“After [Abraham] Lincoln, this is the first time we’ve had a president who is not just autocratic but has dictatorial tendencies,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, citing Trump’s effort to bend constitutional..…
This gathering was supposed to facilitate cooperation on countering violent extremism across the region its sole result was Trump's greenlighting of Emirati-Saudi decision to blockade neighboring Qatar, U.S in Gulf U.S military in Middle East.. Trump thought Palestinians were closing..…
Gulf Arab nations are believed to be recalculating their relations with Tehran over Washington’s Mideast policies. . After US President Donald Trump backed down from retaliating over Iran shooting down a US military surveillance drone in June, the UAE has made efforts to ease..…
Rouhani did not meet Trump in New York and European and Gulf officials expect Washington to keep tightening the vice on Iran’s economy. . ..…
Remember when Iran was blamed for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman? The Trump regime was quick to point fingers at Iran. Even Japan and Germany wanted clear evidence, but Washington was convinced that Iran was behind the attacks on the Norwegian-owned Front Altar..…
Iran and United States have been at loggerheads since May 2018, when President Donald Trump Washington from the agreement and began reimposing crippling sanctions.. attacks on oil tankers in Persian Gulf, the downing of U.S military surveillance drone by Iran, and other..…
According to the paper, Jordan Cove Energy Project was proposed by Canadian Pembina to transport fracked natural gas through Oregon to the international port at Coos Bay in the state.. The Washington Post, the possibility of Republican challenger said, The anti- Trump inside..…
A senior commander of Iran’s elite IRGC describes a United States plan for forming a naval coalition to interfere in the Persian Gulf as a self-defeating initiative. . Tensions have been running high between Tehran and Washington since last year, when Trump unilaterally withdrew..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- A week after US President Donald Trump claimed that the American forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have shot down an Iranian drone, Washington has not yet released any evidence to corroborate its claim. . ..…
Efforts will be stepped up to protect British merchant shipping in the Gulf, perhaps belatedly, but without the US in the lead the UK can’t handle the issue of Gulf maritime security on its own. Johnson enjoys an advantage in Washington in the personal praise lavished on him by President..…
Israeli Tzachi Hnegbi's blunt remark on Sunday, that in the past two years Israel has caused Iranian military deaths in both overt and covert operations, may have betrayed some impatience with Trump policy of military restraint against Iran, including Tehran's threat to Gulf shipping. In..…
Now, with the United States threatening even more sanctions and Iran breaching the 2015 nuclear deal in response to Washington’s withdrawal, there is very little consensus over how to deal with this escalation among the Gulf states. . Although Trump has also stated that “there..…
Milestones in Trump's Palestinian policy: tmsnrt.rs/2FtJXGi . HARD SELL . Washington hopes wealthy Gulf states will bankroll the plan, which expects donor nations and investors to contribute $50 billion to Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies. . ..…
Washington Has Become an Accomplice to Murder . Trump needs to reverse priorities and stand up to the heinous Gulf monarchies that've dragged us into Yemen. . ..…
Five municipal public safety bills — from Green Bay and Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona; Burlington, Vermont and Spokane, Washington — date back to 2016, before Trump became president. . . ..…
These days there is noise aplenty emanating from Washington. That the prospect of yet another Gulf war competes for bandwidth with intensifying efforts to impeach President Trump makes it more difficult still to know what exactly is going on. . ..…
Iran would have been emollient in the face of President Trump's renewed sanctions.. neither Tehran Washington want in Gulf, the danger of escalation is real, What has happened is throwing down the gauntlet. ..…
No : the US has not intention of “pivoting” away from any part of the world in which it persists in meddling, from the South China Sea via the Gulf, Black Sea, the Baltic, and, of course, South America, where Washington’s sights are on Venezuela. . On May 3 President Trump..…
So here too, the problem is Iran, where Trump opened second front and sent carrier to Gulf. Washington has called on Iran to discontinue all its nuclear and missile programmes, withdraw its armed forces from Syria, end its destabilising Iraq, Afghanistan and Gulf and stop..…
The “Iranian threat” serves as a mechanism to ensure the continuous supply of funds and military technology from Washington. . Gulf states rushing to build a relationship with Israel are under the illusion that the road to Trump’s heart and mind goes through Tel Aviv. ..…
Presumably United States should occupy Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, most of Gulf, and Balkans, at least.. Iran is particularly malign actor and has become fixation of Trump administration, and Washington has been the hostile party fomenting coup, supporting Iraqi invasion, backing..…
Five municipal public safety bills — from Green Bay and Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona; Burlington, Vermont and Spokane, Washington — date back to 2016, before Trump became president. . ..…
This Manama Dialogue came as a preliminary foundation for the planned for summit in November of the six leaders of the GCC; Gulf Cooperation Council (Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait) plus Jordan and Egypt in Washington with President Trump to lay the foundation..…
In, White House is putting it to its allied regimes Saudi Arabia, Gulf States, Egypt and Jordan, that Washington is making them offer they ca not refuse.. That's why, among other things, Trump administration rejected Minority Leader Schumer's counsel to refer to Jerusalem saying..…
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