On FPF #116, I update the geopolitical mess in Arabia and the Levant. In Yemen, the US now blames Iran for supplying the Houthi with the missile that targeted Saudi Arabia. The Lebanon Prime Minister remains under house arrest in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince bin Salman continues to arrest officials and princes on corruption charges. I also update Catalonia, Russiagate, and ISIS.
Articles
- The US has spent $5.6 trillion on conflict since 2001. [Link]
- Philip Giraldi explains how the US can be trapped into more interventions in the Middle East. [Link]
- Reports from North Korea claim soldiers are looting food form the civilians. [Link]
- The US carried out a drone strike against an al-Shabaab target in Somalia. [Link]
- Lebanese sources say Lebanon’s Prime Minister is being held under house arrest in Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia orders its citizens out of Lebanon. [Link]
- The US is carrying out more airstrikes in Afghanistan. [Link]
- The US claims the missile fired from Yemen at Saudi Arabia is Iranian made. [Link]
- The USA LIBERTY ACT passes its House committee. The bill will renew the FISA 702 program and expand the government’s ability to spy on Americans. [Link]
- Trump was unable to visit the DMZ due to weather. [Link]
- The US could have almost 16,000 troops in Afghanistan next year. [Link]
- Spain claims to have annulled the Catalan independence. Catalans continue to strike and protest against the Catalan government. [Link]
- ISIS lost control of their last stronghold in Syria. ISIS only controls a few villages in Syria. [Link]
- The UN says Saudi Arabia must lift the blockade of Yemen to avoid a massive famine. [Link]
- William Binney met with CIA Direct Mike Pompeo to discuss the DNC Leaks. Trump requested Pompeo take this meeting. [Link]
- Israel tells diplomats to follow Saudi Arabia’s narrative on Lebanon’s prime minister resigning. [Link]
- Nikki Haley said the UN needs to take actions against Iran because of the Yemeni missile fired at Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia kills 30 people in Yemen. Children, women, and paramedics were among the dead. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia has not blocked humanitarian aid from reaching Yemen. [Link]
- Trump will ask Congress for another $5.9 billion in defense spending. The money is for more THAAD missiles in South Korea and for 3,500 troops to be sent to Afghanistan. [Link]
- Iran will allow India to use a port in southern Iran. The access to the port will give India a trade route to central Asia and Afghanistan. [Link]
- Trump voices support for the Saudi purge. [Link]
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