CIA recruits ISIS fighters from SDF-run prisons in Syria to fight in Ukraine: Report

The US has been accused of recruiting hundreds of ISIS, HTS, and Al-Qaeda militants to fight on the side of Kiev

Beggaring Europe: switching cheap Russian gas for expensive American LNG

EU steps to significantly reduce Russian gas imports will see Europe newly dependent on much pricier US liquefied natural gas

It is time for Israel’s gut punch

Today, Israel bombed Damascus Airport, tomorrow it could strike the Presidential Palace. Despite the threat of war, Israel must now receive swift, fierce retaliatory measures.

Will Azerbaijan become a NATO pawn against Russia in South Caucasus?

Despite its recent 'alliance' upgrade with Russia, Azerbaijan wears many geopolitical masks and could play Trojan horse for Moscow's NATO adversaries

Dollars for democracy: Corruption was the real winner in Lebanon’s election

Bribing desperate voters during an economic crisis may have led to Lebanon’s parliamentary impasse. If candidates are bought, how can the country fix anything?

Iran denounces Greek seizure of Iranian ship as ‘maritime piracy’

Iran’s foreign ministry called the seizure of the ship an act of international piracy

Envoys from Sweden, Finland in Turkey to discuss NATO membership

Turkey considers several Kurdish militant groups in Syria and Iraq to be terrorist organizations backed by Nordic countries

NATO vs Russia: what happens next

In Davos and beyond, NATO's upbeat narrative plays like a broken record, while on the ground, Russia is stacking up wins that could sink the Atlantic order.

Death by a thousand cuts: where is the west’s Ukraine strategy?

The pounding, daily western narratives on 'Ukrainian wins' and 'Russian losses' underpins the lack of an actual, cohesive Grand Strategy against Moscow.

Omani Sultan receives Russian FM for talks

The Omani foreign minister called for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart

Lebanese Central Bank guilty of human rights violations: UN

UN officials have lambasted Lebanon for 'appalling levels of wealth concentration at the top, 'tax policies that favor evasion,' and for an 'inadequate social protection system'

Sit back and watch Europe commit suicide

If the US goal is to crush Russia's economy with sanctions and isolation, why is Europe in an economic free fall instead?

‘Rublegas:’ the world’s new resource-based reserve currency

Rublegas is the commodity currency du jour and it isn’t nearly as complicated as NATO pretends. If Europe wants gas, all it needs to do is send its Euros to a Russian account inside Russia.

Lebanese judge sets $20mln bail for brother of central bank governor

The judge in charge of investigating central bank chief Riad Salameh for illicit enrichment has also postponed his questioning until June

EU authorities confiscate assets linked to embezzlement at Lebanon’s central bank

Many Lebanese citizens believe that Salameh played a key role in the economic crisis that the country is currently experiencing

Is Qatar the means for a US comeback in Eurasia?

Energy-rich Qatar’s designation as a major non-NATO ally may upset the Persian Gulf balance, but could be a means for the US to counter a Sino-Russian lockhold on Eurasia.

Beyond the EastMed pipe dream: Can Turkey become Europe’s gas hub?

The Ukraine crisis presents a unique opportunity for Turkey to realize its long-term vision of transforming itself into a global gas transit hub. But will the US, Russia, Iran, and the EU allow it?

Prisoner exchange deal on the cards with Washington: Iranian Foreign Ministry

The last prisoner exchange deal between Tehran and Washington took place in 2020

Tehran says its demands at Vienna talks remain unchanged

Recent reports suggest that negotiations have reached an advanced stage

Follow the money: how Russia will bypass western economic warfare

The US and EU are over-reaching on Russian sanctions. The end result could be the de-dollarization of the global economy and massive commodity shortages worldwide.

Iraq calls on EU to repatriate citizens imprisoned in Syria for ISIS links

Iraqi officials estimate that at least 10,000 western citizens are being held in makeshift prisons in Syria's US-occupied northeast

Iran nuclear deal negotiations resume in Vienna after a 10-day break

The future of the deal largely depends on the removal of sanctions the US placed on Iran in 2018

Vienna talks to remove US sanctions on Iran set to resume on 27 December

Despite complaining about Tehran's demands that all sanctions be lifted, the US government has so far failed to produce an alternative proposal

Saudi Arabia and the UAE: Two rival allies

Once staunch allies, MbS and MbZ can't seem to see eye-to-eye on regional matters anymore, and so a competition for primacy is underway.

The Iran-Azerbaijan gas swap deal: Has Tehran’s tough posturing paid off?

The Turkish-supported gas swap deal is not so much a capitulation as a calculated concession from Azerbaijan, which now acknowledges its relationship with Israel as an Iranian red line.

The Reconquest: In 2022 elections, an Algerian Islamophobe wants to purge France from ‘the Muslim peril’

An Algerian Jewish ‘demonizer’ of Arabs and Islam is the new political protagonist electrifying France’s 2022 presidential elections

French president secures billions of dollars in arms deals following Gulf tour

Macron claims it is all part of a 'long-term strategy to contribute to stability' in the region, but Iranian FM Khatibzadeh noted that 'the weapons they sell in the region are the source of turmoil'

Seventh round of Vienna talks ends as sides agree to reconvene next week

All sides agreed to return to Vienna next week after Iran submitted two draft proposals to the P4+1 for sanctions removal and nuclear commitments

Israeli court gives green light for demolition of Palestinian homes

The decision, issued by the Israeli high court, will leave more than 720 Palestinians homeless

Iran stands firm in demanding the US lift all economic sanctions days ahead of Vienna talks

Tehran has fired back against reports that Washington, at the behest of Israel, is planning to propose an "interim deal" to lift just some economic sanctions