Middle Orient

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza, fears of renewed fighting to Israel’s north sparked after it came under anonymous rocket fire from south Lebanon. Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militants in Lebanon, denied involvement and has neither restarted its attacks on Israel nor is it threatening …

Last Saturday’s mostly indirect negotiations between US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi marked an abrupt turnaround for US President Donald Trump. In 2018, during his first term, Trump ended US participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by his predecessor, President Barack …

Alors que Trump menace l’Iran, Washington militarise Diego Garcia, île des Chagos dans l’océan Indien érigée sur le nettoyage ethnique, le colonialisme britannique et l’aventurisme militaire. La récente menace du président américain Donald Trump de frapper l’Iran s’il ne met pas fin à son programme nucléaire a ravivé l’intérêt pour …

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. CTP-ISW publishes the Iran Update every weekday. Click here …

Iran is unlikely to accept zero uranium enrichment and full dismantlement of its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on April 16 that uranium enrichment is a “real and undeniable right” and “not subject to negotiation.”[i] Araghchi stated that “contradictory” US positions do not help the negotiations …

The nuclear negotiations with Iran today are different from those of 2015. The talks with the Obama administration were limited to the uranium enrichment reduction in return for removal of sanctions. Today, Palestine is on the table. This creates an opportunity for the Gulf states and Iran to join hands …

«Loin de ne concerner que le peuple palestinien, l’avenir de notre monde se joue en partie importante en Palestine … (car) l’hégémonie occidentale est confrontée à une série de résistances qui menacent la poursuite de son pillage du monde sur lequel est bâti son modèle économique». ~ Saïd Bouamama Impressionnant …

Depuis des décennies, Washington assure la domination militaire d’Israël en affaiblissant systématiquement les armées arabes. Le Liban est l’exemple le plus récent et le plus frappant de cette doctrine en pratique. Les États-Unis ne se contentent pas de soutenir Israël, ils garantissent la suprématie de l’État d’occupation sur toute la …

Foreword I am delighted to write the foreword for this remarkable and important report by my friend and colleague Ari Heistein. Ari has drafted or co-written a series of high-impact papers about the de facto Houthi regime that occupies Sanaa and a large part of Yemen, including most of the …

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