Responsible Statecraft: Pro-Israel org reels in big fish: A former CENTCOM commander

By Jim Lobe. Recently retired Gen. Frank McKenzie will give credibility to JINSA’s Likud-aligned positions on the Middle East Despite serious concerns about possible Israeli war crimes and even “plausible” allegations of genocidal acts in its war in the Gaza Strip, the former chief of U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, has accepted a fellowship from

RIAC: Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea: Impact on the Yemen Crisis

By Sergey Serebrov. The U.S.-British coalition’s military intervention in Yemen has become the most dangerous expansion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (PIC), taking a heavy toll on the security in the Middle East and creating a parallel hotbed of military standoff in the Red Sea. There is no consensus in the region’s countries on the root

Responsible Statecraft: The enduring problem with proxies

By Kevin Schwartz. The US can’t always keep their own foreign fighters on point. It’s the same with the Houthis, who are flexing agency outside Iranian consent. In a recent public announcement of little surprise, except perhaps to the Iran-obsessed punditry and political classes in Washington and Tel Aviv, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Iran

Asharq Al-Awsat: The Land of Wars, Surprises and Earthquakes

By Ghassan Charbel. The developments in the Middle East are not simple. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood unleashed an earthquake and the very next day, it sparked a limited war launched by Hezbollah across the Lebanese-Israeli border. A decision is in place to prevent that war from spiraling out of control. Soon after, pro-Iran factions in Iraq

Rai al-Youm: Washington’s entanglement in Yemen

By Abdel Bari Atwan. The US will regret being lured into multiple Middle East wars on Israel’s behalf Israel’s success in luring the Biden administration into multiple wars on its behalf, especially in Gaza, Iraq, and Yemen, will inevitably bleed the US politically, financially, and militarily and erode not only its global standing but also

RT: How the US misleads the world about its involvement in Yemen

By Scott Ritter. While Washington maintains that the strikes on Houthi installations are defensive and fully legal, neither is the case “The strikes in Yemen were necessary, proportionate, and consistent with international law.” With this statement, the United States delegate to the United Nations defended the joint US-UK military strikes against targets affiliated with the

Foreign Affairs: How the War in Gaza Revived the Axis of Resistance

By Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr. Iran and Its Allies Are Fighting With Missiles and Memes On January 12, the United Kingdom and the United States launched military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. These attacks were a response to the group’s assaults on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, which have disrupted global trade.

Arab News: Some actors do want escalation in the Middle East

By Kerry Boyd Anderson. Last week, during a trip to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “escalation is in no one’s interest. No one’s seeking it.” But is that true? One challenge to considering this question is that escalation is often more of a dial than a switch — parties

RT: Will the ‘gates of hell’ open in the Middle East?

By Murad Sadygzade. The US-led attacks on Yemen’s Houthis are another step towards a full-blown regional war, which can only be prevented by resolving the Israel-Palestine crisis The first month of 2024, as well as the previous few years, were marked by further escalations in the Middle East. This time, on January 12, the US

The Irish Times: What is the risk of the conflict in Gaza escalating?

None of the key actors has an interest in an all-out war. But an escalation cannot be ruled out By Vincent Durac. Until recently, the consensus of most commentators has been that the war in Gaza would not escalate into a broader regional conflict. However, events over the past two weeks have made escalation more