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"Arab NATO" project on very shaky ground

"Arab NATO" project on very shaky ground

18 April 2019
Just as the United States is about to reveal its self-denominated "Deal of the Century" plan for the Middle East, Egypt has announced - on April 14, 2019 - that it will not participate in the «Strategic Alliance of the Middle East», or the «Arab NATO». As the country with the Arab world’s largest army, Egypt’s withdrawal seriously undermines the entire project.
Egypt considers that it does not have any common strategic objective with the other States which could form the alliance, nor does it (...)

Will the West allow the construction of railroads linking the Gulf and the Mediterranean?

by Thierry Meyssan

Will the West allow the construction of railroads linking the Gulf and the Mediterranean?

Damascus (Syria) | 18 April 2019
While the United States and their allies have deliberately created famine conditions in North Korea, then in Sudan, in Tunisia, and now in Yemen, they are also beginning to drag Syria down into starvation. The only way of avoiding this situation is by relaunching the regional economy, which collapsed during the wars in Iraq and Syria. Two projects for railroads are currently in competition – the first intended to develop the region, the second to divide it. Are the Westerners behaving like human beings, or are they pursuing their dream of world domination?

The EU and the Arab League oppose the US “Deal of the Century”

The EU and the Arab League oppose the US “Deal of the Century”

28 February 2019
The Summit of Sharm-el-Sheikh took place on 24 and 25 February 2019 and brought together the European Union and the Arab League. Its final declaration very clearly expresses opposition to President Trump’s Deal “of the Century” .
Considering the Israeli- Arab conflict to be never ending and that no party has been able to resolve it, the White House has tried to take a pragmatic approach, preferring to take into account what’s happening on the ground and not International Law. President (...)

Poland: Israel reveals its military hand in Yemen

Poland: Israel reveals its military hand in Yemen

15 February 2019
The Ministerial Conference in Poland on Peace and Security in the Middle East addressed but one important issue and this issue was not on the agenda. At the conference, Israël publicly demonstrated that it had relations with Arab States – the representatives of these countries engaging in conversations inter se. This is remarkable because officially, there are no diplomatic relations between these states.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploited the US House of Representatives’ (...)

Iran is cornered

by Thierry Meyssan

Iran is cornered

Damascus (Syria) | 7 February 2019
The United States are preparing to organise the « Greater Middle East » without their troops. They will probably capitalise on the errors committed over the last five years by Iran in order to create a Judeo-Sunni military alliance, dubbed the « Arab NATO » by the Press, who will be sent to fight the Chiites.

Russian comment on the initiative to hold a conference on the Middle East in Warsaw

Russian comment on the initiative to hold a conference on the Middle East in Warsaw

Moscow (Russia) | 22 January 2019
We view with concern the United States’ continued attempts to promote its unilateral geopolitical interests through initiatives that are presented as the opinion of the international community.
The latest political project of this kind is the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East, which is scheduled to be held in Warsaw on February 13-14, 2019. Following a thorough analysis of the provisional agenda and programme of this conference provided by the (...)

US-Poland Joint Statement to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East

US-Poland Joint Statement to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East

11 January 2019
We are pleased to announce that the United States and the Republic of Poland will jointly host the “Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East” in Warsaw on February 13-14. Countries from across the globe have been invited to participate.
We have a strong and shared interest in creating a more peaceful and stable Middle East. The ministerial will be a forum for countries concerned about instability in the region to share their assessments and offer ideas on a (...)

Mike Pompeo’s Remarks at the American University in Cairo

by Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo's Remarks at the American University in Cairo

Cairo (Egypt) | 10 January 2019
Thank you, Frank. Thank you to Frank Ricciardone. Thank you for your service to America as well, in addition to the duties that you perform here.
I’ve had the good fortune to be a frequent visitor here to Egypt and the Middle East as Secretary of State. In my prior role as CIA director, I was here with some frequency, and I came here too as a member of Congress. Every time I come, I get to see something new, something wonderful.
This trip is especially meaningful for me as an evangelical (...)

Revelations on the “Deal of the Century”

Revelations on the “Deal of the Century”

4 January 2019
At the end of October 2018, when Avigdor Lieberman was still the Israeli Minister of Defence, he unveiled to the Palestinian Authorities, the principles of the US Peace Plan for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. So announced the Saudi newspaper, Al-Hayat.
Liberman has denied all this information.
the sovereignty of the Palestine People would be recognized but it would not be linked to a territory.
Transjordan and Gaza would be treated distinctly; a small part of (...)

Secret Clauses of Gas Agreement between Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Israel

Secret Clauses of Gas Agreement between Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Israel

30 November 2018
Cyprus, Greece, Greek, Italy and Israel have reached an agreement on the joint construction of a gas pipeline in the Mediterranean. The aim of this agreement is to open the longest and deepest pipeline in the sea. It will only have a modest capacity of 12 billion m3 per year. Its cost is estimated at 8 billion dollars and it should become operational in 5 years. However the start date of the work has not been announced.
While Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey are involved with (...)

The Russian Counter-Offer to the “Deal of the Century”

The Russian Counter-Offer to the “Deal of the Century”

30 November 2018
Addressing the participants of the “Mediterranean Dialogue 2018” in Rome, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, declared that it impossible to achieve peace in Libya and Iraq while issues relating to Palestine remain unresolved.
In the past, all even Israel agreed that all conflicts currently being played out in the Near East are impacted by the oldest issue of them all, the conditions for establishing a State of Israel. However the Israeli leaders that defend the thesis (...)

The Israeli Plan for a railway linking the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf

The Israeli Plan for a railway linking the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf

8 November 2018
On 5 November 2018, the Israeli Minister for Transport and Intelligence, Israel Katz, presented his plan for a railway linking the Mediterranean to the Gulf. The plan is to construct a rail route that would pass through Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman.
Israel Katz has already talked about this project in April 2017. But this time he presented it to the World Congress of the International Union of Transport by Road (IRU) which took place at Oman. (...)

The Silk Road and Israël

by Thierry Meyssan

The Silk Road and Israël

Damascus (Syria) | 30 October 2018
Beijing continues unceasingly to develop its « Silk Road » project. China’s vice-President, Wang Qishan, has undertaken a tour of the Near East which took him to Israël for four days. According to the agreements which have already been signed, within two years China will control the major part of Israël’s agro-food industry, its high technology and its international exchanges. A free trade agreement should follow, and the geopolitics of the whole region will be turned upside down.

The Silk Route will pass through Jordan, Egypt and Israel

The Silk Route will pass through Jordan, Egypt and Israel

19 October 2018
After the Daesh attack on the city of Palmyra, China renounced the traditional “silk route” (Bagdad, Palmyra, Damas-Tiro). An alternative trail had been envisaged, no longer across Syria but Turkey. This has also been abandoned.
During antiquity there was also a secondary route through Petra (Jordan) and Alexandra (Egypt). In the final analysis, the new Silk route should pass through Jordan then bifurcate with one branch leading to Egypt and the other in the direction of Israel.
The path (...)

The reopening of Syria’s borders with Lebanon, Israel and Jordan and soon with Iraq

The reopening of Syria's borders with Lebanon, Israel and Jordan and soon with Iraq

19 October 2018
All border-stations between the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon have now been re-opened.
On 15 October the border stations of the Syria region of Quneitra with Golan, which is occupied by Israel, was reopened. So too were reopened the border stations of Nassib/Jaber with Jordan.
The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim Jaafari, came to make preparations for reopening the border-station of Boukamal between Syria and his country.
The reopening of Syria’s border stations with its (...)

Finding a way out of the war against Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Finding a way out of the war against Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 11 September 2018
The White House is unable to extricate itself from the war in Syria. President Trump is hindered both by the self-proclaimed « stable state » (according to the anonymous op ed in the New York Times), which continues to pursue the Rumsfeld-Cebrowski strategy, and by the reactivated ambitions of his Israëli, French, British and Turkish allies. The logic of these interests could displace the war instead of resolving it.

US Plan for the Middle East: Preparations underway for its announcement

US Plan for the Middle East: Preparations underway for its announcement

7 August 2018
The Trump Administration is getting ready to reveal to the public its plan for the Middle East.
Right now the two architects of this plan, Jared Kuschner (see photo) and Jason Greenblat, are preparing several collaborators that have to work on the following issues:
the consequences of the plan on the political level and in terms of security;
the economic consequences;
strategic communication.
In Riyadh, King Salman of Saudi Arabia recalled that the Kingdom maintained the positions (...)

The myth of an Arab NATO

The myth of an Arab NATO

5 August 2018
The Oval Room of the White House, 20 March 2018: when he receives the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump displays a diagram of the forecast US arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
According to Reuters, the Pentagon is preparing for a summit to be held on 12 and 13 October to create a Middle East Strategic Alliance, also known by the acronym MESA) . Essentially this would be an alliance of the Gulf Monarchies around Saudi Arabia, plus Egypt and Jordan.
The article presents this (...)

Chair’s statement following the 25 May 2018 meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Chair's statement following the 25 May 2018 meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Vienna (Austria) | 25 May 2018
A meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) took place in Vienna on 25 May 2018 upon the request of the Islamic Republic of Iran in order to review the implications of the withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA and discuss the way forward to ensure the continued implementation of the deal in all its aspects.
Under the terms of the JCPOA, the Joint Commission is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the nuclear deal.
The Joint (...)

The Knesset could officially support the creation of a Kurdistan

The Knesset could officially support the creation of a Kurdistan

24 May 2018
The Knesset: The Likud and Israel Beytenou have introduced a draft law to give statutory force to Israel’s undertaking to promote the creation of a Kurdish State, in any of the following territories: Turkey, Syria or Iraq.
During the Cold War, Israel struck up an alliance with the Iraqi Kurds and promoted Mustafa Barzani to the rank of an official of the Israeli National Intelligence Agency, Mossad. In contrast, Israel fought with the Turkish Kurds, including those that took refuge in (...)

Is peace around Israël possible ?

by Thierry Meyssan

Is peace around Israël possible ?

Damascus (Syria) | 22 May 2018
Although the global medias treat the events in the Greater Middle East as unconnected incidents, Thierry Meyssan interprets them as successive moves on the same chess-board. He sees the conflicts around Israël as an organic whole and questions whether President Trump has the capacity to arrive at regional peace.

“The Art of War”

Israel: 200 nuclear weapons aimed at Iran

by Manlio Dinucci

Israel: 200 nuclear weapons aimed at Iran

Rome (Italy) | 20 May 2018
The din that surrounds the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal hides the real issues. The most important thing is this fundamental fact: Israel is a nuclear power while Iran is not one.

Elections alone do not make for democracy

by Thierry Meyssan

Elections alone do not make for democracy

Damascus (Syria) | 15 May 2018
Seen from the West, three democratic elections have just been held in Tunisia, Lebanon and Iraq. But for the People of these nations, the votes had little to do with the democratic ideal, because the institutions that were imposed upon them by the West were designed to prevent them from having a free choice of their leaders.

Have Iran and Israël declared a new war?

by Thierry Meyssan

Have Iran and Israël declared a new war?

Damascus (Syria) | 12 May 2018
In response to the United States backing out of the nuclear agreement, the Revolutionary Guard have attacked Israël from their Syrian bases. Are we headed towards a new regional war, or is this an operation intended for the interior use of Iran?

Russia is opposed to a war between Iran and Israël

by Thierry Meyssan

Russia is opposed to a war between Iran and Israël

Damascus (Syria) | 8 May 2018
Although for the most part, observers are taking sides in the Russo-US conflict and hoping for the victory of their camp, Moscow is attempting to calm the atmosphere in the Middle East. It is therefore opposed to an attack on Israël by Iran, just as it was opposed to an Israëli operation against Iran in 2008.

Brussels II Conference on ’Supporting the future of Syria and the region’: co-chairs declaration

Brussels II Conference on 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region': co-chairs declaration

Brussels (Belgium) | 25 April 2018
1. The Second Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" took place on 24-25 April 2018. It was hosted by the European Union and co-chaired by the United Nations.
2. One year after Brussels I, and following the previous three pledging conferences in Kuwait as well as the London Conference in 2016, the Conference renewed and strengthened the political, humanitarian and financial commitment of the international community to support the Syrian people, the (...)

Towards a Post-War in the Greater Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

Towards a Post-War in the Greater Middle East

Damascus (Syria) | 4 April 2018
Contrary to the picture portrayed by Atlanticist propaganda, Thierry Meyssan takes a long-term view of international relations. For him, what we have seen in Syria over the last seven years is not a civil war, but rather a seventeen-year regional war in the greater Middle East. This vast conflict, from which Russia emerges victor over NATO, is gradually giving rise to a new world equilibrium.

«Current Concerns», n°6, March 24, 2018

Russia and Israel

298. Russia and Israel

Zurich (Switzerland) | 2 April 2018
Delicate diplomacy in the Middle East, by Willy Wimmer / Switzerland proves: Life is very good outside the EU, Interview with François Asselineau / The wars of US imperialism in the Middle East, by Matin Baraki / Italy in arms: from the Baltic Sea to Africa, by Manlio Dinucci / What to do in times of war?, by Karl Müller / Dangerous tensions in Germany are increasing, by Eberhard Hamer / Media land consolidation – preparing for further democratic dismantling?, by Christian Fischer / Children in the network of global corporations. Plea for a responsible and honest discussion about the task of our elementary school / German children “in the network of global corporations”, too, by Maria Koch / Let’s read together, by Renate Dünki / Wilhelm Röpke today. Why this great liberal economist and author is still so relevant, by Werner Wüthrich / Ernst Würtenberger – artist, literary lover and educator. Two exhibitions in Constance and Gaienhofen, by Urs Knoblauch / “Herzroute AG” (Heart route) (...)

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Russian Army in Damascus

by Thierry Meyssan

Russian Army in Damascus

Damascus (Syria) | 1 March 2018
Over the last four years, all commentators have underlined the impossibility for Russia to deploy ground troops against the jihadists in Syria at the risk of reliving their defeat in Afghanistan. But what is true if Moscow confronts Washington by proxy is false if the two great powers agree not only on the future of Syria, but the whole region. Thierry Meyssan was the first journalist in the world to announce the arrival of the Russian army in Syria in 2015. He is today the first to announce the deployment of its infantry.

Aggression disguised as civil wars

by Thierry Meyssan

Aggression disguised as civil wars

Damascus (Syria) | 27 February 2018
If we accept to take a step back, we notice that the different conflicts which have bloodied the Greater Middle East for the last sixteen years, from Afghanistan to Libya, have not been a succession of civil wars, but the application of regional strategies. Thierry Meyssan reminds us of the objectives and the tactics of these wars since the « Arab Springs » and observes the preparation of those to come.

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