Iran’s Major Diplomatic Successes Offer Promise of Regional Stability Mideast Peace Iran’s Major Diplomatic Successes Offer Promise of Regional Stability Richard Silverstein June 6, 2023 Over the past few months, Iran has achieved major successes in advancing its regional interests. Most recently,... Read More Read more about Iran’s Major Diplomatic Successes Offer Promise of Regional Stability
Trump Planned to Assassinate Syria’s Assad Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Trump Planned to Assassinate Syria’s Assad Richard Silverstein September 15, 2020 #Trump exchange with Foxnews on #Assad #syria pic.twitter.com/5C286Tw3B3 — Rana Abtar – رنا أبتر (@Ranaabtar) September 15,... Read More Read more about Trump Planned to Assassinate Syria’s Assad
Trump Abandons Syria and Kurds to Putin, Erdogan and Assad Mideast Peace Trump Abandons Syria and Kurds to Putin, Erdogan and Assad Richard Silverstein October 17, 2019 NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my account of a disturbing interview with Israeli Internal Security Minister,... Read More Read more about Trump Abandons Syria and Kurds to Putin, Erdogan and Assad
Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey Mideast Peace Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey Richard Silverstein January 10, 2019 NOTE: Middle East Eye asked me to contribute to an assessment of what 2019 will hold in... Read More Read more about Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey
Israeli Media Tout Putin’s “Deal of the Century” Mideast Peace Israeli Media Tout Putin’s “Deal of the Century” Richard Silverstein July 16, 2018 Israeli media has been touting Bibi Netanyahu’s latest foray to Moscow to see his Russian bro, Vladimir... Read More Read more about Israeli Media Tout Putin’s “Deal of the Century”
Iraq Denounces First Israeli Attack on Its Forces Since 1973 Mideast Peace Iraq Denounces First Israeli Attack on Its Forces Since 1973 Richard Silverstein June 20, 2018 Over the past few days, Syria reported that Iraqi Shiite militia were attacked by air in eastern... Read More Read more about Iraq Denounces First Israeli Attack on Its Forces Since 1973
U.S. Warns of Grave Consequences If Assad Retakes Southwestern Syria Mideast Peace U.S. Warns of Grave Consequences If Assad Retakes Southwestern Syria Richard Silverstein May 26, 2018 The above video is my latest PressTV interview regarding Israeli minister’s claim that the Trump administration plans... Read More Read more about U.S. Warns of Grave Consequences If Assad Retakes Southwestern Syria
Bolton Plans Sunni Crusade in Syria Humor Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bolton Plans Sunni Crusade in Syria Richard Silverstein April 18, 2018 Today, the Trump administration announced a brilliant, not-so-new plan to recruit a Sunni army to destroy ISIS... Read More Read more about Bolton Plans Sunni Crusade in Syria
Assad Forces Trump’s Hand With Chemical Attack Mideast Peace Assad Forces Trump’s Hand With Chemical Attack Richard Silverstein April 10, 2018 Before beginning this post, let’s make clear that the recent chemical attack which killed over 40 Syrian... Read More Read more about Assad Forces Trump’s Hand With Chemical Attack
BREAKING: Israel to Lift Military Censorship Over 2007 Bombing of Purported Syrian Nuclear Reactor Mideast Peace BREAKING: Israel to Lift Military Censorship Over 2007 Bombing of Purported Syrian Nuclear Reactor Richard Silverstein March 20, 2018 .חשיפה: מחר (ד’) בבוקר יוסר האיסור שהטילה הצנזורה הצבאית במשך 11 שנה על דיווחים בנושא תקיפת הכור... Read More Read more about BREAKING: Israel to Lift Military Censorship Over 2007 Bombing of Purported Syrian Nuclear Reactor
Saudi Interventionism in Syria and Yemen Mirrors Israeli Adventurism Mideast Peace Saudi Interventionism in Syria and Yemen Mirrors Israeli Adventurism Richard Silverstein November 20, 2017 The New Yorker features a new piece (in many cases if a publication has a paywall you may... Read More Read more about Saudi Interventionism in Syria and Yemen Mirrors Israeli Adventurism
Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War Mideast Peace Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War Richard Silverstein November 6, 2017 My thanks to Middle East Eye for running a condensed version of this piece earlier this week:... Read More Read more about Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War