The war in Yemen has come to a temporary halt, due to a UN brokered ceasefire, last Saturday. This Thursday, Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has ceded power to a newly formed ‘Presidential Leadership Council’. Western media present this as Saudi Arabia’s push for peace, when in reality it represents an admission of loss Read More…
Foreign Policy with Robert Inlakesh
The US-Israeli Middle East Plan Is Short Sighted
As the war in Ukraine wages on, the global hegemony of the unipolar power, the United States, is being tested the world over. In the Middle East, clear shifts are occurring, yet fail to match reality and lack strategic depth in the long term. Under the United State’s former Trump administration, a policy of normalizing Read More…
What Does Syria’s Normalization With The UAE Mean For Israel?
Last month, Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, made his first visit to an Arab country since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011, leading to debate on what this could mean for the future of the region. Bashar al-Assad travelled to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, reportedly meeting with Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed Read More…
Instead Of Reviving The Iran Nuclear Deal, Washington Uses More Sanctions
US President Joe Biden has imposed additional sanctions against Iran, making a revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal even more difficult and bringing Tehran and Moscow even closer. This Wednesday the US state department announced new sanctions against an individual and a number of companies, allegedly associated with aiding Iran’s ballistic missile program. The move Read More…
Third Attack Inside Israel In Seven Days, Why Are Palestinians Taking Up Arms?
This Tuesday night, a young Palestinian man from the West Bank carried out a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, leaving 5 dead. The attack was the third in just 7 days and has lead to a massive Israeli crackdown on Palestinians. Twenty six year old Diaa Hamarsheh, from the town of Ya’bad in Jenin (West Read More…
After Aramco Attacks We Can No Longer Ignore Yemen’s Suffering
This Friday’s large-scale attack, from Yemen, which targeted Saudi Aramco facilities and sent oil prices surging, demonstrates why the world can no longer ignore the suffering caused by the endless war in Yemen. Yemen’s Ansarallah (Houthi) movement announced that they had launched strikes on a number of sensitive and vital targets deep in the heart Read More…