Is Confronting Iran More Important Than Preventing IS Return? Can Trump Have Both?
PICTURED: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the funeral of Qasem Soleimani’s father. CC 4.0 IRAQ, January 10th, 2020. U.S. airstrikes…
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Juan Guaido Unable to Secure Re-Election as National Assembly President – Can No Longer Hold Interim-Presidency.
In a vote to determine the country’s next president of the National Assembly, equivalent to U.S. Speaker of the…
2020 U.S. Goals for the Middle-East are About Confronting Russia, not Making Peace
WASHINGTON, December 30th, 2019. Ending a war, troop withdrawals, de-escalating tensions, none of these were among the goals stated…
Over 1 Million Yemeni Archaeological Artifacts Stolen During War by US – Emirati Smuggling Ring
American archaeologist and expert in Middle and Near Eastern antiquities Alexander Nagel presented findings in a workshop organized by…
How Would A Pence Oval Office Look On The World Stage?
WASHINGTON D.C. Thursday, December 19th, 2019. The U.S. House of Representatives, after several months of hearing testimony on the…
DoD Test Fires Previously-Banned Ballistic Missile
According to a press release from the Pentagon, the United States has just test-fired a prototype missile from the…
UPDATE: Peace Talks Progress in Yemen, as Middle East Prepares for Fourth Decade of War
PICTURED: Civilian Prime Minister in Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok. Photo credit: International Hydropower. CC 2.0 KHARTOUM, Sudan. December 8th, 2019.…
Even While Guaido Faces Yet Another Scandal, Foreign Relations Committee Move to Reauthorize Sanctions
WASHINGTON, December 5th, 2019. Senators Marco Rubio (R – FL) and Bob Menendez (D – NJ) have introduced a…
Peace Talks Progress in Yemen and Afghanistan as Middle-East Prepares to Enter 4th Decade of War
PICTURED: Yemeni children holding a funeral ceremony for Yemeni children that were killed in airstrikes. Photo credit The Guardian.…
Maximum Pressure On Iran Pushes Her Away From Negotiations, Not Towards Them
Washington’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran has forced her to seek allies and aid from countries the United States…
Secret Documents Show That Lofty Ideals And International Authority Can’t Save Uighurs
Washington, July 2009. PICTURED: American Uighurs rally outside the White House in an anti-China protest following the Urumqi riots…
The Taliban And Kabul Are Fighting Over ISIS-Defeat Glory – Where Does That Leave CENTCOM?
PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at the London Conference on Afghanistan on 4 December 2014, co-hosted by the governments…
With No Evidence Of Election Fraud, US Politicians And Election Monitors Have Incited A Coup D’état In Bolivia
Evo Morales, the now-Former President of Bolivia, arrived in Mexico today with his former-Vice President and announced, “my ideology…
Bipartisan Propaganda And Bipartisan Imperialism: The Paper Thin Case For U.S. Policy In Venezuela
PICTURED: Vice President Mike Pence meets with Venezuelan Ambassador for the opposition to the U.S. Carlos Vecchio and Colombia-based…
Afghanistan Strike Numbers For September Make This Backwards Conflict Seem Like WW2
Afghanistan, September 28th, 2019. 18 days after President Trump’s administration and the Taliban nearly agreed to end the longest…
Russia And Turkey Negotiate Memorandum To Resolve Conflict In Northern Syria
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019. Within the Russian city of Sochi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin have reached an…
Foreign Affairs Committee Congressmen Want A Syrian War They Can’t Have
Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) have put forward a joint resolution “opposing the decision to end…
Assad And Damascus Reach Agreement With Kurds To Repel The Turkish Army
PICTURED: Kurdish YPG fighters from Syria. The YPG is the main military body within the SDF fighting the Turks.…
Turkish Invasion Into Northern Syria: Three Days Gone – What’s Happened?
PICTURED: Kurdish YPG fighters from Syria. The YPG is the main military body within the SDF fighting the Turks.…
Imminent Turkish Invasion May Bring About “Unthinkable” Alliance Between Kurds And Damascus
PICTURED: Two Female Kurdish YPG fighters smile for the camera. Kurdish peoples are known to be more progressive than…