Russian Expert Alexei Maslov: China Is Not A Magic Wand For Solving Russia’s Economic Problems
Professor Alexei Maslov, one of Russia’s foremost authorities on China, weighs in on the question…
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Consultant With Kremlin Ties: Time To Declare Victory And Wind Things Up, Otherwise We Will Become A Chinese Satellite
Political scientist, Konstantin Kalachev head of the Political Expert Group believes that Russia should suffice…
Russia’s failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The…
Mossad Says Can’t Find Archival Papers on 1982 Lebanon Massacre
Israeli Mossad’s ‘strange’ admission, per Supreme Court president, was made on a petition to disclose…
Does Greek Catholic Church help explain Putin’s obsession with Ukraine?
A plastic skull is displayed at a check point on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine,…
How Putin and NATO Could Get Pulled Into a Disaster in Ukraine
Ukraine is no Syria, and Putin’s miscalculations are astonishing—but the West still faces grave risks…
Kuperwasser and Boms: two Israeli analysts comment the Negev « historical » summit
Coincidence or not, the Israeli-Arab-American Negev Summit took place yesterday, Sunday, on March 27, the…
The End of Hegemony?
Syria is being drawn into a de facto coalition that may aim to limit Iran’s…
Why Israel’s fear of Russia in Syria doesn’t have to drive its Ukraine policy
During the War of Attrition, Israeli pilots killed dozens of Soviets in Egypt in order…
A cold war is coming
Putin had what he wanted: he defied the United States and the Atlantic alliance, invaded…
A DECLARATION OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGIANS ON THE “RUSSIAN WORLD” (RUSSKII MIR) TEACHING
Dear Friends, In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s unconscionable and horrendously destructive invasion of…
(In video) H.R. McMaster : Think of Grozny, think of Aleppo!
Remember Grozny in 1999 under Putin’s direction, which cost 80 000 lives Look at Aleppo…
Russian Orthodox priests call for immediate end to war in Ukraine
(In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Russian Orthodox priest Father Vasily Gelevan…
Arming Ukraine: 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons in 6 Days and a Clandestine Cybercorps
(French military equipment is unloaded from a freight airplane at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in…
(Republished) U.S. Syria Policy Could Be Linchpin to Global Stability
(First published in Newlines, Metransparent published Frederic C. Hof’s « warning » on December 29,…
With war in Ukraine, the global religious landscape is destined to shift
(photo caption: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople signed a decree on January 5, 2019, granting…
Appeal By 664 Russian Researchers And Scientists: “We Demand An Immediate End To All Acts Of War Directed Against Ukraine”
Grandstand We, Russian…
Its « proxies » reinvigorated : Iran « very bad » provisional nuclear deal within days!
Accord not to cover Iran’s distabilization actions, atomic bomb “weaponization” and nuclear-capable missiles! …
Palestine was never a Shia issue, until Iran pretended it was
(Beirut, 1987: A ceasefire was arranged to allow for the evacuation of those who got…
Israel’s Mossad suspected of high-level Iran penetration
Image caption, Mossad is suspected of being behind the killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist…
How A New JCPOA Will Turbocharge Lebanon’s Destruction
One of the cruelest aspects of the Syrian Civil War was the ethnic cleansing. Every…
Missiles first!: Iran to send large trade delegation to UAE – Iranian newspaper
DUBAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Iran will send a large trade delegation to the United…
Normalize, let insulters fend for themselves
WHY are we the ones being insulted by the Palestinians? When they are happy,…
A needed warning for Yemen’s rebels — and for our allies and enemies alike
Yemen’s Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, controls the capital city of Sana and much of the…
Hezbollah faces rising dissent, efforts to end Iran’s ‘occupation’ of Lebanon
A Lebanese woman burns a poster bearing portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other…
Abu Dhabi’s Dilemma
The attack of January 17 will force the United Arab Emirates to make one of…
Man in the Middle
(Sir Gilbert Clayton anGeorge Antonius (in white suit) with King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud (centre),…
Space is changing. Webb is just the start, says ex-Israeli who was in from its dawn
(NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight-ready James Webb Space Telescope’s…
Solving Syria’s Crisis Starts with Sanctioning Iranian Oil
Rather than rehabilitating the Assad regime through willful negligence in its sanctions policy, the administration…
Qatar, like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but unlike Kuwait, cleanses its textbooks
Qatar has begun to cleanse its schoolbooks of supremacist, racist or derogatory references as well…
Pan Arabism 2.0? The Struggle for a New Paradigm in the Middle East
Dear friends, It is with pleasure, following eight months of work, to share the latest…
Christmas arrives in Saudi Arabia as kingdom plays catch-up in religious soft power rivalry
Long banned, Christmas has finally, at least tacitly, arrived in Saudi Arabia; just don’t use…
Islamist Lawmaker Draws Fire for Acknowledging Israel as ‘Jewish State’
Mansour Abbas calls on Arab leaders to abandon their rhetoric calling for an end to…
Ex-Israeli Intel Chief Admits Role in Assassination of Qassem Soleimani
‘Soleimani’s assassination is an achievement, since our main enemy, in my eyes, are the Iranians,’…
Yemen’s Houthis Seek Departure of Top Iranian Diplomat
Rebel group asked Saudi Arabia to allow ambassador to leave, in a move seen in…
Philosopher Sandel says Saudi reforms need critical thinking to succeed
DUBAI, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Saudi authorities’ willingness to promote critical thinking will determine if…
Is the Son Setting?
Saad al-Hariri may not run in Lebanon’s next elections, but writing him off may be…
True?: Arab spy chiefs found an inner circle in Cairo, embrace Syria with US nod
A group of Arab intelligence directors got together for a secret rendezvous in Cairo last…
Secret Chinese Port Project in Persian Gulf Rattles U.S. Relations With U.A.E.
Alarmed U.S. officials warned Emirati government, a Mideast ally, that Chinese military presence could hinder…
Open Invitations
By encouraging outside powers to have a stake in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s foes may create spaces…
Dr. Fares Souhaid to General Aoun: Be the Arab Christian president who opens the road to Jerusalem
Dr Fares Souhaid, leader of the multi-confessional Lebanese Opposition front « Likaa Saydet el Jabal…
Our priority is the lifting of Iranian occupation through the ousting of the full political hierarchy
Day after day, events confirm that Iran and its allies in the region resort to…
Ahmad Massoud arrives in Tehran to talk with Afghan leader
Ahmad Massoud, the leader of anti-Taliban resistance front, has reportedly travelled to Iran to discuss latest developments with prominent…
Biden Needs a Plan B for Yemen If Houthis Win
Ending the war under the current circumstances will generate new problems unless further steps are…
Lebanon’s oldest English-language daily folds amid crisis
Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper has folded following a years-long financial struggle BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Daily…
Before Lebanon’s current financial crisis, central bank faced a $4.7 billion hole in reserves – IMF memo
DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank had a $4.7 billion hole in its…
The Threat of War Is the Only Way to Achieve Peace with Iran
Tehran no longer takes Washington seriously, so the Biden administration needs to put the prospect…
Treasury Targets Two Businessmen and One Member of Parliament for Undermining the Rule of Law in Lebanon
(Photo: MP Jamil Sayyed and his close (no less corrupt) friend and Hezbollah Security Chief,…
In Sudan, the Masks Come Off After a Military Coup
After months of nebulous plotting, the domestic and foreign actors who drove opposition to Hamdok’s…
We declare our inability to continue living with Hezbollah
Hezbollah faced justice twice, and twice rejected it! First in 2005, when it rejected…