Analysis

Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Bahrain (1999–2003) and Syria (2003–2006), offers the following assessment. Peter FordJanuary 7, 2019 At the start of the year the horizon seems to be dominated by the issue of the possible withdrawal of US troops. In reality however the more important action is elsewhere. …

The following article by Tim Anderson is republished from the American Herald Tribune: The late neo-Marxist theorist Samir Amin had as good a grasp as any of imperialist plans for the Middle East – or West Asia, to use non-Eurocentric terminology. Amin was indeed a pioneer for the non-Eurocentric left. …

The following article, by Elijah J. Magnier, is reprinted from the author’s website. By Elijah J. Magnier: @ejmalrai The US presidential plane landed in the darkness of the Iraqi military base of Ayn al-Assad in west Anbar with Donald Trump onboard. But by the time his plane took off three hours …

Photo: Tim Anderson The following article, by Jeremy Salt, was originally published at the American Herald Tribune:  To me the Zionists, who want to go back to the Jewish state of AD 70 (destruction of Jerusalem by Titus) are just as offensive as the Nazis. With their nosing after blood, their ancient …

The following article, by Caitlin Johnstone, was originally published at the author’s website: Screen shot photo credit: Caitlin Johnstone The US State Department has issued a statement accusing the Syrian government of having carried out a false flag chemical weapons attack in northwestern Aleppo with the intent to blame it on the …

The following article, by Federico Pieraccini, was originally published at The Duran on December 10, 2018. Photo for illustration purposes. Credit: US Pacific Fleet/Flickr On November 25, two artillery boats of the Gyurza-M class, the Berdiansk and Nikopol, one tugboat, the Yany Kapu, as well as 24 crew members of the Ukrainian Navy, including two SBU …

A satirical look at the mass media of empire and the selling of war, featuring journalist Rania Khalek:      

The following article, by Steve Church, was originally published at Off Guardian:  Patrick Cockburn’s recent article is one example of why I read CounterPunch less often than I used to. Or, at the least, why I have become more critical of their editorial stance. With this article, I have the impression I’m …

The following article by Eric Zuesse, was originally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation in 2016 and republished again by Global Research in 2018: The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in two previous articles in the London Review of Books («Whose Sarin?» and «The Red Line and the Rat Line») has reported that the …

The following article, by Julia Kassem, was published first at Counterpunch. San Bruno-based video sharing website YouTube shut down multiple Syria-based accounts last Saturday in attempts to enforce media blackouts against Syrian state and their allied forces. Among the sources removed included the accounts of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, SANA News …