The defendant was sentenced Monday to life in prison with hard labor. He had pleaded “not guilty,” saying he opened fire because he feared the base was coming under attack. The three U.S. Army Green Berets were killed Nov. 4, as their convoy waited at the base gate. Jordan initially said the Americans triggered the […]
Israel Rejects Jordan Demand to Reopen Temple Mount after Deadly Attack…
Israel rejected on Friday evening a demand from Jordan to reopen the Temple Mount after it was shut for security reasons in the wake of a deadly shooting attack at the holy site. Following the morning attack in which three Israeli-Arabs killed two Israeli Druze police officers near Lions Gate outside the Temple Mount complex, […]
Syrian Army, Russian Air Force Spoil Islamic State Plans to Overrun Deir Ezzor City…
Syria Summary – The End of the War Is Now in Sight…
The most important change over the last days was the Syrian government forces move (red areas and arrows) in the south-east towards the Iraqi border. The original plan was to retrieve al-Tanf further south-west to secure the border crossing of the Damascus-Baghdad highway there. But al-Tanf was occupied by U.S., British and Norwegian invaders and […]
U.S. Wants Control over Anbar And Beyond – Iraq and Syria Will Prevent It…
The U.S. is casting its net over the desert between Iraq and Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to install military bases and power-structures that will guarantee major influence in the area for the foreseeable future. A part of that plan is to develop Sunni proxy forces that will keep the government forces of Damascus and […]
Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot…
Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye in which I speculated that Jordan was the likely source of the intelligence which Donald Trump relayed to the Russians about an ISIS airplane bomb plot. I wrote then: None of the media stories reveal the name of […]
Syrian and Iraqi Armies Fortify Border…
Is North Korea Serving As a Diversion for a U.S.-Jordan Invasion of Syria? by Mike Whitney…
The United States is not going to launch a preemptive attack on North Korea. The risks far outweigh the rewards and, besides, the US has no intention of getting bogged down in a conflict that doesn’t advance its geopolitical objectives. The saber-rattling is just an attempt to divert attention from the Syria-Jordan border where the […]
Putin: Solution of Crisis in Syria Can Be Found Through the UN Through Astana and Geneva Talks…
U.S., UN and Jordan to Take Part in Astana Peace Talks As Observers…
The United Nations, the United States and Jordan have confirmed that their representatives will participate in the Astana international meeting on Syria as observers, Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi said on Tuesday. “Observers will remain the same,” he said. “A high-level delegation from the United Nations will come, as UN Special Envoy for…
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