The US goes ‘rogue’ in Syria

  In July, the White House and Pentagon requested authority from Congress to build further “temporary intermediate staging facilities” inside Continue reading →

American provocation on the Syrian-Iraqi border

Read this article in French and Portuguese. Damascus — As the battle to drive ISIS out of its remaining territories Continue reading →

Stealing Syria

The conflict in Syria has never been about establishing freedom and democracy in the Levantine state. It is about controlling Continue reading →

Iran or ISIS: Trump must choose

Read this article in Russian. If you were betting on an unpredictable Donald J. Trump to transform America’s bankrupt Mideast 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 →

WikiLeaks: The two faces of Hillary Clinton on Syria

“People don’t trust Hillary Clinton, and no one can agree on why,” begins a sympathetic piece on the Democratic Party Continue reading →

From religion to politics, a steady isolation of Saudi Arabia

Read this article translated into Indonesian and French. In the waning days of August, 200 or so Sunni clerics and scholars from Egypt, 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 →