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Syria Today, Iran Tomorrow, and Inevitably China
The collapse of the Syrian government in mid-December 2024 represents a pivotal moment for U.S. geopolitical strategies in the Middle East and beyond. Continue reading
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Syria, another Blank Canvass for the West to Paint a Caricature of an Arab State
On Friday, 13th December 2024, The US and Turkiye announced that they had reached broad agreement on Syria, meaning that Syrians are now colonized by Washington and Ankara. Those that believed Washington’s lies that Bashar Al Assad’s ouster will bring freedom and prosperity will watch as Syria is transformed into a caricature. The West will… Continue reading
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Washington’s War in Ukraine: Narrowing Options, Growing Consequences
Russia’s use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in eastern Ukraine represents an unprecedented escalation in what began as a US proxy war against Russia in 2014. Continue reading
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham* Signals End Times
We thought international relations could never drop lower than the American hegemony versus Slavic people, Palestinians, Persians, the Chinese, and much of the rest of the world, huh? Well, we were all wrong. Continue reading
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Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might
While Israel’s air force conducted a sophisticated, large-scale operation requiring well-trained, well-coordinated personnel as well as capable air-launched long-range precision guided missiles, a combination of Iranian defensive capabilities and constraints on Western (including Israeli) military industrial production limited results. Continue reading
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Why Longer Range Missile Strikes into Russia? What the US does the Brits will follow Blindly, Simon Says!
Why the rush and why not before? As any close observer already understood, or at least one that is worth his or her salt, the outcome of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict is not going to be in favor of Ukraine. All you have to do is tally the numbers in terms of men and equipment and… Continue reading
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Afghanistan: between pipelines and ISIS-K, the Americans are still in play
US trained and armed Afghan security forces are joining ISIS-K, which makes the US ‘withdrawal’ from Afghanistan look more like an American ‘repositioning’ to keep chaos humming. Continue reading
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Watch: How does China plan to counter US sanctions?
In the second part of the conversation on the US tech war on China, Charles Xu from Qiao Collective talks about the short and medium-term strategy of Huawei and China in general to deal with the US sanctions. Continue reading
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US lobbyists set the Indian narrative on China border
The civilian-military relationship is a complex matrix. In ‘wartime’, this is more so when civilian leaders who never held a killer’s weapon in their palms are called upon to take decisions on the passage of arms. Of course, there are strong-willed leaders who force their will. Bismarck was one such leader — Stalin another —… Continue reading
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Debunking the rumors about Russia caving in to Israel
This Spring saw a sudden increase in the volume of articles in the so-called “alternative media and blogosphere” about Putin “selling out” Syria or Iran to the Israelis and their US patrons, or both. What was particularly interesting about this campaign is that it was not triggered by any kind of event or statement by… Continue reading
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The global war on “terrorism”
8 November 2018 — Voltaire Net Voltaire Net has assembled a very valuable page of links to articles it has published on the Global war on “terrorism”, 4193 articles to be precise. Continue reading
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Jamal Khashoggi Newslinks 19 October 2018
19 October 2018 — The New Dark Age ‘Mohammad bin Salman Must Go”, but US-Saudi Ties Are Here to Stay https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/10/19/mohammad-bin-salman-must-go-but-us-saudi-ties-here-stay.html Continue reading
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North and South Korea Steer Toward Peace Despite Heavy US Foot on the Brakes By Elliott Gabriel
“We had lived together for five thousand years but apart for just 70 years. Here, at this place today, I propose we move forward toward the big picture of peace in which the past 70-year-long hostility can be eradicated and we can become one again.” — South Korean President Moon Jae-in North Korean leader Kim… Continue reading
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Is the Saudi War on Yemen a Proxy War by the US? Selected Articles
15 August 2018 — Global Research News US Provided “Intelligence” and Bomb Used in Massacre of Yemeni Schoolchildren By Whitney Webb, August 15, 2018 The involvement of U.S. military intelligence in “fine-tuning” the targets of coalition airstrikes is likely the main factor explaining why the U.S. government has refused to condemn the strike and has refused Continue reading
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Israel Kills 52 Syrian/Iraqi Anti-ISIS Fighters, as US Takes Aim at Iran
An air attack in eastern Syria killed 52 Syrian and Iraqi government-backed forces who were fighting ISIS. They blamed the US, but it said Israel is responsible. Max Blumenthal says this is part of a larger campaign to destabilize and fragment Syria and weaken its ally Iran (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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UN Anti-Nazi Resolution 10 Year Anniversary: Syria, Israel and North Korea Support It, US Adamantly Opposes It By Carla Stea
Throughout the past decade, the UN General Assembly Third Committee has adopted the resolution: “Combating Glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.” Every year the resolution is adopted by an overwhelming majority of UN member states, while the European Union, which,… Continue reading
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The US Persistently Seeks to Destabilize Iran. Why is Washington So Deeply Concerned about Tehran’s Regional Influence in the Middle East? By Farhad Shahabi
Thirty eight years ago, in 1979, a revolution against a client regime installed and propped up by the United States succeeded in Iran. This was followed by the establishment of an independent state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ever since, the US’s presence, plans and attempts to maintain, deepen and expand its dominance throughout the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Media Silence Over Deadly Sanctions: From Iraq To Syria
Awkward facts that erode the ‘benign humanitarian’ self-image of the West are routinely side-lined or buried by the corporate media. Consider, for example, the severe impact of sanctions imposed on Syria by the United States and the European Union. Continue reading
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The US, France and Britain Scrap United Nations Diplomacy, Embrace Terrorism against the People of Syria… By Felicity Arbuthnot
When Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (“We the people of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war …”) rose to speak at the UN to address Syria’s ongoing tragedy, on Sunday 25th September, US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, François Delattre, Permanent Representative for… Continue reading
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Media Lens: How The Press Hides The Global Crimes Of The West: Corporate Media Coverage Of Chad
One of the essential functions of the corporate media is to marginalise or silence acknowledgement of the history – and continuation – of Western imperial aggression. The coverage of the recent sentencing in Senegal of Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Chad, for crimes against humanity, provides a useful case study. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 