Chemical Attack Claims: US Handy Pretext for Pressing Syria

The use of chemical weapons has been one of the most controversial issues during several years of crisis in Syria. These deadly weapons have been used several times so far, especially in attacks in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus outskirts on August 21, 2013, and also in Khan Shaykhun village in Idlib...

Peace Prospects Fading in Afghanistan as Trump Rejects Talks with Taliban

The American President Donald Trump has recently unveiled his latest stances on Afghanistan during a meeting with the members of the United Nations Security Council hosted by the White House. Trump told his guests that the US will not take part in any future negotiations with the Taliban. Beside...

India Latest Party to Take on China in Southeast Asia, Sea

Announcement of US new strategy beside the already-existing border and historical disputes are more and more exhibiting the rivalries between the global powers in the East Asia region. The new US war strategy has replaced Pakistan with India, motivating Islamabad to move closer to China day by day....

Five Things to Know about US New Afghanistan Strategy

Several months after taking the office, the US President Donald Trump in August last year unveiled the new American war strategy in Afghanistan, highlighting the need to increase the number of the troops in the war-ravaged country, emphasizing that the forces will remain there to an uncertain time. Trump...

Saudi Regime to Hire Mercenaries from Latin America as Defeat Looms in Yemen War

Over the past three years of brutal aggression against neighboring Yemen, Saudi Arabia has resorted to various ways to defeat Yemeni revolutionaries. Actions ranging from ground offensives, use of mercenary fighters from a set of third-party countries such as Sudan and Senegal, and even hiring the...

Is Jordan Breaking Alliance with Saudi Arabia, West?

Sources at Jordan�s parliament have reported that the speaker of Jordanian House of the Representatives Atef Tarawneh is completing arrangements for a high-ranking delegation visit to Tehran. The same sources have added that the visit to Iran will be soon made. The visit will see the Jordanian diplomats...

Over 25 Million Muslims March Against ISIS And The Mainstream Media Completely Ignores It

In one of the largest organized marches in the history of the world, tens of millions of Shia Muslims made an incredibly heartening statement, by risking their lives to travel through war-stricken areas to openly defy ISIS. This massive event that would have undoubtedly helped to ease tensions in the...

Texas Attack Again Marks Trump, Western Media�s Double Standards

The Sunday shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, left at least 26 people dead. In a news conference Sunday night, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety described the scene: An armed man around 11:30 rushed into the church while firing an assault rifle....

US in Iraq: Taking Advantage of ISIS for Military Stay

Appearing with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday night that the American forces deployed to Iraq will hypothetically stay in that country until the ISIS terrorist group is fully defeated, even...

Mega Dream: Bin Salman�s NEOM Project Hardly Feasible

The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has announced on Thursday plans to launch a $500 billion project of building a mega city, dubbed NEOM. The 26,500 square kilometer city will be built in northwest of the country, extending to Egypt and Jordan. Mohammad bin Salman appointed Klaus Kleinfeld,...

What�s Behind US Striving after Syria�s Abu Kamal Seizure?

As the life of the ISIS-declared caliphate led by the self-appointed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi nears its end, the future of the West Asia region after the terrorist group’s obliteration rises to call attention as the most important issue. All of the regional and international actors engaged in...

Baltic Region in Focus as US Builds Allies Protection Belt against Russia

The Russian defense ministry on October 12 stated that an entire US army division has been sent to the Baltic states close to the Russian borders, a move clearly violating the Russia-NATO deal. Massive US military deployment came at the excuse of addressing the concerns of the West after the mid-September...

How Op to Free Disputed Areas from Kurdish Militias Works for Iraq�s Benefits

Despite a wide range of internal, regional, and international opposition, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a referendum on independence late on September, forcing the region into a new crisis after Iraq and the whole West Asian region saw some calm following defeat of ISIS terrorist group...

US New Anti-Hezbollah Measures: Drives, Consequences

Last week, the US administration announced a total of $12 million reward for information delivery to the American intelligence apparatuses that leads to capture of Talal Hammiyeh and Fouad Shukr, two senior commanders of Lebanon�s Hezbollah. Washington took the new anti-Hezbollah measure, while...

What Next after US Provides Safe Exit for ISIS in Syria�s Raqqa?

ISIS Takfiri terrorists are abandoning Raqqa through a safe exit corridor established by US-backed SDF militias. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed by the US, is an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, and continues to battle ISIS terrorists still holed in Raqqa city which was the de facto...

US UNESCO Exit Signaling Washington Frustration, Hegemony Decline

The US Department of State said last week it will withdraw from the UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization, in solidarity with the Israel after the organization passed two resolutions condemning the regime�s violations against Palestinians and occupation of their lands. There are several reasons...

Takfiri Terrorism�s Next Station Could be Southwest Asia

The life of the takfiri terrorist groups, especially ISIS, is coming to an end in Syria and Iraq thanks to the popular resistance forces� support for the Arab countries� national armies. However, experts unanimously rule out obliteration of the Daeshism (from Daesh, Arabic acronym for ISIS) in the...

The best policy for Iran is to focus on the "look inside" strategy

Donald Trump and America�s increasing recession in pursuing its principles and returning its government to targeted policies based on the containment of regional power in Iran through the threat and political pressure revealed in its recent speech to the United Nations (as in the time of George W....

What Did Saudi King Look for in Russia Visit?

Saudi King�s unprecedented visit to Russia Wednesday has unleashed a barrage of speculations about the real intentions driving the trip at a time the region is experiencing fresh developments. Despite the fact that Moscow and Riyadh have a relatively long history of diplomatic relations, Salman bin Abdulaziz...

Chomsky Explains Reasons behind US Animus towards �Independent Iran�

 Noam Chomsky, well-known American historian and Philosopher, says the US is animus towards Iran because Washington cannot put up with an independent state in West Asia. Professor Chomsky, in an interview to Tom Dispatch website, said " Iran has long been regarded by US leaders, and by US media...

Iranophobic Allegations in Service of Saudis� Regional Interventionism

Following Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979 and thus death of Nixon�s “Twin Pillars Policy” that designated Iran as its military and security pillar and Saudi Arabia as the political and economic one, Riyadh sought reducing Iran’s influence in favor of achieving regional dominance...

Riyadh�s Hurried Reforms: Real or Fake?

In recent days, the women in Saudi Arabia have been given some social freedoms that are much vaunted by propagandist Saudi media that describe the relaxation as a huge change. The so-called "big change," as the Saudi media call it, reflected itself in this week�s announcement of King Salman who gave...

Ashura, a Critical Juncture in the Life of Mankind

By: Ayatullah Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi al-Asifi, Najaf, Iraq Days of Separation The days of separation are distinct occasions in history that classify people into two or more groups. The place of these occasions in history is similar to that of crossroads which people come across during their journeys....

Events that Led to Day of Ashura, Momentous Day in History of Islam

Every year on the 10th of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, millions of Shiite Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein bin Ali, grandson of the messenger of Islam Prophet Mohammad. The historical events that led to the battle of Karbala where Imam Hussein leading an army of 72 followers from his...

Imam al-Husayn (A.S.), the reviver and the savior of Islam

By: Baqir Shareef al-Qurashi Imam al-Husayn (a.s.) was the reviver of Islam and the savior of the nation after it had been a prey in the hands of the Umayyads who subjected it to severe torment, killed its men and spared its women. They seized the wealth of Allah and took His people as slaves to them....

Trump�s Travel Ban, Double Standards Driving It

Upon his assumption of office in late January, the US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on foreign travels to the US, banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entry to the US. The ban was deemed highly irrational and discriminatory, and drew the American citizens� protests...

Saudi Regime Spreading Hatred Against Shiite Muslims: Report

A human rights group says some state religious scholars and institutions in Saudi Arabia incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country�s Shiite Muslim minority. A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) titled "They are not our brothers: Hate Speech by Saudi Officials",...

Smell of Conspiracy in the Referendum of Iraqi Kurdistan

Israel basically welcomes the breakdown of each country and even seeks to provide the necessary fields for the division of countries. The breakup of any country means weakening that country and finding a comrade from that country, which ultimately benefits Israel. SajadAbedi, Visiting Professor...

The Role of the Women of Ashura

Simindokht Behzadpoor In all the events that occurred before, during, and after the Day of Ashura, the role of the women was especially remarkable as they were exemplars in demonstrating how to resist against oppression. There were wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters in the camp of Imam Husayn who...

JCPOA and the future of the international system

if the United States withdraws from this agreement, the international community, and in particular the European Union, has sought or unwillingly to follow this country and revise the relations with Iran in different areas, then it should be said that the international system is a monopolar nature. SajadAbedi,...