France ceases to be a democracy: Now what?
by Karen Szymczyk December 13 was important for the Middle East in at least two ways. In a move of increasing brinkmanship, a Turkish fishing boat (“seine” vessel) tried...
Saudi Royal Family Announces Its New Global Sunni Military Empire
by Eric Zuesse An official announcement from the world’s leading, and most fundamentalistic, Sunni Islamic nation, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday December 15th, has introduced a Sunni-Islamic counterpart to NATO,...
RT parody VIDEO: How Kremlin propaganda works
RT: How Kremlin propaganda works, or Simonyan, a bear and some gopher juice (With English subtitles)
Putin: 5,000 FSA militants fighting alongside Syrian army
Free Syrian Army fighters. Photo Reuters. RFERL reports on its “Tracking Islamic State” live blog: […] 11:57 Here’s a translation of the full quote from Putin regarding his claim...
Largest “moderate” group in Syria calls for “an Islamic state” in country, Sharia law imposed in Northern Aleppo
Ahrar Al-Sham militants in Syria. Al Masdar News reports: The largest Islamist rebel faction operating in Syria – Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham – has issued a statement [pictured below left]...
Iraq wants review or annulment of security agreement with US
A Russian attack helicopter at the service of the Iraqi army. RT reports: “The Iraqi parliament’s Security and Defense Committee has called for a review and cancellation of the...
But Ankara, we got a (huge) problem
by Pepe Escobar Originally published as What’s Erdogan’s Game in Syria and Turkey, December 7, 2015 The — predictable — reaction across the West over the Russian Defense Ministry’s...
The Bizarre Explanation For Why The U.S. Has Avoided Bombing ISIS Oil Wells
by Michael Snyder from The Economic Collapse Why hasn’t the U.S. bombed the oil wells that ISIS controls into oblivion by now? Would you believe that it is because...
Turkish MP to reveal evidence linking Erdogan to Daesh oil
The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan. Sputnik International reports Eren Erdem [pictured below], a lawmaker from the Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s largest opposition party, says that he may have...
Video: Russian military reveals details of ISIS-Turkey oil smuggling
An image released today by the Russian MoD allegedly showing 3,000 tankers and light trucks parked in Silopi, Turkey, near the borders with Iraq and Syria. Russia’s Deputy Defense...
Erdogan: “I will leave office” if proven Turkey bought oil from terrorists
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo Burhan Ozbilici/AP RT reports Russia has received additional intelligence confirming that oil from deposits controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) goes through...
Russian Bombing
by Bryan Hemming “At least 18 people killed in Russian airstrike on town in Syria – reports”reads a headline in this morning’s Guardian. According to the corporate media when...
Turkey’s Downing of a Russian Jet was an Act of Madness
by Dave Lindorff, from Counter Punch In considering the terrifying but also sadly predictable news of a Russian fighter jet being downed by two Turkish fighters, let’s start with...
Terror in Mali: An Attack on China and Russia?
by Eric Draitser [A selection of points made by the author. You can read the full article here.] Coming on the heels of the terrorist attack in Paris, the...
A View from the U.S.
by Heather Cottin The US has come so far on its McKindarist-Brzezinski scheme of world domination, that we are now into the EuroAsian gambit for late imperialism on the...
The 7 Questions Corbyn SHOULD Have Asked
by Kit Today David Cameron made his case, such as it is, for Britain extending their air-strikes from Iraq into Syria. British bombing will make Britain “safer” he says....
On the Future of the Islamic State
Bill Purkayastha A few days ago, I had a sudden realisation. The West, I understood, had changed tack after Russia’s intervention in Syria. All these days – circa 2012...
Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment, November 25, 2015 The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian province of Latakia is breathtaking in...
Turkey attacks Russia: a wake up call, or is the western intelligentsia too far gone?
Many of us have been warning about such an eventuality for some time - since at least the moment the US and its tame puppies in Europe went full...
Video: Syrian soldiers from Kuweires airbase return as heroes
Syrian soldiers reunite with their families today in Tartus. Today, soldiers from the Kuweires airbase got a heroes’ welcome in Tartus, Aleppo, following the base’s recapture on November 10...
