Middle East

Here is the latest news from Tehran according to the Tehran Times: …from the Islamic Republic News Agency: ….from Iran Front Page News: ….and the Fars News Agency: In ……Read More

While the following question and answer session with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 24, 2020 appears to greenlight Israel's unilateral annexation of at least ……Read More

While it got almost no attention from the Western mainstream media, a recent meeting in Moscow between Russia and Iran looked at the current status ……Read More

While the world focuses on the battle with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the situation in Syria grinds on with the United States playing the role of ……Read More

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