In advance of his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Vladimir Putin answered questions from Al Arabiya senior presenter Mohammed Tomaihi, Sky News Arabia senior presenter Mohannad Khatib and RT Arabic Public and Political Programmes Department Head Salam Musafir. http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61792 Mohammed Tomaihi (retranslated): Dear viewers, welcome to this unique interview with ...

By Aram Mirzaei Even though I have my doubts over whether Washington will actually withdraw from Syria fully, it seems as if their Kurdish proxies in northern Syria have been left to defend for themselves against the ongoing Turkish offensive. ...

By Pepe Escobar : Posted with Permission Forget an independent Kurdistan: They may have to do a deal with Damascus on sharing their area with Sunni Arab refugees In the annals of bombastic Trump tweets, this one is simply astonishing: here we ...

The Pentagon earlier confirmed that some Turkish shelling near the city of Kobani in northern Syria was in close proximity to American troops stationed at an observation post there. Washington insists that Ankara was aware of where its troops were ...

Turkish Leopard 2A4 battle tanks have entered northern Syria in the framework of Ankara’s Operation Peace Spring against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The most-widely known case of the employment of Turkish Leopard 2A4 battle tanks in the conflict in ...

Saudi-led forces shelled the Razih district in Saadah province;Saudi-led forces shelled Durayhimi town with mortar shells;Ceasefire violations were reported in Al Hudaydah city;Sporadic clashes continue on the Fakhir front;Sporadic clashes continue on the Rashaha front;According to reports, negotiations between Ansar ...

As the defense of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is crumbling under pressure from Turkey-led forces, the situation is northern Syria is becoming more and more tense. Over the past few days, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies ...

Friends, We hope you had an easy and meaningful fast. At the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), we are approaching this year with a renewed sense of mission and deep commitment to electing officials who share our values to ...

This will not be an analysis or even a commentary.  Neither am I siding with, or expressing support for, the Turkish military operation in norther Syria.  Finally, I am not discussing the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of the Kurdish Independence ...

[this article was written for the Unz Review] No, this will not be an article about Russians kidnapped in Chechnia (that was a very long time ago) or somewhere in a combat zone.  I will be talking about the USA and ...