"Nos beneficiamos": el soldado Ahmed Al-Batati sobre los crímenes de guerra británicos en Yemen y Oriente Medio

"He visto demasiado para no hablar y prefiero dormir tranquilamente en una celda que quedarme en silencio por un cheque de pago" – Ex soldado británico Ahmed Al-Babati

Lowkey
Por Lowkey
Soldier Ahmed Al-Batati on British War Crimes in Yemen and the Middle East

The war in Afghanistan appears to be drawing to a close. But Western atrocities in the Middle East continue, with the 20-year-old War on Terror estimated to have displaced over 37 million people globally. One particularly noteworthy example is the onslaught in Yemen, driving the country to become “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” in the

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Cómo China ganó el Medio Oriente sin disparar una sola bala

"Si el petróleo y la influencia fueran los premios, entonces parece que China, no Estados Unidos, finalmente ganó la guerra de Irak y sus secuelas, sin siquiera disparar un tiro". – Jamil Anderlini

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
China Middle East Feature photo

A much anticipated American foreign policy move under the Biden Administration on how to counter China’s unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the form of a virtual summit on March 12, linking, aside from the United States, India, Australia and Japan. Although the so-called ‘Quad’ revealed nothing new in their joint

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EE. UU. Y sus aliados lanzan 46 bombas por día durante 20 años, revela una nueva investigación de CODEPINK

Estados Unidos ha estado en guerra durante casi todos los años de su existencia como nación independiente, luchando en 227 años de sus 244 años de historia.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Airstrikes target ISIS positions on the edge of the Old City a day after Iraq's prime minister declared "total victory" in Mosul, Iraq, July 11, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)

VENICE, CALIFORNIA -- The United States and its allies have dropped at least 326,000 bombs and missiles on countries in the greater Middle East/ North Africa region since 2001. That is the conclusion of new research by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies of anti-war group CODEPINK. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen are the countries that

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El mundo árabe se tambalea ante la crisis del coronavirus

Los países árabes siguen sin poder o no quieren formular una estrategia colectiva para ayudar a sus más pobres y vulnerables a sobrevivir el coronavirus.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
Coronavirus Middle East Feature photo

While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs survive the deadly virus and its economic fallout.  Worse, amid growing international solidarity, we are yet to see a pan-Arab initiative that aims to

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Los equipos de política exterior de Biden apuntan a una guerra con China, un conflicto con Rusia

Un análisis realizado por el Brookings Institute basado en entrevistas con los equipos de política exterior de Biden sugiere una política exterior que refleja de cerca la del Pentágono bajo el presidente Trump.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Joe Biden Foreign Policy Feature photo

After closely conversing with senior foreign policy experts on Joe Biden’s team, Thomas Wright, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe for the influential think-tank the Brookings Institute, penned an unintentionally hair-raising article on what a Biden presidency would look like for the rest of the world. He explains to his elite

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The UK Hasn’t Bombed Iraq or Syria Since Last September. What Gives?

Amid COVID-19, Brexit, and an ongoing economic crisis, the UK appears to be winding down its deadly Middle East bombing campaign. So where to next for the RAF?

Darius Shahtahmasebi
Por Darius Shahtahmasebi
UK Bombing Feature photo

The UK’s involvement in the U.S.-led air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has slowly and quietly wound down over the last few months. Official figures show that the UK hasn’t dropped a single bomb as part of this campaign since September last year. However, where those bombs have caused significant civilian harm is still uncertain, even after

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