from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 7, 2026 Eight of the world’s largest oil majors reported almost $93 billion in profits over three months to the end of June, nearly double their combined earnings from a year earlier, The Guardian reported on 4 August. The April to June period …
Read More »Conflicts Forum Occasional Sitrep: The Third Phase of the Iran War
by Alastair Crooke, published on Conflicts Forum, July 24, 2026 The Third Phase of the War — Iran believes it has succeeded in achieving its strategic goals in this round of the war / AnsarAllah’s Blockade on Saudi Arabia — ‘Blockade for blockade’ / A more vengeful President Trump; diplomatic resolution …
Read More »Fifty Ways to Leave Iran
by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, July 28, 2026 There must be fifty ways to leave Iran. Forget victory, Mallory. Skip defeat, Pete. No need for a treaty, Tweety. Erase ceasefire, McGuire. Drop the MOU, Hugh. Don’t negotiate, Nate. Stay out of the news, Toulouse. Just go home. Collect your …
Read More »Yemen Closes the Other Gate: Bab al-Mandab Turns Against Riyadh
from The News Desk at The Cradle, July 22,2026 As global attention remains fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, another chokepoint is being disrupted: Bab al-Mandab. Located between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and squeezed between Djibouti and Yemen, the strait carries 12 percent of global trade and one-quarter …
Read More »‘The Real War is Washington’s’: Senior Ansarallah Official Exposes US Control Over Saudi–UAE Feud
by Mawada Iskandar, published on The Cradle, January 8, 2026 With tensions mounting and alliances fracturing, Yemen is once again positioned on the frontlines of a broader imperial confrontation. As Riyadh and Abu Dhabi struggle over influence and territory, the real war, says senior Ansarallah official Ali al-Imad, is not between …
Read More »Condemnations are Pouring in Following the Latest Wave of US-Israeli Airstrikes on Yemen
by Ken Stone, published on PressTV, May 4, 2025 Hamilton Coalition Against War Treasurer and Syria Support Movement Board Member, Ken Stone was interviewed on Press TV about the 1000th US/Israeli bombing raid on Yemen, part of a flagrantly illegal war to try to force the Ansar Allah movement from …
Read More »Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance
by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front …
Read More »Voices from Syria: Assad is Essential for Syria’s Unity & Security Part 3
Feb 28, 2016, 21st Century Wire Part 1 and Part 2 -Rev. Andrew Ashdown “Syria’s triumph over terrorism and maintaining the secular identity of Syria is what will bring back a good relationship with Europe. It will also solve the problem of refugees and it will restore peace. Nothing can …
Read More »Obama is Setting his Sights on Armed Intervention in Syria
Aug 8, 2015, Strategic Culture At a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the White House on Aug. 4, US President Barack Obama stated that Syria needs a «realistic political process» to settle its internal armed conflict, which would «lead to a stabilizing of the country and a transition …
Read More »Saudis block humanitarian aid in bid to starve Yemen
Aug 2015, Crescent International Having failed in their bombing mission, the Najdi Bedouins are using starvation as a tool to subdue the valiant Yemeni people. While battles continue to rage across Yemen, the Najdi Bedouins in control of the Arabian Peninsula are scrambling for new ways to exert pressure on …
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