The United States will be leaving the United Nations’ cultural agency at the end of 2018, the US State Department told UNESCO on Thursday. A few hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country is also preparing its withdrawal from UNESCO. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, whose successor will be named on Friday, […]
Full text of Nikki Haley’s speech to UN General Assembly on Jerusalem…
‘A Severe Blow’: Reactions to the U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO…
First “Islamic State” and Then the U.S. Breaches Sykes-Picot with One Objective: the Partition of Syria and Iraq…
Three years ago, in 2014, the “Islamic State” terrorist group (ISIS) breached the deserted frontier between Iraq and Syria: its bulldozers crossed from the Iraqi borders on Sinjar into al-Hasaka province with US-made Humvees captured during the occupation of Mosul. Just a week ago, hundreds of US Special Operation Forces crossed Iraq into Syria…
Who Is Losing and Who Is Winning in Syria?…
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 […]
The Danger of Islamic State Will Remain Even after Liberation of Syria and Iraq: Why?…
Despite the ongoing military operations in Syria and Iraq, which daily engage vast territories under the control of the “Islamic State” (ISIS), the latter has been able to hit distant targets in the Islamic world, in Europe and in Asia. Despite the loss of territories, the world is facing – and will continue so to […]
The Battles of Deir al-Zor and al-Qaem Will Mark the End of the Syrian War…
The U.S.-Russia Race in Syria: Towards a Military Confrontation?…
On Independence Day, UNESCO Okays Resolution Denying Israeli Claims to Jerusalem…
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides 6,700 Page ‘Torture Report’ to Remain Secret…
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a report on the CIA’s post-September 11 torture programme, ensuring it will remain secret. The court rebuffed arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union that the highly classified report, compiled in 2014 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, should […]