Speaking from Beirut in this video on Sunday, the former British diplomat explains the fall of Damascus within the context of the project for Greater Israel.
In the middle of a shopping street in Dahiya, our driver pulls up at a checkpoint manned by armed militia in civilian clothes, to see if we could start filming. Then it all starts to go wrong.
Phyllis Bennis says the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran was a deliberate provocation that matches Netanyahu’s longstanding goal of drawing the U.S. into a potential Israel-Iran war.
Despite appearances to the contrary, Macron is implementing a phased version of the U.S. plan with the consent of the U.S., which has failed so far to exclude and boycott Hizbullah, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
The explosion is the cherry on top of the horrors of a 30-year post-civil war political structure that saw militia leaders turn in their fatigues for business suits, writes Vijay Prashad.