Biden’s First Strike and the International Law of Self-Defense
The United States carried out airstrikes in Syria early Friday morning, killing several people and destroying several buildings. The Pentagon says that the airstrikes were a response to a rocket attack...
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...
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Dmitry Peskov: Russia sets no preconditions for Putin-Biden summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin set no preconditions for the presidential summit, proposed by his US counterpart Joe Biden during the recent phone call, Kremlin...
Production of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V started in Serbia
The Torlak Institute has started the production of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Serbia, the Russian Fund for Direct Investments announced on its...
US to announce sanctions on Russia over hacking, election meddling
The United States will announce sanctions against Russia on Thursday in retaliation for alleged election interference and hacking, American media reported.
Tensions have escalated between...
Reuters: US to announce sanctions linked with Russia’s sovereign debt
The US’ new anti-Russian sanctions will include restrictions linked with Russia’s sovereign debt, Reuters said on Thursday citing its sources.
According to Reuters, the new...
“Fortuni” remains to complete another 15 km of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline...
The Russian-owned Fortuna gas pipeline laying vessel has completed two-thirds of the undeveloped section of line B (one of the two pipeline pipes) of...
