The New Dark Age

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December 8, 2024

  • A Hydra of Betrayals: Syria’s Collapse and the Imperial Playbook

    The swift collapse of Assad’s regime raises troubling questions. In 2015, under far grimmer odds, Syria’s Republican Guard et Tiger Forces held the line against larger US-Turkish-Israeli proxies. Latakia’s coast and critical supply routes were defended heroically, and Damascus, despite being struck almost daily, stood resolutely. Today, that same Damascus has fallen without a fight.… Continue reading

  • Winners and losers in Syria

    Iran and Russia are the two big losers in the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday by the Sunni Islamist groups affiliated to al-Qaeda. Assad fled in the nick of time  after giving orders that there be a peaceful handover of power. The likelihood is that he is in Russia. At any rate,… Continue reading

  • Syria: Ultimate Pipelineistan War

    Syria is an energy war. With the heart of the matter featuring a vicious geopolitical competition between two proposed gas pipelines, it is the ultimate Pipelinestan  war, the term I coined long ago for the 21st century imperial energy battlefields. Continue reading

  • What happened to the Syrian Army?

    🇺🇸🇸🇾I’m asked why the Syrian Arab Army collapsed so quickly… The Syria army was hollowed out from years of fighting and a crippled economy. Russia prioritizes Ukraine and would not have been able to supply Syria with the arms/ammunition in the quantities required to fight off a NATO-armed/trained army. Continue reading

  • Syria: A Battle Lost Amid a Wider War

    Editorial Comment: I agree with Brian’s analysis, yet I have many questions  that demand answers. Not only did Syria’s allies fail to stop the fall of Syria, they did nothing to end the genocide in Palestine or the advance of the war to Lebanon and Syria. In fact, Russia repeatedly sabotaged negotiations in Syria by… Continue reading

  • Genocide Rewarded

    The US backed al Qaeda takeover of Syria follows Israeli retreat from Lebanon Within hours of the Israeli-Lebanese cease fire – essentially an Israeli retreat after making no progress against Hezbollah in the ground war in south Lebanon, indicted war criminal Netanyahu turned his attention to Syria, warning Syrian President Bashar al Assad that he… Continue reading

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  • Report from Syria 8 December 2024

    Sunday, 8 December 2024 — Vanessa Beeley Made it out of Syria for the time being. Chaos rules, looting, thuggery and thieving. Gets the US Israel stamp of approval because this is what they believe in. Going through the border was a mash of gunfire, infighting and looting from every single shop and market. Terrorists Continue reading

  • Three Principles of Working-Class Liberation

    Do you dream of a world where everyone has what they need? Where work is creative and meaningful? Where people care for each other? Where we all protect the environment? Continue reading

  • BREAKING: SYRIA FALLS, ASSAD’S PLANE DISAPPEARS, IS IRAN NEXT? W/ PROF. MOHAMMAD MARANDI

    On Dec. 8th, “rebels” entered the Syria’s capital and assumed control of the government in a shocking development that has huge ramifications for the region and the world. Prof. Mohammad Marandi joins from Tehran to discuss how regime change in Syria changes the geopolitical calculus and what we can expect going forward. Continue reading

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  • Syria: A Battle Lost Amid a Wider War

    Syria’s collapse is a loss for the Syrian people and their Iranian, Russian, and Chinese allies Continue reading

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