Note by the Saker: today I am posting to completely different views on the events in Catalonia.  I do that because I hope that our community has the maturity needed to be exposed to two oppsed views without automatically having ...

Syrian government forces, led by the 800th Commandos Battalion of the Republican Guard, repelled ISIS attempts to capture al-Sukhnah town and re-taken Al-Taybah village and Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi Castle near it. The ISIS advance on the pumping station also resulted ...

 Written by Balogun Adesina for Ooduarere.com What the West (CIA, Zionist, Neocons, Saxons) Had in the Cooler for Nigeria when they predicted Break up in the Year 2015 and how former President Jonathan messed it up.   What the West ...

Masoud Barzani has overplayed his hand – no regional powers are going to assent to partition of Iraq by Pepe Escobar for the Asia Times Wily clannish capo Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), has announced that “Yes” won Monday’s non-binding independence ...

Here is the original and full transcript of my recent interview with Sputnik (by email): ——- Sputnik: Could you comment on the US recent actions in Deir ez-Zor? What could have been behind the alleged US provocations in the region? ...

By Aram Mirzaei Last Sunday, the Kurdish regional authority defied the world and went forward with the scheduled independence referendum in Northern Iraq. With the definite result of the referendum not being official yet, there can be little doubt that an ...

The death of Lieutenant General Valery Asapov and two Russian colonels who were with him in Syria highlights the fundamentally different military command philosophies of the US and Russian militaries. by Alexander Mercouris for Russia Feed Unlike Western armies the Russian army ...

Iraqi Kurds have voted in favor of the creation of an independent state amid high tensions with the Iraqi government over the issue. The High Elections and Referendum Commission said on Wednesday that more than 92.73 percent of voters supported the idea of Iraqi ...

Voiceover by Harold Hoover On Monday, Syrian government forces renewed efforts to capture the strategic area of the T-2 Pumping Station near the border with Iraq. The pumping station is one of the last ISIS strong points between the government-held ...