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Introduction Iran’s show of strength in the October 2, 2021 “Conquerors of Khaybar” exercise at its border with Azerbaijan and its threats to play the ethnic card to stir up the Shi’ite populations in neighboring countries against their regimes failed to improve its damaged geopolitical standing, Iran turned to the …
Read More »Al-Sadr’s Gambit Must Succeed If Iraq Is To Have Bright Future – OpEd
Of all the Iraqi religious scholars turned politicians, Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr is the most controversial, bold and charismatic. He comes from a family that has stood up to oppressive regimes on nationalistic grounds. At 47, he is still young and relatively inexperienced. Once an ally of Iran, he is …
Read More »Diplomacy Is the Middle East’s Best Bet, but It’s Still a Long Shot
High-level diplomacy has intensified among competing Middle East regional powers, a flurry of bilateral talks that increasingly suggests what a “Plan B” would look like if, as seems likely, the U.S. and Iran fail to revive the deal that briefly constrained Tehran’s nuclear program. The pace of contacts and meetings …
Read More »USA Loses Ethiopia; Biggest Strategic Blunder Since Loss of Iran
With the failure of the US backed TPLF Terrorist coup attempt against the democratically elected government of Ethiopia the USA is facing it’s greatest strategic blunder since losing Iran in 1979. The Ethiopian Army and its allied militias have in the last 10 days of fighting regained all the territory …
Read More »Iran security head claims US seeks to resurrect Islamic State
A top Iranian official attributed the ouster of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq to Tehran-backed militias while claiming that Washington seeks to revive the extremist group. The secretary of Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council has said the United States is seeking to resurrect the Islamic State across …
Read More »Saudi Arabia seeks support as Yemen war heats up again
The kingdom is asking allies to resupply its Patriot missile munitions as Riyadh and Yemen’s Houthis trade bombardments. Saudi Arabia is pressing allies to supply additional missiles for its US-made Patriot air defense systems as its conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels once again intensifies. Riyadh has asked both the United …
Read More »Turkey strikes Yazidi militia in Iraq
The Sinjar Resistance Units is a member of the Popular Mobilization Units, making it officially part of the Iraqi security forces. Turkey killed a Yazidi commander in Iraq today. Marwan Badal, who commands the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), was killed in a Turkish airstrike in Sinjar in western Iraq. The …
Read More »Muqtada Sadr uses personal diplomacy in search of Iraqi deal
Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is seeking to close the deal among Iraq’s Shiite parties. The United Nation special representative in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, met today, Dec. 7, with the Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, whose party won the largest numbers of seats in the recent parliamentary elections. The UN is trying …
Read More »Iran’s chief negotiator says burden is on West, not Iran, for next move in nuclear talks
Ali Bagheri Kani may wait for the other side to bring “something to the table” now. It’s a deja vu moment in Vienna, where talks between Iran and world powers have resumed to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. Aside from the lockdown, the freezing temperatures, the new faces, and a …
Read More »Hashtag ‘Untie_Our_Hands’: How Many More Palestinians Must Die for Israel’s ‘Security’?
Israeli politicians and media intentionally exaggerate the ‘threat’ posed by the Gaza protesters to Israel’s security. A large Israeli army campaign is taking social media by storm. The unstated aim of what is known as the “#Untie_Our_Hands” initiative is the desire to kill, with no accountability, more Palestinian protesters at …
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