Iraq – Page 19 – Asia Times

Lebanon's Energy Minister, Cesar Abi Khalil (second right), exchanges contracts with Stephane Michel, Total's head of exploration and production in the Middle East and North Africa during a signing ceremony in Beirut on February 9. Photo: AFP/Anwar Amro

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Lebanon willing to use force to resolve oil row with Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US Marines stand on the top of an M1A1 tank. Photo: AFP

Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Flawed US politics responsible for its problems – and the world’s

by Ken Moak February 20, 2018

Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Banten province, October 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Indonesia’s military craves more power

by John McBeth February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Ankara, Turkey February 15, 2018. Presidential Palace Handout via Reuters/Kayhan Ozer

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Tillerson throws Erdogan a bone in Syria

by Sami Moubayed February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar army officer (C) attends the opening ceremony of Cobra Gold, Asia's largest annual multilateral military exercise, outside Bangkok, Thailand February 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s military just wants to be normal

by Anthony Davis February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via Reuters

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

US keen on Russia distancing itself from Iran’s Syrian ambitions

by David P. Goldman February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi flag with stack of money coins with grass and flowers. Photo: iStock

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Iraq investors stubbornly stake post-ISIS future

by Gary Kleiman February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on May 23, 2016, shows Rouhani (left) arriving for a press briefing with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after signing a three-way transit agreement regarding Iran's southern Chabahar port. Photo: AFP / Iranian Presidential handout

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Maldives, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Modi a match for Trump as he picks his own foreign policy course

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China will not fall into the ‘Thucydides Trap’ with India

by Pepe Escobar February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump plays a stroke at his Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Photo: AFP / Andy Buchanan

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Donald Trump and the worrying decline of US soft power

by Joseph S. Nye February 11, 2018

US Marines stand on the top of an M1A1 tank. Photo: AFP

Iran, Iraq, Middle East

Iran-backed Shiite militias used US Abrams tanks against Kurds in Iraq

by Asia Times staff February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

The rugged Wakhan Corridor of Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

China’s latest move in the graveyard of empires

by Pepe Escobar February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Navy A-7 Corsair jet is pulled down Broadway IN New York City as sailors rejoice on the wings during the Operation Welcome Home ticker-tape parade during the June 10, 1991, celebration for returning Gulf War troops. Photo: AFP

China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Trump orders big military parade in Washington

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Children from the"Orang Rimba" tribe -- whose name translates as "jungle people", who have been converted to Islam and given up their nomadic ways, wearing Islamic skullcaps and hijabs as they gather to recite the Koran, in the Batang Hari district of Jambi province.
Photo: AFP/Goh Chai Hin

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Turkey, World

What’s in a name in Indonesia?

by Aisyah Llewellyn February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump applauds during his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Pool

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

After a year of Donald Trump: good news and bad news

by Norman A. Bailey February 6, 2018

Deep inside the Catacombs of Paris. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Guidance from the Ghost of Richelieu

by Spengler February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Israeli F-16s perform an exhibition exercise during an Independence Day show on April 06, 2014, in Netanya, Israel. Photo: iStock

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Air strikes in Sinai underscore Israel’s tightening alliance with Arab states

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 5, 2018

Kurdish fighters in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Photo: Reuters / Khalil Ashawi

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A Turkish war of America’s making

by Barak Barfi February 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A Malaysian Shiite Muslim performs religious rites inside a place of worship in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

AT Finance, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, World

No safe place for SEAsia’s Shia Muslims

by David Hutt February 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indian Army has Russian-made T-90 tanks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

A lesson for Kim Jong-un: tank warfare is changing fast

by Stephen Bryen February 2, 2018

A Uighur man in front of military police during a counter-terrorism drill in Xinjiang. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Shanghai, South Asia, Vietnam

Beijing warns jihadists may target key southern regions

by Asia Times staff February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

The Xue Long icebreaker made made China's first circumnavigation of the Arctic in 2017. Photo: Bahnfrend

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, World

China as a ‘near Arctic state’ – chutzpah overcoming geography

by Grant Newsham January 30, 2018

The conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia has deep historical roots. Illustration: iStock

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Saudi-Iran relations: story behind a clash of regional leadership

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US forces could be caught in the crossfire if Turkish President Recep Erdoğan makes good on his vow to attack Kurdish forces in Manbij. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US blinks under Turkish pressure in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The US flag flies behind a foreground of razor wire. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East

Cambodians offered chance to challenge US deportation

by Asia Times and agencies January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose

AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian Americans in Ali Khamenei (left) and Hasan Rouhani masks rally against the regime near the United Nations building in New York on September 20, 2016. Photo: AFP / Don Emmert

India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends

by Haidar Khezri January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

America’s Syrian humiliation is worse than it looks

by David P. Goldman January 26, 2018February 18, 2020