by Eric Zuesse No matter how bad the fundamentalist Sunni-Islamic Saud royal family are, America’s government still supports them and condemns the countries that the Sauds hate: those are...

by Andre Vltchek, NEO Day and night, for years, an overwhelming force has been battering this quiet nation, one of the cradles of human civilization. Hundreds of thousands have...

by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org This is the story of an ordinary article by two well-known American ‘journalists’ who market the aristocracy’s lies as ‘news,’ so that...

Iraq – Ramadi – Part 1- The Iraqi army infantry taking buildings in the hands of ISIS – 30 December 2015 Moments of the last battles of the Iraqi...

President Bashar al-Assad stands with soldiers of the Syrian army. Reuters reports: BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two thousand Syrian Islamist fighters are expected to be evacuated soon from besieged, rebel-held...

Still from video below. Syria – Aleppo South – Shia militia from Iraq celebrate progress against terrorist groups of al-Nusra and ISIS-22 December 2015. The Shi’a militias from Iraq...

The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma paid a surprise visit to the Christian Church of Our Lady of Damascus in the Syrian capital yesterday. Global...

by William Blum, at the Anti-Empire Report Questions to ask President Obama the next time (also the last time) you’re invited to one of his press conferences: Which is most...

France’s Former Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, has stated in a televised program on LCP that UK government officials had told him about preparations for war in Syria two years...

A US airstrike in Iraq. Update 1: AP reports: Iraq says coalition air strike kills or wounds 10 soldiers Update 2: The Wall Street Journal reports: BAGHDAD—An airstrike by...

A demonstration in Damascus in support of the Russian military intervention in Syria. AP reports: MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia’s long-standing...

Still from the video below. RT reports: Islamic State terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, Turkish MP Eren Erdem has told...

by Dr Richard Marsden, of businessofemotions.org On Thursday, December 18, 2014, The Guardian published ‘The race to save Peter Kassig‘ by Ali Younes, Shiv Malik, Spencer Ackerman and Mustafa...

by Eric Zuesse Did you know that Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, the Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (affectionately known in the U.S. as “Bandar...

Ahrar Al-Sham militants in Syria. Al Masdar News reports: The largest Islamist rebel faction operating in Syria – Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham – has issued a statement [pictured below left]...

US liberal media outlet Mic and Western MSM in general are now promoting a mock execution by “moderate rebels” in Syria, as depicted on a recently released video, as...

by Pepe Escobar Originally published as What’s Erdogan’s Game in Syria and Turkey, December 7, 2015 The — predictable — reaction across the West over the Russian Defense Ministry’s...

by Souad SharabaniCounterpunch, November 25, 2015 Lebanon’s stability is hanging on by a thread. There is war raging on its border; Syria, the economy has all but collapsed, the...

A US coalition airstrike in Syria on December 4. Photo Reuters. [Title changed to account for new reports mentioned at bottom of post] Al Masdar News reports: For the...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and former King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Photo Axel Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Press TV reports: Germany says it will no more ‘look the other way’...