Middle East Wars

America’s Secret War on Yemen

August 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Yemen

by Jack Dresser, originally published on CounterPunch Far too few Americans seem to be asking an obvious question, why is the United States supporting the genocidal Saudi war upon Yemen? Considering that Yemen’s humanitarian crisis now exceeds every other disaster in the world, this vital question deserves an informed and serious answer incorporating the geography and history that Americans learn[…]

Syria Condemns Saudi Regime Heinous Crime Against Children in Yemen

August 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia

I am merely publishing this to make the point that neither CNN or the Washington Post have condemned these crimes. Responding to the murder of 50 children on a bus in northern Yemen, it is worthy of comment that US activists and ‘barbaric’ enemy states are the only ones offended. by Mazen, originally published in SANA and republished[…]

Robert Fisk: “I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers”

August 4, 2018 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Syria

Image: A prior spent missile tube in Syria with “Hughes Aircraft Company” listed as manufacturer which surfaced in 2014 (not part of the same batch of weapons analyzed in Fisk’s report). Notice the attempt to scratch off the serial numbers. Via Armament Research Services by Tyler Durden, originally published on Zero Hedge Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet[…]

Syria Calls Refugees Home While US Imperialism Punishes the Refugees it Creates

July 20, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Refugees, Syria

In a photo taken during a guided government tour, Syrian soldiers raise their weapons while holding a picture of President Bashar Assad as they leave the eastern city of Deir al-Zour on Aug. 16, following a 10-day military operation. by Danny Haiphong, first Published on Black Agenda Report “Our focus should be on stopping the wars that create refugees, including[…]

Yemen: The War That Isn’t Happening Even As It’s Happening

July 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Yemen

by Luciana Bohne, originally published on CounterPunch The manipulation of news and the distortion of reality are the most powerful weapons in the hands of power. They can make a whole reality disappear. Yemen’s, for example. A child dies in Yemen every ten minutes from preventable causes, UNICEF reported in June. These deaths are only part of a humanitarian catastrophe,[…]