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Vijay Prashad: The Change in Syria

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:53 +0000

The fall of Damascus and rise of HTS signal a dangerous shift in Syria, deepening regional instability and isolation for Palestine. From Israel to Africa’s Sahel region, what comes next? By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research One of the…

When Britain Aided Al-Qaeda in Syria

corinna barnard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.K.’s campaign to overthrow the Assad regime provides key background to understanding Whitehall’s approach to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Beginning in 2011, Britain embarked on a campaign to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad…

Craig Murray: The End of Pluralism in the Middle East

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:35:51 +0000

What this potentially amounts to is the end of pluralism in the Levant and its replacement by supremacism: An ethno-supremacist Greater Israel and a religio-supremacist Salafist Greater Syria. By Craig Murray in Beirut CraigMurray.org.uk A truly seismic change in the…

AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Trump II & the Middle East

corinna barnard — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:34:23 +0000

There are always hopes — so far proven unfounded — that in a second term an American president will be kinder to the Arabs. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News It is too early to draw an outline of…

The Chris Hedges Report: The World According to Trump

corinna barnard — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:12:38 +0000

Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired Army colonel, provides insight into what a Trump presidency may look like outside of the borders of America. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States…

AS’AD AbuKHALIL: The Arab Vote

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:00:20 +0000

The U.S. election could ride on the results in the state of Michigan and Arab-American and other Muslim votes could determine who wins Michigan. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News Since moving to the United States in 1983, I…

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange Appears as Mideast Burns’

Consortiumnews.com — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:00:21 +0000

Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst join CN Live! to discuss Julian Assange’s appearance in Strasbourg and to lend their expert analysis to the blow up in the Middle East. Craig Murray, journalist, diplomat and whistleblower, and journalist Richie Medhurst speak…

AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Iran’s Crucial Decision on Israel

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:06:59 +0000

Tehran will eventually need to address Tel Aviv, maybe even more so after the pager terrorist attack in Lebanon. But Iran will do so on its own terms, not on the timeline dictated by its enemies. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special…

The Reign of the Dollar

corinna barnard — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:25:19 +0000

Recent speculation in India about the collapse of the Saudi petro-dollar agreement with the U.S. proved false. Vijay Prashad considers three factors that can feed such a rumor. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In early June, a rumour…

AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Biden’s Saudi Deal

corinna barnard — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:14:28 +0000

The White House is committing itself to the survival and longevity of one of the most totalitarian regimes in the region, and the world. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News Like every president before him, Joe Biden has decided…