The Last Thing Iraq Needs: US Sanctions Threaten a Nation Trying to Heal
Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq By Nancy Mancias shared by Codepink I arrived at the Taj Hotel in Baghdad’s Jadriyah neighborhood at 6 a.m., worn thin by the long flight from…
House Overwhelmingly Approves Resolution to Maintain Syria Sanctions After Earthquake
Only Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) voted against the resolution.
After Earthquake Devastates Syria, US Shows No Interest in Lifting Sanctions
US sanctions are specifically designed to prevent Syria's reconstruction.
US Trial of Venezuela’s Alex Saab Exposes Diplomatic Espionage
Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned…
The Real Reason the US Is Against the Entire World on Cuba
What is the point of the embargo on Cuba? What are we hoping to achieve? To punish a dead Fidel Castro for his sins? Maybe to punish a dead Che…
Crisis in Cuba Requires End of US Blockade Now
By W.T. Whitney / CounterPunch Friends of socialist Cuba like good news about that country. Now bad news has its use. Grief and hardship currently are such that, clearly, the…