Incomings and Outgoings Raise Hopes for Restrained Middle-East Policy Under Trump
On Tuesday, keen-eyed observers of the Trump transition will have marked a potentially seismic shift in the incoming administration’s…
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What Would a Wider War Look Like for Israel and the US?
The risk for the slaughter in Gaza to expand into a wider war in Lebanon and other neighboring countries…
Biden Administration Lays Out Weeks-Long Campaign to Bomb Iran, Congress Threatens Impeachment
In probably the most bizarre public notice of the commencement of military affairs in the nation’s history, spokesmen for…
Could America be Pulled into Another Open-Ended War in the Middle East?
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7th, US remnant forces positioned in Western Iraq and Eastern Syria have…
5/23 End of the Empire: US Losing All Across the Middle East
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
My Syrian Journey — a View Beyond the Headlines to a Land Before Time
DAMASCUS, Syria. October 2007. PICTURED: The busy Al-Nasser street in downtown Damascus, minarets and all. Ahlan wa-sahlan – Welcome…