday against a Saudi Arabian military warship off the western coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.
The Saudi vessel, Al Madinah, was stuck while on a scheduled patrol in the southern Red Sea when the attack occurred.
The attack is reported to have killed two sailors and wounding three others, according to U.S. officials.

Gulf countries need revolutionary climate action, not glossy mega-projects
by Ian Sinclair
The New Arab
20 December 2016