A covert Kenyan paramilitary team armed and trained by the US and supported by UK intelligence is behind renditions and controversial killings of terror suspects in night-time raids, Declassified UK can reveal.
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As Bahrain, UAE sign peace deals with Israel, Trump says 5-6 more countries ready to follow soon
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said five or six more countries are ready to make peace with Israel, Times of Israel reported. However, he did not name those countries.
Read More »The Abraham Accord: Realignment, Containment, and Militarism
On 19 August 2020, an article in Foreign Affairs argued that a “botched peace plan” in the Middle East accidentally produced the Abraham Accord between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US. On the surface, the Abraham Accord appears to be a ‘botched peace plan’. However, it is …
Read More »Immigration maghrébine, chronique d’un (colossal) rendez-vous raté
Si l’immigration maghrébine est de plus en plus critiquée, l’incompréhension et la complicité passive des Français face à des phénomènes complexes menant au « séparatisme » ne doivent pas être oubliées non plus.
Read More »En France, on peut choisir de croire (ou pas)
Alors que se déroule le procès des complices des attentats contre Charlie Hebdo et l’Hyper Casher, alors que nous commémorons les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, alors que le Pakistan annonce la condamnation à mort d’un chrétien qui aurait blasphémé par SMS (!), Mila a été une fois de plus …
Read More »The New Middle East
In 2015, the UAE passed a law against religious discrimination by creating ministries of tolerance, happiness and youth to develop an enlightened community — everyone included.
Read More »China air force plays up J-20 stealth strength as Taiwan tensions brew
The Chinese military has highlighted advances in stealth jet technology as tensions rise with Taiwan, reporting record results in a simulated combat exercise.
Read More »Chinese firm collects data of US leaders, military
Social media and other online data on both prominent Americans and the U.S. military has been collected since 2017 by a Chinese technology company that purportedly markets itself to clients in the country’s military, government and commercial sector.
Read More »Trump hails new 'dawn' for Middle East as Israel signs accords with Bahrain and UAE
President Trump declared the “dawn of a new Middle East” as he oversaw the signing of pacts between Israel and two Arab nations, an event he hopes will pave the way for increased stability in a volatile region and cast him as a peacemaker ahead of November’s election.
Read More »How to Do More With Less in the Middle East
It has been clear for some time that the United States should do less in the Middle East, despite the attendant risks and costs—a case that we made in these pages last year (“America’s Middle East Purgatory,” January/February 2019). At the time, some welcomed this argument; others balked at it. …
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