Will Trump dismantle Obama’s agenda in the Middle East? By Shehab Al Makahleh • The US president Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh this Friday in his first foreign trip which also includes visits to Israel, the Vatican and the NATO summit in Brussels few …
May, 2017
April, 2017
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28 April
Trump is Now a Captive of the “Deep State”
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts • When the gullible and insouciant American public and the presstitutes who participate in the deceptions permitted the Deep State to get away with the fairy tale that a few Saudi Arabians under the direction of Osama bin Laden, but without the support of …
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20 April
America, China and North Korea Show Off Military Hardware Near the Korean Peninsula
Is it the military-industrial complex version of The Apprentice or a march to war? By Adam Garrie • War may or may not be approaching in North Korea, but what is a certainty is that the region has become a kind of military testing ground where the US, China …
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13 April
Ex-U.S. Intelligence Officials Urge Trump to Rethink Syrian Escalation
More than two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with Russia. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)* SUBJECT: Syria: Was It Really …
March, 2017
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13 March
Trump Mulls Middle East Peace Conference
After Friday’s phone call between United States President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the White House now says that a Middle East peace conference is a real possibility. The American leader sends his advisor on Israel, Jason Greenblatt, to begin talks with Israelis and Palestinians. US …
December, 2016
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23 December
Cops of the Pacific? U.S. military’s role in Asia during the age of Donald Trump
Trump walks in during Pentagon’s preparations for a future U.S.-Japan-South Korean triangular military alliance Despite the attention being given to America’s roiling wars and conflicts in the Greater Middle East, crucial decisions about the global role of U.S. military power may be made in a region where, as …
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5 December
Michael T. Flynn and Islam
The next National Security Advisor of the United States, General Michael T. Flynn, has been successively lauded as one of the most brilliant intelligence officers of his generation, and then reviled as an Islamophobe and a torturer. In the meantime, he opposed President Barack Obama and joined the …
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4 December
John Pilger: The Coming War on China
The greatest build-up of American-led military forces since the Second World War is well under way. When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, …
November, 2016
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24 November
King Abdullah II of Jordan: Fight Against Terrorism Priority – Australian ABC
Canberra, Nov. 23 (Petra) — Australian ABC TV Channel broadcast on Wednesday an interview with His Majesty King Abdullah II, who started with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah a state visit to Australia upon an invitation from its Governor General Peter Cosgrove. Following is the full text …