Middle East

With the pro-Assad forces (in red) controlling the vast majority of Syria as shown on this map: …and with roughly 500 United States forces being relegated ……Read More

While some people may think that Washington achieved its Iran-linked antiterrorism goal with the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, it appears that they would be sadly ……Read More

With the Trump Administration and chief warrior Michael Pompeo imposing even more intense sanctions on Iran's leadership, thanks largely to the American's assassination of Qassem Soleimani: …one ……Read More

Once again, it looks like Israel has got its way when it comes to America's dealings with Iran.  According to the Times of Israel, Israeli ……Read More

Let's open this posting with a lengthy quote: "The Afghan war has produced at least one set of improbable bedfellows: the US and Iran. That is ……Read More

With the recent state-sponsored assassination of Iran's Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Qud's force, a specialized unit in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible ……Read More

Let's open this posting with two videos,  First, we have this one: …followed by this one at a demonstration in support of Muath Amarneh, the Palestinian journalist who ……Read More

In late November, Senator Lindsay Graham expressed his support for the Senate ratification of a narrow United States – Israel mutual defense treaty sometime in ……Read More

At a recent meeting of the congressionally-mandated Syria Study Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the participants outlined Washington's agenda for ……Read More

Here is a recent news report from Iran's Mehr News Agency: Note the following quote: “The joint wargame between Iran, Russia, and China, which will hopefully ……Read More

With the Trump Administration leaving American military personel in place to “guard” Syria’s oil (from whom, we really don't know), I thought it was pertinent ……Read More

In a recent publication, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute or SIPRI has released a fact sheet that looks at military spending by four of the key nations in ……Read More

In a recent publication, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute or SIPRI has released a fact sheet that looks at military spending by four of ……Read More

Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group has assembled an interesting database that shows how the situation in the West Bank is evolving from a ……Read More

With the news that Iran has now exceeded its limits for 3.57 percent enriched uranium under the JCPOA as shown on this article from Iran's Mehr News ……Read More