Monthly Archives: March 2018
The Five stages of (Imperial) grief: Anger
Syrian War Report – March 15, 2018: Militant Advance In Northern Hama Ends In Failure
On March 14, ten so-called “moderate opposition” groups launched a large-scale attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama and captured the villages of al-Hamamiyat and Karnaz. According to a released statement, the attack was dubbed ...
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Syrian War Report – March 14, 2018: Government Forces Liberate Key Area In Southern Damascus
On March 13, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered the area of al-Qadam in southern Damascus after local militants had been evacuated from it. Militants had been forced to sign an evacuation agreement with Damascus after ISIS units operating in ...
Read More »When dealing with a bear, hubris is suicidal
[This analysis was written for the Unz Review] Assuming mankind finds a way not to destroy itself in the near future and assuming that there will still be historians in the 22nd or 23rd centuries, I bet you that they will ...
Read More »The myth of a neo-imperial China
by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) The geopolitical focus of the still young 21st century spans the Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf all the way to the South China Sea alongside the spectrum from Southwest ...
Read More »Syria the day after Putin’s speech; Who’s Doing What in Syria Part III
by Ghassan Kadi Much has been said about Putin’s 1st of March 2018 speech; a speech that should well and truly be known in the future as the “Putin Manifesto”, and no analysts have been better able to examine its political and ...
Read More »Trump, May, Merkel and Macron issue joint statement blaming Russia for Sergei Skripal poisoning
Business Insider reports: full statement (emphasis added) We, the leaders of France, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom, abhor the attack that took place against Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, UK, on 4 March 2018. A British police ...
Read More »Photo of Femi Otedola And Tony Elumelu In ‘Billionaire Handshake’
Femi Otedola has shared handshake photo with UBA chairman Tony Elumelu when they both ran into each other today. The billionaire business man took to his social media page to share this photo with his followers with the caption “Ran ...
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