U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson waits at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 15, 2018. © Mohamed Azakir / Reuters By Martin Jay | RT | February 19, 2018 Rex Tillerson’s visit to Beirut didn’t resolve Lebanon’s persistent war threat from Israel, or Hezbollah’s perceived threat to Washington. The US has its own […]
The convoluted saga of Damascus aiding the YPG/PKK in Afrin continues to be presented as fact.Is it? I'm less then certain at this time.If Damascus was to aid the YPG/PKK what did they get in exchange?
(ANTIWAR.COM) — At the annual Munich Security Conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ready, putative piece of a drone in hand, to talk about the need for region-wide military action against the “Iranian empire.” Netanyahu claimed the part was from a drone which crossed into Israeli airspace, and was Iranian, and was shot down. Israel […]
(MEMO) — US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster called on Saturday for more forceful action to halt Iran’s development of what he said was an increasingly powerful network of proxy armies in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq. McMaster accused Iran of escalating a campaign to increase its influence in the Middle East by building and arming “Hezbollah-style” […]
Tillerson went to Turkey. He said he'd work on the Manbij situation... "work on it"Yah, yah! There will be a 'working group" which will begin working no later then mid march- That's a whole month away............
Sweet Nothing's ..... affectionate but unimportant or meaningless words spoken to a "lover" (or not)
By Alastair CROOKE | Strategic Culture Foundation | 17.02.2018 “Israel is climbing up a high horse,” Alex Fishman (the veteran Israeli Defence Correspondent) wrote in the Hebrew daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, last month, “and is approaching with giant steps a ‘war of choice’: Without mincing words, it’s an initiated war in Lebanon.” In Fishman’s article, he notes: “Classical […]
RT | February 16, 2018 The stakes couldn’t be higher. And it is happening in Syria. The goal of destroying the Islamic State is largely complete. Now the Syrian proxy war is entering a new stage. Who are the players and what are their aims? And what does winning mean? CrossTalking with Abdel Bari Atwan, […]
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | February 12, 2018 On Saturday, when Israeli jets undertook yet another bombing raid – this time an audacious attack on a drone base at the T4 airbase in Homs province deep inside Central Syria – a nasty surprise awaited them. They were confronted by the Russian-made S-200 air […]
It seems odd that the US wants Turkey to restrain their ops, when the US is not restraining their ops? When the US is occupying and allying with terrorists right on Turkey’s border which is not located anywhere near the US border? Why should Turkey 'restrain' their operation? It’s obviously a border security issue for them. Tillerson will be visiting Turkey soon. Should be enlightening?NPR
