Lebanon

SDF "fighting for Rojova" US and Israel. Regional Instability Up. Lebanon, Iraq and More

 Tom Anderson. Who is Tom Anderson? He apparently has 43 articles at the Canary?He's pro Greater Kurdistan. That's very clear. While posing as "Anti- Israel". That's a contradiction. Since Greater Kurdistan is the best thing that could happen to Israel in the middle east. It's a development Israel is 100 percent behind.

Syria is Lost…Lebanon’s Gold is Next

Submitted by Steve Brown…
The largest reserve gold traders on the planet are the six bullion banks. A bullion bank is a large multi-national bank authorized to serve as a conduit through which Central Banks – and the Fed primary dealers – loan their gold out into the market. All central banks lease gold, to maintain their balance sheet and to provide sovereign collateral when a currency swap or paper trade won’t work. It’s called the gold carry trade.

SITREP: Syrian Constitutional Talks On.Kurdish Administration 'Finished'?

Going Long.... I’m of the opinion the US/Israel and France are not going to let their planned PKK homeland fade away. However, the person interviewed Fabrice Balanche has a different opinion. There have been a few previous reports here that have included information from Mr Balanche. He's knowledgeable and interesting. One statement he made certainly gave me a new view on the whole Turkey/Syria/Russian relationship. And yes, I think it's accurate too.

Nasrallah: ‘We’ll Clean-up Lebanese Airspace from Israeli Violations’

As Israel continues its periodic incursions into neighboring Lebanon’s airspace, southern Lebanese resistance force Hezbollah is countering IDF provocations in a dangerous high-tech game of risk.
Earlier this month, Israel’s IDF deployed a drone supposedly to conduct “routine operations to secure the border” which was promptly brought down by Hezbollah as it entered Lebanese airspace.

Proposed Withdrawal of US Troops in Syria

President Trump has stated his intent to withdraw US troops from Syria on several occasions since March 2018. Each time politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties, supported by the corporate-controlled media, have, based on US imperial interests, vehemently challenged the withdrawal proposal. These folks also based their opposition to withdrawal on their supposed concerns for the Syrian Kurds.

Trump Freezes Lebanon Military Aid After Israel Voiced Concerns

By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 11/02/2019 Amid recent statements by both Iranian and Hezbollah leaders accusing the United States of hijacking the massive anti-corruption protests which have gridlocked Lebanon for over the past two weeks, the White House has made the dramatic and unexpected move of freezing US military aid to the Lebanese Army. The […]

The Lebanese ‘Canary in the Mine’ Is Signalling Mid-East Trouble Ahead

There have been protests (mostly pointing up economic stress) across the region for some months: from Egypt to Iraq. But the Lebanese demonstrations have caught the global attention. And there is no doubting that the Lebanese protests represent a major phenomenon. We may ask whether they are essentially a local manifestation, reflecting only the well-attested Lebanese problems of corruption, widening disparities in wealth, nepotism and failing state structures, or do they signal something much deeper?