Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Recently much has been made of the so-called “Arc of Shi’ism”, from Lebanon to Iran, through Syria and Iraq. I submit that what is more significant is the much broader and longer “Arc of Chaos”, from Tunisia to Pakistan. Of this huge chunk of the world, and in the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran’s next president is a cleric regarded as an ally of supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The Teheran regime has named Hassan Rowhani Iran’s next president. The Interior Ministry said the 64-year-old Rowhani won 18.6 million votes, or more than 50 percent, in elections held on June 14. “This victory is [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has retained hope that today’s Iranian parliamentary elections would facilitate a policy change that would result in a nuclear agreement as well as reconciliation with the United States. Officials said Obama and his aides have repeatedly pointed to Iranian elections on June 14 as a possible watershed [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has shut down its only nuclear energy facility amid reports of damage in recent earthquakes. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran closed its 1,000 megawatt nuclear energy plant at Bushehr in early 2013. The agency said Iran reported the shutdown of Bushehr in IAEA inspections in February and [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey A mere two and a half years ago the Middle East and North Africa were organized in the following categories: Democracies: Israel and Turkey Traditional monarchies: The gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Jordan Oman and Morocco Secular dictatorships: Yemen, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Syria, of which Libya and Syria [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s leadership is concerned about what the defeat of Sunni rebels by Syrian President Bashar Assad would mean. Officials said Israel’s intelligence community was closely following the Assad offensive against Sunni rebels in the spring of 2013. They said the community envisioned that a victorious Assad could be emboldened [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The Iran of the Shah was friendly to Israel, but the theocracy that overthrew it is not. The Turkey of the Ataturk secularists was friendly to Israel, but the Turkey of the Islamists is not. The Egypt of Mubarak was friendly to Israel, but the government of the Muslim [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that strategists in Israel were considering two doctrines to deter a nuclear Iran. In a report, the institute pitted the doctrine that stipulated a priority [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The new paramilitary force of President Bashar Assad has been rapidly expanding amid Iranian funding and victories over Sunni rebels. Opposition sources said the new National Defense Force, organized in late 2012, has been adding thousands of new fighters over the last month. The sources said the force, trained by [...]
Sol W. Sanders That loud noise you hear now coming out of the Middle East is the sound of a frighteningly dangerous game of chicken between Russia and Israel [and inferentially the U.S.]. Last minute pleas by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Soviet President Vladimir Putin delivered at Sochi on the Black Sea [...]
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