The Cradle | December 3, 2022 The Lana, an Iranian crude oil tanker impounded by Greece and whose contents were illegally seized by the US earlier this year, delivered an estimated 700,000 barrels of oil to the Syrian port of Baniyas on 2 December, Reuters reported, citing a satellite tracking agency. The oil delivery marks the end of […]
RT | December 2, 2022 The Israeli military has conducted joint training operations with the United States, holding a series of air drills to simulate strikes on Iran just days after West Jerusalem pressed US officials to accelerate their “operational plans” against Tehran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) detailed the drills in a statement on Wednesday, saying they practiced “various scenarios […]
Samizdat – 30.11.2022 MOSCOW – There is no evidence that Tehran intends to develop nuclear weapons, reviewing its participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department, said in an interview with Sputnik. “Iran has been and remains a conscientious participant in the Treaty […]
By Iqbal Jassat | MEMO | November 26, 2022 The US’ destructive wars on Muslim countries launched in the wake of 9/11 under the misplaced rubric known notoriously as the “War on Terror” spawned senseless deaths and bloodshed on an unprecedented scale. The George W. Bush administration, heavily infested with neoconservatives and Likudniks, contemptuously ignored […]
RT | November 23, 2022 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has called on the United States to develop new “operational plans” to take on the Iranian military, urging top US defense and intelligence officials to “accelerate” joint efforts to counter the Islamic Republic. Kochavi held a series of meetings with Chairman of the Joint […]
Press TV – November 22, 2022 works before a news conference attended by IAEA Director Rafael Grossi during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 13, 2021. (Photo by Reuters) A political analyst has described the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a primary “instrument of pre-aggression” which paves the way for […]
Free West Media | November 18, 2022 Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse interviewed Ambassador Peter Ford to hear his expert analysis of important issues developing in the region. Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey are neighbors in an increasingly unstable Middle East, in which Saudi Arabia plays a key role. The US has meddled in the Middle East […]
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Hani Mohammed The Cradle | November 12, 2022 Talks between Yemeni and Saudi delegations in Oman have continued “uninterrupted” since the end of the UN-brokered ceasefire on 2 October, according to sources in the know that spoke with Lebanese daily Al Akhbar. The report claims the Saudi delegation has shown “remarkable flexibility” in several of the outstanding […]
BY RON UNZ • UNZ REVIEW • OCTOBER 31, 2022 On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on a potentially momentous case challenging the use of race in admissions decisions at Harvard University and our other academic institutions. Over the last half-century, our system of Affirmative Action—preferences based upon race—has […]
Press TV – October 18, 2022 The US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, has acknowledged that negotiations on a revival of the 2015 Iran deal are “not even on the agenda” for now, trying to shift the blame on Tehran for the stalled diplomatic process. Malley, in an interview with CNN on Monday, accused […]
