NOVANEWS In the Middle East, the battle between the Sunnis and Shi’is (also spelt Shiites) has been going on for quite some time. With one and a half billion Muslims in the world, it is […]
NOVANEWS By Mazda Majidi Women marching in support of Afghan revolutionary leader Taraki. When Western politicians and pundits point the finger of blame at the people of the Middle East for the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, […]
NOVANEWS Tyler Cullis Washington, DC – Last week, a number of media outlets reported that a U.S. court had ordered that Iran’s Internet be “seized” and handed over to Israeli and American victims of terrorism in […]
NOVANEWS NIAC Staff “If there is a nuclear deal, one of the key obstacles could be the U.S. Congress that prevents the implementation [of sanctions relief] from happening successfully,” said Ellie Geranmayeh, European Council on […]
NOVANEWS Reza Marashi The United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq was the strategic mistake of a generation, with a long tail of consequence. It shook the foundation of the status quo in the Middle East […]
NOVANEWS Reza Marashi Chaos often breeds opportunity, and nowhere is this more apparent than in today’s Iraq. Less apparent, however, is how key actors are approaching the opportunity. Iran is a prime example. Recent headlines […]
NOVANEWS By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich Global Research On July 3, 1988, in an unprovoked move, US carrier USS Vincennes fired two missiles at an Iranian passenger plane, Iran Air flight 655 which was on route to Dubai. […]
NOVANEWS By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research Following the incursion of jihadist rebels of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) into Iraq and the capture of its second largest city Mosul, American and […]
NOVANEWS Twenty-six organizations called on the leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today to clarify a pending Congressional sign-on letter to the President concerning nuclear negotiations with Iran. The U.S., along with UN powers, are in what may be the […]
NOVANEWS For Once, Not a CIA Plot? by MIKE WHITNEY There’s something that doesn’t ring-true about the coverage of crisis in Iraq. Maybe it’s the way the media reiterates the same, tedious storyline over and […]