Martin Smith

PBS Producer Blows Up CNN, Sky News Claims About No Minders in Iran newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicho…

BOMBSHELL: Jake Sullivan reveals that just days before the US started bombing Iran, Tehran put a massive peace proposal on the table in Geneva. The US negotiators "simply didn't understand what they were being offered" and bombed them anyway!

"Israel informed the US this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran rages on, US officials told Semafor" semafor.com/article/03/14/…

Why Syrians Rose Up Against Assad | The Regime (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS) - goo.gl/alerts/ArWc9B #GoogleAlerts

I would be devastated if we ever lost Frontline. @MartinSmithDocs thank you and the whole team. youtube.com/watch?v=VHcgnR…

People who wants to understand kno middle east the way it it is should start with @MartinSmithDocs on the history of conflict in the Middle East. Admiring him since his afghanistan days @frontlinepbs . Best one ! youtu.be/VHcgnRl2xPM

Excellent reporting by @MartinSmithDocs on the history of conflict in the Middle East. @NewsHour @YouTube youtu.be/VHcgnRl2xPM?si…

"The experience of regime change in our part of the world has not been good." Former Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the US, Prince Turki AlFaisal tells @joumannatv that US President Donald Trump set out his plans for regime change in Iran to avoid escalations bloom.bg/4b0eRnH

‘It is in this charged environment that a narrative has emerged claiming that Saudi Arabia has “pivoted away from moderation,” “abandoned peace,” and begun embracing extremism – or even indulging antisemitism. None of these accusations withstands serious scrutiny’. timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-h… by Michel Ratney and Bernard Haykel

15 years ago today was my first day in combat. It also marks the sacrifice of Lance Cpl. Charles Seth Sharp, who was a member of my infantry unit (Echo Company 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines) during Op. Khanjar - @MartinSmithDocs of @frontlinepbs was embedded with us. Miss you, Seth

Israel will never admit it, but I am confident that so many of the successes Israel has had vs. the Iranian axis is not due to Israeli genius but due to the stupidity of the men who make up the rank-and-file and commanders of these militias & Iranian regime. Having spent 903 days in the captivity of an Iraqi militia servicing Iran, I can tell you that I've never met more ignorant people in my life. Commanders who think tracking devices can be planted in teeth, but don't know white [non-silver] fillings exist. Commanders who think Masons rule the world. Senior commanders who are literally illiterate. An Iranian commander who thinks there is such a thing as spoken vs. written Hebrew (diglossia). What a travesty that Iraqis, Yemenis, Gazans, Iranians and Lebanese are subject to the rule of these brutal ignoramuses.

Statement | Qatar Strongly Condemns the Entry of the Israeli Occupation’s Prime Minister, Ministers, and Officials into Occupied Syrian Territory #MOFAQatar

🚨WOW! An ABC Reporter just CLOBBERED Trump And the Saudi Crown Prince with TWO of the best questions. Please name this journalist so we can all nominate her for the Pulitzer Prize!

@joshua_landis @baddilatifeh Here is a transcript that we posted on FRONTLINE's website in 2021. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…

@MartinSmithDocs I will ask Martin Smith, included here, if that is something that he might do. His interview with Ahmad al-Sharaa is an important historical document and will be of great interest to historians and anyone interested in the extraordinary rise of Syria's new leader.

There is a certain irony here :-)

'Meeting is the message': On US visit, Syria's Sharaa eyes boost against Israel, SDF and sanctions middleeasteye.net/news/meeting-m…

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