MiddleEast

August 27, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - While US regime change in Syria appears to be a terminal failure, various propaganda ploys used to sell the war continue in the hopes that - at the very least - such ploys can be polished and improved upon when and where the US turns its attention next.One of these ploys includes an ongoing "trial" in Germany against Sy

What new plans does Washington have for Iran?August 9, 2020 (21st Century Wire) - This week, one of President Trump’s longest serving foreign officers, Brian Hook, announced his departure from the State Department position as special envoy for Iran.This move is not particularly encouraging for Iran, considering

August 6, 2020 (21st Century Wire) - BEIRUT – Yesterday, an immense explosion ripped through Lebanon’s capital of Beirut, emanating from the city’s busy port situated right next to the city centre.Image: Aerial view of the aftermath of the port explosion showing grain silos still standing next to unusually large crater (Image: CNW@Twitter)

Another US "Act" that hides behind human rights while compounding conflict and the destruction of all lives caught within it. July 23, 2020 (Salman Rafi Sheikh - NEO) - The so-called US “Civilian Protection Act” does everything except “protect” the people of Syria.

Iraq continues to find itself in the middle of Washington's ongoing struggle to reassert itself in the region. Can the new Iraqi PM free himself of his checkered pro-Western past?

June 19, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Chinese media highlighted a recent plea by Beijing to the US to lift sanctions against Syria.China's CGTN in an article titled, "Chinese envoy asks U.S.

April 18, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Legislation circulating in the US Congress threatens to withdraw military support from Saudi Arabia.This is not because Saudi Arabia is an absolute dictatorship which still severs heads off in public.

March 26, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - When is a terrorist group not a terrorist group? Apparently when US foreign policy requires it not to be.

March 14, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The US has recently carried out deadly attacks across Iraq - targeting Iraqi state-sponsored militias including Kata'ib Hezbollah who were responsible for the defeat of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).CNN in its article, "