Middle East Wars

Why Barack Obama Can’t Shut Up

September 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Libya, Political Corruption, Syria, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 20, 2023 “If you’re looking to help people impacted by the floods in Libya, check out these organizations providing relief” Barack Obama If it can be said that one person is responsible for the awful death toll from the recent flooding in eastern Libya, Barack Obama should be named as the[…]

The Criminal War on SYRIA Continues

September 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Syria, U.S. Aggression, US Incited Protests

A couple of things that may have been left unsaid: HIghly publicized protests in Southern Syria are small and instigated by imams affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and other U.S. backed Islamist Organizations. Currently, a bill passed in the U.S. Congress, likely to be confirmed in the Senate this year, to extend the so-called Caesar Civilian Protection Sanctions, which are[…]

The Unconditional Right of Poor and Oppressed Nations to Self-Determination: Looking at the US War Against Syria

August 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 28, 2023 Jeff gives a great overview of the drives and costs of war in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. occupies 1/3 of Syria’s territory including the largest oil wells and the wheat growing region to this day. Factories in the business district of Aleppo have been robbed of their machinery and destroyed[…]

Mainstream Media Colludes with U.S. Government To Conceal Source of Syria’s Heartbreaking Humanitarian Crisis

July 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, International Law, Propaganda, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, US Incited Protests

by Jeremey Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, June 30, 2023 Illegal U.S. bombing raids, brutal economic sanctions, and incredibly brazen theft by U.S. forces of 66,000 barrels of Syrian oil per day (80% of its total output) have visited a biblical-scale tragedy upon the Syrian people that has battered them virtually back to the stone age. Following a devastating earthquake in February[…]

Assad in Jeddah: Tangibly, what does this mean for Syria?

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Regional Solutions, Resistance, Saudi Arabia, Syria

by Giorgio Cafiero, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2023 Twelve days after Syria regained its membership in the Arab League, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the pan-Arab body at its 19 May summit in Jeddah. This was Assad’s first Arab League meeting in 12 years. It was also his first visit to Saudi Arabia since October 2010, making the[…]

U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Greece, Migrants and Refugees, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 16, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 persons[…]

U.S. Post 9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows

June 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Anti-War, Iraq, Libya, Social Impact, Somalia, Sudan, U.S. Aggression, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, May 24, 2023 Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya and Somalia following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University. Originally published in Geopolitical Economy . The[…]

Labs of Oppression, Part Two: “Settler Violence = State Violence”

April 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Israel, Middle East Wars, Palestine

by Alice Speri, published on Israel-Palestine News, April 1, 2023 *Featured Image: A mural reads, “This is a home just like yours” in Khalet a-Daba’, a Palestinian village inside the Masafer Yatta firing zone, in the occupied West Bank on Jan. 17, 2023. (photo) For the Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta’s firing zone, the court’s decision sanctioning their forcible transfer[…]

8 Years of Brutal & Criminal War Against Yemen All Foreign Troops Out of Yemen Now!

March 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Canada, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

by Azza Rojbi, published on Fire This Time, March 26, 2023 March 26, 2023, marks 8 years since the start of the Saudi-led coalition war on Yemen. The coalition airstrikes have destroyed houses, schools, roads, markets, hospitals, water tanks, sanitation facilities, mosques, and other vital infrastructure in the country. Almost 400,000 people have been killed because of the war. Those[…]

China’s Prestigious Middle East Deal May Soon See Challenges

March 23, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Iran, Saudi Arabia

by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, March 13, 2023 What I like about this article is that it’s thesis is that a will to peace can create peace. The mediator need not be an enforcer if the achieved agreement is based on the legitimate interests of the negotiating parties. The role of the mediator is primarily to reveal these[…]