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Tag: Shi’ite

Posted inIran

Centurion C-RAM: The solution that isn’t

by Stephen Bryen March 18, 2020March 21, 2020

Katyusha rockets, fired by Shi’ite militias allied to Iran, struck US Camp Taji in Iraq last week killing one British and two American soldiers. The base was hit again by Katyushas a few days later. Camp Taji, according to reports, does not have any air defenses.  While the US is officially in Iraq to finish […]

Posted inMiddle East

Saudi executes 37 men convicted of ‘terrorism’

by Asia Times staff April 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Manama, Bahrain. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inBahrain, Middle East

King restores citizenship of 551 Bahrainis

by Asia Times staff April 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. Photo: AFP
Posted inEgypt, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

The inside story of the Saudi night of long knives

by Pepe Escobar November 6, 2017February 18, 2020
A boy rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq on Sept. 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The inconvenient Kurds

by Spengler September 25, 2017
General Raheel Sharif, will head the IMCTC, a Saudi military initiative by Crown Prince MBS. Photo: Reuters / Mian Khursheed (File)
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Pakistan’s unease about military alliance veers on farce

by F.M. Shakil April 3, 2017February 18, 2020
MOSUL, Iraq - Members of the Iraqi 6th Emergency Response Battalion conduct weapons training under the supervision of US Special Operations Forces on Oct. 17. Photo: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl, via Flickr, CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
Posted inIraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Back to square one: Ominous signs in Iraq

by Shazar Shafqat January 9, 2017January 9, 2017
Iraqi military personnel ride on a military vehicle in Qayyarah, outside Mosul. Photo: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

On the road to Mosul: villages rigged with tunnels and bombs

by Reuters and Babak Dehghanpisheh October 20, 2016February 18, 2020
Posted inAT+

A vision or a waking dream?

by Pepe Escobar September 1, 2005September 10, 2020
Posted inThe Roving Eye

The battle for Shi’ite hearts and minds

by Pepe Escobar March 29, 2003June 16, 2020

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