The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus on Sunday. Atef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security...
Syria’s interior ministry on Saturday revealed details around the security operation that resulted in the capture and arrest of Amjad Youssef, one of the key suspects behind the notorious Tadamon massacre of 2013. Authorities announced that he was...
Former Syrian rebel leader Issam Buwaydani was released in April after being detained for nearly a year by the UAE , in a case that drew attention due to his past as head of one of the...
Finally there’s an award that President Trump deserves to win By Doug BANDOW Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su With the Middle East in flames, President Donald Trump’s desperate lobbying campaign for the...
Syrian authorities have arrested a key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre , one of the most notorious mass killings of civilians carried out by forces of the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s interior ministry announced on Friday...
Israel's Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday it had placed multi-year purchase orders for aerial munitions with arms manufacturer Elbit Systems , worth around $200 million. The ministry said in a statement that deal will prepare the country for what...
Dozens of Lebanese journalists and civilians gathered on Thursday morning for the funeral of veteran reporter Amal Khalil, after she was killed by Israeli forces in south Lebanon a day earlier. Crowds also gathered in Beirut to...
A two-year-old speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he suggested that Turkey should take a more assertive posture toward Israel, recently recirculated online as if it were a fresh threat of military attack against Israel. Pro-Israel X...
If the U.S. were to distance itself from Israel – however remote that option may seem – it would allow it to establish a regional agreement beneficial to all parties involved. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK...
As the ceasefire in Lebanon enters its fifth day, the Israeli army is expanding into border villages in the southern parts of the country, using the agreement to extend control over areas it did not occupy before the...
Humanity is "under attack" from a predatory world order in which powerful states trample international law with near-total impunity, Amnesty International has warned in its annual assessment of global human rights on Tuesday. The organisation said 2025...
Egypt has welcomed the ceasefire hammered out between Lebanon and Israel, expressing support for efforts made by Lebanese institutions to impose control over Lebanese territories. During a phone call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on 18 April, Egyptian President...
A long read on the consequences of the current Strait of Hormuz crisis. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host , The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Announcing that “A...
Damascus, Syria - A protest in central Damascus on Friday turned ugly as brawls broke out between protesters and counter-protesters, highlighting Syria’s continued internal divisions. The ‘Law and Dignity’ protest was organised to demand a number of political...
18 April 2026 On April 16, the Trump administration forced the Israeli military to cease its attacks on Lebanon as part of an agreement with Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz. This marked another victory for the Axis...
Iran’s defeat would represent a major reinforcement of imperialist strategic domination over the vital Eurasian landmass. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su It is not new: the United States began the war against...
Turkey's top diplomat on Saturday accused Israel of creating an international "illusion" and using security concerns as a pretext to seize "more land," in the latest flare-up in escalating tensions between the two regional powers. Israel and Turkey...
Israel is running the show, and Trump is the mall security guard pretending he has authority before the cops arrive. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Lebanon continues to play a central, if...
Bint Jbail, South Lebanon – Israel has announced its intent to militarily occupy South Lebanon with its eyes set on the symbolic town of Bint Jbail. In preparation for this land theft, the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah have put...
For decades, Israel's strategic objective was clear: neutralise Iran and dismantle its network of proxies. After 7 October 2023, that ambition appeared, briefly, to be within reach . Hamas was devastated, Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated , Bashar...
An Istanbul court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran Turkish journalist to two years and six months in prison on charges of " spreading misleading information ", the journalist and the rights groups said. The case against Zafer Arapkirli, a...
Damascus, Syria - Failed peace talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad and continued Israeli violations in Lebanon have left the Middle East’s fragile ceasefire teetering on the edge in recent days. Last Wednesday, Israel...
Trump is not an aberration, a deviation from the system. He is the system finally becoming visible in all its self-undermining contradictions. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The No Kings protests, which...
And more than just territory, it’s also a geopolitical p ower project Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, the former director for the Middle East and North Africa at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a former...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that Israel "cannot live without an enemy" and its government was now trying to portray Turkey as one. Tensions between Turkey and Israel have steadily escalated since the Gaza war erupted...
A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the war campaign against Iran “is not over yet”, while reiterating previous claims about Israel’s "historic achievements" across the region. In a video statement , Netanyahu, who is wanted by...
Syria’s foreign minister has voiced support for the disarmament of Hezbollah while condemning Israel’s ongoing strikes on Lebanon and sharply criticising Iran’s role in Syria, in remarks that highlight shifting regional dynamics amid a fragile ceasefire...
Many in the Middle East and the world want to believe that we are on the brink of peace, but it is worth reminding ourselves why we find ourselves here in the first place. In simple terms, we are here because...
Farid al-Madhhan, the Syrian army defector also known as 'Caesar ', has sparked debate with a new Facebook post criticising the appointment of figures linked with the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad to positions in the current...
By Michael BRENNER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran,...
The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of...
Two factors will now determine the fate of the ceasefire: what happens in Hormuz, and whether Israel continues pummelling Lebanon David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst...
A chorus of hawkish Israeli politicians is urging the country’s military to intensify its weekslong ground and air campaign against Hezbollah and pave the way for a more permanent presence in the country’s south. On April 5, 18 Israeli lawmakers...
Beirut, Lebanon - One hundred and sixty bombs in ten minutes. That is how Israel ushered in ‘Operation Eternal Darkness’ - the bloodiest day of the war in Lebanon - with devastating attacks across the...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel remains prepared to confront Iran if necessary, despite a truce reached between the United States and Iran . "Let me be clear: We still have objectives to complete, and...
By Kit KLARENBERG Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Downing Street visit offered him a reunion with the British intel operatives who groomed the former Al Qaeda warlord to become president...
Iran has claimed to have downed two helicopters as well as an F-15, and also denies claims that a second airman is with them – and not rescued by the U.S. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK...
Important context to understand the long history of US diplomatic missed opportunities which helped bring us to this disastrous point. Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and commentator. His books include A People’s History of Scotland and...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Institutions specialized in prisoners’ affairs reported, on Monday, that the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons reached more than 9,600 prisoners until the beginning of April 2026, based on official data issued by Israel Prison Service. This came...
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of towns in southern Syria on Friday, expressing solidarity with Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and siege and condemning a recently passed Israeli law which allows for the execution of Palestinian prisoners....
DAMASCUS, (PIC) A Syrian man was martyred on Friday evening after being targeted by Israeli tank fire west of al-Za’roura farm in the countryside of Quneitra, southern Syria, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. Syrian reports said another man was injured...
Syrian state media said Israeli fire killed a man in Qunietra province in the country's south near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as the foreign ministry decried the death of a civilian. State news agency SANA said that...
As the U.S. seeks to label Iran as a mass sponsor of state terrorism, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou looks inward, examining the decades of US-backed terror campaigns waged towards imperialist ends. Transcript Chris Hedges: A State Department cable signed...
By Dennis KUCINICH Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Tell Your Member of Congress, House and Senate, to “Vote NO $$$$$ for War!” Up to 15,000 of the 50,000 American troops in the...
The US-Israeli attack on Iran has revived a 23 year old war front in Iraq, a blowback against the US military that continues over two decades after the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Unlike in 2003, today’s Iraqi resistance...
Eighteen European countries on Thursday urged Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting as their latest conflict reached one month and with fears over Israeli plans to control part of southern Lebanon post-war. "Israeli military operations in Lebanon and Hezbollah's...
New York City police arrested a member of a Jewish Defense League group known as JDL 613 , for plotting to assassinate a Palestinian-American leader. The suspect is Alexander Heifler, whose Linkedin account lists his employment as...
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