Herland Report: Libya, the Middle East biggest Proxy War: Russia threatens Allied Tripoli control amid US riots: General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army army, supported by Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and other nations, is progressing to the point of threatening Western control over the nation. Haftar already controls much of the Libyan oil and …
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Herland Report: Idlib refugees and Al Qaida as Western ally: Many ask why we do not cover the Syrian Arab Army and its allies’ attack on Idlib in Syria, as two million are in distress. Well, what is there to say? At one point the war on Syria has to end and its mercenaries return home. Those Syrians who …
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Herland Report: First, the background. When the United States abandoned the Iran agreement, that left Turkey’s oil imports adrift due to newly imposed US Treasury sanctions on Iranian oil exports. By December 2018, Turkey was forced to look elsewhere for its oil imports with Libya being the most logical choice by price and proximity, despite the violence there. Misrata …
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Herland Report: Pervasive Near Genocide of Christians in the Muslim world, is ongoing in parts of the Middle East, and has prompted an exodus in the past two decades, according to a report commissioned by the British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Millions of Christians in the region have been uprooted from their homes, and many have been killed, kidnapped, …
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Herland Report: As the dust settles in Syria subsequent to the US exit from the debacle that it so created in 2011, the festering sore that is Libya must once again come to the fore. Recall that Hillary Clinton and Mahmoud Jibril made the case for regime change in Libya and although the US seemingly abandoned oil-rich Libya after …
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The European hypocrisy when criticizing president Donald Trump wall efforts to stop illegal immigration along the US’ southern border, simply is baffling, writes historian Hanne Herland in one of America’s largest conservative news outlets, World Net Daily. The European mainstream media are tripping over themselves in copying New York Times and Washington Post attitudes. They demonize the “racist” Trump …
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Herland Report: The war that has ravaged Syria over the last half-decade is coming to an end. The caliphate declared by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State organization on June 29, 2014, at the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul now consists of a few ravaged square meters in Baghouz, in Syria’s Lower Euphrates River Valley, that are on the …
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Following the 1993 publishing of the book “Clash of Civilizations?” by the political scientist Samuel Huntington, it has only become more evident how prescient his thesis was at this time when looking at the US’ foreign policy in the Middle East. Huntington hypothesized that in the decades following the end of the Cold War; political conflicts would be rooted in …
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Turkey, which supports Hamas, has a growing presence in east Jerusalem, as seen by the Turkish flags flying there. Its influence can even be seen in local restaurants and clothing stores, writes Pinhas Inbari, a veteran Arab affairs correspondent. Turkish support for Hamas also explains the appearance of Turkish flags among Palestinian protesters in the Gaza fence confrontation. Turkey is …
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Herland Report: “Kina og Syria har allerede startet diskusjonene om investeringer i infrastruktur etter krigen. Det har vært et ‘Stort fellesmøte for gjenoppbygging av Syria’ i Beijing,” skriver Pepe Escobar, oversatt av Knut Lindtner på derimot.no. “Midt oppe i spådd undergang og dyster gjennomgang av alt som foregår i Syria, ser det ut til at alle spådommer om et …
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