Iran and the GCC: Prospects for a Grand Reconciliation

To realize shared priorities and fulfill the Persian Gulf’s potential as a global cornerstone for energy and trade, hardline Gulf Continue reading →

Iran protests: Why western media got it wrong again

  On November 15, angry Iranians began pouring onto the streets to protest sudden news of a 50% fuel price Continue reading →

Interview: On the end of the Syrian war and the “post-imperial Middle East” (Part 2)

  Interview by Patrick Lawrence in Salon. Read Part 1 here. In part one of my exchange with Sharmine Narwani, the Continue reading →

Interview: On the secret history of America’s defeat in Syria (Part 1)

By Patrick Lawrence in Salon. When the war in Syria was recently declared decisively over, there were few correspondents or witnesses Continue reading →

US officials offered my friend cash to take down Tehran’s power grid

It took a country-wide power outage in Venezuela, whispers of a cyberattack, and smug tweets from US officials to make Continue reading →

Al Qaeda embedded with US-led rebels in Syria’s south

  DARAA, Syria – At first glance, all appears calm in this southern Syrian city where protests first broke out Continue reading →

Firefight in Golan changes Mideast rules

Read this article in Spanish, Turkish and Farsi. The exchange of missiles last week on the Syrian-Israeli border was anything but normal. Continue reading →

Terrorist capabilities laid bare in an Eastern Ghouta chemical lab

  Read this article in Spanish too. Last December, at a US military hangar near Washington DC, UN Ambassador Nikki Continue reading →