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‘Rules-Based International Order’ Means Washington-Based International Order
‘Rules-Based International Order’ Means Washington-Based International Order Listen to a reading of this article: The US government has shut down multiple news media websites based in the Middle East, including Iran’s state-owned Press TV, and al-Masirah TV which is owned by the Houthi group Ansarullah in Yemen. The Department of Justice said on Tuesday it had seized 36 Iranian-linked […]
Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices & Targets Journalists
Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices & Targets Journalists Rather than reduce the cruelty, the Israeli government keeps trying to reduce accurate news coverage, writes Norman Solomon. Palestinian solidarity demonstration in New York City on May 11. (Andrew Ratto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) Israel’s missile attack on media offices in Gaza City last weekend […]
“Literally Armageddon”: 53 Killed In Gaza & 5 Israelis Dead As UN Warns “Full-Scale War” Imminent
“Literally Armageddon”: 53 Killed In Gaza & 5 Israelis Dead As UN Warns “Full-Scale War” Imminent After overnight sustained rocket fire from Gaza and at the same time Israeli airstrikes pounding the strip, the combined death toll reached to at least 50, with hundreds more injured, into Wednesday. International reports are citing over 50 Palestinians killed in […]
Iran’s Defense Minister Says Country Must Prepare for Nuclear and Chemical Attacks
Iran’s Defense Minister Says Country Must Prepare for Nuclear and Chemical Attacks Tuesday marked the 33rd anniversary of Saddam Hussein using chemical weapons on Iraqi Kurds On Tuesday, Iran’s defense minister said the country must be prepared to face nuclear, chemical, and biological attacks. “We should be prepared to defend our nation against all threats and whatever […]
9 Signs That Chess Pieces Are Being Moved Into Place For A Major War In The Middle East
9 Signs That Chess Pieces Are Being Moved Into Place For A Major War In The Middle East The American people are really going to regret putting the warmongers back in control. Joe Biden has been in the White House for less than two months, and the warmongers that Biden has surrounded himself with have […]
2020 Ends as It Began: With the Looming Threat of a US War With Iran
2020 Ends as It Began: With the Looming Threat of a US War With Iran 2020 began and ended with high-profile assassinations of Iranians, a buildup of the US military on Iran’s borders, and fears of another major war in the Middle East. Amid increasing hostility towards Tehran, the United States is building up its […]
Middle East Oil Producers Are Drowning In Debt
Middle East Oil Producers Are Drowning In Debt Arab Gulf oil producers are losing billions of U.S. dollars from oil revenues this year due to the pandemic that crippled oil demand and oil prices. Because of predominantly oil-dependent government incomes, budget deficits across the region are soaring. Middle East’s oil exporters rushed to raise taxes and […]
You Can Have Peace Or The US Empire. You Can’t Have Both.
You Can Have Peace Or The US Empire. You Can’t Have Both. Just in the last few days Israel has reportedly dropped cluster munitions and white phosphorus on southern Lebanon, bombed Gaza, and fired missiles on Damascus, because Israel is a nation whose existence depends on unceasing military violence. In order for Israel to continue existing as the imperialist […]
War Drums Beat in Middle East After Thousands of Casualties in Beirut Explosion
WAR DRUMS BEAT IN MIDDLE EAST AFTER THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES IN BEIRUT EXPLOSION DonatePlay Video On the evening of August 4th, a massive explosion rocked the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, causing devastating damage and leaving thousands of casualties. The explosion sent a shockwave across the city and blew out windows up to […]
Oil Price Crash Sparks A Wave Of Banking Mergers In The Middle East
Oil Price Crash Sparks A Wave Of Banking Mergers In The Middle East The historic oil price crash and Covid-19 pandemic have left major producers of the commodity in a deep economic crisis. Dramatic production cuts by OPEC+ has exacerbated the situation by further lowering export inflows for economies that depend heavily on oil dollars. […]
A Machiavellian US in the Middle East
A Machiavellian US in the Middle East The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Coronavirus seems to dominate all discourse and reporting. But the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to strangle its own country. The Russians continue to bomb on his behalf, terrifying […]
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister […]
Iran War Was “Closer Than You Thought”, Trump Admits
Iran War Was “Closer Than You Thought”, Trump Admits In what the administration has described as an “off-the-record lunch” on Tuesday, President Trump told television anchors hosted at the White House that war with Iran was “closer than you thought,” according to The Wall Street Journal. It’s an annual tradition for the president to host television anchors from […]
British Airways Ends All Flights To China As Virus Spreads To Middle East
British Airways Ends All Flights To China As Virus Spreads To Middle East As the Trump Administration denies plans to shut down all passenger air traffic to China, more airlines around the world are suspending routes, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak could do permanent damage to the industry. Just hours after the UK Foreign Office […]
