Jim W. Dean - The SAA strategy has allowed ISIS to regroup and set up defense points in the Maskanah countryside that can then be observed and bombed with no losses to the the Tiger Force, which has to conserve its equipment and experienced fighters.
As Trump is visiting Israel today, after speaking to the “Muslim” world over the weekend, it is a good time to review how the “War on Terror” began – out of nothing, from nowhere, with only 5 US Citizen deaths in 1999 blamed on terrorism. From the May 2, 2000 Los Angeles Times article, Report […]
For Trump it's all about power ~ as witness his admiration for dictators and autocrats such as Putin as well as his own abuse of power methods to gain power ~ see Citizen Kane.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces and their allied units are rapidly clearing the countryside Maskanah, a strategic town in the province of Aleppo, from ISIS terrorists.
Why is Trump joining Middle Eastern leaders in swearing allegiance to Satan?
…from SouthFront The city of Raqqah is considered one of the most important Syrian cities. The city is located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, at the edge of “Sharqiya Syria”, a term used to describe eastern Syria. Syria’s largest dam, the Tabqah Dam is located 40 kilometers west of Raqqah. The dam […]
by Eldar Mamedov This week the European Parliament gears up for a debate on the situation of Christians in the Middle East. The horrific Palm Sunday bombings at two Egyptian churches on April 9 that killed at least 45 people have spurred the discussion. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has claimed responsibility for […]
On Sunday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies recaptured the Dahra Umm Salasil area near the Syrian-Jordanian border. By this, the SAA had liberated 50 km of the border with Jordan. The SAA and its allies captured the Zuluf reserve on Saturday. Moreover SAA was able to capture the Atiya area south of the […]
By Ben Norton / AlterNet Turkey’s authoritarian leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has dominated his country’s politics since 2003. He has transformed the state from a relatively democratic parliamentary system to a centralized presidential one, purged 130,000 people from the government, harshly cracked down on journalists, violently stifled dissent and waged a brutal war on his own people—all while enjoying staunch […]
By Dr. Bassam Barakat, VT Damascus It wasn’t a coincidence that Trump took both his wife and daughter with him on his visit to the Kingdom of Bani Saud. He and his administration know with that the women of the kings and princes of Bani Saud aren’t allowed at receptions. Though Trump dragged his chattel […]
Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia and judging by the speech he just gave in front of the Saudi king and an assemblage of bought and paid for supplicant nations, one of the prime goals of his visit is to organise a war with Iran.
Jim W. Dean - Viktor Mikhin gives us a good review of the Saudi Royal family trying to play "Puff the Magic Dragon" with Iran, via its borrowed Israeli tactic of making an aggressive bogeyman out of a country that has attacked no one in hundreds of years.
