Sean Nevins

Sean Nevins is a Washington DC based staff writer for MintPress focusing on foreign affairs, and the intersection of politics and policy. His work has appeared on Link TV, Inter Press Service, and The Real News Network. He has lived and reported from all over the world and holds a Master’s in Asian Studies (focus: Pakistan) from Lund University in Sweden.

One Pan-Arab Army To Rule Them All … Or Not

Proposals of a pan-Arab army are generating buzz as a potentially powerful means of containing the threat of ISIS, but history and conflicting agendas are major roadblocks on the path to a unified military force in the Gulf region.

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King Salman, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

Saudi King Salman, right, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi upon  his arrival to Riyadh Airbase, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, March 1, 2015.  El-Sissi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first policy meeting with the country's king BEIRUT --- News media has been lighting up with speculation about a pan-Arab army,

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Beating The War Drums For Iran: How AIPAC Is Splitting America

Nowhere are the dangers of partisan disunity more apparent than in the United States’ handling of foreign policy, especially when it comes to Iran and the forces working to maintain it the latest boogeyman of U.S.

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves after speaking before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. BEIRUT --- The U.S. government is coming apart at the seams in more ways than one. The world watched as lawmakers played chicken with the debt ceiling in 2011 and forced a government

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Israel To Finally Face ICC Over War Crimes In Gaza

When Palestine officially becomes an International Criminal Court member state on April 1, its first order of business will be to file a complaint with the international legal body against Israel over last year’s war on Gaza and illegal Israeli settlement activity in Palestinian territories.

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A Palestinian brother and sister walk in front of a building which was destroyed in Israel's assault on Gaza last summer, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. BEIRUT --- Palestine plans to lodge its first complaint against Israel for alleged war crimes at the International Criminal Court

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We’re Screwed: Colin Powell’s Chief Of Staff On The Failings Of US Foreign Policy

In a sweeping interview with MintPress News, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson explains why the U.S. needs to make resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a bigger priority and how partnering with Iran could be the key to achieving greater regional stability.

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WILKERSON

Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.  Now an outspoken critic of US foreign policy, Wilkerson told MintPress that you cannot have a strategy if you are constantly buffeted, and buffeted seriously, by the winds of domestic interest. BEIRUT --- One of the most important elections related to

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INTERVIEW: Who Is ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

This person was one of us. He was raised and fed among us,” says an intrepid journalist whose recent documentary on the leader of ISIS reveals an intelligent man who grew up outside of Baghdad, playing football and leading prayers at the local mosque.

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The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a speech an ISIS overrun mosque in what would be a rare - if not the first - public appearance by the shadowy militant.

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a speech an ISIS overrun mosque in what would be a rare - if not the first - public appearance by the shadowy militant. BEIRUT --- In terms of the American occupation of Iraq and the United States’ current plans to start training fighters in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and

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US And Turkey’s Competing Interests In Syria: Fighting ISIS Or Fighting Assad?

The U.S. and Turkey have agreed to cooperate in training “moderate rebels” to fight in Syria, but they plan to use those forces toward different ends. Meanwhile, Turkey’s holding up a peaceful resolution in Syria and Iran’s becoming a U.S. ally in the region.

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Mideast Syria

A Syrian Rebel sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab. Jan. 30, 2015 BEIRUT --- Turkey and the United States signed a deal last month to collaborate on training “moderate rebels” to fight in Syria within the next four to six weeks. But there is a problem: The two countries have contradictory goals for these fighters to

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Is This Really The First Time Syrian Rebels Have Been Aided By The US?

Turkey and the U.S. struck a deal last month to train and equip “moderate rebel forces” in Syria. A number of media outlets are hailing this as a first for the Obama administration, yet there’s evidence proving otherwise.

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Mideast Syria Aleppo Plan Q&A

A Free Syrian Army fighter, right, looks through a mirror which helps him see Syrian troops from the other side, as he takes his position with his comrade during fighting, at the old city of Aleppo city, Syria. BEIRUT --- On Friday, Rear Adm. John Kirby stated that the United States would begin training moderate Syrian rebels in Turkey to

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