Analysis

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, published on Defend Democracy Press, March 5, 2026 Editor’s note: This article from a Greek source has a lot of interesting perspectives on Israeli behavior and a credible attempt by Israel to bring NATO into their war on Iran.   Very strange and highly contradictory statements have so …

by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, March 7, 2026 Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s greatness was in his wisdom and his morality. He was right in condemning nuclear and chemical weapons, but I believe he failed to acknowledge the side of human nature that requires fear of consequences to limit the …

The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) and the Popular Democratic Party in Lebanon issue this urgent joint call to the free people of the world, to all organizers, activists, and collectives struggling for justice and liberation; to liberation movements, political parties, grassroots movements, labor unions, and student and …

by Alistair Crooke, published on The Conflicts Forum, March 3, 2026 The US-Israeli war primordially is being waged to create Israeli hegemony across West Asia. At one level, the conflict is an existential battle, fought out between Iranian missile and intercept capabilities, versus those of the US and Israel. Conventional …

from Defend Democracy Press, March 1, 2026 The Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Supreme Authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, has been martyred. The Foundations of a Stoic Life Ali Jawad Husseini Khamenei was born on July 15, 1939 (with some records citing …

Statement by The Sovereignty Support Movement for West Asia, March 1, 2026 The Sovereignty Support Movement unequivocally condemns the U.S. Israeli war on Iran.  We condemn the long term use of sanctions by the United States to oppress the Iranian people and undermine the Iranian state.  We condemn the continual …

by Alastair Crooke, published on the Conflicts Forum, February 28m 2026 Thursday’s diplomatic negotiations (26 Feb) — for all the panglossian noise from mediators and negotiators — confirmed the essential impasse. The US demands presented to Iran were: The complete dismantling of the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites. The …

by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, February 25,  2026 When the headlines tell you that ISIS is resurfacing in Syria, that prison breaks are accelerating, and that American forces are “withdrawing,” you are supposed to read it as a chaotic but ultimately familiar story: terrorism comes back, the international community …

by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, February 21, 2026 Editor’s Note:  Afghanistan, a country that has experience U.S. aggression since before the Taliban came to power, is a neighbor of Iran.  Many Afghan refugees live or have lived in Iran.  But this is a new fresh Taliban.   Look …

by Tamjid Kobaissy, published on The Cradle, January 29, 2026 Lebanon has become the unlikely stage for a slow Saudi pivot toward pragmatism, as regional rifts with allies and foes alike compel Riyadh to recalculate its hard lines. Editor’s Note: This is very interesting.  It is a little out of …