Has Putin Cornered Mid East Nuclear Market in Deal with Obama to Back US Iran Nuclear Diplomacy?
Why did Moscow never rock the boat during the long negotiations between the six world powers and Iran for a
More...
Middle East
Despite Grave Military Reverses, the Syrian Army and Hizballah Are Not Done Yet
Four years ago, at the outset of the Syrian popular revolt, Ehud Barak, then Israeli Defense Minister, erred twice –
More...
How does sanctions-ridden Iran find a multibillion war chest to fund 6 armies fighting in 4 Mid East wars?
According to figures reaching debkafile in March, Iran is spending a vast fortune – up to an estimated $6-8 billion
More...
How Does Sanctions-Ridden Iran Bankroll Four Major Mid East Wars?
This March, Iran committed a vast fortune, funneled through its Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), to supporting six armies fighting in four
More...
Can Obama Shift Lead Role in War on ISIS from America to Iran?
President Barack Obama has undertaken a delicate, high-wire gambit for using the nuclear accord with Tehran as the fulcrum for
More...
The US President’s foreign policy leaves Ukraine’s chocolate king in a box
The chocolate factory owned by Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko in central Kiev is the 18th largest in the world.
More...
Chuck Hagel faces flat resistance to US regional policies in his coming Mid East trip
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives in Jeddah next Monday, May 12, to attend a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation
More...
US National Security Advisor in Town to Hold Israel Back from Striking Iran at Nuclear Threshold
Susan Rice made her first trip to Jerusalem as US National Security Advisor for a two-day effort to talk Israel’s
More...
Polling in Iraq, Syria and Egypt May Cleave Mid East into Two New Blocs
Iran has recalled from Syria the Iraqi Shiite militias fighting in support of the embattled Bashar Assad, DEBKA Weekly's intelligence
More...
A new drone offensive awaits Al Qaeda – waged this time by Mid East powers without America
President Barack Obama is determined to discontinue America’s drone operations against al Qaeda along with its disengagement from Afghanistan and
More...