Jabhat al-Nusra: History, Capabilities, Role In Syrian War
History Jabhat al-Nusra, originally Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-ahli ash-Sham min Mujahideen ash-Shām fi Sahat al-Jihad or “Victory Front for the People of the Levant by the Mujahideen of the Levant on the Fields of Jihad”, was founded in January 2012, when ...
Read More »Turkey invades Afrin: the Kurds lose again
By Aram Mirzaei for The Saker Blog After weeks of belligerent rhetoric and preparations, Turkey finally invaded Afrin last week. It came as no surprise that Turkey would go for this vulnerable Kurdish-held region in north-western Syria first. So how does ...
Read More »Listening to Mattis
by Auslander for The Saker Blog I watched US Secretary of Defense ‘General’ Mattis live on 19 January and I’m reasonably sure a lot of us either watched him or know what he said. Pretty good performance from someone who should ...
Read More »Crypto Industry: Bitcoins & Altcoins Down Across The Market after a Short Stint Of Green
Following a volatile beginning of the new year, the crypto markets are again falling throughout the board. The vast majority of the very best twenty coins on CoinMarketCap have been in the red on Monday, Jan. 22, with the largest loss around ...
Read More »How To Stay Healthy When You Sit All The Time
Each one of us is forever on a journey to be healthier and happier, but it can be hard to do so when you’re stuck behind a desk eight or more hours a day. There are all sorts of ways ...
Read More »Olamide – Science Student
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Read More »ICO: What is this and why I picked these two ICOs ?
What is Initial Coin Offering (ICO)? An unregulated means where funds are raised for a fresh cryptocurrency venture. An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is utilized by startups to bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or ...
Read More »Erdogan’s Karmic Trap
by Ghassan Kadi for the Saker blog The security zone America intends to establish in Syria is doomed to fail sooner or later. How can this assertion be made and what can it be based on? Well, two main things really; ...
Read More »Why is Putin “allowing” Israel to bomb Syria?
[This article has been written for the Unz Review] Informationclearinghouse recently posted an article by Darius Shahtahmasebi entitled “Israel Keeps Bombing Syria and Nobody Is Doing Anything About It”. Following this publication I received an email from a reader asking me the ...
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