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by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, November 6, 2023 On 13 September, acclaimed US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed a crucial five-page memo prepared for the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) on 20 June, 2013. This document contained details about the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front’s plan to manufacture sarin nerve gas with the …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 2, 2023 Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia is between a rock and a hard place. The Kingdom remains dependent on the US for security, while the US is supporting and supplying the weapons for Israel’s slaughtering of Palestinian …

Interview with Glenn Diesen by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 11. 2023 The Obama administration began the US military occupation of Syria in November 2015. Obama sold the public on the idea of fighting ISIS, but in reality military personnel of Syria, Russia, Iraq and Iran were already …

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 …

by Peter Ford, published on 21st Century Wire, May 19, 2023 It is hard to overstate the significance of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League and President Assad’s attendance at the Jeddah Arab summit. The significance goes way beyond Syria itself. Let’s get straight to the point. It’s a massive …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, May 8, 2023 Syria has been reinstated as a member of the Arab League, which will meet on May 19 in Riyadh. After a 12-year absence, Syria is in the midst of an Arab-led political path to normalization in the region. The regional …

by Alastair Crooke, published on Al Mayadeen, April 8, 2023 It is perhaps fitting that in the bloody tangle of US policy triggered by Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995, and the elevation of Benjamin Netanyahu to the premiership in its wake, Syria was first and foremost the ‘head’ to this …

by Hassan Illiak, published on The Cradle, April 4, 2023 The mid-March Moscow summit between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was notable for being publicized in advance. Since the outbreak of the Syrian war, Assad’s foreign visits have not been publicly revealed until after they …

by Viktor Mikhin, published on New Eastern Outlook, March 27, 2023 The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which took place in Moscow, were a great success.  The Russian leader emphasized that substantial progress in the Syrian Arab Republic’s battle against international terrorism has been made …