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Chump: Before Trump Fell for Antifa Conspiracy Theory, He Fell for Saudi Blockade of US Ally Qatar

Is there no conspiracy theory Trump won’t fall for, however damaging to US interests?

Juan Cole · Jun 10, 2020

Qatar is a small peninsula sticking up from Arabia into the Gulf. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

After all, the efforts of both sides to deepen their ties with the military-industrial complex and increase their sway in Congress have ensured that the real interests of this country played second fiddle to those of Middle Eastern despots. Certainly, their acts helped ensure near historic levels of arms sales to the region, while prolonging the wars in Yemen andSyria, and so contributing to death and devastation on an almost unimaginable scale. (Photo: Campaign Against Arms Trade/Flickr/cc)

How the Saudis, the Qataris, and the Emiratis Took Washington

Morgan Palumbo · Jun 9, 2020

The U.S. stores upwards of 50 B-61 nuclear gravity bombs at Incirlik

An American General Probably Thinks- “Thanks Trump, for Putting a Target on My Back!”

Ann Wright · Jan 5, 2020

"If such deep connections between Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration sometimes seem to surface out of nowhere, they all too often stem from an extraordinarily influential, if largely unpublicized, Saudi lobbying and public relations campaign." (Photo: White House/Flickr/cc)

Arms and Influence: How the Saudis Took Donald Trump for a Ride

Ben Freeman · May 10, 2018

Mideast’s ‘Only Democracy’ joins push to Silence Al Jazeera: Netanyahu

Juan Cole · Jul 27, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office at the White House, March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Trump's Love Affair With the Saudis

The Saudi regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences

William Hartung · Jun 20, 2017

After Trump Calls Gulf Nation "High Level" Funder of Terrorism, US Sells Qatar $12 Billion in Fighter Jets

"Ah yes. Take that, Qatar! Feel the wrath of the Trump..."

Common Dreams staff · Jun 15, 2017

Daesh Claims Responsibility for Unprecedented Terror in Tehran

Sepideah Mohsenian-Rahman · Jun 10, 2017

As Iranians Vote For Peace, Trump Helps Saudi Arabia Pick Another Fight

Iranian society extended its hand to the world, and the governments in Washington, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv responded with threatening clenched fists.

Reza Marashi · Jun 9, 2017

Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Tribal Feud with Regional and Global Implications

Emile Nakhleh · Jun 7, 2017

Experts Slam Surprise US "Electronics Ban" on Flights from Muslim-Majority Countries

'It is strange that this electronics ban is about security, but includes no countries on the #MuslimBan, which was also about security,' wrote ThinkProgress editor Adrienne Mahsa

Nadia Prupis, staff writer · Mar 21, 2017

For the Middle East, It’s the Center for American Regress

Jim Lobe · Oct 24, 2016

Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?

Glenn Greenwald · Aug 25, 2016

Investigation on Black Market Fate of CIA Weapons Raises New Questions

New investigation from New York Times and Al Jazeera implicates Jordan, but omits key details

Nadia Prupis, staff writer · Jun 27, 2016

The Jordanian Arms Theft Story

Marcy Wheeler · Jun 27, 2016