by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) Donald Trump’s decision to leave the JCPOA will not open the path to an Iranian nuclear weapon Breaking the unwritten rules of global diplomacy, the Trump administration is now ...
Read More »Ukraine Escalation: Regional Security Threats And Global Chessboard
The situation in Eastern Ukraine may undergo a dramatic transformation due to the end of the so-called “anti-terrorist operation” (ATO) on April 30, and the subsequent “reformatting” of military operations in Eastern Ukraine, which could spell either an escalation or, ...
Read More »May 8, 2018: Rastan Pocket Deal, Ka-52 Crash
An evacuation of militants and their supporters has started in the Rastan pocket in northern Homs. On May 7, 62 buses carrying out a batch of militants left the area towards the northern town of Jarabulus currently controlled by Turkey ...
Read More »Victory Day Military Parade In Russia’s Moscow (Full Video)
On May 9, the annual Victory Day parade was held in the Russian capital of Moscow to mark the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. During the parade, the Russian military showcased a number of its sophisticated weapons, ...
Read More »Syrian Air Defense Repel Israeli Attack Near Damascus – Reports
Israeli forces reportedly struck targets near Damascus on Tuesday with missiles, according to Al Masdar News, just hours after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran sanctions deal. Syria’s SANA reports that air defense systems intercepted at least two missiles ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – May 7, 2018: Syrian Army Delivers Devastating Blow To ISIS In Southern Damascus
ISIS’ defense is rapidly collapsing in southern Damascus under a pressure from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. Last weekend, government forces liberated the southern part of the al-Hajar al-Aswad district from ISIS terrorists and made a few ...
Read More »The War-makers
[This analysis was written for the Unz Review] Between the US strikes on Syria in April and the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula, we are in somewhat of a lull in the Empire’s search for a new war to start. ...
Read More »Syria SITREP: How the Russian General Staff is fooling the US and Israel
How the Russian General Staff is fooling the US and Israel Source: https://cont.ws/@vitimbabi4ev/928860 Translated by Eugenia The day before yesterday, the world media have published the new of the meeting in Sweden of the Western European UN representatives regarding implementation of the ...
Read More »Syrian War Report – May 3, 2018: Syrian Army Storming ISIS-held Yarmouk Camp
In southern Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army and its allies have made important advances over the last few days entering the northern part of the Yarmouk refugee camp area and a farm area west of al-Hajar al-Aswad. According to the ...
Read More »Restoring Strategic Balance: Russia’s ‘Invincible’ Nuclear Weapons
On March 1, 2018, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin made his most important speech probably since the time of the 2007 Muenchen Conference. If 11 years ago he declared that Russia would not allow disrupting the strategic balance and losing great power ...
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