According to El Universo, the WikiLeaks founder has been given an citizenship card that corresponds to Ecuadorian province of Pichincha. Per the outlet, Assange was given the passport on December 21, 2017. The report has yet to be confirmed by officials from Ecuador. Incidentally, ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 9, 2018: Russian Forces Thwart Drone Attack By Militants On Its Bases
On January 8 and 9, government forces re-captured over a dozen villages in southern Idlib, including Zifr Kabir, Zifr Saghir, Harmala, Burtuqanah, Ajjaz and Jahman from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda). In total, the ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 8, 2018: Syrian Army Liberates Large Area, Key Town In Southern Idlib
Last weekend, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s defense collapsed in southern Idlib. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Tiger Forces liberated the important town of Sinjar and the nearby villages including al-Nasiriyah, Jabal al-Kafi, Lubaida, Hawa, ...
Read More »President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: The End Of Hegemony?
Written by James Petras; Originally appeared at The Unz Review Introduction The Trump regime proclaimed that the vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was a strategic US decision. Both President ...
Read More »Winter Protests In Iran 2017-2018
Today, the influence of the Iranian state and its set of values is growing in the Middle East and around the world. In late December, anti-government protests sparked across the country. Over 20 people were killed, hundreds injured and thousands ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 5, 2018: Militants Retreat From More Villages In Southern Idlib
On January 4, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces, backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, captured the villages of Rsm al-Abid, al-Fhail, Rubaida, Msheirfeh, al-Qasr al-Abyad, Rabeeah Musa, Haqiyah and Umm Rjaim Hill in southeastern Idlib. ...
Read More »Rumours about an attack on the Russian airbase Khmeimin, Syria – initial analysis (UPDATED)
Rumors are starting to flow about an alleged attack on the Russian Aerospace Forces airbase in Khmeimin Syria. I have been parsing the Russian news sources and here is what I can say so far: an attack did indeed take ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – January 4, 2018: Russian Forces Suffer Casualties In Khmeimim Shelling
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Tiger Forces and other pro-government factions, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have achieved a notable progress against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) ...
Read More »Russia without SWIFT
by Kakaouskia for the Saker blog Greetings to the Saker community and readers. For some time now, US and its vassal states and Russia are engaged in an economic war. The first salvo was when VISA and MasterCard – which are ...
Read More »Iran at Dangerous Crossroads
by Peter Koenig for the Saker blog On 21 September 2017, the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, spoke to the head and the members of the Assembly of Experts with kind of a State of the Nation Speech. http://english.khamenei.ir/news/5142/Angry-at-Iran-s-Victories-and-Their-Own-Defeats-is-the-Reason. He ...
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