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 into full-scale war or continues...
Biden’s First Strike and the International Law of Self-Defense
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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...
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Syrian Army to face major ISIS threat in 2021
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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...
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