Middle East

The threat of wider wars in the Middle East and the responsibilities of socialists

By Frieda Afary June 24, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Alliance of Middle East Socialists — On June fifth, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt suddenly cut off diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar and closed their borders to it. The reason stated for this decision was Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood movement as well as Qatar’s friendly relations with the Iranian government. Donald Trump subsequently sent out a tweet in which he took credit for this move: “So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the king and 50 countries already paying off.” Turkey immediately announced its support for Qatar and accelerated legislation to send more troops to its military base in that country. It also called on Saudi Arabia to end this crisis. The Iranian government announced that its air space and land borders were open to Qatar in order to prevent a blockade against it. Subsequently, on June 11, the Iranian navy sent two battleships to the coast of Oman.

Erdogan, the coup in Turkey and the global counter-revolution

By Sa

Selahattin Demirtaş: 'How Turkish government endangers peace process with Kurds'

The revolutionaries of Bethnahrin: cooperation between Christians and Kurds

Dawronoye's television team visits the guerrillas.

Syria: Arabs and Kurds fighting to rebuild a democratic and inclusive revolution

July 8, 2015 –

'US fuelled the rise of ISIS' conspiracy theories a back-handed attack on Syrian uprising

Syria: Nusra’s massacre of Druze villagers condemned

Members of the Druze minority wave the Druze flag.

Discussion: Michael Cooke on the left and fundamentalists

By Michael Cooke

Syria: Rojava offers a way forward

Kurdish fighters in Rojava.

[For more on the struggle of the Kurdish people, click HERE.]

By Tony Iltis

May 9, 2015 -- Green Left Weekly, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- War planes from the US and its allies bombed the village of Birmehli in northern Syria on the night of April‭ ‬30.‭ ‬US Central Command spokesperson Major Curtis Kellogg claimed that at least‭ ‬50‭ ‬fighters from the self-styled Islamic State‭ (‬IS‭) ‬group were killed and there was‭ “‬no indication that any civilians were killed‭”‬.

South Africa: SRCs of five more universities join academic boycott of Israel