Geostrategic Media Political Commentary, Analysis, Security, Defense
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Iranian separatist groups have begun digging trenches and tunnels along the border with Iran, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Sulaymaniyah. Fighters have been redeployed from the Duhok mountains and northeastern Syria to the Iranian border, our correspondent reported, with heavy engineering …
August, 2026
-
8 August
Collapsing Empire: US creates new African psyops unit
The Pentagon has activated a new psychological operations unit targeting Africa, tasked with “expanding the military’s ability to influence foreign audiences” across the continent. The heavily hyped launch occurs against a backdrop of dramatically and irreversibly waning Western influence and power in every sphere across the continent. As Africans …
-
8 August
Jordanian Fantasia: When Contempt for History Is Mistaken for Modernity
Eng. Salem Al-Batayneh I often find myself puzzled when I sit down to write an article. I wonder how certain scenes, events, and reckless slips of the tongue suddenly emerge in public discourse—expressions so careless and so intellectually shallow that they reveal how far rationality has sometimes been …
-
8 August
Hezbollah is changing the rules of the game in South Lebanon: Maariv
Israeli newspaper Maariv said the explosive blast that killed two Israeli soldiers in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, signals a troubling shift for “Israel”, describing it as evidence that Hezbollah is “changing the rules of the game,” an assessment the paper said has rattled the Israeli military. Maariv said …
-
8 August
How South Korea Can Complement Ukraine’s Counter-Drone Solutions in the Middle East
Dr. Ju Hyung Kim Ukraine is emerging as an important supplier of counter-unmanned aerial system, or C-UAS, expertise to the Middle East. After defending its cities, military bases, and energy infrastructure against Russian-operated, Iranian-designed drones for years, Ukraine has extensive experience in detecting and intercepting—at around 80 to …
-
4 August
The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump
Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton View image in fullscreenIllustration: Jordan Bohannon/The Guardian/Getty Images/White House In 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found himself trapped. On one side were Zionist lobbyists and the president’s domestic political advisers, who were urging him to support the establishment of a …
-
4 August
Al-Makahleh: Why the Middle East Must Build Its Own Regional Order After the U.S.–Iran War
Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The latest U.S.–Iran war has done more than expose the volatility of the Middle East. It has exposed the exhaustion of the region’s post-Cold War security model. For decades, Middle Eastern states relied on an implicit strategic bargain: the United States would remain the principal …
-
4 August
Islam’s Rising in the USA
George Washington warned us well. In his Farewell Address of 1796, he urged his fellow citizens to remain “constantly awake” against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence,” which history and experience prove to be “one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Two and a quarter centuries …
-
4 August
Trump claims current talks with Tehran are Iran’s ‘last chance’
US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz will begin on Monday. This followed Sunday’s early morning announcement that he halted strikes against the Islamic Regime “at the behest of Iran and other Middle Eastern countries” pending a deal. One of those …
