Several analysts said they feared that the deal Monday to end Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich’s court-martial in the killing of 24 Iraqis would harden the widespread conviction in the international community that the U.S….
Category: Mid-East
Marine Reaches Plea in Haditha Massacre A Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children pleaded guilty Monday to dereliction of duty in a deal that will mean a maximum of three months…
The current situation in Syria remains one of the most important components of the Middle Eastern and international policies. Using Syria’s domestic crisis and pursuing their own goals NATO’s leading states, Israel, Turkey and the…
Israel told visiting US Gen. Dempsey that Obama would get no more than 12 hours notice before an attack on Iran, the London Times reports. Israeli officials told visiting USS Chief Joint of Staffs Martin…
“We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen, before Israel goes under.” (Martin Van Creveld, Professor of Military History at Israel’s Hebrew University,…
Assad’s popularity, Arab League observers, US military involvement: All distorted in the west’s propaganda war A demonstration in support of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, in Damascus. ‘Some 55% of Syrians want Assad to…
While military dominance remained a crucial denominator of international politics past century, oil politics has become a crucial element in current international politics, which will be further geared up in coming months and decades. This…
Iranian foreign minister says Gulf states co-operating with western efforts to isolate Tehran would be in ‘dangerous position’ Tehran has warned its Gulf neighbours that it would be “dangerous” for them to join a…
Turkey has recently launched the early warning radar station, a part of NATO’s missile system, which the USA has been building near Russia’s borders. The radar station will be controlled from Germany. The station is…
Israel is an undeclared nuclear power that keeps on threatening to attack Iran. Nuclear-armed U.S. ships and submarines are lurking in the Persian Gulf, ready to get into action at short notice. The U.S. has…