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9/11 Families Consider Lawsuit Against UAE over Role in Attacks…

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The families of hundreds of people killed in the 9/11 attacks are considering adding the United Arab Emirates as a defendant to a legal case against Saudi Arabia for its roles in the outrage, Middle East Eye can reveal. Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked airplanes crashed into New York’s World Trade Centre, the Pentagon […]

Who Is Losing and Who Is Winning in Syria?…

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Who is losing in Syria? The immediate answer would be “Islamic State” (ISIS). But the reality is more complicated than that simple answer. Yes, ISIS is losing its territory, oil and gas fields and the other assets the group acquired since 2014 in both Iraq and Syria. In two years ISIS had become the richest […]

Trump’s Red Line by Seymour M. Hersh…

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On April 6, United States President Donald Trump authorized an early morning Tomahawk missile strike on Shayrat Air Base in central Syria in retaliation for what he said was a deadly nerve agent attack carried out by the Syrian government two days earlier in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Trump issued the order despite […]

UAE Has Secret Torture Prisons in Yemen, U.S. Involved in Interrogations…

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The UAE operates a network of ‘black sites’ in war-torn Yemen, where terrorist suspects are abused and tortured, an AP investigation has found. US personnel have been involved in at least some interrogations, agency sources said. There are at least 18 clandestine prisons across southern Yemen operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or by […]

After Mosul: The Coming Break-Up of Iraq and of the Middle East…

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The battle against IS is a war no one will win. Here’s the real battle we should be worrying about – and fighting. All eyes are on the battle for Mosul. Will the coalition defeat the Islamic State (IS) or not? In the end, it won’t matter. If we have learned anything from the last […]

The ‘Islamic State’ Strikes Iran to Differentiate Itself from al Qaeda. Iran Strikes Back…

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For several years, al-Qaeda has been keen to avoid striking the Islamic Republic of Iran since Osama bin Laden was head of the organisation. The same policy was followed by Bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, for various reasons. However, “Islamic State” (ISIS) wanted to distinguish itself from al-Qaeda, to reveal its weakness or complicity with […]

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