Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
The Real Ruler of Israeli Regime and the US, Sheldon Adelson

The Real Ruler of Israeli Regime and the US, Sheldon Adelson

Sunday 15 February 2015
Americans don’t like to be ruled by captains of casinos. For the next US presidential elections, Adelson has started early. He has summoned to his Las Vegas casino HQ all leading Republican candidates, to grill them on their allegiance to him – and to Netanyahu. Nobody dared to refuse the summons. W ...
alwaght.net
US Anti-terror Iraq Campaign: From Propaganda to Battlefield

US Anti-terror Iraq Campaign: From Propaganda to Battlefield

Wednesday 24 February 2016 ،
Americans”, the source added. Why the battles which were fought by the Pubic Mobilization Forces in Baiji, Jurf Al Nasr and Amirli have not left such a devastation? The answer looks easy. Washington seeks undermining of Iraq while the army, the Mobilization forces and the tribes are going to g ...
alwaght.net
Yemen Conflict; Showcase of US West Asia Policy Confusion

Yemen Conflict; Showcase of US West Asia Policy Confusion

Wednesday 14 December 2016 ،
Americans declined to pressure the UN to avoid blacklisting Saudi Arabia as children rights violator, trying, in a way, to keep away from the UN motion. As Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon official, put it the US and the West as a whole took a hypocritical approach in dealing with Yemen’s ev ...
alwaght.net
US-Backed Kurds Take Syria’s largest Oil Field: Opportunities, Challenges

US-Backed Kurds Take Syria’s largest Oil Field: Opportunities, Challenges

Wednesday 25 October 2017 ،
Americans and their proxies. If Russia decides to help Syria retake its Deir ez-Zor oilfields by force, clashes might erupt between the US-backed militants and the Syrian forces who have backing of the Resistance camp. This will escalate rejuvenated tensions in the region. Therefore, the Syrian Ku ...
alwaght.net
What’s Driving New Arab Force Plan in Syria?

What’s Driving New Arab Force Plan in Syria?

Thursday 6 February 2020 ،
Americans and Saudis at a recent meeting in Syria’s Hasakah province talked about establishing an Arab force as an affiliation of the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The US government, which just a couple of months ago announced it intends to remove its forces from Syria, appe ...
alwaght.net
Sanders Proposes Government-Funded Child Care, Questions $ US Military Budget

Sanders Proposes Government-Funded Child Care, Questions $ US Military Budget

Tuesday 25 February 2020 ،
Americans. Alwaght- US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposed on Monday spending $1.5 trillion over 10 years to create a universal child care and early education system, to be funded by taxing the wealthiest Americans. The frontrunner democratic candidate criticized the US government for it ...
alwaght.net
America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic

America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic

Wednesday 29 April 2020 ،
Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in just 23 days. This is despite the fact that the economy is expected to contract by 40 percent this quarter. The report also noted that between 1980 a ...
alwaght.net
Richest Americans Boosted Their Fortunes by $195 bin Biden’s First 100 Days

Richest Americans Boosted Their Fortunes by $195 bin Biden’s First 100 Days

Sunday 2 May 2021 ،
Americans for Tax Fairness.  However, Biden now wants the wealthiest 1% of Americans and corporations “to pay their fair share,” he said earlier this week. He wants to bring “billions of dollars” to the economy and proposes taking the top tax bracket ...
alwaght.net
Musk, Bezos, Other Billionaires Pay Little to Nothing in US Income Tax: Investigative Report

Musk, Bezos, Other Billionaires Pay Little to Nothing in US Income Tax: Investigative Report

Wednesday 9 June 2021 ،
Americans have paid zero income tax in some years, according to an investigative report published Tuesday that comes as Washington weighs new proposals to address tax avoidance by the wealthiest individuals and companies. Several of the richest Americans have paid zero income tax in some years, acco ...
alwaght.net
More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
Americans who are descendants of enslavers as well,” said Tony Burroughs, a genealogist who specializes in helping Black Americans trace their ancestries. What’s unclear is how the proportion of leaders who descend from slaveholders compares to that of all Americans. Among scholars, the ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies