admin

The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East: As Its Influence Faded, Washington Dissembled and Denied Reality

On any given day during the long war in Gaza, a Biden administration official could be expected to assert any of the following: a cease-fire was around the corner, the United States was working tirelessly to achieve one, it cared equally about the Israelis and the Palestinians, a historic Saudi-Israeli …

Read More »

What Happened to “the West”?

As America Drifts Away From Its Allies, a Less Peaceful World Awaits It has become commonplace to speak of living in a “post-Western world.” Commentators typically invoke the phrase to herald the emergence of non-Western powers—most obviously China, but also Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and the Gulf states, among others. …

Read More »

The Return of ISIS: The Group Is Rebuilding in Syria—Just as U.S. Forces Prepare to Leave

Nine months after the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a rebel offensive, Syria faces a litany of new challenges. The country, which is now being led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is contending with recurring violent sectarian clashes, successive Israeli strikes into Syrian territory, and …

Read More »

U.S. Designates 4 ‘Iran-Aligned’ Militias in Iraq as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Latest Developments New Terrorist Designations: The State Department designated four Iraq-based, “Iran-aligned” armed militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) on September 17. The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba (HAN), Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA), and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali (KIA), all of which were previously assigned the status …

Read More »

Assessing Russia’s Claims That Ukraine Is Responsible For Terrorism All Across Africa

The US has the power to put a stop to this by threatening to cut Ukraine off if it refuses but won’t because it believes that this might become useful down the line. RT recently published a report about late August’s claims by Deputy UN Representative Dmitry Polyansky and Director …

Read More »

Hamas has radicalised children in UNRWA schools in Gaza

Years of inadequate control have enabled Hamas to radicalise an entire generation of Palestinian youth in Gaza in UNRWA schools, Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, said at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday. Neuer, who leads the Geneva-based organisation, levelled this accusation at the UN, but also …

Read More »