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CentCom: Control of the "Greater Middle East"

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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 consultations (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 already (...)

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 (...)

Saudi Arabia inks military cooperation agreement with Russia

2 September 2021

After purchasing a $ 3 billion package of arms manufacturing rights from Russia in 2017 and subsequently backing out of a deal to acquire S-400 anti-missile systems, on 24 August 2021, Saudi Arabia signed an agreement of military cooperation with the Deputy Minister of Defense, General (...)

US pulling Patriot missiles from Middle East

21 June 2021

The United States is withdrawing its anti-aircraft defense from the Greater Middle East. The removal of Patriot missiles has already started in Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, which is also seeing the dismantling of the Thaaad system (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) [1]. (...)

Pentagon given order to abandon Middle East and focus on Far East

10 June 2021

The Department of Defense’s China Task Force has handed in its report. Although classified, it can be easily deduced that it condemns the gap between declarations and actions.
The creation of this working group was announced in February, just hours before a telephone conversation between (...)

Has the "civil war" in Israel really just begun?

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 18 May 2021

The whole world is, without moving, witnessing new clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. It remains unmoved confronted with the blood that flows on both sides. The course of events attests that foreign powers, the United States, Iran and Turkey, are throwing oil on the fire. However, (...)

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