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Category: Commentary
‘Terrorist’ Means Whatever US Wants It to Mean
In Washington, some of the same “terrorists” who are bad enough to justify Israel’s land grab in Syria are considered good enough to run a U.S. puppet regime, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Assad’s Legacy
As the former Syrian president settles into the luxury of exile in Moscow, John Wight says his country is left facing the challenge of a new sectarian disaster.
Craig Murray: The End of Pluralism in the Middle East
What this potentially amounts to is the end of pluralism in the Levant and its replacement by supremacism: An ethno-supremacist Greater Israel and a religio-supremacist Salafist Greater Syria.
Chris Hedges Report: The Middle East After Assad
Now what? Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke discusses the ramifications of a 55-year dynasty in Syria coming to an end.
Vijay Prashad: Africa Says France Must Go
Frantz Fanon said so-called flag nationalists mobilize the people with slogans and leave real independence to future events. Six decades later, we are now in the midst of these “future events.”
Chris Hedges Report: Stories From the Center of the World
Jordan Elgrably discusses new fiction about the Middle East by 25 authors whose tales offer a nuanced and substantive portrayal of the region.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Syria Now
The Assad family regime, sustained by force, was destined to collapse and the infighting between the various armed militias now may produce a situation not unlike Afghanistan.
Syria Is Absorbed Into the Empire
Maybe you would prefer to believe a plucky band of heroic freedom fighters bravely overthrew an evil supervillain dictator all on their own like some Hollywood movie, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Offensive Forces in Syria are Like Khmer Rouge
John Wight says the common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time, is Western foreign policy.