France

'Masters of the Universe' Should Let the Syrian People Solve Their Own Problems

07-17-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

It is not Macron's business who is the Syrian president, but it is good that he thinks eliminating the terrorist threat is more important than ousting Bashar Assad in a regime change, says Lew Rockwell, editor of LewRockwell.com.

Trump Administration

Trump Wants Authority to Build New Bases in Iraq, Syria

07-16-2017 • AntiWar.com by Jason Ditz

White House Complains Legal Restrictions Are Hampering 'Temporary' Sites

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Declares Mosul "Liberated" From The Islamic State

07-09-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday to announce the city's "liberation" from the Islamic State, and to congratulate the Iraqi armed forces and people on their "victory" in the city after nearly nine months of urb

Syria

Breaking: US, Russia Reach Deal on Syria Cease-Fire – Huge Trump Victory

07-09-2017 • https://www.prisonplanet.com, Kit Daniels

This is a major diplomatic win for Trump, and a reversal of Obama's warmongering

Syria

US, Russia Agree on Ceasefire in Southwestern Syria

07-07-2017 • AntiWar.com by Jason Ditz

Tillerson: US Still Insists on Ouster of Assad

Trump Administration

Trump Meets Putin - Who Has the Upper Hand?

07-07-2017 • https://www.youtube.com

A day before his historic meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump had strong words for Russia in his speech in Warsaw. Is it bluster? Or will he seek to put Putin in his place? And what of the voters attracted to his "let's get al

Trump Administration

Patching It Up With Putin

07-07-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

President Donald Trump flew off for his first meeting with Vladimir Putin -- with instructions from our foreign policy elite that he get into the Russian president's face over his hacking in the election of 2016.

Islam-Islamic Affairs

US MUSLIM LEADER ISSUES SHOCK DECLARATION AGAINST TRUMP - ...

07-07-2017 • https://www.youtube.com

SHE NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY! Danny Gold for Liberty Writers reports, We all knew it was only a matter of time, but Islamist activist Linda Sarsour has finally taken her demands to THAT level. In a speech to a major US Muslim organization, Sa

Saudi Arabia

Doha needs healthy, constructive relationship with Tehran: Qatari FM

07-06-2017 • http://www.presstv.ir

The Qatari foreign minister has emphasized that his country needs a healthy and constructive relationship with neighboring Iran as opposed to the 13-point list of demands from Saudi Arabia and its allies, which includes a downgrade of relations with

Trump Administration

Trump finally turns on Russia as he warns Putin to STOP his aggression in Syria ...

07-06-2017 • http://www.dailymail.co.uk

and Ukraine as he issues full-throated attack on radical Islamic terrorism AND government bureaucracy to delight of thousands of Poles who chant his name...President Donald Trump browbeat Russia on Thursday for its 'destabilizing activities in Ukrain

Refugees

Over 500,000 Syrian Refugees Return To Government-Controlled Areas Of Syria

07-05-2017 • zerohedge.com by Whitney Webb

Crucial to the Western narrative of the Syrian conflict is the assertion that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a brutal dictator who has taken to killing his own people over the course of Syria's six-year-long conflict.

Turkey

Turkey Warns It's Ready For Military Intervention In Syria...

07-05-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Speaking in an interview with France 24, in which Turkish president Recep Erdogan lashed out at Germany for not allowing him to address the Turkish community there and preventing him from bringing his bodyguards to the upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg

UAE United Arab Emirates

Qatar Blockade To Continue After Arab States Slam "Negative" Response To Ultimatum

07-05-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain released statements following a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday, after the latest deadline they had set to Qatar expired on Tuesday night.

Libya

Newsbud Exclusive- The 'Humanitarian' Destruction of Libya – Part 3: The War on Africa

07-05-2017 • newsbud.com by Bas Spliet

This article is part of a three-part series called "The 'humanitarian' destruction of Libya" that analyses the 2011 war in Libya and the motives behind it.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Has Handed the Emir of Qatar an Opportunity to Redirect History

07-03-2017 • http://www.paulcraigroberts.org,Paul Craig Roberts

In the event you have noticed the hullabaloo about Qatar and wonder what it is about, it is about Al Jazeera, a news organization, established by the Emir who rules the oil and gas sheikdom on the Persian Gulf. Al Jezeera is far more professional tha

Islam-Islamic Affairs

5 Maps That Explain The Modern Middle East

07-03-2017 • zerohedge.com by George Friedman

If geopolitics studies how nations behave, then the nation is singularly important.