by Tyler Durden As Saudi Arabia struggles to salvage its ailing economy and move away from oil dependency, the coronavirus crisis has rendered Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s (MbS) future ambitions even more fragile. And as the world […]
Posted by Dilip Hiro It was the wars I noticed first and, in those years, made the heart of TomDispatch’s coverage. You know, the ones that went under the label of “the war on terror,” that never […]
VOLTAIRE NETWORK We, the G20 Energy Ministers, are profoundly saddened by the human tragedy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We convene today against this backdrop of a crisis that, in addition to its direct health […]
DALE SPRUSANSKY (L-r) Moderator Hasan Yucel, Mark Perry and Khaled Elgindy. (PHOTO COURTESY SETA FOUNDATION) Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2020, pp. 59-60 Waging Peace Prognostication is never exact, but regional experts speaking at […]
Israel and Hezbollah, Confirmation of Deterrence Policy By Elijah J. Magnier The Israeli leadership has not tired of trying to change the Rules of Engagement (ROE) with Hezbollah since its defeat in the 2006 war, in […]
IAN WILLIAMS2020 MAY The United Nations Headquarters closed to the public “out of an abundance of caution” because of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York, March 11. (TAYFUN COSKUN/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA […]
by CHARLES PIERSON Photograph Source: Julien Harneis from Sana’a, Yemen – CC BY-SA 2.0 There are really only two sides to the war in Yemen. There are the unarmed civilians. And there’s everyone else. The civilians are […]
DALE SPRUSANSKY U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC. (MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES) Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2020, […]
WALTER L. HIXSON This White House photo shows President Bill Clinton (c) meeting with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on July 24, 2000 at Camp David, MD. When the meetings collapsed, Clinton and his AIPAC-spawned negotiator […]
PALESTINIANS TAKE PART IN A PROTEST TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PRISONERS IN ISRAEL, MARKING PALESTINIAN PRISONERS’ DAY IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF RAMALLAH ON APRIL 17, 2019. (PHOTO: AYAT ARQAWY/APA IMAGES) Editor’s Note: The […]