by Pepe Escobar : Republished from Asia Times by permission of author The narrative that the Beirut explosion was an exclusive consequence of negligence and corruption by the current Lebanese government is now set in stone, at least in the Atlanticist sphere. ...

Beware of sensationalism clickbaiting and crazy rumors: Beirut was NOT a nuclear explosion. However, considering how huge this explosion was, I feel that I ought to post these few reminders: It is quite impossible to conceal the use of a ...

The Harpoon is a United States all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile. The missile has been developed and is being manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The missile also has a land attack variant.

Update UPDATE (19:40 CEST): Both Israel and Hezbollah denied responsibility for two massive explosions in Beirut. According to media authorities are considering a version that the explosion was caused by some confiscated materials that were stored in the port area. *** ...

by Pepe Escobar for Ooduarere via The Saker Blog and originally posted at Asia Times When the Ronald Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups recently engaged in “operations” in the South China Sea, it did not escape to many a cynic that ...

On July 27, fighting broke out between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the Israeli-Lebanese contact line. This became the heaviest open confrontation between the sides in about a year. The incident occurred in an area known as Chebaa Farms, which ...

Iran warns Zionists to stop lying Source: Al-Alam, July 17, 2020 Translation: resistancenews.org Iranian Armed Forces’ spokesman Brigadier General Abu Al-Fadl Shukarji has warned Zionists against continuing their lies about targeting Iranian sites in Syria. Brigadier Shikarji added that only 8 Iranian ...

South Front Late on July 20, the Israeli Air Force carried out a new wave of airstrikes on the southern countryside of the Syrian capital of Damascus. According to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA, Israeli warplanes launched missiles from the ...

Donald Trump will be “fumigated out” of the White House if he refuses to leave following the presidential election, according to the top US Democrat, Nancy Pelosi. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded the Republican president that he will ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik. ...