Middle East
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Coronavirus: Drop the debt
As coronavirus gets a foothold in every country, governments in the global south are facing an appalling choice: pay for emergency healthcare, or pay off international debts. Continue reading
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First NATO-ME War Overturns Regional Order
While Europeans and Arabs are being absorbed by the coronavirus, Anglo-Saxons are changing the world order. Under US command, the United Kingdom took control of the Red Sea entrance; the United Arab Emirates turned on Saudi Arabia and inflicted a bitter defeat on South Yemen, while the Houthis did the same in North Yemen. Yemen… Continue reading
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The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline
At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran’s leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas pipeline deal with Greece and Cyprus that is the equivalent of tossing a loaded hand grenade into the hyper-tense… Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia News Links 25-27 September 2019
27 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Why does Europe Prefer Saudi Arabia over Iran? https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/27/why-does-europe-prefer-saudia-over-iran/ Liz Truss admits the UK has unlawfully sold arms to Saudi Arabia at least three times http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/CWMxrKHFfIo/ Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia News Links 22 September 2019
22 September 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Aramco’s Operation Disrupted Worse Than Initially Presented: Report Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49785413 Continue reading
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U.S. Ships More Air Defense Systems That Do Not Work To Saudi Arabia
The Washington Post notices Russia’s offer to sell its air defense systems to Saudi Arabia. It does not like that Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia News Links 21 September 2019
21 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Whoever attacks Iran will become ‘main battlefield’ – IRGC commander https://on.rt.com/a24b Iran: Neither Military Action Nor Economic Sanctions Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia News Links 20 September 2019
20 September 2019 • 21:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Twitter purges hundreds of accounts from Egypt & UAE for ‘pro-Saudi messaging’ that targeted IRAN & QATAR New Peace Initiative: Houthis Case All Missile, Drone Attacks On Continue reading
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The Crisis Over The Attack On Saudi Oil Infrastructure Is Over – We Now Wait For the Next One
The crisis about the Yemeni drone and cruise missile attack on two Saudi oil installations is for now over. The Saudis and the U.S. accuse Iran of being behind the “act of war” as Secretary of State Pompeo called it. The Saudis bomb Yemen with U.S. made bombs since 2015. One wonders how Pompeo is… Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia/Iran News Links 17 September 2019
17 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Saudi oil attacks: Drones and missiles were launched from Iran – US officials https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49733558 Trump is in no rush to jump into Saudi defence https://indianpunchline.com/trump-is-in-no-rush-to-jump-into-saudi-defence/ Continue reading
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Winners and losers from Saudi Aramco’s travails By M.K. Bhadrakumar
Trump boasted that the US is “locked and loaded” to go to Saudi Arabia’s aid. Yet, only the previous day, when Trump telephoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the latter had “underscored the Kingdom’s willingness and strength to thwart such a terrorist aggression and deal with its consequences.” Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia NewsLinks 16 September 2019
16 September 2019 • 22:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Iran’s Rouhani joins Putin and Erdogan for Syria talks amid Saudi oil facilities attack debacle Drone strikes on oil facilities were Yemen’s ‘reciprocal response’ for Saudi bombings – Rouhani Continue reading
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Damage At Saudi Oil Plant Points To Well Targeted Swarm Attack
Saturday’s attack on the Saudi oil and gas processing station in Abqaiq hit its stabilization facility. Soon after the attack U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went into full ‘blame Iran’ mode Continue reading
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The Muslim Brotherhood as an Auxiliary Force of MI6 and CIA By Thierry Meyssan
28 June 2019 — Internationalist 360 Part I: The Muslim Brotherhood as Assassins Continue reading
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Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil By Philip Giraldi
There are monsters among us. Every day I read about an American “plan” to either invade some place new or to otherwise inflict pain to convince a “non-compliant” foreign government how to behave. Last week it was Iran but next week it could just as easily again be Lebanon, Syria or Venezuela. Or even Russia… Continue reading
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Britain and Oman: Will their growing special relationship survive succession? By Mark Curtis
Sixty years ago, Britain won a long-forgotten war in Oman, setting the special relationship between the two countries that is still being boosted today. Continue reading
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The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East by C. J. Hopkins
So, according to the corporate media, and to President Literally Hitler, himself, while America was sleeping last Friday morning, the U.S. Air Force was just minutes away from bombing the bejesus out of some desolate outposts somewhere in the Iranian desert and launching another catastrophic military blunder in the Middle East. Continue reading
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US Mideast Menace Goes Nuclear By Finian Cunningham
US media reports have claimed that China is helping to expand Saudi Arabia’s ballistic missile arsenal. The implication from the US media is that Beijing is recklessly stoking tensions in the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Continue reading
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Secret tripartite summit in Jerusalem by Thierry Meyssan
A summit of the national security advisors from the USA, Israël and Russia has been announced in Jerusalem. The aim of this conference is to untangle the imbroglio around the Axis of Resistance, guarantee the security of all the States in the Middle East, and establish a shared suzerainty of the United States and Russia… Continue reading
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Palestinians to be sacrificed for Israel-Gulf marriage By Tamara Nasser
Ties between Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, and Israel are warmer than ever as the United States beats its war drums against Iran and prepares to reveal its so-called “Deal of the Century.” Continue reading
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