Tag Archives: Syria

Another Iraq WMD tale. The Wall Street Journal has just published a bombshell on Sunday evening as Russian and Syrian warplanes continue bombing raids over al-Qaeda held Idlib, citing unnamed US officials who claim "President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has approved the use of chlorine gas in an offensive against the country’s last major rebel stronghold."… That's right, unnamed US officials are now claiming to be in possession of intelligence which they say shows Assad has already given the...

Will the war in Syria never end? Will the international proxy war and stand-off between Russia, the United States, Iran, and Israel simply continue to drift on, fueling Syria's fires for yet more years to come?  It appears so according to an exclusive Washington Post report which says that President Trump has expressed a desire for complete 180 policy shift on Syria.  Only months ago the president expressed a desire "to get out" and pull the over 2,000 publicly acknowledged American...

Russia getting ahead of the news cycle. RT ‘Foreign specialists’ may stage chemical attack in Syria in 2 days to frame Assad – Russian MoDSee alsoMoon of AlabamaSyria Sitrep - The Build Up For The Idleb CampaignSee also The Vineyard of the SakerWhat Bolton needs to understand about Russia and historyR. H. Auslander

False flag operation underway? Trump so weakened that he is out of the picture on this? Sic Semper Tyrannis The White Helmets are saddling up for another ride 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 later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He participated in...

The world just got a lot more complicated. When it comes to the Middle East, China has not been shy about its recent ambitions to expand its geopolitical influence in the Gulf region: Just last week we reported that the Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Qi Qianjin, shocked Middle East pundits and observers by indicating the Chinese military may fill the void left in the wake of the collapse of ISIS - and most regional armies - and directly assist the Syrian Army in an upcoming major offensive on...

Longish and detailed, but it explains a lot. Short summary: The war was chiefly about sectarianism, and fueled by foreign supporters of the Sunni factions. It was not about installing liberal democracy in place of the "brutal" Assad regime, which in reality had been enforcing liberal secularism. This is the reason it was opposed by traditionalists, including Sunni Islamists.Consortium NewsThe Mystery Fixer Who is Negotiating an End to the Syrian War Rania Khalek, independent journalist...

Russia will deploy its military police on the Golan Heights frontier between Syria and Israel, its defense ministry said on Thursday, after weeks of mounting volatility in the area.... Russia acting as the grownup. It can do this since it retains good relations with Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. ReutersRussia to deploy military police on Golan Heights Denis Pinchuk, Tom Balmforth

"We had to destroy the place to save it."Defend Democracy PressCoalition forces killed more civilians than Islamic State, study finds Anne GullandSee also Israel wants to be ‘darkness unto the nations’ — to remove the mask so as to reveal the ugly face of ultranationalist Israel in all its repugnance Nation-state Bill Heralds the End of Israel as a Jewish, Democratic State Mordechai Kremnitzer

Happy to see Patrick Lawrence writing for AlterNet.AlterNetWhat’s Going to Happen When Assad Wins the War in Syria?  Patrick Lawrence, Independent Media Institute

The US has a similar play book for Iran. Who knew that DJT would turn out to be HRC? Well, it turns out that regime change has been US standard operating procedure at least from the G. W. Bush administration, and "color revolution" preceded that. Venezuelanalysis US Set on Regime Change in Venezuela Shannon Ebrahim See also Politico (5 May 2018)Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran Brent D. Griffiths This would have been under Bush/Cheney and carried...