Whether or not there was a U.S.-backed coup against Pakistan’s deposed leader Imran Khan is a point of great debate. On a recent episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek spoke with Pakistani professor Taimur Rahman, who argued that it was not a coup. But judging by the crowds in the street, many Pakistanis believe that there […]
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While the world has been distracted by the war in Ukraine, Pakistan is in the middle of massive political upheaval. Imran Khan was removed as prime minister through a parliamentary vote of no confidence, which he blamed on a US-backed coup. Was it US interference? Or was this just local Pakistani politics? To understand what […]
As Iran prepares for presidential elections, Rania Khalek is joined by Iranian scholar at Columbia University Navid Zarrinnal on her program Dispatches to discuss developments in Iran, from the coming elections to the tumultuous Trump years, relations with the Biden administration, Iran’s role in the region and more.
PBS Frontline released a long anticipated documentary featuring Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, formerly the head of Jabhat Al Nusra, the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, which is now called Hayat Tahrir al Sham, or HTS. Jolani is attempting to rebrand himself and his organization in an effort to be removed from the US terrorism list so […]
The neocons are back and they’re everywhere: inside the White House, in the Democratic Party and all over cable news. They’ve regained control of the foreign policy establishment with almost no resistance. It’s the neocon takeover of the American mind! pic.twitter.com/lUgsst53sw — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) June 28, 2019
The US government no longer excludes the creepy MEK cult as a regime change leadership option for Iran https://t.co/GBbWcdLzKH I made a video about the US-backed MEK, watch here: pic.twitter.com/CsZ5z8FYJg — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 7, 2019
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