[This column was written for the Unz Review] There have been major developments this week, all of them bad, including Putin re-nominating Medvedev as his Prime Minister, and Bibi Netanyahu invited to Moscow to the Victory Day Parade in spite ...

At around 2:00 P.M. on Friday afternoon, 13 April 2018, some thirty residents of the Palestinian village of Madama tried to eliminate a roadblock the Israeli military had placed at the eastern entrance to the village. About eleven soldiers then ...

Last night, at least 20 rockets were launched from southern Syria at positions of the Israeli military in the Golan Heights. The rocket was reportedly aimed at the following Israeli targets: A HQ of the border brigade 9900 A HQ of the border ...

by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) Donald Trump’s decision to leave the JCPOA will not open the path to an Iranian nuclear weapon Breaking the unwritten rules of global diplomacy, the Trump administration is now ...

The situation in Eastern Ukraine may undergo a dramatic transformation due to the end of the so-called “anti-terrorist operation” (ATO) on April 30, and the subsequent “reformatting” of military operations in Eastern Ukraine, which could spell either an escalation or, ...

An evacuation of militants and their supporters has started in the Rastan pocket in northern Homs. On May 7, 62 buses carrying out a batch of militants left the area towards the northern town of Jarabulus currently controlled by Turkey ...

On May 9, the annual Victory Day parade was held in the Russian capital of Moscow to mark the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. During the parade, the Russian military showcased a number of its sophisticated weapons, ...

Israeli forces reportedly struck targets near Damascus on Tuesday with missiles, according to Al Masdar News, just hours after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran sanctions deal. Syria’s SANA reports that air defense systems intercepted at least two missiles ...

ISIS’ defense is rapidly collapsing in southern Damascus under a pressure from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. Last weekend, government forces liberated the southern part of the al-Hajar al-Aswad district from ISIS terrorists and made a few ...

It is 8years today, Former President Umaru Musa Yaradua Died Mysteriously On This Day (May 5th) In 2010 May. His Mysteriously death is somehow linked to Ajaokuta Steel industry and Rosatom deal as he refused to bow down to presure. ...