Middle East Wars

Yemen, a Quagmire for Saudi Coalition and Imperialists

January 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Yemen

by Azza Rojbi, published in the Fire This Time Newspaper, December, 2020 “I was still awake. I was sitting in a chair because I was afraid of the planes flying overhead and making a very loud noise. Then they dropped a bomb near us and afterwards they hit our neighbourhood with three bombs. After that, I lost consciousness.” These are[…]

The Syria Charity Scam

January 6, 2021 UNAC Editor NGOs, Poverty and Sanctions, Syria

by Paul Larudee, from Syria Solidarity Movement, January 5, 2020 Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, the Syrian American Medical Society, the White Helmets, Islamic Relief USA, CARE and other major tax-deductible charities all advertise that they are providing humanitarian aid to Syrians. Their ads can be found in Facebook, Twitter and other social media on a regular basis.[…]

Aleppo’s Liberation Four Years Ago: Lest We Forget

December 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Syria

by Jan Oberg, initially published on The Transnational, December 13, 2020 A retrospective on the turning point in Syria, where the western powers drive to destroy the Syrian government and the fabric of Syrian society was checked and diverted into its current twisted formulation. I think Jan is right that we should not forget what went before and how we[…]

U.S. Role in Assassination of Iranian Scientist

December 1, 2020 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, Middle East Wars

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, November 30, 2020 The targeted assassination of top Iranian physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27, and Donald Trump’s immediate approving Tweet, confirm the determination of U.S. and Israeli rulers to sabotage every possible effort for peace or normalization of relations with Iran or the region. The multi-pronged attack involved at[…]

Congress Will Say Anything About Syria These Days

October 31, 2020 UNAC Editor Syria, US Hypocrisy

by Andy Corbley, published on Antiwar.com, October 28, 2020 After all this time . . . . [jb] In a recent letter written to Secretary of State Pompeo, a number of Congressmen led by Eliot Engel (D–NY) and Michael McCaul (R–TX) expressed their “deep concern” as “strong supporters of the Syrian people” that various countries are attempting to normalize relations[…]

Two Massive New Leaks Show Dirty Underbelly of Empire

October 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Surveillance, Syria, Terrorism, The War at Home

by Lee Camp, published on Consortium News, October 12, 2020 Most Americans don’t know reality. They know their personal reality, but unfortunately their reality is thoroughly detached from real pure, uncut reality. For example, do they know that police across the country work with corporations to criminalize journalism? Do they know that large PR companies created a false reality to[…]

Yemen’s Never Ending War

October 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Western Hegemony, Gulf State Despots and Modern-Day Genocide of the Yemeni People by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, October 21, 2020 Recently, US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a statement on his promise to end his country’s support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen saying that “under Biden-Harris Administration, we will reassess our relationship with the [Saudi[…]

Following US Pressure, Aid to Yemen Falls to Just 25 Cents Per Day

October 9, 2020 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia, War and Weapons, War on the Poor, Yemen

by Alan MacLeod, Published on MintPress News, October 7, 2020 Home to what the United Nations has described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” Yemen is on the brink of total disaster after five years of protracted war. Yet crucial international aid to the country has been cut this year to just 25 cents per person, per day, around half of what[…]

Oppose U.S. Government Interference in Lebanon

September 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC), September 29, 2020 Lebanon has been in the news recently because of demonstrations and a huge explosion at the port in Beirut. There has been a lot of talk about what is going on in Lebanon. CAWC thinks, as we have been expressing in a series of Statements against U.S. government interference and[…]

Franco-American Designs on Lebanon, A Post-Catastrophe Update

September 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lebanon, Lebanon, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by As’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, September 13, 2020 Lebanon moves from one catastrophe to another; as if the blast at Beirut airport last month wasn’t enough. There was another fire there this week at Beirut port, an area that was subjected in August to government emergency laws. Those emergency laws put the Army command in charge of the[…]