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Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 25 June 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, with a majority in the Knesset but a large minority among his fellow citizens, is threatening to attack Lebanon. If this operation is launched, the Israeli army will not be able to defeat Hezbollah on its own. To save the Hebrew state, the United (…)

US and UK wage war against Yemen

13 January 2024

In November, the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement began a campaign of attacks against Israeli merchant ships or ships linked to Israeli interests transiting the Red Sea.
The Yemeni movement specified at that time that the attacks would continue until Israel puts an end to the massacre of the (…)

No joint Brotherhood-Khomeinist military staff

10 October 2023

Over the past few months, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have held several coordination meetings in Beirut, in which Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic Jihad participated. They were chaired by Ismaïl Qaani, the commander of the al-Quds brigades.
The one in May 2023 was made public (photo). It (…)

Birth of the multipolar world (1)

The Middle East frees itself from the West

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 14 March 2023

The reconciliation between Saudi Arabia, leader of the Sunni Muslim world, and Iran, leader of the Shiite Muslim world, finally makes possible an era of peace in the Middle East. It was made possible by Russia, ally of the two enemy brothers, and negotiated first in Iraq and Oman before being (…)

Saudi-Iranian negotiations moving forward

28 April 2022

The above photograph was released by the Iranian government:
It shows Khalil al-Hmaydane (head of Saudi intelligence) and Saïd Irouani (deputy head of international affairs at the Iranian National Security Council) surrounding Iraqi Prime Minister Moustafa al-Kazimi.
A meeting of (…)

Only 3 out of 21 states in Greater Middle East loyal to the US

10 February 2022

According General Michael Kurilla, the next commander of the United States Central Command for the Greater Middle East (CentCom), 18 of the 21 states in this region have signed an undertaking with China under its New Silk Road program.
It is not known exactly which are the three states still (…)

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Fanaticisms at the service of the United States

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 25 January 2022

The United States could reorganize the entire Middle East by reconciling Sunnis and Shiites, Saudi Arabia and Iran. They would then impose another cleavage: for or against political Islam. This new divide would allow them to revive jihadism in a much broader way.

In the 1980s, the Pentagon was preparing a nuclear war in Iran

19 January 2022

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff have posted online a conference featuring military historian David B. Crist, which took place on 18 September 2020. Therein, the expert reveals a nuclear war plan drawn up by the Pentagon in the 1980s.
At the time, the United States was convinced that not content (…)

U.S. and Partner Crews Conduct ‘PRESENCE PATROL’ Multilateral flight marks fifth of 2021

30 October 2021

One U.S. Air Force B-1B “Lancer” aircrew flew a presence patrol mission in the Central Region that included several partner nation air forces today.
The bomber task force mission – the fifth in U.S. Central Command’s area of operation this year – was intended to deliver a clear message of (…)

A New World Order takes shape (Part 5)

Russia prepares the curtain call

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 26 October 2021

Russia is making great strides in implementing the Geneva agreements of last June. It is bringing Syria back into the concert of nations, preparing to expel Turkey, reconciling Israel and Iran, gaining a foothold in Africa and distributing absolute weapons in Asia. The United States is no longer (…)

Pentagon confirms "War Without End" not over

3 October 2021

According to Pentagon spokesman Admiral John Kirby, President Joe Biden is authorized to bomb Daesh’s cells in Afghanistan under the Authorization for Use of Military Force – AUMF), which became law after the September 2001 attacks.
It is, to say the least, a broad interpretation of this text; (…)

Washington welcome to use Russian military bases

1 October 2021

During the Geneva negotiations (dubbed “Yalta 2”), held on 16 June 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the request of his US counterpart Joe Biden for permission to open military bases in the countries bordering Afghanistan. However, he suggested - perhaps seriously, perhaps in jest (…)

A New World Order takes shape (Part 4)

Towards peace in Syria and Lebanon

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 28 September 2021

The agreements reached between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin following the Western military defeat in Syria are beginning to be implemented in the Middle East. The next steps should be the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq and Syria, the expulsion of Turkish forces from northwestern (…)

Pentagon places Israel under CentCom, alongside Arab states

7 September 2021

Israel’s transfer from the US European Command Zone (EuCom) to the Central Zone (CentCom) had been announced at the end of the Trump administration.
It is now effective.
On 6 September 2021, Israeli and US navies carried out joint exercises in the Red Sea for the first time.
CentCom (…)

A New World Order Takes Shape (Part III)

The political architecture of the new Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 7 September 2021

The post-Syrian war Middle East is taking shape. Everything would change: Syria would join the Russian-led military coalition and be de facto protected by it. Lebanon would be placed under joint Russian-US tutelage but occupied militarily by France. Iraq would replace Lebanon as a regional (…)

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