Voltaire Network
عربي
čeština
Deutsch
ελληνικά
English
Español
فارسى
suomi
français
italiano
Nederlands
norsk
polski
Português
română
русский
Türkçe
中文
About the Network
How to participate?
RSS
Front Page
Sections
Focus
News in Brief
Controversies
Diplomatic Wire
Documentary Watch
Dossiers
Themes
States
Biographies
Corporations
NGO
Partners
Authors
Agencia Cubana de Noticias en español
Current concerns
«Ante nuestra mirada» (Video)
Contralínea
World Crisis Radio
Archives
Voltaire Network
Themes
CentCom: Control of the "Greater Middle East"
3838 articles
français 1298
italiano 193
English 619
عربي 214
Español 650
русский 177
Türkçe 88
Deutsch 157
Português 141
فارسى 82
polski 39
ελληνικά 71
հայերեն 5
čeština 24
српски 3
中文 3
suomi 8
Nederlands 29
română 10
norsk 27
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 (...)
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 (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
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
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) (...)
Exclusive
Russian Army in Damascus
by Thierry Meyssan
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
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.
International Coalition Crimes
by Bashar Ja’afari
New York (USA) | 21 February 2018
The United States-led “international coalition” continues to perpetrate massacres against Syrian civilians, adding to its countless crimes. On Tuesday, 20 February 2018, this “coalition” once again massacred Syrian civilians when its warplanes bombed residential neighbourhoods in the rural village of Bahra in eastern Dayr al-Zawr governorate. The bombardment led to the deaths of 16 civilians, 9 of them women, and the destruction of civilian homes and property and village infrastructure.
In (...)
The French Plan to recognize “Rojava”
by Thierry Meyssan
Damascus (Syria) | 11 January 2018
The discussion in France on where the French jihadists captured in Syria would be judged, is a clear example of a false debate. It is animated by a television presenter and journalist that hide their links to their listeners. The issue of where jihadists of French nationality will be tried is in fact intended to lay the groundwork for getting rid of those that can testify to France’s military role against Syria. Hoping that its allies accept it, France is preparing to recognize a pseudo State, under the name “Rojava”, following the model used in “Kosovo”.
From Catherine II to Vladimir Putin
by Thierry Meyssan
Mexico City (Mexico) | 28 November 2017
Since the beginning of the war against Syria in 2011, Russia has been supporting this nation against what it considers to be an exterior aggression. While the Western Press explains this behaviour as a case of solidarity between dictatorships, Thierry Meyssan brings to light its real historical motives. He notes that the victory, which also belongs to Moscow, opens a new period for Orthodox culture in Europe.
Palace Coup in Riyadh
by Thierry Meyssan
Damascus (Syria) | 7 November 2017
While the war against Daesh is drawing to a close in Iraq and Syria, and the war against the pseudo-Kurdistan seems to have been avoided, several States of the Greater Middle East are regaining the initiative. Profiting from the fluidity of the moment, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has brutally eliminated the members of the royal family who may be in a position to contest his Power. So not only has the regional balance of power been modified by war, but one of the region’s main actors has just changed its objectives.
Should US policy against Iran be taken seriously?
by Thierry Meyssan
Damascus (Syria) | 17 October 2017
The State Department and President Trump have been spitting out curses against Hezbollah and Iran – this could lead us to fear a break in the 5+1 agreement. But for Thierry Meyssan, while the worst may still happen, it is far more probable that, once again, Washington is staging a phony quarrel in order to better manipulate its Israëli and Saudi allies.
Reconquering former territory
The Military Strategy of the New Turkey
by Thierry Meyssan
Damascus (Syria) | 14 October 2017
The Turkish army imagined a military strategy like a Russian doll. The official purpose of the operations that have just begun is to fight the jihadists. In actual fact, the real purpose of leading these operations is to prevent the creation of new States, the Rojava and Kurdistan. The operations are masking the possible implementation of the national oath of 1920 with the conquest of North East Greece, the entire Island of Cyprus, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq; the conquering of former territories publicly demanded by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Saudi Arabia issues a call for an international alliance against Hezbollah
13 October 2017
Thamer Al-Sabhan (photo), as well as holding other offices, is the Saudi Minister for Gulf Affairs. Thus he has relations with Iran but not with Lebanon. He has indicated in a tweet:
“There is only one terrorism and that must be fought everywhere. Would the world agree with the presence of members of Daesh and members of Al-Nusra in Parliaments and governments? It is necessary to unite against the Party of the Devil”.
Al-Nusra is the former name of Al-Qaeda in Syria. The expression “Party (...)
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
...
Most popular
Revelations on Rafik Hariri’s assassination
France and Israël launch a new war in Iraq and Syria
The Assassination of Rafik Hariri: A Biased Investigation
Judicial Colonialism
The secret projects of Israël and Saudi Arabia
In parallel with the USA-Iran negotiations
From the "Yinon Plan" to the "Ya’alon Strategy"
Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?
Israel aims its nuclear warheads at Europe
The CIA and the Iranian experiment
From Mossadegh to Ahmadinejad
The Neo Conservatives and the Policies of Constructive Chaos
Lebanon as a new target
Iran Must Get Ready to Repel a Nuclear Attack
Countdown
There will be no Third World War
Iraq under attack by US, France, Saudi Arabia
Military operations in preparation in and around Syria
Salafism+CIA: The winning formula to destabilize Russia, the Middle East
The Dagestan connection
End of game in the Middle East
