Middle East

Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, And Bastard Child Of The Mideast

August 13, 2020 Maj. Danny Sjursen (USA-Ret.), AntiWar.com. Educate! Beirut, Imperialism, Lebanon, Middle East

When I was a kid, "Beirut" became a cultural shorthand for any chaotic and violent urban setting. In the 1990s, my hometown rappers – the Wu Tang Clan – repeatedly shouted out the Lebanese city (plus one of its civil war antagonists, the P.L.O. – Palestinian Liberation Organization); but so did Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem, and the Dead Kennedys. In the 2001 Hollywood blockbuster Spy Game, CIA agents played by Brad Pitt and Robert Redford sprint through rubble and gunfire along the Green Line dividing war-torn 1980s Beirut’s Christian East and Muslim West (all to eat at a specific restaurant – per Redford: “This better be the best damn breakfast I’ve ever had.")

Scheer Intelligence: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars

June 12, 2020 Robert Scheer, Scheer Post. Educate! Middle East, Podcast, Trump, Wars and Militarism

American interventionism in the Middle East has resulted in two of the longest wars in U.S. history, and led to countless deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as widespread instability in the region. Nearly two decades into the so-called “War on Terror,” concerns continue to arise about the U.S. military presence in the Mideast and its seeming inability to extricate itself after all these years. Patrick Cockburn is especially well-positioned to both ask and answer many of the questions stemming from what have become America’s “Forever Wars” as an award-winning, courageous journalist who has spent several decades reporting for the Financial Times and The Independent from the war torn region.

In Letter To American People, Iranian President Raps Sanctions

March 28, 2020 Hassan Rouhani, Tasnimnews.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Sanctions

On behalf of the great Iranian nation, I write to the people of the United States of America on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz). The coronavirus outbreak has endangered the health of—and even presented a considerable threat to—humanity with no distinction as to nationality, or gender or religious backgrounds. This presents an opportune moment to further contemplate our common pains and our human principles. Today, all of humankind feels apprehensive toward the future; a future threatened in every aspect; be it health, business, and even social relationships and the way of life. The level of unpredictability and uncertainty is simply unprecedented. It is self-evident that our success in what is likely to be a long fight depends on the spiritual and heartfelt affinity of all human beings.

Locust Swarms Are Eating Their Way Across Two Continents

March 26, 2020 By Bob Berwyn, Insideclimatenews.org Educate! Africa, Climate Change, Insects, Locusts, Middle East

As giant swarms of locusts spread across East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, devouring crops that feed millions of people, some scientists say global warming is contributing to proliferation of the destructive insects. The largest locust swarms in more than 50 years have left subsistence farmers helpless to protect their fields and will spread misery throughout the region...

Fears Rise As Two COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Besieged Gaza Strip

March 24, 2020 Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss.net Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gaza, Middle East, Palestine

It was an announcement Palestinians were hoping they would never have to hear in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. On Sunday, the first two cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the besieged Gaza Strip, home to over 2 million Palestinians. According to the health officials in Gaza...

12 Ways The US Invasion Of Iraq Lives On In Infamy

March 21, 2020 By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Mronline.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iraq, Middle East, US Imperialism

While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by ramping up the conflict there. After an Iran-aligned militia allegedly struck a U.S. base near Baghdad on March 11, the U.S. military carried out retaliatory strikes against five of the militia’s weapons factories and announced it is sending two more aircraft carriers to the region...

China Calls For Lifting Of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

March 19, 2020 By Betsey Piette, Workers.org Create! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Sanctions, United States

Amid the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19, China called on March 16 for the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. China’s call came in response to a letter sent by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to leaders of several countries. Rouhani accused the U.S. government of continuing to thwart Iran’s efforts to counter the pandemic...

Iraq’s Resistance Reveals How U.S. Troops Will Be Removed From Its Country

March 18, 2020 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iraq, Middle East, US military

Yesterday the U.S. attacked five sites in Iraq and killed 3 Iraqi soldiers of the 19th Division, two policeman and a civilian. The strikes came after some 10+ rockets, fired by unknown people, had hit the joint base Camp Tali and had killed 2 U.S. and one British soldiers. Today the U.S. received the revenge for its strikes.

Afghanistan: ICC Appeals Chamber Authorises The Opening Of An Investigation

March 6, 2020 Staff, Icc-cpi.int Educate! Afghanistan, ICC, Middle East

Today, 5 March 2020, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ('ICC' or 'Court') decided unanimously to authorise the Prosecutor to commence an investigation into alleged crimes under the jurisdiction of the Court in relation to the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Appeals Chamber's judgment amended the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber II of 12 April 2019...

U.S. Breaks Its Just Signed Agreement With The Taliban

March 5, 2020 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Afghanistan, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, US Imperialism

Today a U.S. fighter jet bombed a Taliban unit which was fighting with an Afghan government checkpoint. The air attack came just a day after U.S. President Trump had a telephone call with the Taliban leaders in Doha. The Taliban will likely see this as a breach of the recent ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban. The Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov supports that view...

A Difficult Peace

March 3, 2020 Sean Reynolds, Vcnv.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East

Nearly a thousand of us were gathered in Chicago beneath the alarming edifice of Chicago’s “Trump Tower.” Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani had been brutally murdered the day before in Iraq, with several of his associates; and the welcome surprise of Iran’s relatively measured response was yet a few days off.

“So-Called ‪’Peace Deal’ Is Anything But”: Critics Warn US-Taliban Deal Exposes Fallacies Of Endless War Paradigm

March 2, 2020 By Jon Queally, Commondreams.org Educate! Afghanistan, Middle East, Reform

The agreement, warned Rep. Barbara Lee, "leaves thousands of troops in Afghanistan and lacks the critical investments in peacebuilding, human-centered development, or governance reform needed to rebuild Afghan society. While President Donald Trump bragged Saturday about an agreement signed by the U.S. government and the Taliban as a milestone towards ending the war in Afghanistan that has raged now for the nearly two decades—devastating the Afghan people and the wider region...

The Afghanistan ‘Peace Deal’ Riddle

March 2, 2020 Pepe Escobar, Informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Afghanistan, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, Peace Deal

Nearly two decades after the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan post-9/11, and after an interminable war costing over $ 2 trillion, there’s hardly anything “historic” about a possible peace deal that may be signed in Doha this coming Saturday between Washington and the Taliban.

As Usual, Western Media Grossly Distort Syria’s Conflict

February 26, 2020 Staff , Strategic-culture.org Educate! Fuel, Media, Middle East, Oil, Russia, Syria

Western news media are once again distorting the conflict in Syria with lopsided coverage this week, claiming to focus their concern on a humanitarian crisis in the northwest of the country. Outlets such as the New York Times and the BBC, among others, claimedthat 900,000 civilians are fleeing violence brought on by Syrian state forces and their Russian ally continuing an offensive against “rebels”.

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