The US Defense Department has awarded major weapons maker Raytheon to provide the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 355 air-to-ground missiles amid its persisting campaign of aerial strikes against civilian and economic targets in neighboring Yemen. (more…)
By Margaret Kimberley on July 23, 2015
The U.S. deal with Iran – based on assumptions about an Iranian nuclear weapons program that American intelligence agencies have twice concluded does not exist – allows the U.S. to concentrate on provoking Russia and China while continuing to threaten Iran with destruction. Global peace is no closer than before, since “America’s insistence on imperialism and control of other countries is the cause of every catastrophe.” (more…)
July 24, 2015
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More than 1000 Palestinians and Palestinian organizations from across the world have expressed support for Syria “in its efforts to repel the foreign invaders and the countries that are creating, training, financing, arming and supporting the terrorist groups in Syria.” Statement of Palestinian groups and individuals in the occupied homeland, refugee camps and the diaspora about the global war on Syria. (more…)
By Bruno Jäntti on July 15, 2015
The Israeli organization Breaking the Silence has, since its inception, enjoyed an aura of authority in Western political discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict. For those unfamiliar with the group, Breaking the Silence is, in its own words, “an organization of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.” (more…)
By Gareth Porter on July 15, 2015
Iranians celebrate the announcement that Iran had reached a nuclear deal with world powers in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2015. Iran and a group of six nations led by the US said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. (more…)
By William Boardman on July 12, 2015
Shorty after this story was filed, the UN announced a “humanitarian pause in the country’s ongoing conflict” starting July 10 and expected to last a week…
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Local Editor on July 10, 2015
Yemeni Ansarullah group leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stressed on Friday that the takfiri groups are not separated in any way from the Israeli enemy, and both of them have the same goals and ideology. (more…)
By Sayed Hasan on July 5, 2015
The Saudi-American war against Yemen, led by a coalition of the richest Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, etc. along with their servants like Egypt and Morocco) against the poorest Arab country, enters its fourth month. (more…)