A recent report from the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Team has found that many of the places in Syria where the terror group Daesh (ISIS) continues to operate, recuperate and extract oil for profit are in areas of the country occupied by the United States. According to the report’s executive summary: Islamic State in […]
Germany to Halt Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi Killing…
UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in U.S.-Occupied Areas of Syria…
STUDY: Costs of War…U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars Through FY2019: $5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated…
America Has Spent a Whopping $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia Since 9/11. 244k Have Been Killed. 10 Million Have Been Displaced…
The U.S. wars and military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $5.9 trillion since they began in 2001, according to a new study. That total is almost $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed 2017-18 fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and […]
Syria: U.S. Calls on Russia to Allow Israeli Airstrikes on Iranian Targets…
What Happened: U.S. Syria Envoy James Jeffrey has called on Russia to continue to permit Israeli airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Nov. 7. Why It Matters: The development shows that the U.S. government intends to push back against Iranian forces in Syria despite concerns from the U.S. military over possible […]
Mattis Holds Presser…Covers Russia, China, Yemen, Syria and More…
Mattis goes right into how he sees Chinese and Russian foreign policy (US competitors in 2018 NDS) – China “seems to want … tribute states around it”…Russia seeks security by creating “insecurity around other nations”. Mattis characterizes NATO as “getting stronger”. Mattis says getting peace process on track in Yemen is “foremost” on Middle East […]
White Helmets Members, Experts Killed in Huge Blast at Chemical Workshop in Northwestern Syria…
The Arabic-language website of Russia’s state news agency, Sputnik, quoted well-informed sources as disclosing that a huge blast broke out at a workshop of the terrorists used for making chemicals in the small town of Tarmanin in Northern Idlib near the border with Turkey. It further said that the workshop included a large volume of […]
Syria – U.S. (Again) Only Pretends to Fight Islamic State…
The U.S. occupation force and its Kurdish proxy SDF in northeastern Syria are supposed to fight the Islamic State in its last hold out northeast of Euphrates. But the operations against the handful of towns ISIS (grey) still holds – launched only after long and unexplained delays – shows little progress. Last week it received […]
Syria Sitrep – The Turkish-Russian Agreement Holds – S-300 Air Defense Arrives…
The situation in Syria is relatively calm. The government (red) has consolidated the areas it retook during the year. The Syrian army received new air defense (see below) and other materials and is busy integrating it. Some Syrian army units are currently moving east to Al Bukamal on the border with Iraq. Others have been […]
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