‘As usual,’ writes Glenn Greenwald, the US government is again ‘standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the region’s most oppressive regimes.’
‘As usual,’ writes Glenn Greenwald, the US government is again ‘standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the region’s most oppressive regimes.’
Despite US claims to the contrary, the Houthi movement in Yemen shares little more with Iran than it’s religious identity.
Despite US claims to the contrary, the Houthi movement in Yemen shares little more with Iran than it’s religious identity.
At least 24 civilians were killed in Friday’s strikes, bringing the toll from two days to 45 civilians, the Houthi-run Interior Ministry said. The Houthis’ TV station showed footage from a market in Saada it said was struck by missiles, with images of charred bodies and wrecked vehicles.
At least 24 civilians were killed in Friday’s strikes, bringing the toll from two days to 45 civilians, the Houthi-run Interior Ministry said. The Houthis’ TV station showed footage from a market in Saada it said was struck by missiles, with images of charred bodies and wrecked vehicles.
Twenty-five years after the Soviet collapse, the world is entering a new nuclear age.
Twenty-five years after the Soviet collapse, the world is entering a new nuclear age.
The reluctance of key Shiite militias to fight alongside US in Iraq contradicts Pentagon’s official version of events
The reluctance of key Shiite militias to fight alongside US in Iraq contradicts Pentagon’s official version of events
Proposals of a pan-Arab army are generating buzz as a potentially powerful means of containing the threat of ISIS, but history and conflicting agendas are major roadblocks on the path to a unified military force in the Gulf region.
Proposals of a pan-Arab army are generating buzz as a potentially powerful means of containing the threat of ISIS, but history and conflicting agendas are major roadblocks on the path to a unified military force in the Gulf region.
“If Daesh is driven from Iraq and the consequence is that Iranian-backed militias emerge as the most powerful force in the country — eclipsing the Iraqi Security Forces, much as Hezbollah does in Lebanon — that would be a very harmful outcome for Iraqi stability and sovereignty, not to mention our own national interests in the region.”
“If Daesh is driven from Iraq and the consequence is that Iranian-backed militias emerge as the most powerful force in the country — eclipsing the Iraqi Security Forces, much as Hezbollah does in Lebanon — that would be a very harmful outcome for Iraqi stability and sovereignty, not to mention our own national interests in the region.”
