Am 2. März wählt Israel zum dritten Mal innerhalb eines Jahres. Der Vorsitzende des Mitte-Bündnisses Blau-Weiß, Benny Gantz, bringt sich mit kernigen Aussagen in Stellung. Sein Widersacher, Premier Netanjahu, hatte schon 2019 eine Annexion des Jordantals angekündigt. Das Schicksal des Jordantals scheint besiegelt: Israels Oppositionsführer Benny Gantz hat für den Fall eines Wahlsieges am 2. März eine Annektierung des Jordantals im besetzten Westjordanland angekündigt.

There’s been no shortage of cultural and political figures over the last couple of centuries who would show interest towards the incredibly rich history of the Middle East. Essentially, this region gave birth to economy as we know it, a handful of ancient civilizations on top of three of world’s major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The United States started showing interest towards the Greater Middle East (that includes North Africa, Iran and Afghanistan on top of the Levant) as early as in the 19th century, when 20% of its maritime trade was with the Middle East...In a world where the Middle East acquires 35% of the world’s total arms sold each year, Turkish journalists go above and beyond to draw attention to the fact that all of these weapons are being used against Muslims!

Am Freitag versuchte ein islamistischer Selbstmordattentäter in Aleppo syrische Soldaten und sich selbst in die Luft zu jagen. Dazu hatte er ein Auto auf die Stellung der syrischen Armee gesteuert, das mit Sprengstoff bestückt war. Die syrischen Soldaten kamen ihm allerdings zuvor, starteten zum Gegenangriff und ließen das Auto samt Attentäter in sicherer Entfernung explodieren.

In Syrien sahen sich Truppen auf dem von Russland betriebenen Militärflugplatz Hmeimim gestern einem Drohnenangriff unbekannter Kämpfer ausgesetzt. Angesichts der Gefahr aktivierten die Soldaten auf dem Luftwaffenstützpunkt das russische Flugabwehrraketensystem und wehrten den Angriff erfolgreich ab. Videoaufnahmen zeigen den Abschuss.

Nach Angaben eines hochrangigen irakischen Vertreters plant der Irak, sich im Austausch für Erdöllieferungen Flugabwehrsysteme zu beschaffen. Erst vor Kurzem hatten die USA im Irak einen iranischen General sowie einen Kommandeur einer offiziellen irakischen Miliz getötet.

Regierungen mächtiger Staaten, insbesondere der USA, machen sich andere Staaten nicht nur durch militärische Macht und politischen und wirtschaftlichen Druck gefügig. Nicht zu unterschätzen ist die „Soft Power“, die unter anderem im Gewand von Nichtregierungsorganisationen auftritt. Im Laufe der letzten 20 Jahre hat die Verbreitung „zivilgesellschaftlicher” Gruppen die politische Kultur so verändert, dass es westlichen kolonialen Interessen dient, meint As`ad AbuKhalil auf „Consortium News“. Den Text hat Susanne Hofmann übersetzt.

...While recent rhetoric in the media has dwelled on the extent of Iran’s influence in Iraq, China’s recent dealings with Iraq — particularly in its oil sector — are to blame for much of what has transpired in Iraq in recent months, at least according to Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who is currently serving in a caretaker role....After the feed was cut, MPs who were present wrote down Abdul-Mahdi’s remarks, which were then given to the Arabic news outlet Ida’at. Per that transcript, Abdul-Mahdi stated that: The Americans are the ones who destroyed the country and wreaked havoc on it. They have refused to finish building the electrical system and infrastructure projects. They have bargained for the reconstruction of Iraq in exchange for Iraq giving up 50% of oil imports. So, I refused and decided to go to China and concluded an important and strategic agreement."

La famine menace toujours plus le peuple libanais. En cause une dette publique galopante en mains de prédateurs financiers. Mais pas seulement. Un système monétaro-financier mafieux a pris tout un pays en otage sur fond de conquête par le billet vert, véritable arme de destruction massive.

Mettant en avant ses orientations géopolitiques et ses «très bonnes» relations avec l`Arabie saoudite, Donald Trump a rapporté que Riyad avait mis la main au portefeuille en échange d`un renforcement de la présence militaire américaine dans ce pays. Au cours d`un entretien diffusé le 10 janvier sur la chaîne de télévision américaine FoxNews, le président des Etats-Unis a vanté l`assise de son pays sur la scène internationale. Il a notamment abordé ce qu`il a qualifié de «très bonnes relations» entre Washington et Riyad.

Irakische Regierungsvertreter warnen, daß sie vor einem nahezu sofortigen wirtschaftlichen Zusammenbruch stehen würden, wenn Präsident Trump gegen sie Sanktionen verhängt, weil sie die US-Truppen aufgefordert haben, das Land zu verlassen. Das irakische Parlament wies am 5. Januar mit 170:0 Stimmen die Regierung an, alle ausländischen Truppen zu vertreiben.

Personne n`a cru à la trêve annoncée à Idlib et on a eu raison. En effet, cette trêve qui a été aussitôt violée, permet une redéploiement des forces à Alep, province stratégique où la Résistance détient ses positions en soutient à l`armée syrienne.

Haitham bin Tarek has indicated he will maintain the country`s independent foreign policy in a troubled Gulf region....The new Sultan, Haitham bin Tariq named by Qaboos in a letter opened following his death, will now have to undertake serious economic reforms to safeguard Qaboos`s legacy and maintain internal stability, analysts said. At the same time, Haitham will be in charge of upholding the country`s foreign policy - which can be summarised as "an enemy to no one and a friend to all" - amid a polarising conflict in the region.

Qaboos was a direct descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty and he ruled the Gulf state since 1970... "Sultan Qaboos will first and foremost be remembered for initiating the `Omani Renaissance`, undertaking social, economic, educational and cultural reforms as well as opening Oman up to the world," Jeffrey Lefebvre, associate professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, told Al Jazeera. "In a conservative society, he also took the lead in promoting women to positions of influence in the government [like] the Omani ambassador to the United States, and ensuring representation in popularly elected legislative councils," Lefebvre added.

Der Sultan von Oman Qabus ibn Said ist verstorben. Nach fast 50 Jahren auf dem Thron erlag der Monarch im Alter von 79 Jahren seiner Krebserkrankung. In seiner Amtszeit spielte Qabus eine wichtige Vermittlerrolle in der Region und unterhielt gute Beziehungen zum Iran.

By Scott Ritter - Russian leader Vladimir Putin made a surprise Christmas visit to Syria, where he met with the country`s president, Bashar Assad. The tranquility of their meeting was in sharp contrast to the hell breaking out in neighboring Iraq. The unannounced visit to Syria, where Putin also delivered a Christmas address to Russian forces deployed in that nation, was remarkable.

Thursday, the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) called on Thursday for the endorsement of the steadfast population of the occupied city of Jerusalem through implementing projects that aim at strengthening Palestinians’ roots in the face of the occupation and the rabid campaign of Judaisation targeting them. The rapporteur of the Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, MP Ahmed Abu Halabiya, demanded on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) undertakes an active role in pursuing the occupation authorities for the crimes they are committing against Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli police officers impersonating Palestinian technicians were attacked by two teenagers in the illegal Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion located in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

With the risk of Iraq becoming a theatre of war following American assassination of Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Saudi Arabia has said that it is doing everything in its power to spare the country from the dangers of another war.

US troops withdrew from two military bases in Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah yesterday following the previous night’s missile strikes by Iran on US bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani. According to local sources American forces left from a base in Kharab Al-Jir area and moved towards the Al-Walid crossing near the Iraqi-Syrian border in a caravan of 40 military trucks, with at least 50 more evacuating another base in Shaddadi towards Houl, east of Hasakah.

The letter of Gen. William H. Sili, commander of US military operations in Iraq, was leaked and then rapidly disseminated among Israel’s most senior security figures Jan. 6. In fact, a translated version in Hebrew appeared only minutes after the letter was leaked to the media, sweeping up the WhatsApp groups of Israel’s most top-secret (coded) defense systems.

Iran’s anticipated retaliation for the US assassination of Qassem Suleimani sent a clear signal to Donald Trump that while the current round of violence may be over, Iran stands ready to respond to any future US provocation.

Toward the end of a segment on Press TV dealing with the assassination of General Qassam Soleimani, the moderator interrupted what I was saying to announce that the IRGC had fired rockets from Iran at two American military bases in Iraq.

80 people were killed in Iran’s missile attack on US bases in Iraq, Reuters reported with reference to Iran’s state television. Earlier, CNN said citing sources that the missiles launched by the Iranian side hit the part of the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq where no American troops were stationed.

Mike Pompeo und Mark Esper eilten sofort zu Donald Trump, der im U.S.-Wahlkampfjahr 2020 den starken republikanischen Präsidenten demonstrieren wird.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Syria, holding talks with his counterpart, Bashar Assad, at the Russian military command center.

The government of Iraq has asked Washington for clarification, after Baghdad received Arabic and English-language letters on troop withdrawal containing different messages.

Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Forat news agency reported that the alliance took the decision on Tuesday to move its command center from the Iraqi capital Baghdad to Kuwait City.

Iraq’s influential cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has released a statement saying that if US troops do not leave the country, Iraq will turn into a new Vietnam for Washington.

... “There is no need for the presence of American forces after defeating Daesh,” said Ammar al-Shibli, a lawmaker and member of the parliamentary legal committee. “We have our own armed forces which are capable of protecting the country,” he said, Reuters reported.

Nul n’ignore plus les difficultés du Premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Netanyahou, encore en exercice à l’heure où j’écris ces lignes. Le Procureur général de l’Etat l’a mis en examen, le 20 novembre, le jour même il renoncait à former le nouveau gouvernement, faute de majorité à la Knesset, retenant trois chefs d’accusation à son encontre : « corruption », « fraude fiscale » et « abus de confiance » dans diverses affaires. Une décision qui pourrait coûter très cher à Netanyahou. Il risque jusqu’à 16 années de prison !

Am 2. Januar feuerte eine US-Drohne eine Rakete auf einen Fahrzeugkonvoi, der den Flughafen von Bagdad verließ, und tötete den iranischen Generalmajor Qassem Suleimani und die Führer irakischer Milizen. Die Trump-Administration behauptet, dass der Angriff Terroristen eliminiert hat, die Angriffe auf die US-Streitkräfte planten. Aber viele Iraker und Iraner betrachten es als einen kriegerischen Akt.

“When the coffins of American soldiers and officers begin to be transported ... to the United States, Trump and his administration will realize that they have really lost the region and will lose the elections,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech broadcast live from the Lebanese capital city of Beirut as he addressed his supporters on Sunday evening.

Yemeni forces have targeted a gathering of Saudi mercenaries in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir with domestically-manufactured missiles in retaliation for airstrikes by the kingdom, a Yemeni military source says.

Under the 2014 agreement in which American troops were invited to return to Iraq to help in the fight against the Islamic State, a foreign troop withdrawal begins after one-year notice. If the letter of the agreement is maintained, US troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future. But that is the legal status, not the reality on the ground, which is yet to be determined. There are currently more than 5,200 US troops in Iraq.

Update: There are unconfirmed reports that US aircraft have attacked Iranian positions near the eastern Syrian city of Al-Bukamal. Meanwhile, a US surveillance drone was reportedly shot down by Iran`s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Anbar, however there has been no official confirmation.

The Iraqi parliament on Sunday passed a draft law requiring the government to end the presence of foreign forces in Iraq and prevent them from using Iraqi airspace and water.

Iraq`s Balad Air Base, which hosts a number of US forces and contractors, has been the subject of a rocket attack. At least three unguided projectiles have exploded inside the facility, reportedly causing no casualties.

An explosion has rocked Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located. Some reports indicate that a rocket was fired, targeting the area.

Shortly after the United States’ assassination of a senior Iranian commander in Baghdad, a fresh American airstrike hits a convoy belonging to Iraq’s anti-terror fighters north of the Arab country’s capital, reportedly killing six people.

Rui Filipe Gutschmidt – 2. Januar 2020 Der israelische Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu forderte am Mittwoch den Präsidenten des Parlaments, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein auf, ihm parlamentarische Immunität zu verleihen.

The US State Department is calling on all US citizens to “depart Iraq immediately” in advice issued on Friday, in the wake of the US killing of key Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Le premier ministre sortant, Benyamin Netanyahou, a perdu sa majorité en avril dernier par la défection de son ex-allié stratégique Avigdor Lieberman, ancien videur de boîtes de nuit, devenu ministre de la Défense. Désireux de se maintenir à tout prix au pouvoir pour des raisons personnelles, il a dissous la Knesset (le parlement) et décidé de nouvelles élections, le 17 septembre.

Two teenage boys from the Jewish-only settlement of Bat Ayin have been arrested for attacking a pair of cops disguised as Palestinian laborers in what the right-wing legal aid group defending them has condemned as a “provocation.”

Die reguläre syrisch-arabische Armee (SAA) hat am Montag ihre Operationen in der Nähe von Ma`arrat al-Numan im Südosten des syrischen Gouvernements Idlib fortgesetzt.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, ministre iranien des Affaires étrangères et son homologue russe Sergueï Lavrov, ont entamé un dialogue portant sur les relations bilatérales, le Plan global d’action conjoint (PGAC) et les questions régionales et internationales. «Contrairement aux États-Unis, l’Iran et la Russie s’emploient à établir la paix et la stabilité dans la région. Les plans proposés à cet effet par Téhéran et Moscou en sont révélateurs », a affirmé Zarif.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the army`s operations against terrorist groups in the northwestern province of Idlib are aimed at eliminating terrorism as a threat to security and safety of the Arab country`s nation.

President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for bombing a coalition base and orchestrating the storming of the US Embassy in Baghdad, as Iraqis rage at American airstrikes on militias in the country.

Tausende Menschen versammeln sich derzeit laut internationalen Nachrichtenagenturen vor der amerikanischen Botschaft in Bagdad. Hintergrund ist die Wut vieler Iraker über die jüngsten US-Luftangriffe, bei denen mehr als zwei Dutzend paramilitärische Kämpfer getötet wurden.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has condemned US airstrikes on what he claims were “Iraqi armed forces,” saying that such attacks will have “grave consequences.”

Four Katyusha rockets hit Sunday a base that houses U.S. troops near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a Interior Ministry official said.

The Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on Friday that Salih decried the attacks as being unacceptable and damaging for the country, adding that the strikes were contrary to security agreements inked between Baghdad and Washington.

US airstrikes have pounded three Kataib Hezbollah military facilities near the town of Qaim, Iraq, as well as two targets in Syria, in response to the group’s alleged bombing of an Iraqi military base on Friday.

Fifty Yemenis have died from the latest outbreak of the H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, in the war-ravaged country and 1,600 others are suspected to have contracted the disease, says the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population.

Yemen’s soldiers have adeptly managed to impose military equations on the Saudi-led coalition involved in a deadly campaign against the impoverished country, says the spokesman for Yemeni armed forces.

Velayati who is an adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a delegation of representatives from Syrian tribes in Tehran on Saturday.

Au quotidien, Gaza nous est transmise comme une image sanglante ou une vidéo dramatique, dont aucune ne peut vraiment saisir la réalité quotidienne de la bande de Gaza – sa formidable constance, les actes de résistance quotidiens et le type de souffrance qui ne peut jamais être vraiment compris à travers un coup d’œil habituel à un poste sur les réseaux sociaux.

ANNA News has some excellent footage of recent combat in Idlib. It shows some 25th Special Mission Forces Division units on the attack. You get a good feel for the nature of the combat with small, combined arms units operating over fairly open terrain.

The video shows a Syrian soldier (some pages said he was an officer), as he faces an American patrol in the eastern Euphrates. The Syrian Army soldier tells the U.S. patrol: “You are occupiers, and you will leave Syria either today or tomorrow.”

’Arabie Saoudite et les Émirats Arabes Unis ont participé ce mois-ci à la Coupe du Golfe de football au Qatar, une première depuis que ces pays ont boycotté leur voisin. Cette décision est inattendue car, depuis le 5 juin 2017, Riyad et Abou Dhabi ont rompu leurs relations diplomatiques avec Doha et lui ont imposé des sanctions économiques ainsi qu’un blocus terrestre, maritime et aérien. Ces nations accusent le Qatar d’être le foyer du terrorisme régional et de participer à diverses entreprises de déstabilisation aux côtés de l’Iran.

Damas a l’intention de poursuivre en justice les États-Unis, a annoncé la conseillère du Président syrien Bouthaina Shaaban. «Les autorités syriennes examinent les mesures légales à prendre au niveau international pour intenter un procès contre les États-Unis qui pillent le pétrole syrien et violent la souveraineté du pays», a-t-elle déclaré dans un entretien à la chaîne de télévision libanaise al-Mayadeen.

Official news agency SANA said troops pressed ahead with their advances in the southeastern countryside of Idlib on Thursday, and liberated strategic villages of Halban, Samaka, Tal Khatra and Khirbet Nawwaf from Takfiri terrorists.

Tal Samin is located 26 km north of Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia). Just a few days ago, US troops were still present in the rear base, located in a former school building.

A senior advisor to Iran’s Leader says the country is prepared to help Syria regarding the withdrawal of American troops from the Arab state.

Das russische online Portal RusVesna.Su hat exklusive Luftaufnahmen zugespielt bekommen, die veranschaulichen das der türkische Beobachtungsposten Nr.8 in Surnam im ländlichen Idlib, als Unterschlupf und Kommandoposten für Al-Qaida Terroristen fungiert.

The Christian denominations in Syria celebrated the merry Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messenger of Love and Peace, by holding masses and prayers at churches and places of worship.

Syrian Arab army’s air defenses on Tuesday downed a drone belonging to terrorist organizations in al-Sqailbiyeh city in the northwestern countryside of Hama province.

Protesters demonstrated against the economic and financial policies in Lebanon on Tuesday, and demanded a major overhaul of the banking sector.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) spoke to several Yemeni mothers about their experience in the war and the effects that the war has had on them and their families. This is the testimony of a mother named Nadia: The plane shelled close to us. We fled because we were afraid for our children … Our life was miserable even before the war … We depend on livestock. I just sold a sheep to buy flour and sugar. I do not cook anything but bread and tea … My baby was close to death a few days ago. He had fever and seizure. I was holding him and crying to my mother. The war on Yemen has lasted for almost half a decade, and it has been a nightmare for the country’s civilian population. Millions have been driven from their homes, almost a quarter of a million have died from starvation, disease, and violence, and tens of millions are on the edge of famine.

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Syrian Arab Army units reestablished control over the strategic town of al-Tehh in the southeastern countryside of Idleb following violent battles.

Syrian Arab Army’s units on Saturday continued their military operations against the terrorist organizations in the southeastern countryside of Idleb and cleared three new villages after eliminating terrorists in them.

Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement, says Israeli and American spy services are behind violent attacks in Iraq, and they include attacks on protesters and even the US embassy in Baghdad.

Equation compliquée au royaume de Bahreïn. Avec des surfaces comptées, dédiées avant tout à l’exploitation pétrolière, ce petit pays du golfe Persique a décidé de faire une place au solaire afin d’entamer sa transition énergétique. La monarchie pétrolière s’est fixé un objectif de production d’énergie renouvelable de 700 MW à l’horizon 2030.

China’s special envoy for Syria says the United States’ pretext for extending its military presence in the Arab country, namely to protect Syrian oil fields, is untenable.

Der Zusammenbruch der libanesischen Zentralbank in Folge eines gewaltigen Staatsbetruges hat das Land in eine beispiellose Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise gestürzt. Das Land zahlt nun für seine 76 Jahre politischer Abhängigkeit und seine acht Jahre völliger politischer Vakanz. Die Realität seiner Situation unterscheidet sich sehr von der Wahrnehmung seiner Bürger.

The reduction would mean 114 fewer people at the US Embassy in Baghdad, 15 fewer people at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, and eight fewer people at Consulate General in Erbil, the capital of Iraq`s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the report said.

The outsized role of U.S. Israel lobby operatives in abetting the theft of Syrian and Iraqi oil reveals how this powerful lobby also facilitates more covert aspects of U.S.-Israeli cooperation and the implementation of policies that favor Israel.

Gérant le fonds souverain d`Arabie saoudite depuis 2015, Yasir Al Rumayyan est aussi le président du géant pétrolier Aramco qui vient d`entrer en Bourse. Figure emblématique de la nouvelle génération de dirigeants formés à l`anglo-saxonne, il semble avoir été placé à ce poste pour rassurer les investisseurs occidentaux que Mohammed ben Salmane, le prince héritier au double visage, inquiète.

Tout en restreignant l`accès des Palestiniens à l`eau, Israël a effectivement développé ses propres infrastructures et réseaux d`eau en Cisjordanie pour l`usage de ses propres citoyens en Israël et dans les colonies - qui sont illégaux en vertu du droit international. La société israélienne des eaux Mekorot a systématiquement creusé des puits et exploité des sources en Cisjordanie occupée pour approvisionner sa population, y compris celle vivant dans des colonies illégales, en eau à des fins domestiques, agricoles et industrielles. Alors que Mekorot vend de l`eau aux services publics palestiniens, le montant est déterminé par les autorités israéliennes.

Davutoglu a été chef du gouvernement, sous M. Erdogan, de 2014 à 2016, avant d’être brutalement écarté en raison de désaccords avec le chef de l’État et alors qu’il semblait vouloir prendre davantage d’autonomie. Lors d’une cérémonie à Ankara, il a officialisé la naissance du « Parti de l’avenir » et présenté son emblème, une feuille de platane, symbole d’enracinement, de la couleur verte de l’islam, un appel du pied aux électeurs conservateurs déçus du parti présidentiel AKP.

Nach Shlomo Sand, James Petras, Gilad Atzmon u. a. tritt ein neuer Experte auf, der beweist, dass die europäischen Juden, die hier und in dem Gebilde ‘Israel’ leben, mit Juden absolut nichts zu tun haben. Alle die schönen Märchen der Zionisten werden wie Burgen von Kindern im Sand von den Wellen hinweggewischt. Aber im Erzählen von Märchen sind sie ja groß – da werden sie bald ein Neues auftischen. … http://www.barth-engelbart.de/?p=218700

Les autorités ont annoncé sur Twitter que les restaurants du pays ne seraient plus obligés d’avoir des entrées séparées selon le sexe. Jusqu’à présent, le plus grand pays de la péninsule arabique exigeait que tous les restaurants et cafés aient une entrée pour les familles et les femmes seules, et une autre réservée aux hommes. À l’intérieur, les femmes sont généralement isolées des hommes par des palissades.

Turkey has threatened the United States with requesting its withdrawal from Incirlik Air Base if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara over purchase of S400 missile defense systems from Russia.

A senior member of the Iraqi parliament`s Security and Defense Commission disclosed on Tuesday that the US continues non-stop dispatch of arms and military equipment to Ein al-Assad base in al-Anbar province without the government`s knowledge.

Depuis les attaques contre deux sites pétroliers de la société nationale saoudienne Aramco en Arabie saoudite, la monarchie saoudienne semble vouloir revoir sa politique régionale. En effet, ces attaques ont particulièrement mis en évidence l’incapacité des autorités saoudiennes à protéger leurs actifs stratégiques. Cette crise géopolitique a aussi souligné le refus des États-Unis de riposter militairement contre le régime iranien et ses alliés dans la région. Il est possible que la fragilité géopolitique de la région ternisse la confiance des investisseurs dans l’introduction en bourse d’Aramco, que le prince héritier saoudien Mohammed ben Salman (MBS) espère récolter un retour sur investissement majeur pour ensuite mettre en œuvre son plan économique, Vision 2030

For several weeks now, much of the Lebanese population has turned on the country’s traditional political leaders and wrought havoc on the corrupt domestic political system. Those who have ruled the country for decades have offered little in the way of reforms, have paid little attention to the infrastructure, and done little or nothing to provide job opportunities outside the circle of their clients. The protestors were also driven into the street by the US measures strangling the Lebanese economy and preventing most of the 7-8 million expatriates from transferring financial support (around $8 billion per year) to their relatives back home. This is how the US administration has conducted its policy in the Middle East in its failed attempt to bring Iran and its allies to their knees.

The bulk of Lebanon’s corrupt ruling class are clients of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, not Iran. But this fact is too inconvenient for Western media to point out, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.

Lebanese businessman Samir al-Khatib, one of the leading candidates for the position of prime minister, has withdrawn his candidacy to lead the next government, paving the way for caretaker Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri to re-emerge for the job.

Life is gradually returning to normal in Abu Rasin area and its villages in Hasaka northern countryside, with the return of business activity to markets there due the state of stability brought to the area by the presence of the Syrian Arab Army.

Hundreds of displaced Syrian citizens are heading towards their hometowns and villages from an overcrowded desert camp in the northeast of the conflict-hit country.

Lebanon’s new government must have a plan to immediately carry out reforms in the cash-strapped country, says a lawmaker from the Hezbollah resistance movement, stressing that “chances of a solution to the crisis have not been eliminated.”

According to the peacekeeper, once the civil war broke out, this strategically important site fell under the control of IS. The strategically vital Al-Ba’ath HPP, in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa, is in the process of being renovated, Vladimir Varnavskiy, an officer from the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides told TASS.

Cette fois-ci, rien ne semble devoir fonctionner. Le Premier ministre israélien, Benjamin Netanyahu, a essayé toutes les combines possible pour sauver sa carrière politique et éviter une éventuelle condamnation à la prison. Mais pour le plus ancien dirigeant d’Israël, la lune de miel est certainement sur le point de se terminer.

When the Saudi King Salman promoted his son Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) to Defense Minister and then Crown Prince the expectations were high. But three of the major projects Muhammad since launched soon ran into trouble. Now initiatives are under way to limit the damage he caused. The end of the five year old Saudi war on Yemen is coming into sight. The public offering of the Saudi state owned ARAMCO oil company is finally taken place but with a much lower valuation than originally planned. The thirty month spat with Qatar is under repair.

Ben Salmane, ne semble pas être un souverain à qui tout réussit ! C’est même l’inverse, car pour le moment, de la guerre ratée contre le Yemen aux menaces iraniennes, sans oublier les attaques houthis contre les installations pétrolières du royaume, jusqu’à la privatisation du géant pétrolier Aramco dont la production représente rien de moins que 10 % de la production mondiale totale ce qui est considérable, rien ne fonctionne franchement comme prévu.

Israel must leave the Golan. The UN General Assembly reiterated it in recent days, which gave a great slap to US President Donald Trump who on several occasions declared legal the occupation of the territories taken from the Tel Aviv army to Syria. The news did not have prominence in the western media that instead in June last had celebrated with enthusiasm the laying of the foundation stone of the city Trump Heights, so named by the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu after the public recognition by the White House of the territories occupied by Israel in the the Golan plateau.

Israel schneidet die Palästinenser in den besetzten Gebieten systematisch von einer Versorgung mit sauberem Trinkwasser ab. Es gibt keine ethnischen Säuberungen und Israel ist die einzige Demokratie im Mittleren Osten. Mit groben Pinselstrichen zeichnen unsere Medien und etablierten Politiker ein eher idyllisches Bild von Israel. Wie aber soll man es nennen, wenn israelische Zivilbeamte, geschützt von Soldaten, mühsam verlegte Wasserrohre im Westjordanland mutwillig zerstören? Etwa Demokratie?

Devlet Bahçeli, célèbre politicien turc, académicien de l`université Gazi, représentant du sommet du Parti du mouvement national, ancien vice-premier ministre turc (1999-2002), a commenté l`achat de systèmes antiaériens russes S-400 par Ankara et leurs récents essais sur une base militaire près de la capitale turque.