Tag Archives: Iran

by Kit Klarenberg, published on The Cradle,  December 27, 2022 The Cradle has previously deconstructed the Pentagon’s online bot and troll operations targeting Iran. These wide-ranging efforts, over many years, sought to destabilize the Iranian government by disseminating and inciting negative sentiment against it, on a variety of social media platforms. …

On December 10, Human Rights Day, the Sanctions Kill Coalition, in conjunction with the United National Antiwar Coalition, held a webinar to launch their new book, Sanctions Kill, a Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy.  The speakers, …., were authors of different chapters of the book.    The video below begins …

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on The Cradle, November 28, 2022 The series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Syria by Turkish jets in the past week come amid heightened concerns over Ankara’s threat to launch a ground operation. Such actions are not without precedent, yet have thus far achieved little …

News from Middle East Monitor, September 2: Israel has intensified strikes on Syrian airports to disrupt Tehran’s increasing use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon, including Hezbollah, regional diplomatic and intelligence sources told Reuters. Tehran has adopted air transport as a more reliable …

by Daniel Larison, published on Responsible Statecraft, August 26, 2022 U.S. forces in Syria have been carrying out strikes against “Iran-backed” militias this week in response to a recent drone attack on the American base at Tanf and rocket attacks at two other bases in northeastern Syria. The first U.S. …

Palestine Correspondent, The Cradle, July 6, 2022 The Axis of Resistance is solidly grounded in Damascus while decisions must be made on how to deal with Hamas’ betrayal of their benefactors in Syria when their identity with Muslim Brotherhood was deemed more important than Syrian leadership in support of Palestine.  …

by Kim Petersen, published on Countercurrents, January 28, 2022 Review of World War in Syria by A.B. Abrams On 30 August 2021, the United States’ 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end when the removal of American forces was completed. Although the withdrawal was botched, it was the …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 20, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran held talks yesterday in Tehran at the 7th Astana summit for peace in Syria, stressing the need for respecting Syria’s national sovereignty and …

by Natalie Armbruster, published on Reason, June 17, 2022 We disagree with Ms Armbruster’s take on the context of the Syria War and we certainly don’t think that the U.S. will get bored at some point and take over reconstruction of Syria.  However, she makes a strong and credible argument …