Military & Security

04

Mar

Academi, Al Bukamal, Blackwater, Canada, CENTCOM, Erbil, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iraq, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, NATO mission Iraq, United Kingdom, United States

What does NATO want in Iraq?

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to increase the number of its forces in Iraq with the intention of expanding the organization's training activities in the area as soon as the Covid19 epidemic subsides. Since World War II, the United States had a leading role within the organization, made up of 30 states, being the one that contributes the most to the budget with 22.1 percent, followed by Germany with 14.70 percent, France with 10, 60 percent and the United Kingdom with 9.8 percent. During the Trump administration, the relationship with NATO was somewhat…

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28

Feb

Ba'athist, Barack Obama, Iraq, Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Middle East, Military, Raghad Saddam Hussein, Southwest Asia, Washington allies, West Asia

New missions by Washington allies to delay withdrawal from Iraq

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Recent developments in Iraq point to a complex scenario in which Joe Biden, as the former director of the new Middle East project in the Barack Obama administration, is working on a project to "divide West and Southwest Asia" to survive in the region. The scenario comes as the United States is required by the Iraqi parliament to withdraw its terrorist forces following the assassination of resistance commanders by Donald Trump. The work plan presented by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the outset. However, it shows that the Pentagon is not serious about…

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28

Feb

Delta Crescent Energy, Euphrates, Hasakah, Syria, Syrian Kurdish Democratic Forces, Turkey, United States

Is the United States returning to Syria?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The United States has entered a new phase of its military operations in the east of the Euphrates by strengthening its military presence in northeastern Syria and building a second military base in the Al-Malikiyah  (Derek) area on the outskirts of Hasakah. Less than a month ago, the United States built a new military base near the Tal Alu area in Al-Ya'rubiyah. The Syrian government has reacted to the move, saying the United States' goal is to continue looting Syrian wealth and securing routes used to steal oil extracted from Syria. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced…

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28

Feb

Biden, bombing, Diplomacy, Iran, Pentagon, Syria

Biden’s reckless Syria bombing is not the diplomacy he promised

BY: Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. S. Davies* PEJOURNAL - The February 25 U.S. bombing of Syria immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is this administration bombing the sovereign nation of Syria? Why is it bombing "Iranian-backed militias" who pose absolutely no threat to the United States and are actually involved in fighting ISIS? If this is about getting more leverage vis-à-vis Iran, why hasn’t the Biden administration just done what it said it would do: rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and de-escalate the Middle East conflicts? According to the Pentagon, the US…

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17

Feb

Iraq, ISIS, Syria, US’s Secret Army

ISIS is US’s Secret Army in Syria and Iraq

PEJOURNAL - The ISIS terrorist group’s activities have increased considerably these days. The terrorist group also claimed responsibility for several other operations against Iraqi security forces following a huge blast in the capital Baghdad last week that killed several Iraqi citizens. These actions have once again raised concerns in the Iraqi media and public opinion about the possibility of the terrorist group rebuilding its power. In the meantime, some also raise the involvement of some foreign parties in the management of these developments. Alwaght has talked to the Iranian expert of Arab world affairs Majid Ghanadbashi, asking him to have…

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17

Feb

Ansarullah, Resistance Front, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yemen's Houthi movement

The Yemeni resistance and the defeat of Saudi ignorant policies

PEJOURNAL - Saudi Arabia's regional policy has been one of the main reasons for the escalation of tensions in West and Southwest Asia for at least the past decade. These policies, which intensified after the death of King Abdullah, with King Salman ascending the throne in January 2015 and aligning with the Emirati Mohammed bin Zayed, although they continue to this day, do not meet any of the pre-determined goals. The main goal of these policies, which from the beginning was based on the three pillars of "primitiveness", "ignorance" and "oil dollars", was to achieve the US gendarmerie position in…

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14

Feb

al-Omar, Dayr al-Zawr, oilfield, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, US military

US military brings equipment to base in Syria’s oilfield

PEJOURNAL - In a move to deepen its footprint in Syria, the US military has brought a number of trucks transporting logistic support, equipment and weapons to their base in al-Omar oilfield in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, a report says. The trucks reached the base through illegal border crossings with Iraq to boost the illegal presence of US forces in al-Jazira region, Syria’s official SANA news agency on Sunday quoted sources as saying. Two US helicopters also landed on the Shaddadah base, SANA quoted local sources in Syria’s Hasakah province as saying. The helicopter took off a short period, transporting…

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31

Dec

CSIS, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Program, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, West Asia

West Asia on the path to nuclear proliferation

PEJOURNAL - A recent report from CSIS on the think tank's "nuclear program" lists the trends that lead to the development of nuclear weapons, claiming that US misguided policies have encouraged Turkey and Saudi Arabia in West Asia to pursue nuclear weapons technology. The Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS ) was established in 1962 with a focus on areas related to US national security. The think tank's board of trustees is currently headed by Thomas Pritzker, a major American financier and hotelier. John Hammer, who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1993 to 1997, also manages…

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29

Dec

2020, Challenges, China, Relations, the United States

The Challenges of China-U.S. Relations in 2020

PEJOURNAL - China-U.S. relations have been severely weakened in 2020 three years after a gradual decline in Donald Trump's administration. Beijing and Washington have accused each other of the coronavirus pandemic, entered an insane economic war, competed over Fuji networks and other technologies, and disputed human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang (alongside other issues) President-elect Joe Biden must face these challenges from day one of his presidency, the Council on American Foreign Relations website wrote in a note. Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) have reviewed major events affecting China-U.S. relations over the past year and…

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29

Dec

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Hezbollah, Israeli submarine, Persian Gulf, Qasem Soleimani, Saudi, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, Zionist

When Nasrallah revealed the scenario of the Saudi-Zionist psychological war!

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Last week, following the news about arrival of the US nuclear submarine along with several US ships in the Persian Gulf, which was aimed at preventing Iran from any possible action on the anniversary of resistance commanders’ assassination, the Zionist and Saudi media in a news campaign, declared that an Israeli submarine was launched into the Persian Gulf. The false news that was spread by these media outlets for several days, especially Al-Arabiya network and several Zionist TV channels with all kinds of media tricks, was not only technically impossible due to the distance between…

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