Why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework? Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. Cross-posted from Ramzy Baroud’s website Thinking Palestine For many years, being accused of being ‘pro-Iran’...
Over 1.2 million Syrians have voluntarily returned home since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, following a rebel offensive. Data from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees states that improved living conditions in the country, better security,...
In recent days, a new crisis has been escalating in the cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, concerning the disappearance of a shipment of US weapons that President Donald Trump said had been sent to...
1 May 2026 Ian Proud (IP) – I was talking about the old adage that “wars are won by economies not armies”, and I think the war in Iran has slightly refined that phrase, that “wars are won by economics...
When Israel and the U.S. launched their war on Iran, a flurry of media reports suggested that CIA-armed Kurdish forces were preparing to enter Iran and help topple the Islamic Republic. That outcome was always unlikely. Just months earlier, the...
Damascus, Syria - On 6 March, days after launching the war against Iran , US President Donald Trump stated he would approve of Iranian Kurds taking military action against the Iranian regime. "I think it's wonderful that...
The most explosive allegation against Israel is also the most emotionally painful one. A state founded in 1948 as a refuge for Jewish survivors of Adolf Hitler’s terror is committing genocide today, contend a range of historians, including Holocaust scholars,...
Two months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, a tense standoff prevails. There is no active warfare, but no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough either. The war is a culmination of a 47-year trajectory which set the U.S. and Iran...
Two months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, a tense standoff prevails. There is no active warfare, but no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough either. The war is a culmination of a 47-year trajectory which set...
Israeli forces are still continuing with incursions into Syrian territory , amid an escalation in Israeli violations and raids in the southern part of the country. On Monday, three Israeli military vehicles entered the Wadi al-Raqad area in western Daraa...
Egypt’s foreign minister has hosted his Syrian counterpart in Cairo in what appears to be a cautious but notable step towards reviving relations between the two countries, raising questions over whether a broader thaw is underway after...
The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the...
A mass grave containing the bodies of 55 men and women has been discovered in the village of Mazra’et Al-Raheb southeast of Aleppo in Syria , local sources have told The New Arab. The Syrian National Commission for...
In recent remarks to Fox News, Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined a plan to task the Lebanese army with disarming Hezbollah — an effort that could spark civil war in Lebanon. “That’s what we’re working towards establishing, is a system...
A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively “frozen” by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday. He and another officials with the group accused Ankara of failing to enact...
A large group of Israeli settlers stood atop a building in the Syrian village of Al-Hader in the occupied territory of Quneitra last week, waving the Israeli flag and chanting songs calling for the settlement of...
Some of the UK's leading humanitarian and human rights groups on Thursday are calling on the British government to suspend its trade agreement with Israel following the passing of its controversial death penalty law , which they warn is...
The recent Al-Qaeda and ALF offensive in Mali requires us to look at the region to understand the real state of things. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The struggle for...
Using America’s sons and daughters to devastate the world Sometimes a seemingly insignificant story tells one more about what is going on than the attempts being made to perceive the larger reality. When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his...
Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...
Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...
By Giorgio CAFIERO, Kristian ULRICHSEN Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. As a small but extremely gas-rich country surrounded by...
By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Using America’s sons and daughters to devastate the world Sometimes a seemingly insignificant story tells one more about what is going on than the...
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...
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