Despite the constant drumbeat of pseudo-security blogs and magazines like SouthFront, ZeroHedge, and SputnikNews claiming that the Russian and Iranian partnership is something akin to a strategic alliance, that if one relies only on those sorts of sites for…
Rumors are swirling the Arab media that an Israeli delegation met with their Iranian counterparts in Amman, using Jordan as a go between. First of all, the idea they are talking at all is truly astounding, but what was…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s 12 point plan to force Iran into complying with normative international behavior is still driving the public discourse on the rogue regime’s nuclear ambitions. While the Europeans have fought to hold onto the JCPOA,…
The United States, United Kingdom, and France joined in a combined operation on April 14 that used “precision” strikes against Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure. The following are key points about the raid. 1. Operationally, the strike showed the U.S. has the…
The “smart” missiles have now been fired into Syria and according to the Pentagon they were successful. For all of Trump’s bellicose rhetoric, the operation to degrade Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities took a few short hours on Saturday. On…
It is safe to assume that the current war of words between President Trump and Putin will escalate to a US attack on Syria. At this point there is little doubt that Trump will follow through on his threats…
In stark contrast to the US and the rest of NATO the Netanyahu government has continued to refrain from attacking Putin and Russia. There are a few reasons for this. While the US and NATO have used the poisoning…
In a live broadcast Hezbollah’s leader Hasan Nasrallah warned Israel to back off its claims over disputed oil and gas field just off the southern Lebanese coast, threatening that Hezbollah could “disable [Israel’s offshore oil installations] within hours.” The dispute is…
The breaking apart of NATO continues at full speed. Erdogan’s invasion of Syrian Kurdistan otherwise known as Rojava in northern Syria has been met with the full force of the American trained SDF. Although the Turkish Armed Forces (TOF)…
According to Syrian sources, the Israeli airforce attacked targets just outside of Damascus early on Tuesday morning (Jan. 9th) . The official statement by the Syrian government said “that at 2:40 local time Israeli warplanes launched few missiles at targets…