Over the past few days, Syria reported that Iraqi Shiite militia were attacked by air in eastern Syria. There were major losses with media stories claiming that at least 22 were killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights puts the death toll at 52. UPDATES: A new SOHR report raises the death toll and changes the nationalities of many of the victims … [Read more...]
Abbas: Salman’s Palestinian Poodle
We haven't heard too many new outrages from Saudi Arabia in a few days. So perhaps the ambitious Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is toning down his ambitions after the U.S. warned him he was going too far; or else he temporarily moderated himself preparing for a new onslaught on as yet unspecified targets. Salman has been doing a lot of summoning of his … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War
My thanks to Middle East Eye for running a condensed version of this piece earlier this week: Over the past three days, the drumbeat of war in the Middle East has risen to a fever-pitch. Saudi Arabia has provoked both an internal domestic, and a foreign crisis to permit Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to realize his grandiose vision of the Saudi state. … [Read more...]
