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“Sleeping terrorist cells in Syria serve a western agenda”, says Basma Qaddour

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator   The battlefields in Syria are quiet, but the conflict is far from resolution.  Despite the lack of focus on Syria by the US, EU and NATO, there are still developments in the region and among the various players.  Resolving the Syrian conflict seems to be on the back-burner […]

How Close Are We To A War On Iran?

Last Wednesday, the US government decided to take its sanctions war on Iran to the next level, targeting Chinese and Emirati firms that allegedly help in facilitating Tehran’s oil sales in Asia. As Doha centered talks continue in an attempt to revive the Iran nuclear deal, this move seemingly has the potential of either leading Read More...

Biden Middle East Visit Already Spells Disaster

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Riyadh, Tel Aviv and Ramallah, in mid-July. The visit is expected to be centered around talks to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, through first discussing the development of a regional anti-Iran coalition. However, the agenda set by the United States is doomed to failure, and Read More...

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022)

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022). Au programme : – Attaques israéliennes en Syrie : la Russie hausse le ton – Visite de Lavrov en Iran – Vers un “OTAN moyen-oriental” ? – Réunions du G7 et du BRICS – Alina Lipp, Julian Assange : le journalisme occidental en danger Sources : La Turquie lève son veto à l'entrée de la Suède et de la Finlande dans l'Otan (Al Manar) Au cœur de l'Europe, l'exclave russe de Kaliningrad est une zone de confrontations Russie-OTAN majeur (La Tribune) (...)

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022)

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022). Au programme : – Attaques israéliennes en Syrie : la Russie hausse le ton – Visite de Lavrov en Iran – Vers un “OTAN moyen-oriental” ? – Réunions du G7 et du BRICS – Alina Lipp, Julian Assange : le journalisme occidental en danger Sources : La Turquie lève son veto à l'entrée de la Suède et de la Finlande dans l'Otan (Al Manar) Au cœur de l'Europe, l'exclave russe de Kaliningrad est une zone de confrontations Russie-OTAN majeur (La Tribune) (...)

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022)

Syrie : SitRep 126 avec Ayssar Midani (27 juin 2022). Au programme : – Attaques israéliennes en Syrie : la Russie hausse le ton – Visite de Lavrov en Iran – Vers un “OTAN moyen-oriental” ? – Réunions du G7 et du BRICS – Alina Lipp, Julian Assange : le journalisme occidental en danger Sources : La Turquie lève son […]

Petro, Maduro and Iran – regime change en route to Colombia?

Gavin O’Reilly Gustavo Petro’s victory in Sunday’s Colombian Presidential election, marking the first time Bogotá has elected a left-wing head of state, was not the only far-reaching geopolitical event to recently take place involving Latin America. A week prior to the former guerrilla fighter’s electoral success, President Nicolás Maduro of neighbouring Venezuela paid an official …

Iraq Could Be Heading Towards Another Explosion Of Violence

73 Iraqi members of parliament, for the majority Sadrist bloc, decided to hand in their resignations last week, creating fear of street protests rising and turning violent. The latest events Expose the disaster which is Iraq’s post-war sectarian system that has left the majority of Iraqi’s hopeless. After 8 months of corruption allegations and political Read More...

Iran vs. UAE – ‘Russia and Ukraine Gulf edition’ coming soon?

Gavin O’Reilly Although receiving miniscule media coverage, Thursday’s announcement that Israel had deployed military infrastructure to the UAE and Bahrain in the shape of radar systems, ostensibly to counter an alleged missile threat from nearby Iran, should be a cause for concern amongst onlookers. Coming in the same 24 hour period in which Israeli Prime …