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Then there’s the nagging issue that simply won’t go away: the American drive to “secure the oil” (Trump) and “protect” Syrian oilfields (the Pentagon), for all practical purposes from Syria. In Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – alongside Iran’s Javad Zarif and Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu – could not have been more scathing. Lavrov said Washington’s plan is “arrogant,” and violates international law. The very American presence on Syrian soil is “illegal,” he said. All across...

Whenever I write about oil as a primary motive for US imperialism, I always get a bunch of right-wingers objecting that that makes no sense because the US has plenty of oil, and that it’s really about freedom and democracy or communism or Zionism or pedovore cults or Illuminati or whatever. What they miss, in their squirming attempts to avoid cognitive dissonance, is that it’s not about having and consuming oil, it’s about controlling oil. Control what governments can and cannot access...

FAKE NEWS. ABC shows Turks slaughtering Kurds – actually a mad minute at a US gun range. But, whatever, an honest mistake that anyone could make.... Russia ObserverRUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 24 OCTOBER 2019Patrick Armstrong

Putin is coming across as very adroit. But it must also be mentioned — which Pepe Escobar doesn't do here — that securing the Middle East and Central Asia is existential for Russia.Jihadis present a major threat to Russia on their own and they are also a proxy force in US hybrid warfare.Putin is not just being a nice guy in helping out Assad. Russia has a major strategic interest in Mideast stability, which entails eradication of terrorism that can be directed at Russia from the south and...

Must-read backgrounder on Syria."You can't tell the players without the scorecard."Dances with BearsOil And Water Don’t Mix – The Solution To The War In Syria Gary Busch Originally published at Lima Charlie News

What is happening in Syria, following yet another Russia-brokered deal, is a massive geopolitical game-changer. I’ve tried to summarize it in a single paragraph this way:“It’s a quadruple win. The U.S. performs a face saving withdrawal, which Trump can sell as avoiding a conflict with NATO ally Turkey. Turkey has the guarantee – by the Russians – that the Syrian Army will be in control of the Turkish-Syrian border. Russia prevents a war escalation and keeps the Russia-Iran-Turkey peace...

Backgrounder.Asia TimesKurds face stark options after US pullback Pepe Escobar

Gives new meaning to "market forces." Shades of a transnational corporate military not subject to international law? Really?Zero HedgeBlackwater Founder Says US Troops In Syria Could Be Replaced By Private Contractors [read mercenaries]Tyler Durden

All's fair in love and war — including human shields?The Israeli leadership is generating a perception problem that is eroding what's left of their good will and soft power. First a Russian aircraft and now civilian airliners.Double whammy of moral failure and strategic blunder.Sic Semper Tyrannis How clever! Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and...

RTChristmas in Aleppo: Syrians celebrate as city recovers from years-long bloodshed (VIDEOS)Sputnik International'Our People Couldn't Be Broken': Syrian Aleppo 2 Years After Liberation