This week, PBS in America aired an interview with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) who now says he ‘gets all the responsibility’ for Khashoggi murder because it ‘happened under my watch.’ Still, the CIA and some Western governments maintain that MBS ordered it, but Saudi officials say he had no role. MidEaStream host Dr.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy boats near the Strait of Hormuz (Photo: Sayyed Shahab-o-din Vajedi Source: Wikicommons)
Hossein Askari
The Globe Post
Conn M. HALLINAN
In many ways it doesn’t really matter who—Houthis in Yemen? Iranians? Shiites in Iraq? — launched those missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Whoever did it changed the rules of the game, and not just in the Middle East. “It’s a moment when offense laps defense, when the strong have reason to fear the weak,” observes military historian Jack Radey.
Eric MARGOLIS
The Mideast has its own variety of crazy humor. The Saudis have been blasting and bombing wretched Yemen, one of this world’s poorest nations, since 2015.
These US-supported attacks and a naval blockade of Yemen imposed by Saudi Arabia and its sidekick ally, the United Arab Emirates, have caused mass starvation. No one knows how many Yemenis have died or are currently starving. Estimates run from 250,000 to one million.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman mulling over Saudi’s MIC shopping list.
By Ghassan Kadi | The Saker Blog | September 19, 2019 Is the attack on ARAMCO the first of a long war or is it game-over already? It seems like the latter and in more ways than one, the war between Iran and Saudi Arabia has ended before it even started. One single solitary Houthi […]
Al-Manar | September 19, 2019 Following in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates has joined a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in Middle Eastern waterways. The official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported the UAE’s decision to become a member of the so-called International Maritime Security Construct on Thursday, […]
Press TV – September 18, 2019 Iran has denounced “ridiculous” allegations raised at the recent general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the UAE “nuclear newcomers” and the Israeli regime. “It is quite ridiculous that a regime which has ignored all the non-proliferation and disarmament commitments and developed all kinds of weapons […]
MEMO | September 9, 2019 Amid allegations of UAE-backed foreign mercenaries arriving on the Yemeni island of Socotra, it was reported yesterday that the island’s main airport has temporarily suspended flights from UAE’s Emirates Airline for three days. According to the Socotra Post, local intelligence suggests the UAE intends to deploy additional mercenaries from the […]
By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 9, 2019 An official confirmation by the Trump administration of it holding discreet talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels indicates a realization in Washington that its military intervention in the Arab country is an unsalvageable disaster requiring exit. There are also reports of the Trump administration urging […]
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