Issues & Events
  • What awaits the Middle East?

    What awaits the Middle East?

    Jan 16, 2017 13:12

    There’s a good chance that the dreams about peace and prosperity won’t betray the people of the Middle East this year around. It won’t be an exaggeration to state that that’s what the absolute majority of those dwelling in the region bruised with constant bloodshed and conflicts hope for.

  • Syria and the US: More truths emerge

    Syria and the US: More truths emerge

    Jan 15, 2017 11:53

    On 17 September 2016 aircraft of the so-called ‘coalition’, led by the United States, bombed Syrian Army troop positions at Deir Ez-Zor.

  • The most flagrant lie becomes the truth

    The most flagrant lie becomes the truth

    Jan 15, 2017 11:49

    Peter Koenig, an economist, geopolitical analyst and a former World Bank staff, has authored a feature on the current media-hype on the alleged Russian hacking of the US elections.

  • Hashemi Rafsanjani: Unique politician (3)

    Hashemi Rafsanjani: Unique politician (3)

    Jan 14, 2017 04:46

    In this article, we talk about the life of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after the end of the imposed war till his passing away.

  • The scandal of vast inequality in retirement pay

    The scandal of vast inequality in retirement pay

    Jan 14, 2017 04:41

    A recently-released report has indicated that the financial security of retiring American corporate CEOs is far, far greater than the financial security of average Americans. Now we have an article in this regard authored by American professor of history emeritus Dr. Lawrence Wittner as follows:

  • Demonizing rivals and instigating wars

    Demonizing rivals and instigating wars

    Jan 14, 2017 04:31

    Not for the first time, the contrast in character between Putin and Obama was illustrated in the latest diplomatic spat over alleged Russian hacking. The temptation to hit back in kind to Washington's sanctions must have been great for Moscow. But in the end, the Russian leader probably showed that the best response was to simply ignore Obama's clumsy stupidity.

  • Barack Obama’s world is collapsing

    Barack Obama’s world is collapsing

    Jan 13, 2017 05:43

    Looking at Obama’s last days in office one could not help but remember the famous line written by William Shakespeare: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

  • Everything in the world is changing regarding Syria

    Everything in the world is changing regarding Syria

    Jan 13, 2017 05:37

    President Bashar al-Assad has said that everything in the world is changing regarding Syria on every level, the local, the regional, and the international.

  • Open letter to “human rights defenders” on Aleppo

    Open letter to “human rights defenders” on Aleppo

    Jan 12, 2017 05:31

    Let there be no mistake: this is by no means a criticism of human rights as an ideal to work for. The complete title should be “Open letter to those who invoke human rights selectively in order to justify the Western Powers’ policy of intervention in the internal affairs of other countries.”