Yesterday the U.S. attacked five sites in Iraq and killed 3 Iraqi soldiers of the 19th Division, two policeman and a civilian. The strikes came after some 10+ rockets, fired by unknown people, had hit the…
Category: The Middle East Crisis
What is the Syria war about? Contrary to the depiction in Western media, the Syria war is not a civil war. This is because the initiators, financiers and a large part of the anti-government fighters come…
Note: The events that led to this critical impasse were reported by me last night, and that report thus continues here, in order to provide context to these events. The spokesperson for the Islamist party of Turkey’s…
My Struggle I launched my study into Jewishness two decades ago. It began as a result of my reaction to the relentless attacks on dissident Jewish thinkers who didn’t fit with the ‘revolutionary agenda’ of…
So far Turkey, militarily the second mightiest NATO country, has been able to get away with virtually anything it has chosen to brew in the Middle East. The reason why, is simple: to confront Turkey’s…
For the first time in about 8 years of the war, Syrian government forces have established control of the entire M5 highway, which runs from the border with Jordan through Damascus, Homs and Hama to…
At the moment, the United States has great difficulty in retaining its hegemony in the Middle East. Its troops have been declared unwanted in Iraq; and in Syria, the US and their foreign legion of…
“Today Israel has taken a giant step towards peace,” Trump said as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood by his side. “My vision presents a win-win solution for both sides,” he said, adding that Israeli…
As’ad AbuKhalil analyzes the Trump administration’s decision to escalate hostilities with Iran and its regional allies. Something big and unprecedented has happened in the Middle East after the assassination of one of Iran’s top commanders,…
President Trump claimed on Friday that Saudi Arabia has ‘already deposited $1billion in the bank’ so that the United States would continue to station troops in the desert kingdom. ‘Saudi Arabia is paying us for…
