Alwaght- On Friday, Pentagon officially shifted the responsibility of the Israeli regime from European Command to Central Command in the West Asia region. The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report the change, said it was ordered by President Donald Trump. The move, coming days before Trump departure and ...
Read More »Graham Declassifies Russia Probe Documents, Claims Original Investigation Incompetent & Corrupt
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Republican Lindsey Graham, on Friday released an earlier classified document on his panel’s Russia-related probe, describing the original investigation as “one of the most incompetent and corrupt investigations in the history of the FBI and DOJ.” The initial research, dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane”, attempted to find ...
Read More »Qatar-Mediated Iran-Saudi Arabia Détente: Obstacles, Chances
Alwaght- Recently, the political developments in the West Asia region have remarkably moved towards a tendency of the regional rivals to deescalate tensions and give way to diplomacy. Saudi reconciliation with Qatar and lifting the blockade imposed on Doha in 2017 and also the signals coming from Riyadh and Abu ...
Read More »Ghani-Taliban Wrestling Over “Interim Government”
Alwaght– While in the recent days and especially since the new round of peace Kabul-Taliban negotiations started reports emerged to talk about an “interim administration” with the Taliban participation, President Ashraf Ghani and a couple of other officials in the government reacted and rejected that such an agreement was reached. ...
Read More »Barzanis’ Greenlight To US Stay? Erbil Says ISIS Poses Threats, Baghdad Unable to Help
Alwaght- In the middle of the Iraqi political infighting over the 2021 budget, terrorist groups continue to pose substantial threats to the nation’s political and social structures. Meanwhile, the Chief of Staff of Peshmerga Ministry Jamal Iminki in an interview with Khandan news outlet said that the latest estimations suggest ...
Read More »Sanctioning Iraq’s PMF Comdr. May Signal US Close To Raising The White Flag
Alwaght- While the US lives chaotic days after the November 3 presidential election and the closing days of presidency of the neo-Bonapartist and authoritarian US President Donald Trump are arriving, the US Department of Treasury added to its blacklist the commander of the Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Falih ...
Read More »Countering Terrorism, US-Israel Disinformation War: How Is Iran Winning A Dual-fronted War?
Alwaght- Making an address at the anniversary of the historical 1978 Qom uprising that concluded in the fall of the Western-backed monarchy in Iran, the country’s Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei pointed to the plans by the “overbearing powers” to distortion of realities and said that this is one of ...
Read More »US Sanctions Chairman of Iraqi Anti-Terror Popular Forces
Alwaght- The US sanctioned chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Falih al-Fayyadh, as Washington has escalated its measures against the popular anti-terror forces. The US Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday it had blacklisted 64-year-old Falih al-Fayyadh, accusing him of being responsible for a crackdown by security forces on ...
Read More »How Are Al-Kadhimi Cabinet’s Stances On US Exit Contradictory?
Alwaght- In his address on Tuesday marking the 100th anniversary of the Iraqi army foundation, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi brazenly pointed to the retreat of the US forces from the country. Al-Kadhimi noted that the aim of the strategic talks with Washington was the exit of the American ...
Read More »Cooperation Council’s Summit: Fragile, Imposed Détente
Alwaght- The 41st (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council summit was held on Tuesday in the Saudi Arabian city of Alula, coming on the heels of Kuwait’s announcement on Monday that Saudi Arabia is going to lift the maritime, land, and air blockade on Qatar. At the end of the meeting whose ...
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