Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist and historian who specializes in U.S. national security policy. [United States]

U.S. and Syria: Focus on the Saudi Factor

How terror attacks in Paris calls for revising U.S. policy in Syria.

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Syria: Any Honest Broker?

A look at who is (or is not) invited forecasts how little it can do to end the war.

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The “Blame Russia” Line Deflects From U.S. Blunder

Why the Obama administration won’t admit the real targets of Russian airstrikes.

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Is Yemen a Proxy War?

The misinformed media incorrectly place the blame on Iran for Yemeni uprising.

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Is the U.S. – Not Iran – to Blame in Houthi Uprising?

The recent Houthi arms bonanza came from Saleh, not Iran.

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