The battle that has been raging in the southern Syrian city of Homs and that now seems to have been resolved with a ‘win’ for the government, though it would seem at a terrible cost…
Category: Mid-East
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” (Walt Kelly, 1913-1973.) It was political analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, in November 2006, who wrote in detail(1) of US plans for the Middle East: “The term…
The Pentagon has for the first time confirmed that US forces are operating inside Yemen, after a group of American officers came under attack in south of the Arab country. ************************** Yemeni militia claimed on…
Israeli President Shimon Peres reportedly plans to declare in a speech at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference that Tel Aviv does not seek to “rush into war” with Iran. **************************** The Israeli…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/libya-rebels-torture-africans-679/if9ef5db15a4a0b9bd2f81798b819b7b2_blacks.dv.flv] A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans. People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and allegedly forced to…
The Wall and Settlements Information Center at the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Wall and Settlements, issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers and settlers carried out 145 attacks against the Palestinian residents, their lands and…
No matter how popular common human values, «global management» and other stereotypes are, a foreign policy of a sovereign state has always been and is still based on its own national interests and national security…
We have met the enemy and he is us. — Walt Kelly, 1913-1973 It was political analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, in November 2006, who wrote in detail of US plans for the Middle East. …
For more than a decade, questions have lingered about the possible role of the Saudi government in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, even as the royal kingdom has made itself a crucial counterterrorism partner…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has threatened Pakistan with sanctions if the country continues with plans to build a natural gas pipeline to Iran. Win McNamee/Getty Images The U.S. is moving to…