Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Update on the Situation in the Middle East

By Global Research News Global Research, January 28, 2016

Url of this article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-update-on-the-situation-in-the-middle-east/5504373

SELECTED ARTICLES: Yemen: Around 400 Blackwater Mercenaries Fighting for Saudi-Led Coalition By Sputnik, January 24 2016 Yemeni army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman said that the Saudi-led coalition hire people from around the world to fight in Yemen, among contractors there are 400 persons from US private security firm Blackwater. US Planning to Keep Military Forces in Afghanistan for “Decades” By Thomas Gaist, January 27 2016 The US military plans to maintain a presence of thousands of US forces in Afghanistan for “decades,” unnamed senior US military officials told the Washington Post Tuesday. Iran: Lifting Sanctions and Coming Betrayal By Tony Cartalucci, January 27 2016 US policymakers have long conspired to broker what would be meant to appear as a historic deal with the political order in Tehran. “Fierce Clashes” Between Syrian Arab Army and “Moderate Terrorists”, Retreat of ISIS By South Front, January 28 2016 On Jan. 27 the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies captured hilltops of Tal Hamad and Tal Koum in the Sheikh Miskeen countryside expanding a security zone around this city. Israel, US and Turkey Profit from Stolen ISIS Stolen Oil By Stephen Lendman, January 28 2016 Israel is complicit with Washington’s war on Syria, directly aiding ISIS and likeminded terrorist groups, profiting hugely from Daesh smuggled oil. More on this below. Above the Law: UK Government Drops investigations into Iraq War Crimes By Michael Gray, January 28 2016 UK soldiers facing charges of unlawful killing during Iraq War operations will not face further investigation after the internal military process was abandoned.