The Axis of Resistance

Editor’s Note: An Article by Zvi Bare’el, first published in Ha’aretz on October 6, they day before the Hamas breakout, and later on MSN.com,  talks about increasingly direct intervention in Syria if the U.S. occupation ends.  They refer to the U.S. occupied area as ‘economically important’ while they  talk about …

by Hasan Ilaik, published on The Cradle, October 18, 2023 As wholly expected, and in line with decades of its foreign policy, Washington has thrown its full weight behind “standing with Israel” and its genocidal onslaught on Gaza. But while the two allies’ public stances line up prettily at this …

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 …

by Mohammad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, October 4, 2023 As only one of two Levantine states flanking the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon’s geographic location is of great interest to the various road, rail, and waterway connectivity projects emerging in West Asia – not only in connecting the region, but …

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 …

by Ali Abunimah, published on Electronic Intifada, May 31, 2023 The videos associated with this article are particularly interesting and informative.  [jb] Almost two decades ago, Jordan’s King Abdallah warned in a Washington Post interview of a so-called “Shiite crescent” stretching from Iran through Iraq and west to Lebanon. This …

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 Fra Hughes, January 13, 2023 It’s hard to believe the war on Syria started 12 years ago in 2011. Not so hard to believe perhaps for the people living under the hardships they are enduring for a foreign inspired, funded, trained and armed regime change operation, culminating in the …