The war racket in the Middle East serves the U.S.
The conduct toward Iran of the world powers, especially the United States, is not surprising:…
Monthly Archives: April, 2015
Assad’s hold on power looks shakier than ever as rebels advance in Syria
By Liz Sly April BEIRUT — A surge of rebel gains in Syria is overturning…
Hizbullah airstrip revealed
Nicholas Blanford, Beirut – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Lebanon’s militant Shia group, Hizbullah, has constructed…
Saudis Show Their Military Might in Yemen Conflict
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV RIYADH—Watching Saudi Arabia spend hundreds of billions of dollars on sophisticated weapons…
Obama is prepared to give Iran anything and everything for a deal
Just days after releasing the Iran framework, Secretary of State John F. Kerry reaffirmed that…
The Terror Strategist: Secret Files Reveal the Structure of Islamic State
By Christoph Reuter Aloof. Polite. Cajoling. Extremely attentive. Restrained. Dishonest. Inscrutable. Malicious. The rebels from…
A tribunal on the road to Damascus?
The remarks Tuesday by Hezbollah parliamentarian Hasan Fadlallah, deriding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon “as…
Global Soccer’s Backslapping, Backstabbing Backroom Deal-making Politics
Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah Presidential elections and tournament hosting in the world of soccer appear…
Jane’s: Initial Saudi air strikes lacked intensity
Jeremy Binnie, London and Sean O’Connor, Indianapolis – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Airbus Defence and…
Why America can’t figure out the Middle East
American policy in the Middle East provides much fodder for the lovers of conspiracy theories.…
Lebanon Continues to Muddle Through
On March 31, Lebanese prime minister Tammam Salam was in Kuwait attending a UN humanitarian…
Terrorism in One Lesson
Dr. Kamal Yazigi Those who support terrorism and try to cover up its crimes would…
The Fierce Pressures Facing Pakistan
Pakistani Shiite Muslims protesting a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Peshawar with…
Iran: All About Nukes?
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (centre L), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (centre R)…
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population
PF_15.04.02_Projections_promo640x320 The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in…
In Syria’s war, Alawites pay heavy price for loyalty to Bashar al-Assad
A rebel fighter shoulders a weapon as he moves with others towards their positions in…
Iranian Arab soccer pitch emerges as flashpoint in Saudi-Iranian proxy war
Police action in Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province A soccer pitch in the Iranian…
Khamenei’s Silence: Iranian Reactions to the Nuclear Framework
The most obvious point about the Iranian government’s response to the just-released nuclear framework is…
U.S. Policy Toward the Dual Threats to the Arab State
This is an edited version of a presentation delivered to The Washington Institute’s Policy Forum…
Iran Negotiation Isn’t Over Until It’s Over
It may have gone into overtime, but President Obama and Secretary Kerry have now announced…
Iran’s Internal Messaging on the Nuclear Talks
On March 31, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi told state television that “there will…
The Arabian Crop that Transformed London
I’m sitting in a busy Shoreditch café on a Wednesday lunchtime. It’s my first time…
The right wing and the Arabs of Jewish faith
Jewish men at the Congregation Ahaba ve Ahava in Cairo, late 1940s. This synagogue was…