State of Palestine, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department | February 9, 2020 Everything you need to know about Trump’s “apartheid” deal : 1. Does the plan, presented by U.S. President Trump, support an independent and sovereign State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, or a Greater Israel between the river Jordan and the Mediterranean? The plan outrageously […]
By Stuart Littlewood | American Herald Tribune | February 10, 2020 Palestinian chiefs say that Trump’s so-called peace plan contains 300 violations of international law and they will take it up with the Security Council. That’s nearly two violations per page. Given the document was put together by America and Israel, both lawless and criminal […]
The Turkish president’s misguided dispatch of troops to Syria risks an unwinnable showdown with Russia By Abdel Bari Atwan | Rai al-Youm | February 4, 2020 The Turkish-Syrian clash in Idlib province – resulting in the death of six Turkish soldiers when their convoy was shelled by the Syrian army near the town of Saraqeb […]
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | February 7, 2020 The Russian reaction to Turkey’s latest military moves in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib has appeared in the form of a lengthy interview with the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 4, which has since been followed by […]
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | February 5, 2020 In happier times, Washington and Tehran might well have zeroed in on Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as their consensus candidate for the post of Iraq’s prime minister. Why not? He was opposed to Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship — although, unlike most Shia politicians who fled from […]
MEMO | February 4, 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been discussing a three-way agreement that would see the United States recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara in exchange for having Rabat take steps to normalise ties with Tel Aviv, Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported. Netanyahu has been trying in recent months […]
RT | February 3, 2020 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which consists of more than 50 Muslim-majority countries, has asked member states not to cooperate in any way with US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Israel and Palestine. During a special session in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday, the OIC’s executive committee called […]
21WIRE | February 3, 2020 Over the last few months, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its Russian allies have been advancing into the heart of Idlib province – the last remaining terrorist stronghold in Syria. Not everyone is happy about the effort by Damascus to retake is own territorial areas in the north, not […]
RT | February 3, 2020 A shelling incident in Syria in which Ankara said six of its soldiers were killed may have been caused by the failure of the Turkish side to warn about the movement of their convoy, the Russian military said. “Units of the Turkish military conducted movement within the Idlib de-escalation zone […]
By Paul Robinson | Irrussianality | February 1, 2020 This week brought a bunch of news about the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. In Afghanistan, the United States and its allies have been directly involved in fighting the Taleban for over 18 years. In Syria, they’ve attempted to overthrow the government of […]
