#Trump exchange with Foxnews on #Assad #syria pic.twitter.com/5C286Tw3B3 — Rana Abtar – رنا أبتر (@Ranaabtar) September 15, 2020 In yet another astonishing revelation, Donald Trump told his anti-Boswell, Bob Woodward, that U.S. intelligence was poised to assassinate Syrian president, Bashar al Assad in 2017. The account is featured in his new book, Rage: “Let’s fucking […]
Israel Desperately Wants to Deny Iran Nukes, Trump May Have Just Ensured It Gets Them
During the decades preceding Trump’s election, both Israeli and U.S. leaders swore that their greatest wish was to ensure Iran did not obtain nuclear weapons. There was an argument between the two countries about the best way to do this, with U.S. presidents Bush and Obama refusing to use military force; while Israel argued incessantly […]
Al-Bagdhadi: We Killed the Man, But Not the Movement
Originally, I conceived this post as a critique of Trump’s withdrawal from Syria, which is itself part of an overall U.S. ‘pivot’ away from the Middle East that has gathered momentum over the past decade or more. But yesterday’s announcement of the murder of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi offered an even more direct and specific way […]
Trump Abandons Syria and Kurds to Putin, Erdogan and Assad
NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my account of a disturbing interview with Israeli Internal Security Minister, Gilad Erdan, in which he declares that Israel will topple the current status quo at the Haram al Sharif. Erdan also intimates that Israel plans to rebuild the Temple, thus implying that the holy mosques would be in […]
