Trump Takes Huge Gamble in Second Blockade Strategy, as World Oil Reserves Fall Below Half
Following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the days after President Donald Trump and Israel’s surprise attack…
Tag: Middle East
Yemen Warns $200pb Oil if Attacks by Saudi Continue, Closure of the Red Sea Strait Discussed
Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the faction which has controlled northern Yemen and the capital of Sana’a for over…
07/26 End of the Empire: Iran’s Strait Shooting and ‘Special Considerations’ for China
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory
There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns After Her Office Contradicted Trump, Pentagon’s Claims on Iran Missile Capabilities
Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday, May 22nd, her resignation from the position as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),…
Intelligence Agencies Claims Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities: Will Trump Ignore Them Again
One week before President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, US intelligence officials found no evidence to suggest that Iran…
Will 2026 Be the Year Russia Finally Breaks Ukrainian Lines?
Multiple reports say that Russia’s spring offensive in eastern Ukraine has just started, following some 948 drones fired across…
Call of Duty Generation Leads America Against Iran, Disturbing Nation with its ‘Slopaganda’
The Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran is being led by a new generation of military personnel, by a decidedly different…
Israel Approaching Tehran Operations Like Gaza, Focusing on Civilian Infrastructure
It’s day 6 of a regime change war that Israel has been seeking for more than 30 years, and…
Gulf War Direction Rests on Missiles and Defense Systems, Who Has More and Who’s Running Out
Four days into the missile-heavy hostilities that have engulfed the Gulf and reporters in the Arab world are hot…
Syrians Hoping for Democracy View September Elections as Concerning Amid Continuing Civil Conflict
Arab-world news reports suggest that upcoming September elections in Syria aren’t all that previously-hopeful Syrians had envisioned amid the…
New Syria Constitution Consolidates Total Power, Rejected by Country’s Religious and Ethnic Minorities
On March 13th, Syria’s new ruler the former al-Qaeda member and terrorist leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, signed into law the…
Incomings and Outgoings Raise Hopes for Restrained Middle-East Policy Under Trump
On Tuesday, keen-eyed observers of the Trump transition will have marked a potentially seismic shift in the incoming administration’s…
What Would a Wider War Look Like for Israel and the US?
The risk for the slaughter in Gaza to expand into a wider war in Lebanon and other neighboring countries…
Biden Administration Lays Out Weeks-Long Campaign to Bomb Iran, Congress Threatens Impeachment
In probably the most bizarre public notice of the commencement of military affairs in the nation’s history, spokesmen for…
Could America be Pulled into Another Open-Ended War in the Middle East?
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7th, US remnant forces positioned in Western Iraq and Eastern Syria have…
5/23 End of the Empire: US Losing All Across the Middle East
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
My Syrian Journey — a View Beyond the Headlines to a Land Before Time
DAMASCUS, Syria. October 2007. PICTURED: The busy Al-Nasser street in downtown Damascus, minarets and all. Ahlan wa-sahlan – Welcome…