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STATEMENT BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF RUSSIA August 11, 2016 Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has disrupted a plot to carry out terrorist attacks in the Republic of Crimea. The attacks, planned by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s Chief Intelligence Directorate, ...

AlMasdarNews reports: The leader of Jabhat Al Nusra’s, now Jabhat Fath Al-Sham, Barraq Battalions defected from the Al-Qaeda affiliated terror group and joined the notorious ISIS group.   He was based in the troubled Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp that was ...

The Chinese military appears to be dramatically increasing its presence around a key island in the South China Sea, sending a strong message to Washington.   As Beijing continues its land reclamation projects in the South China Sea, Washington has ...

CIA former deputy-head Michael Morell, who has thrown his support behind Hillary Clinton for the US presidency, said Tuesday during “CBS This Morning” that Russians and Iranians in Syria should be killed covertly to make their countries “pay a price.” ...

Note by the Saker: the following was sent to me by a person I know but who decided to write under an alias. When I asked my contact how sure he was of his info, he replied: “Well the source ...

Britain’s 3rd richest man is dead. Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster died aged 64.  Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor became ill on his Abbeystead Estate and passed on at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, a spokeswoman for the estate has ...

Since yesterday was the anniversary of the 08.08.08 war my friend Baaz sent me this video to share on the blog.  Thanks Baaz!  The Saker

Streamed live Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are holding a joint news conference in St. Petersburg following their meeting. Items for discussion on the agenda were expected to include economic projects and the settlement ...