Middle East

Today, hundreds of humanitarian activists received disappointing news in Istanbul, Turkey. After months of preparations and numerous delays, the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition [...]

Yesterday, in Istanbul, Turkey, Chief “Mandla” Mandela delivered a speech to participants in the Freedom Flotilla’s emergency mission to Gaza. Chief Mandela is the tribal chief [...]

On April 23, 2024, I arrived in Istanbul, Turkey to join the Freedom Flotilla’s urgent mission to Gaza. Upon my arrival, I learned that hundreds of activists from around the world had [...]

This week, as the world waited for Israel’s military response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strikes, I spoke with geopolitical analyst, Laith Marouf. A controversial [...]

Today, on the day following Iran’s unprecedented strikes on Israel, I spoke with American-born, Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi about the significance of the Iranian strikes. Professor [...]

This past week, I gave two interviews regarding Israel’s recent destruction of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Damascus. As I explained in each interview, Israel’s attack [...]

For nearly four years, Hussein Moanes, a former spokesman for Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigrades, was imprisoned by U.S. forces for having engaged in armed resistance to the U.S. occupation of [...]

In late March, while in Beirut, I had the opportunity to interview Ammar Al-Moussawi, Director of International Relations for the political wing of Hezbollah. Al-Moussawi is a former member of [...]

Last week, while visiting Baghdad, I spoke with Hussein Barood, the elected spokesman of the Iraqi Movement for the Belt-and-Road Initiative. For years, the movement Barood represents has [...]

A couple of weeks ago, while travelling in Lebanon, I decided to launch a weekly video presentation titled “Rant of the Week”. The purpose of this exercise will be no more (and no [...]