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 →

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 →

Hezbollah doesn’t attack America, it’s the other way around

Read this article in French too. Western-backed militants are in retreat, Bashar al-Assad remains president, Hezbollah has stretched its wings Continue reading →

Israel’s Mideast reality check

Read this article in French, Arabic and Portuguese. Tel Aviv has had a bad few weeks. A once favorable regional balance Continue reading →

There will be no partition of Syria

This article was first published on RT’s Op-Edge on December 29, 2016 and has been translated into French, Portuguese and Continue reading →

US presidential elections: A view from the Middle East

Although the era of US global hegemony is coming to a close, the Middle East – more than most regions Continue reading →

How narratives killed the Syrian people

Read this article in Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Italian and Albanian. On March 23, 2011, at the very start of what we now call Continue reading →