US foreign policy
Did Putin Allow Erdogan to Attack US-Backed Kurds in Afrin?
Instead of dealing with the U.S. head-on, Putin may see Turkey's feud with its NATO ally as an opportunity to complicate American ambitions in Syria
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US preparing to send up to 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan
By Jordan Shilton
17 June 2017
Secretary of Defence James “Mad Dog” Mattis is set to announce the deployment of up to 5,000 additional...
Three Axes in the Middle East
Finding goodness
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
It has been a very challenging week. Not in terms of life or our (volunteer) work. I and my wife...
US-Led Airstrike Hits Syrian Forces in Latest Aggression
Source: TeleSur / The Dawn News / June 6, 2017
A Russian official called the strike “a direct entry of the coalition into an open...
The Rise of a Genuine Left in Britain, its implications for...
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
The other day a friend almost told me off when I said I don’t exclude even an election win for Corbyn, but...
Hillary Confirms Saudi Arabia, Qatar Fund ISIS In Leaked Email
by Tyler Durden
Oct 11, 2016
Over three years after we first reported that one of the two chief sources of funding and support for the...
The Saudi offensive against Qatar and the global intensification of geopolitical...
Backed by Egypt and its closest Gulf State allies, Saudi Arabia has launched a diplomatic and economic offensive against Qatar, a tiny, energy-rich neighbor....
Trump takes credit for Qatar’s rift with Saudi Arabia as American...
Donald Trump sees a powder keg in the Middle East and decides to light some candles
By Sophia Tesfaye
While Donald Trump fired all U.S. ambassadors...
The Five Blinding Myths About Iran
Exclusive: President Trump lines up with the Washington Establishment on at least one point: that Iran is the chief source of terrorism. The only...
US-backed forces enter Syrian city of Raqqa
By Bill Van Auken
Backed by intense US airstrikes and accompanied by beefed-up contingents of US special operations troops, an armed force dominated by...