Middle East
U.S. sanctions against Iran step up the threat of war
August 13, 2018New U.S. sanctions on Iran are not about acting in the interests of the Iranian people and freeing them from an oppressive regime. They're entirely about the power balance in the Middle East.
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Why U.S. client state Saudi Arabia escapes the Muslim ban
July 2, 2018How did the country that was the home of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda not make it onto the list of banned Muslim nations?
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New Iran sanctions: Prelude to war and nuclear arms race
May 25, 2018What a war will almost certainly do is re-ignite Iran’s push to build a nuclear weapon. If that happens, Saudi Arabia will follow, and the world will be faced with several new nuclear powers.
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Palestinians bury those gunned down by Israel
May 16, 2018Among the 61 dead were eight children and a baby.
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As Israel shoots protesters dead, Palestinians divided by factionalism
May 14, 2018The Fatah and Hamas political rivalry has been catastrophic, for it takes place at a time that the Israeli colonial project is accelerating.
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