The story continues from Part 2 6 On American Expansionism. Adding to the uncertainty of US-European relations is the conflict between the US and Denmark over Greenland. The American leader moved on to threats during a phone call with Danish Prime Minister. The call went ‘very badly’, according to people involved in arranging the negotiations. […]
Take a look at the map below. It explains everything. This is roughly the situation on the ground today. The majority of Syria’s landmass is controlled by 5 groups: Al Qaida (HTS), the Kurds (SDF), the IDF (Israel), the Turks, and remnants of the Syrian Army (SAA). Of course, the situation is extremely fluid so […]
1 Turkey 2 Russia 3 Iran 4 Hezbollah 5 The US role 6 Israel 7 What happens next (where are these in part 2) 8 Partition (where are these in part 2) Syria is an absolutely key connectivity crossroads – harking back to the Ancient Silk Roads. The 2 families achieved their perennial dream of […]
Syria has fallen and history will be strewn with an endless banquet of takes and explanations as to what happened, and why. Syria Syria was viewed by the two families as the lynchpin, the supply line, between Iran and Hezbollah, Tehran’s critically important military ally in Lebanon. Severing that link was a priority. It was […]
Since the start of the war in 2011, Damascus has never met such a devastating defeat like the fall of Aleppo. Iraq lived something tragically similar with the fall of Mosul in 2014. It’s fair to argue that the absolute majority of Syrians are against the 2020 Russia-Turkey-Iran deal which in fact prevented the liberation […]
On July 1st, Israel assassinated Ismail Haniyeh in Teheran, while attending the inauguration of Iran’s new President. Iran issued a promise to retaliate. The US sent messages to Iran that it is working on a “cease fire”, and if Iran were to retaliate, then it will jeopardize these talks. Iran waited. But, the US lies […]
The story continues from Part 1 – – – 1. New Weapon Systems Moreover, the military correspondent for the Israeli Army Radio said that Hezbollah has carried out a number of “high-quality attacks on more distant targets, using more advanced military weapons.” On Thursday, Hezbollah launched an airstrike via an Ababil-T drone armed with two Soviet-era S-5 […]
Following the Iran–Iraq War, in 1989, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani concentrated on a pragmatic pro-business policy of rebuilding and strengthening the economy without making any dramatic break with the ideology of the revolution. In 1997, Rafsanjani was succeeded by moderate reformist Mohammad Khatami. Around this time, Washington began to squeeze Iran’s economy by sanctioning Iran. Russia stepped in and began […]
By the 3 Musketeers, we mean Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. The Shanghai 5 & The Grand Chessboard The first Chechen war ended in mid-1995. Russian President Boris Yeltsin was worried that unrest in the Caucasus would spread to other Russian provinces in its south-the so-called “soft underbelly of Russia. He flew to China, met […]
The story continues from Part 1. The devastation in Gaza is unprecedented. Below are some photos: Putin’s Message Meeting with leaders of Russia’s religious communities at the Kremlin, Putin addressed the current conflict in the Middle East and warned that “Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and Russophobia” were being used as weapons against a multipolar world. “The West sees how […]
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