Analysis

The following article is republished from Mideast Discourse: Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentatorThe January 20 attack on the Ghweran prison in Hasaka, Syria carried out by ISIS terrorists is being blamed on the international community, and western democracies specifically, by Kurdish officials who are responsible for the security at the …

A step forward for international solidarity, a defeat for Western economic war.The following article is republished from The Cradle:by Giorgio CafieroMarking a major boost to Sino-Syrian relations, on 12 January, Syria joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious infrastructure development strategy stretching from East Asia to Europe.For analysts with an …

The following article is republished from The Cradle:By Matthew EhretBenjamin Franklin once famously wrote to his fellow colonials: “Either we hang together or we hang separately.”Those words are just as true today as they were 270 years ago, for empires have always controlled by dividing their victims into regional tribal interests in …

by Steven Nezar Sahiounie​, Syrian journalist. Wide-ranging interview with Max Parry on Russia, China, and the Middle East, republished from Mideast Discourse.The US is faced with a long list of hot-spots and tensions.  Beginning with the situation in Iraq, where the Parliament has asked the US troops to leave.  However, …

The following report is republished from Counter Currents: A secret U.S. Air Force (USAF) drone strike unit was allowed to operate in Syria for five years even as it broke rules of engagement and civilian casualties mounted, it has been revealed in a report by New York Times that cited …

The following article, by Aaron Mate, was originally published at The Grayzone: In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a recommendation to pursue it. The Douma killings remain unsolved.(This is part two of a Grayzone …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is republished from Mideast Discourse:  Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), visited the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.  This is the most senior UAE dignitary to visit Syria since …

Not all Kurds serve the interests of the US empire, just the Kurdish separatists. Kurdish separatists have been used and betrayed by the USA, UK, and Israel many times in the past. They will be betrayed again soon when the US is forced to retreat from Syria. The following article …

The following article, by SSM Steering Committee member Paul Larudee, was first published in Covert Action: Americans want to feel good about themselves by giving money to charities that claim to be helping the Syrian people. But they are being duped into supporting terrorist forces that have brought misery and …

The following article, by Alan McLeod, is republished from MintPress News:  AMSTERDAM — Investigative site Bellingcat is the toast of the popular press. In the past month alone, it has been described as “an intelligence agency for the people” (ABC Australia), a “transparent” and “innovative” (New Yorker) “independent news collective,” “transforming investigative …