The crown prince of Abu Dhabi allegedly asked the US to bomb the offices of Al Jazeera prior to the invasion of Afghanistan, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The document details a conversation between US diplomat Richard Haass and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed – referred to as ‘MBZ’ – in the lead-up […]
Qatar Lifts Development Moratorium on World’s Biggest Gas Field…
Qatar has lifted a self-imposed moratorium on development of the world’s biggest natural gasfield after more than a decade, the chief executive of state energy company Qatar Petroleum said yesterday. The giant Gulf gasfield, which Doha calls the North Field and Iran calls South Pars, accounts for nearly all of Qatar’s gas production and about […]
Under Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy Is Increasingly Being Left to the Generals…
Qatar is home to the US’s largest military base in the Middle East and a long-time US ally. Since its Gulf neighbors, led by Saudi Arabia, imposed a blockade two weeks ago, president Donald Trump has enthusiastically praised the blockade and attacked Qatar—contradicting the messages from his own Defense Department, State Department, and Senate Republicans. […]
How Obama’s CIA Armed Terrorists in Syria by Gareth Porter…
Syrian Army, Russian Air Force Spoil Islamic State Plans to Overrun Deir Ezzor City…
Liars Lying About Nearly Everything by Philip Giraldi…
The United States has been using lies to go to war since 1846, when Americans who believed in manifest destiny sought to expand to the Pacific Ocean at the expense of Mexico, acquiring by force of arms California and what were to become the southwestern states. In 1898 the U.S. picked up the pieces of […]
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 […]
‘Saudi desire to rule over region will never come true’…
Addressing the regional issues in an interview on Tuesday, Amir-Abdollahian said the formation of Arab NATO is more like a political joke. Explaining the causes of the recent tensions in Qatar-Saudi Arabia ties, he said the two countries have had territorial, border, legal and political disputes for years to the extent that last year, at […]
The Saudis Demand Total Surrender But Qatar Will Not Fold…
Many people believe that Qatar will soon give in to recent Saudi demands and threats. I first though so too but have changed my opinion. Qatar will likely hold out way longer than anyone assumes and fight more intensive and much longer than foreseen. The Saudi “young leader” has now given Qatar 24 hours to […]
Turkey Approves Draft Bill Allowing Troop Deployment to Qatar…
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