The Vineyard of the Saker

(Originally written for the Asia Times ) All signs are showing that the otherwise secretive Saudi regime is angry.  Very, very angry.  Not...

Al-Akhbar reports: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded by the sword two nationals convicted of murdering a Syrian and of armed robbery, the int...

  Comment: As always, Soraya brings up an important point - the consistently nefarious role of Saudi Arabia which, on one hand, acts like t...

Oh God, it appears that everyday some appalling video comes out of Syria. Though these are mostly from the anti-government side, supporters ...

So it turns out that the Boston bombers are two Chechen brothers who are "refugees" even though neither is from Chechnia proper (...

Just a few hours after writing about how the Saudis are seriously considering crucifying a Shia cleric, I come across this news item: now th...

Please take a look at this article from the al-Akhbar English language website . I think that it is extremely interesting as it shows the t...

RT reports : Saudi preacher gets fine and short jail term for raping and killing daughter Image from facebook.com @We-are-supporting-Man...

This could have been footage made in Bosnia, Chechnia, Kosovo or Libya, but it happens to have been made in Syria.  Same faces, same crazed...

RT reports: NGOs are urging Syrian rebels to release a Ukrainian journalist, Anhar Kochneva, who is set to be executed Thursday. Meanwhile...

Agenzia Fides reports : The body of the Greek-Orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, was foun...

The BBC reports: Gunmen have killed at least 18 Shia Muslim bus passengers in a sectarian attack in the northern Pakistani district of Kohi...

The BBC reports that a court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers. Well,...

By Pepe Escobar for the Asia Times online His name is Abdelhakim Belhaj. Some in the Middle East might have, but few in the West and across...

Fabri Malek, spokesperson of the Libyan Democratic Party, went on the Iranian Press TV channel and presented an interesting theory about wh...

RT TV has just announced that the Shia of Saudi Arabia have declared that this Friday will be a "day of rage". Considering that t...

The BBC reports: Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to play in the Pakistani city of Lahore. At lea...

Press TV reports : A report to the Iranian parliament has cited grave human rights abuses against Shias in the northwestern Pakistani city o...

Rediff India Abroad reports: Doctors shocked at hostages's torture by Krishnakumar P and Vicky Nanjappa in Mumbai They said that just on...