emen is a nightmare, a catastrophe, a mess—and the United States is highly complicit in the whole disaster. Refueling Saudi aircraft in-flight, providing targeting intelligence to the kingdom and selling the requisite bombs that have been dropped for years now on Yemeni civilians places the 100,000-plus deaths, millions of refugees, and (still) starving children squarely […]
Syrian Regime Capture More Towns in Idlib as Thousands of Civilians Flee North…
Syrian regime forces captured a number of towns and villages from rebel forces in Idlib on Thursday, as air strikes continued to target civilian areas in the opposition province. Russian-backed regime forces moved into the towns of Al-Tamaanah and Al-Khuwayn in Idlib over the past days, along with villages to the east of the recently […]
Tens of Thousands Flee as Air Strikes Pound Northwest Syria…
Turkish Military Hit by Raft of Resignations Amid Idlib Predicament…
Five Turkish generals are reportedly seeking to retire from the military after being tasked with operations along the southern border and in Syria’s Idlib, handing the army another headache as it grapples with a tense situation in the Syrian province. Two Turkish officials confirmed to Middle East Eye that some generals have asked for retirement […]
Erdogan and Putin in Emergency Call as Assad Surrounds Turkish Troops…
Forces belonging to the Syrian government and Turkey came within a stone’s throw of one another on Friday, as Bashar al-Assad’s troops surrounded a Turkish observation point in Syria’s Idlib province. Far from friends, the forces’ proximity has heightened tensions even further amid a Syrian government offensive into territory held by rebels backed by Turkey. […]
Russia Acknowledges Its Ground Troops Are Fighting in Idlib…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has acknowledged for the first time the presence of Russian military fighting alongside Syrian regime forces in the Idlib assault, confirming numerous earlier reports. During a press conference he held following a meeting with Ghana’s Foreign Minister Shirley Botchway yesterday, Lavrov confirmed that “There are Russian soldiers on the ground […]
Syria – Army Cuts Off Khan Shaykhun – Russia Bombs Turkish Reinforcement…
This is an update to last weeks post Syria – Frontline Breach Opens Door To A Deep Battle For Idlib. Today the Syrian army gained fire control over the M5 highway north of Khan Shaykhun. The jihadists in the soon closed cauldron south of that point are now cut off from road bound resupplies. Throughout […]
From 2006 to 2019: After Failures in Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen War Is No Longer an Option for Israel by Elijah J. Magnier…
During the summer war of 2006, Israel managed to destroy a large number of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile stocks. Most Hezbollah missile units were destroyed and, in the suburb of the capital Beirut, over 250 buildings (mainly but not exclusively hosting Hezbollah offices, warehouses and officers’ homes) were flattened by Israeli precision bombs targeting Hezbollah […]
The Only Strategic Rationale for America’s Involvement in Syria Finally Revealed…
“Washington lacks a clear strategy in Syria “; those were the recent words of Robert Ford, the last American ambassador to Syria who served prior to and during the first few years of the Syrian uprising from 2010 to 2014. A man of Ford’s intricate knowledge of the Syrian/American political dynamic is surly knowledgeable enough […]
Syrian Refugee Charged for Allegedly Planning to Bomb Pittsburg Church…
Mustafa Alowemer, a 21-year-old man who was admitted to the United States as a refugee from Syria, is facing one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and two counts of distributing information relating to an explosive, destructive device or weapon of mass destruction. […]
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