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Regional Middle East War Possible Including a U.S. Attack on Iran

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 113, 2023 Interview with Dr. Jamal Wakim On October 12, additional US Air Force aircraft arrived in Europe and in the Middle East, at a time of open warfare between US ally Israel, and the Gaza strip, where 3 million unarmed civilians …

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No To NATO! No To War!

Published by George Galloway on Youtube, October 12, 2023 Great discussion that talks about both Ukraine and the Middle East.  The Palestinian breakout had just occurred when it was recorded.  Good commentators.  Very interesting. George Galloway with Prof. Seyed M. Marandi, Richard Medhurst and Tara Reade (A U.S. whistleblower now …

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China-Syria Strategic Partnership Faces the US Imposed Stalemate

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 27, 2023 On September 22, during a diplomatic meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that China would help Syria to rebuild its ruined economy by upgrading ties to a “strategic partnership“, which means close coordination on …

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The War in Syria Continues

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 23, 2023 The battlefields in Syria lie silent, the US-NATO attack for regime change failed. But, in the northeast the conflict continues between the US occupation forces and those who are trying to oust them. Syria, Russia and their allies have a …

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The US Kept the Middle East Destabilized to Profit the Military Industrial Complex

Interview with Kevork Almassian by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 28, 2023 The Middle East is entering a new era, which is has seen the US side-lined while China and Saudi Arabia take new leadership positions.  Gone are the days when a Middle Eastern monarch marched to orders …

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Jordanians Reject Ties with Israel, Welcome Normalization with Iran, Syria

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …

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Presidential Election in Neighboring Lebanon; IMF Candidate vs Hezbollah Ally

by YaLiban, published June 7, 2023 This is interesting.  Though I disagree with the analyst’s perspective, the article lays out exactly the imperialist context that keeps Lebanon from having a functioning government, and from any kind of viable independence.   Aside from the factional infighting, notice the credentials cited for the …

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Biden Unilaterally Extends ‘National Emergency’ Targeting Syria

from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 9, 2023 On 8 May, US President Joe Biden signed a new one-year extension for the “national emergency” declared concerning Syria, just one day after the Arab League approved Damascus’ reentry to the bloc despite Washington’s objections. Initially signed in 2004 by …

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Turkiye-Syria Talks Resume As Moscow Hosts Four-Way Defense Meeting

from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 25, 2023 The defense ministers of Syria, Turkiye, Russia, and Iran held a four-way meeting in Moscow on 25 April in order to continue negotiations regarding an eventual normalization of ties between the Syrian and Turkish governments. The meeting “was held in …

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Untangling Syria’s Devastating War?

by Helena Cobban, published on Globalities, April 21, 2023 Suddenly, within the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity that provides real hope that the civil war that’s devastated Syria for 12 years may be headed toward a negotiated peace and a chance for rebuilding. These …

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