Category: MIDDLE EAST
The Map Of The “New Middle East”
(Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya) A relatively unknown map of the Middle East, NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been circulating around strategic, governmental, NATO, policy and military circles since mid-2006. It has been causally allowed to surface in public, maybe in an attempt to build consensus and to slowly prepare the general public for possible, maybe even [...]
Middle East On Fire
(AP) Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people dead in an annual Palestinian mourning ritual marking the anniversary of Israel’s birth. In a surprising turn of events, [...]
Former Saudi Oil Minister: Crude May Hit $300 On Unrest Read more: Former Saudi Oil Minister: Crude May Hit $300 on Unrest
(Reuters) Oil prices could rocket to $200 or $300 a barrel if the world’s top crude exporter Saudi Arabia is hit by serious political unrest, former Saudi oil minister Sheikh Zaki Yamani told Reuters on Tuesday. Yamani said he saw no immediate sign of further trouble following protests last month calling for political reforms but [...]
Is Syria Next?
(FT.COM) The Syrian people should follow Egypt’s lead and the country’s army should “empower a revolution”, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, said as thousands marched in a southern city. Mr Gates made his comments – some of the toughest remarks to date by a US official about the rule of Bashar al-Assad, president – on a [...]
