The top brass are expected to discuss security issues in Syria and Iraq, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement. The meeting is being attended by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford Jr., Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Valery Gerasimov and Turkey’s […]
Open Skies Treaty: U.S. and Russia to Conduct Dueling Surveillance Flights Over Europe and Asia…
On Monday the spokesperson for Russia’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, Sergei Ryzhkov confirmed that Russian inspectors will be conducting unarmed aerial surveillance flights over Turkey starting this week. In a statement to Russian media, Mr. Ryzhkov clarified the mission length saying that “A group of Russian inspectors plans to carry out a surveillance flight on […]
Syria – Erdogan’s Lost Bet – Trump Likely To Follow A Cautious Strategy…
John McCain Illegally Travels to Syria, Meets with Leaders and Fighting Groups; Crickets from MSM…
Shortly after the mainstream media erupted in hysteria and neo-McCarthyistic attacks against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for having a routine conversation with the Russian Ambassador and for once having dinner with the President of Russia as part of an event, aging warmonger Senator John McCain recently announced that he had traveled illegally into […]
Syria – A Confused Trump Strategy Lets Erdogan U-Turn Again…
There are two new developments on the Syrian front. The Islamic State suddenly changed its tactic and the Turkish President Erdogan again changed his policy course. In the last 24 hours news announcements about victories against the Islamic state (ISIS) rapidly followed each other: The Kurdish U.S. proxy forces in east Syria (SDF) announced that […]
Anlaysis: Are Plans Underway to Create Quasi-State in Northern Syria?…
In his address to the 2017 Munich Security Conference, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu proposed that the US should send its own Special Operations Forces (SOF) to Northern Syria to support the «moderate opposition forces» fighting against the Islamic State (IS). «Two days ago [US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] Gen. [Joseph] Dunford…
McCain Made Secret Trip to Syria…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) secretly visited the Kurdish-held region of Syria during a trip to the Middle East last weekend to meet with United States military officials, The Wall Street Journal reported. A spokeswoman for McCain later confirmed the trip in a statement, as reported by NBC News. “Senator McCain traveled to northern Syria this […]
Syria Peace Negotiations To Resume In Geneva…
The Syrian peace talks in Astana Khazakhstan, closed on Tuesday, January 24th, with a resounding repudiation of both ISIS and Al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria), in a statement by all four signatory nations — Syria, Russia, Iran, and Turkey — which also is an implicit repudiation of the longstanding American position on Syria…
Syria Talks in Astana Strike a Deal…
Tortuous efforts to install a credible international body to entrench and broaden the patchwork ceasefire in Syria have partially succeeded on the second and final day of talks in Kazakhstan. Discussions ended with agreement among the three sponsors of the talks – Russia, Turkey and Iran – to set up a trilateral monitoring body to […]
Syria Prepared for New Round of Violence: Over 85% of Belligerents Are Excluded from Ceasefire…
Belligerents in Syria are preparing for a new round of violence despite the ongoing preparations by the main two guarantors (Russia and Turkey) for the Astana-Kazakhstan peace talks. These coincide with the end of the US Obama administration and the beginning of the new era led by President Donald Trump. The main reason for this […]
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