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Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The emerging Mecca Defense Alliance is beginning to raise a question that may prove more consequential than its original formation: where does it go from here, and who gets to come inside? Statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan following the first ministerial meeting of …
September, 2026
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2 September
Venezuela outlines 25-year oil framework with Washington
Venezuela is preparing for a major restructuring of its oil industry under a 25-year energy framework with the United States, according to interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who said the arrangement could significantly increase production and generate hundreds of billions of dollars for the Venezuelan state. The announcement comes …
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2 September
Washington sanctions regime reaches its breaking point
Samuel Geddes Trump’s desperate bid to crush Iran’s economy without military escalation places the US’ sanctions regime against Iran, Russia, China and all its other adversaries at existential risk. So far, 2026 has been the most sobering year in living memory for the American self-image. Having at long …
August, 2026
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31 August
Britain’s Hidden Hand in the Kurdish Crisis
Hadi Elis The Puppeteer of the Middle East: Britain’s Legacy of Sabotage Against the Kurds Standfirst: From WWI chemical weapons to the recent betrayal of Rojava, Britain has consistently worked to deny Kurdish self-determination, using Turkey as its willing proxy. Since World War I, Britain has systematically manipulated …
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31 August
US to respond to Iranian attacks on forces in Middle East: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will retaliate against Iran following missile and drone attacks on American forces in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “We’re going to hit them hard. There will be a response,” Trump told Fox News. He noted that …
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31 August
The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid (and the Collusive International Silence)
By Dan Steinbock Gaza showed the genocidal face of Israel’s expulsive strategy. In the West Bank, the same objective is realized with incremental escalation. The ultimate goal is the same – the final expulsion of the Palestinians. Today, the West Bank is a nightmare of vicious settlement expansion, …
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31 August
Putin, Xi gather with world leaders for SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and more than a dozen other world leaders are gathering in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional bloc increasingly positioned as a counterweight to Western influence. The group is marking its …
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31 August
Araghchi accuses Netanyahu of deceiving US over war on Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of practicing deception and duplicity, describing him as a “serpent.” Araghchi stated that Netanyahu openly boasts in Hebrew about having deceived the US administration and pushed it into waging a war on Iran on behalf of …
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30 August
China’s Rise Under Trump: Tactical Windfall or Lasting Strategic Gain?
There may be few people who have done more to improve China’s image around the world than Donald Trump. What Beijing could not accomplish through decades of diplomacy, trade and public diplomacy, Trump’s confrontational approach toward America’s allies and partners has, in many respects, helped accelerate. A recent …
