Strategic Culture Foundation | August 30, 2019 The liberation of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province by the Syrian army and its Russian ally marks another important victory towards ending the eight-year war in Syria. Last week saw the return to relative normalcy in the northwestern town which had been held under siege by al Qaeda-affiliated […]
Israel is right here behind this wall
After the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Middle East has found itself in the midst of undeclared war.
Almost everyone in Lebanon appears to agree. “This time Israel went too far. In just two days, it bombed three countries,” I am told by a local UN staffer based in Beirut.
The same day, my local barber was talking like he saw it all, his voice full of sarcasm and determination:
By Giorgio Cafiero – Consortium News – August 28, 2019 Iraq has felt the heat from escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran this summer as the White House moves ahead with its “maximum pressure” campaign against the Islamic Republic. Also clear is that Israel and Iran’s proxy wars in the region have spilled into […]
As 21WIRE reported previously this week, the mere presence of Iran at the G7 has rattled Neocon hawks in Washington and Tel Aviv, and for obvious reasons. Any move towards bilateral talks between the US and Iran threatens to upend the regional ambitions of both the Jewish State and the Wahhabi Kingdom.
Four historic buildings in Sana’a’s old quarter, including the home of Saleh Ali al-Aeini, were destroyed by U.S. bombs dropped by Saudi warplanes in June, 2015. Photo – MintPress News By Ahmed AbdulKareem – MintPress News – August 26, 2019 SANA’A, YEMEN — Yemen was once described as a living museum, but U.S. made bombs […]
According to a statement published on the U.S. Department of State website, Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, had a fairly long conversation with Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. The website noted that both sides discussed ‘bilateral and regional developments, including countering the Iranian regime’s destabilizing activity and human rights’.
MEMO | August 23, 2019 Israel has been charged with enabling attacks on media freedom around the world by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), after export controls on surveillance technology were eased. Citing a Reuters report, CPJ noted that Israeli officials have confirmed that – thanks to a rule change by the Defence Ministry […]
Press TV – August 23, 2019 Saudi Arabia has failed to repel Yemen’s retaliatory drone strikes despite relying on the US Patriot air defense system, a matter which has caused a slump in Saudi troop morale, according to a UAE intelligence report. The UAE report revealed critical weaknesses in Saudi Arabia’s ability to thwart the retaliatory […]
Trump has taken an insane U.S. policy towards Iran and make it even crazier, writes Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News Traffic accidents normally take just a second or two. But the coming collision in the Persian…Read more →
By Alastair Crooke | Strategic Culture Foundation | August 19, 2019 It’s pretty clear. Saudi Arabia has lost, and, notes Bruce Riedel, “the Houthis and Iran are the strategic winners”. Saudi proxies in Aden – the seat of Riyadh’s Yemeni proto-‘government’ – have been turfed out by secular, former Marxist, southern secessionists. What can Saudi […]
