The Historical Dynamics and Complexities of the Kurdish Quest for Statehood
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson As Turkey prepares to go to the polls on May 14 to choose between incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his…
Middle East
FLASHBACK: The REAL Middle East Nuclear Threat (2018) — James Corbett
By The Corbett Report There is in fact a Middle Eastern nation that is in control of a vast, undeclared stockpile of nuclear weapons. This…
US to Deploy Over 100 Unmanned Vessels to the Persian Gulf
By Dave DeCamp US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that a US-led task force will deploy over 100 unmanned vessels to the Persian Gulf by…
Biden Middle East Visit Already Spells Disaster
By Robert Inlakesh US President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Riyadh, Tel Aviv and Ramallah in mid-July. The visit is expected to be centered…
Telecom Accused of “stuffing cash into the pockets of ISIS militants” while developing 5G in Middle East
By B.N. Frank Opposition to 5G deployment is worldwide and this has slowed and/or stopped installation in some locations. There are numerous reasons to be…
US “Airstrike Diplomacy” Continues in Syria-Iraq
By Brian Berletic On June 27, 2021 the US carried out additional strikes against targets along the Syrian-Iraqi border. The attacks were condemned by both…
Biden Bombs Syria, Iraq And Threatens Iran
By Robert Inlakesh The US Biden administration has launched its second round of airstrikes on Syria this year, also bombarding Iraq, in a move which…
US Govt Seizes News Websites Across MidEast, Including Iran’s PressTV
By Tyler Durden Via SouthFront.org, The US Department of Justice has just seized a number of websites of Iranian, Palestinian, Yemeni, Iraqi news channels. A…
“If You Are Wondering Who Benefits”: Weapons Makers Stocks Surge as US Risks War With Iran
By Jake Johnson Almost immediately after the United States assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike Thursday night, major American weapons manufacturers and…
Jack Keane Shows Trump Maps Of Syrian Oil Fields To Keep U.S. Troops In Syria
By Joziah Thayer On October 7th, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. troops would be leaving Syria. This announcement knocked Warhawks off their perches in…
US To Send “Thousands” More Troops To Saudi Arabia
By Tyler Durden Reuters reports, citing defense or administration sources, that the US is set to send thousands of additional troops to Saudi Arabia in the wake…
Pentagon Officials Eager to Present a Recovering ISIS, but Facts Don’t Support It
By Jason Ditz Throughout August, one of the most persistent stories has been the claim that ISIS is making a substantial recovery in Iraq and…
The U.S. Is Staging Troops At A Key Saudi Military Base That It Used During All Previous Middle East Wars
By Michael Snyder The U.S. military is following many of the exact same patterns that we witnessed during our previous wars in the Middle East,…
Trump Bypasses Congress to Approve $8 Billion in Emergency Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — Not long after he reportedly agreed to send another 1,500-2,000 troops to the Middle East in yet another show of strength to…