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Trump warns Erdogan on Syria. Or he provokes him?
The decision by Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria has puzzled everybody. Nobody can be certain about the reasons behind it. One thing...
White House ordered plans prepared for Iran strike
‘Shocked’ Pentagon acceded to request after Baghdad mortar attack in September that US blamed on Tehran-backed militias, Wall Street Journal says
13 January 2019
Following a...
The Pompeo “Doctrine”: Gangsterism. How Israel, US and Neocons want to...
In Speech, Pompeo Makes Case for Continued US Intervention in Middle East
By Jason Ditz
Posted on January 10, 2019
Some ten years after President Obama’s...
Land Swap between Turkey and Syria?
‘Land swap’ between Turkey & Syria – an option to avoid standoff over Manbij?
29 Dec, 2018
The Kurdish-held city of Manbij is a huge conundrum...
Trump’s Decision to Leave Syria Was No ‘Surprise’
To say it was impulsive, or that the entire military opposes it, would be grossly misreading the situation.
By Mark Perry
December 20, 2018
In 1966, in...
Turkey and Russia Push Towards a Resolution in Syria
By Tom Luongo
19.12.2018
Turkish-US relations are terrible and deteriorating by the day despite bromides to the contrary. Actions speak louder than words. And that has...
Trump says he ordered withdrawal of US troops from Syria. Does...
US to withdraw forces out of Syria as Trump declares victory over ISIL
19/12/2018
The United States has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, according...
The Unraveling of the Netanyahu Project for the Middle East
By Alastair Crooke
05.11.2018
Nahum Barnea, a leading Israeli commentator, writing in Yedioth Ahronoth in May (in Hebrew), set out, unambiguously, the ‘deal’ behind Trump’s Middle East policy:...
The Donald Undone: Tilting at the Swamp, Succumbing to the Empire
By David Stockman
December 09, 2018
You can’t build the Empire and drain the Swamp at the same time. That’s because the Swamp is largely the...
How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship
The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since...