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Pope Francis was absolutely right that peace is more powerful than war — but military confrontation is popular and profitable.

Israel v Iran in Syria: Israel’s Covert War on Iran’s tankers News Topic 73: Mysterious attacks on at least a dozen tankers carrying Iranian oil are reported… The Trump admin. tacitly supported the Israeli operations, the report said, and the US does not appear to be doing anything to prevent it. Mysterious attacks on at […]

Press TV – March 13, 2021 Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has dismissed “baseless” accusations leveled by Israel against the Islamic Republic at the United Nations Human rights Council (UNHRC), urging the body to avoid politicization. Addressing the 46th regular session of the Human Rights Council on Friday, Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh […]

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Syrian investors have about $42 billion in Lebanese banks. The corrupt Lebanese banking system has frozen those accounts and prevented withdrawals.  The Syrian economic crisis is caused in large part by the Lebanese crisis. In the summer of 2019, the Lebanese crisis began with street protests. This was instigated […]

The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the foreign policy realm where we, as progressives, have been disappointed — or even infuriated. There are one or two positive developments, such as the renewal of Obama’s New START Treaty with Russia and Secretary of […]
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Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator March 15 is the date which many use for the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. For many years, the war in Syria was a steady feature of western media; however, in recent years the fighting has stopped, the Geneva peace process has not produced results, and some countries have […]

Richard Nephew ha asumido el mérito de haber privado a los iraníes de alimentos y de elevar la tasa de desempleo, celebrando la destrucción económica que provocó como un “éxito tremendo”. Bajo el gobierno de Biden, ayudará a dirigir la política para Irán. Por Max Blumenthal Traducido por Diego Sequera (You can read this article in English here) La administración de Joseph Biden nombró a Richard Nephew como enviado adjunto para Irán. Como coordinador adjunto principal para la política de […]

The new Washington administration is open for negotiations with Tehran, but is not ready to either take any additional steps during the run-up to these potential contacts, or to fulfill any requirements put forth by Iran, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a scheduled briefing for reporters. She gave a reminder that the […]