Selected Articles: Update on the Situation in the Middle East
Yemen: Around 400 Blackwater Mercenaries Fighting for Saudi-Led Coalition
By Sputnik, January 24 2016
Yemeni army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman said that the Saudi-led coalition hire people from around the world to fight in Yemen, among contractors there are 400 persons from US private security firm Blackwater.
US Planning to Keep Military Forces in Afghanistan for “Decades”
By Thomas Gaist, January 27 2016
The US military plans to maintain a presence of thousands of US forces in Afghanistan for “decades,” unnamed senior US military officials told theWashington Post Tuesday.
Iran: Lifting Sanctions and Coming Betrayal
By Tony Cartalucci, January 27 2016
US policymakers have long conspired to broker what would be meant to appear as a historic deal with the political order in Tehran.
“Fierce Clashes” Between Syrian Arab Army and “Moderate Terrorists”, Retreat of ISIS
By South Front, January 28 2016
On Jan. 27 the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies captured hilltops of Tal Hamad and Tal Koum in the Sheikh Miskeen countryside expanding a security zone around this city.
Israel, US and Turkey Profit from Stolen ISIS Stolen Oil
By Stephen Lendman, January 28 2016
Israel is complicit with Washington’s war on Syria, directly aiding ISIS and likeminded terrorist groups, profiting hugely from Daesh smuggled oil. More on this below.
Above the Law: UK Government Drops investigations into Iraq War Crimes
By Michael Gray, January 28 2016
UK soldiers facing charges of unlawful killing during Iraq War operations will not face further investigation after the internal military process was abandoned.