Political Analysis

Last Sunday, Israel struck several Syrian high security and elite military complexes in the capital, Damascus, in close proximity to the presidential palace. The devastating strike targeted the elite Republican Guard bases and a high-profile military research center. After the attack, Israel deployed two of its Iron Dome anti-missile batteries on its northern borders, close to Syria and Sout [ ... ]

After more than 11 years since the establishment of the worst prison in the modern era, the Guantanamo prison administration are force feeding twenty prisoners from the one hundred on hunger strike. An outcry was sent from Yemeni detainee, Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, from the darkness of his prison-cell, in an article leaked by his lawyer and published by The New York Times on Sunday 14 Apri [ ... ]

Details continue to emerge of Israeli air strikes on several targets in Syria on the border of Lebanon. Reuters initially reported the air strike, where four Israeli aircraft entered Lebanese airspace around 4:30 p.m. the evening of January 29 2013, remaining in Lebanese airspace until about 8 a.m. the following day. These jets were also relieved by another round of fresh jets. A number of t [ ... ]

The French-led intervention in Mali is being framed by Western-governments (specifically those of France, the U.S, Britain and Canada) as a legitimate mission to subvert the threat of Islamists in Mali.[1] However, before accepting this as proof of goodwill on the part of the West towards the people of Mali, one must be mindful of the indicators that strongly suggest otherwise.


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