US Muscle-Flexing Threatens to Open Arctic Front in New Cold War with Russia

US Muscle-Flexing Threatens to Open Arctic Front in New Cold War with Russia

The US Navy is on the cusp of conducting confrontational freedom of navigation operations in the Arctic that threaten Russian economic and national security interests. The recent resumption by the US Navy of a Barents Sea Patrol represents muscle-flexing on the part of Washington and its NATO allies unseen since the end of the Cold…

How a British-Backed Media Operation Tried to Turn Alawites against Assad

How a British-Backed Media Operation Tried to Turn Alawites against Assad

A web-based protest movement that claimed to be a grassroots campaign by members of Syria’s Alawite community was actually created on behalf of the British government, official documents seen by Middle East Eye have shown. The campaign known as Sarkha – or “The Cry” – purportedly began in 2014 in the coastal city of Tartus…

Attacks Against China over SARS-COV-2 are Intensifying

Attacks Against China over SARS-COV-2 are Intensifying

Unfortunately, the author’s hopes that attempts to seek monetary compensation from China for its alleged role in the SARS-COV-2 pandemic would involve individuals rather than countries (and their nation-wide policies), first and foremost the United States, have been dashed. On 6 April, Lindsey Graham, an influential Republican senator, stated China needed to “pay for” its…

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling the first raid and the second. The final attack on the peaceful village followed a scorched-earth military strategy, leaving in…