Andrew Korybko: U.S. wants to weaponize JCPOA to eliminate Iran’s deterrent missile capabilities
“The U.S. wants to weaponize the JCPOA as a means for reducing and eventually outright eliminating Iran's missile deterrent capabilities, which would, in turn, weaken its defenses and thus...
George Szamuely: Assange pardon could have been Trump’s lasting legacy. He failed to secure...
President Trump’s failure to pardon Julian Assange and Edward Snowden was not only a blow to freedom of speech. It killed any hope for him to be remembered as...
Hezbollah’s precision missiles can ‘paralyze strategic systems of Israel
A commentator on Israeli military affairs, Alon Ben David, wrote in the Maariv newspaper this week that “Hezbollah has succeeded till this day in accumulating accurate missiles of medium...
Syrian Army to face major ISIS threat in 2021
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) ended 2020 with a powerful attack on a passenger bus carrying several soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA); this surprise strike with a roadside...
Andrew Korybko: China-EU investment deal is a geo-economic game-changer
China and the European Union (EU) clinched the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) on December 30 after seven years of negotiations. This development is a geo-economic game-changer, not least...
Andrew Korybko: President Assad Slaughtered Neoliberalism’s Four Sacred Cows
Syrian President Assad just slaughtered neoliberalism's four sacred cows of gay marriage, radical secularism, marijuana legalization, and gender theory in a short video of his latest speech that recently...
Andrew Korybko: Complementary role of Iran, China, Russia in Syria reconstruction
Tehran (Bazaar): Syria, like all countries, has the right to diversify its economic partners, and friendly competition between Russia, China, and Iran will benefit the Syrian people by getting them better...
Andrew Korybko: Iran should become a crucial node in China’s BRI project: geopolitical analyst
TEHRAN - Andrew Korybko, an American geopolitical analyst, tells the Tehran Times that whatever the incoming American administration decides regarding the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Iran should play...
Does Size Matter? North Korea’s Newest ICBM
BY: MICHAEL ELLEMANOCTOBER 21, 2020MILITARY AFFAIRS, WMDDuring its October 10 celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, North Korea paraded its newest...
Biden fails to reckon with the cost of coronavirus shutdowns
By Jeremy Beaman
The second and final presidential debate turned out to be what the first one wasn’t — an actual debate. President Trump and Joe Biden were both relatively...
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NY lawmakers voting to strip Cuomo’s COVID powers amid nursing home, sex harass scandals
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Pentagon claims 1 ‘Iran-backed’ fighter killed during east Syria strike
Last week’s US strike at the presumed facility of “Iran-backed” militia on Syria’s territory near the border with Iraq killed one fighter and injured...
Russia is building a new military base in Syria, near Palmyra
The Russian military in Syria is preparing to build a "permanent military base" near the historic city of Palmyra (Arb. Tadmor) in the Homs...
Press review: Will China join a military alliance with Russia and oil market awaits...
China is not planning on creating a united front with Russia against NATO, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced. Its spokesperson stressed that military ties...
Continued Israeli airstrikes on Syria are testing Moscow’s patience, Tel Aviv would do well...
Scott Ritter
How Russia responds to Israel's attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria could make all the difference as to whether the region boils over...
