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The debacle that Trump and Netanyahu have gotten their nations into Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: Screen Grab After last week’s excursion into culture and politics (and extra marks to those who spotted...

This story was originally published by ProPublica . Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J. Bryant had pored over in his mission to...

The US-Israel war on Iran has already destabilised the region, causing much death and destruction. The impacts are also being strongly felt in Lebanon. In response to the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel and the US,...

Hitler came up with the concept of ‘Lebensraum,’ or a living space that is vital for Germany’s survival. The Nazi idea meant that overcrowded Germany needs more space to grow into, exploit and inhabit. Expanding into surrounding countries such as...

These are decisive days in the battle for the future of the Middle East. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst on Saudi Arabia. He was...

Damascus, Syria - Security has been massively ramped up at Syria’s Masnaa crossing with Lebanon as the country fortifies its borders amid major regional turmoil brought about by the US-Israeli war against Iran . At least three new...

There are no more red lines for Tehran – just a slow, calculated strategy to exploit the blind spots of Washington and its allies Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United...

I predict this will have devastating consequences for his administration and America’s standing Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served as the Economic Counsellor at the British Embassy in Moscow...

On March 4, Donald Trump spoke with Mustafa Hijri, president of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, as well as leaders of the two main Kurdish parties in Iraq. He urged Iranian Kurdish groups to launch attacks inside...

It is hardly surprising that after six days of war, Trump will be looking for regional partners to help him go ahead with a ground invasion. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In...

The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen – have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian...

The assassination of Iran’s long-ruling leader , Ali Khamenei, at the outset of another treacherous Israeli-incited American attack at the end of winter 2026 casts a long shadow. Not only are prospects of resolution incalculably damaged, but Khamenei’s killing...

On the geopolitical chessboard, the opening move has been made. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su After the farce over Greenland, the theatrical abduction of a Venezuelan president presented as a prelude to...

Weeks after suffering a major setback in Syria, the Kurds are again at the centre of another major crisis in the Middle East. Just days after the Trump administration began its war on Iran , reports emerged that...

LENA PETROVA: Welcome, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I’m Lena Petrova with a new episode of World Affairs in Context. Today, I’m honored to be joined by Professor Michael Hudson, a renowned economist, distinguished research professor of...

When Syrian forces moved into Kurdish-held territories in northeastern Syria in January, Turkish officials let out a sigh of relief. The “Kurdish question” seemed to be nearing resolution. For Turkey, armed Kurdish movements seeking cultural and political autonomy across Turkey,...

- - - - ‘President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C.’ Noam Galai / Shutterstock This article was published this morning in Brazil’s Folha de S.Paulo , the country’s largest newspaper,...

The United States and Israel are preparing to back an uprising by Iranian Kurdish opposition factions to control western Iran, referred to by Kurds as "Rojhelat", within weeks, making it a position for further offensives against Iran, two...

Israel carried out a series of strikes across Beirut early Wednesday, intensifying its assault on the Lebanese capital as ground troops push deeper into southern Lebanon. The Israeli military struck multiple neighbourhoods overnight and into Wednesday...

Egypt has quickly started feeling the heat from the US-Israel war on Iran , with several sectors of the local economy receiving or expecting to experience fallout. Economists expect these effects to exacerbate the woes of the national economy,...

Despite Iran threatening to target all US bases in neighbouring countries in response to an US-Israeli war and carrying out attacks on Gulf states since last Saturday morning, 28 Feburary, Turkey has not been hit. Turkey hosts the Incirlik air...

The United States is seeking to destroy the UN, as well as Iran. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016....

Muhammad al-Khouli, one of the most prominent figures of the security establishment under former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad , has died in the Lebanese capital Beirut , after a long career leading Air Force Intelligence and consolidating Damascus’s...

During joint operations with the U.S. on Saturday, Israel targeted and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who at 86 had been Iran’s longest serving head of state, leading the Islamic Republic since 1989. It was the first open, direct assassination of...

Paul Conroy , the famed British photographer, has died aged 61 at his home in Devon, with Syrians mourning the loss of an intrepid chronicler of the war . Conroy was born in Liverpool and served in the British Army...

During joint operations with the U.S. on Saturday, Israel targeted and killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who at 86-years-old had been Iran's longest serving head of state, leading the Islamic Republic since 1989. It was the first...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that extended into a second day Sunday, as the two powers seek to...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed Saturday in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack , President Donald Trump said, as he urged the...

Since late December 2025, when protests over economic hardship and political repression swelled into one of Iran’s largest antigovernment movements in years, European leaders have steadily sharpened their rhetoric. None, however, went as far as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who...

Lebanon has formally expressed interest in joining the US-backed India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), sparking debate in the country over political implications, particularly given Israel's central role in the project and Lebanon's longstanding refusal to normalise ties . President...

The post-Assad Syria seeks to redefine its regional positioning by focusing decisively on the energy dossier as a lever for diplomatic reopening and internal stabilization. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The wind...

Today’s propaganda is primarily about monopolizing access, not hegemony in the sphere of communication Paweł Mościcki is a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the author of numerous books and a blog:...

WEST BANK, (PIC) In a step considered a diplomatic shift with deep political implications, the United States announced that it will provide consular services inside settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, in a move that goes beyond...

Iraq's ruling Shia Coordination Framework will decide next week who it will nominate for prime minister, according to a lawmaker close to current premier Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. Meanwhile, Washington has again opposed former premier Nouri Al-Maliki 's...

Israeli troops have carried out several cross-border operations in the south of Syria in recent weeks, invading villages, raiding homes, and detaining civilians. While some detainees were later released, others were taken to undisclosed locations with...

One of Syria’s first public opinion polls was released last week, offering invaluable insight into the Syrian public’s attitudes on the progress of the new government and the country’s major developments since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s...

By JOE LAURIA Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia,...

Several Iranian Kurdish political parties based in Iraq have formed a new coalition to challenge Iran's Islamic Republic. They emphasised they will not use Iraqi territory for attacks against Iran and expressed strong scepticism about Reza...

- - - - When President Lyndon B. Johnson decided in 1965 to significantly increase the number of American troops to fight the growing war in Vietnam, he felt obligated to justify this major escalation to the American people...

Saudi Arabia feels itself being boxed-in by UAE and Israel, and is building new alliances to re-balance Middle Eastern power. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst...

Britain's populist Reform UK party unveiled "radical" plans on Monday to stop what it called an immigration "invasion", promising to create an agency to deport thousands of illegal migrants and to leave human rights treaties if it wins...

It appears that Sunday is the final moment when Trump will make his decision whether or not to attack Iran… It is the last paragraph in this Xwitter (pronounced, “SHITTER”)message that caught my eye: However, his calendar now indicates that...

191 Iraqi nationals from Syria’s al-Hol have been repatriated to their country, the United Nationals High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday, as authorities look to evacuate the camp’s residents and close the facilities. UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas...

During Iran’s internet blackout, state violence unfolded unseen with competing propagandists filling the digital void Originally published on Global Voices Advox Protesters gathering in the streets in Iran. Photo by Mamlekate on Wikimedia Commons . ( CC BY-SA...