Is America the Mother of Al Qaeda?
NOVANEWS ‘Real’ US-trained al-Qaeda ‘to wage war on US’ By Gordon Duff and Press TV In the lead up to the Geneva peace conference, the world is now hearing of terrorist armies dedicated to turning Syria into […]
Category: Middle East
Kerry’s Middle East Peace Running Into 20th Century Wall
NOVANEWS Buggy Whip Deals in an Automobile World Fail All of Us by Johnny Punish This week, U.S. State Department head John Kerry is meeting with Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate another peace between the two. […]
"Security Arc" forms amidst Mideast terror
NOVANEWS Map of ‘Security Arc’ by S. Narwani, E. Adaime, A. Amacha By Sharmine Narwani Many observers are correct in noting that the Middle East is undergoing yet another seismic shift – that the Russian-brokered […]
Iran, Saudi Arabia keys to Syria peace conference
NOVANEWS Islamic Front snubs US ambassador This column warned last week that the rise of the Islamic Front at the expense of moderate, secular forces was a disaster for Syria. This week, the Islamic Front refused to meet […]
RT'S THE TRUTHSEEKER: WHO HAS NUKES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
NOVANEWS GILAD ATZMON Israel ruled guilty of genocide; the nuclear elephant in that region; and the ‘armies’ recruited to doctor Wikipedia. Seek truth from facts with leading war crimes prosecutor Professor Francis Boyle, Asia Times […]
The Islamists’ hijacking of Arab hope
NOVANEWS By Jamal Kanj Long before the self-righteous Islamists turned genuine street grievances into violent movements, Egypt was the crown of the Arab Spring and Syria was the second best hope to reap the flowers of […]
Jihadist Groups Gain in Turmoil Across Middle East
NOVANEWS Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters An Islamist fighter roamed through Aleppo, Syria, last December. Infighting among jihadist groups has recently mitigated their threat there, but that may not last. By ROBERT F. WORTH and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — Intensifying sectarian […]
US, region pivots to confront terrorist threat in Syria
NOVANEWS MANAMA, Bahrain — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, speaking at the Manama Dialogue Regional Security Summit convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, warned of an “Islamic emirate” emerging in Syria. Just this past week, […]
Can Mandela’s Truth and Reconciliation Heal the Middle East?
NOVANEWS by Juan Cole Every transition from an authoritarian government to democracy is different. Some go relatively smoothly (Poland, South Korea). Others are rocky (Taiwan, Bosnia, Tunisia). In some instances, authoritarianism reasserts itself to a lesser […]
تكبير تكبير .. أيها البقر أيها الحمير …؟؟
NOVANEWS من قلم: بلال فوراني ———————- تكبير تكبير لا يعرفون سوى التكفير وعند القتل يصدح صوتهم بالتكبير كأنهم صاروا ملوكاً من ملوك الاساطير وهم لا يعرفون الفرق بين الطحين والشعير وهم لا يعرفون المرأة سوى عاهرة […]