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Carnage after this week's bombings in Beirut. " For those in the west, the bombings in Baghdad and Beirut will not take up too much…
A secret strategy paper suggests the Kremlin wants to find a political solution with the West on the issue of Syria. Pressure is mounting on…
Washington has been quite successful in its wicked embrace of Syria over the last few weeks. Just imagine, Kerry, in a propaganda-painted gesture of goodwill,…
The military balance of power in Syria and Iraq is changing. The Russian air strikes that have been taking place since the end of September…
Mehrsa Baradaran is an associate professor at the University of Georgia School of Law where she teaches banking and contracts law. Before teaching, she worked…
Syrian refugees have supported Russian airstrikes, and may already be returning as the prospects for peace in Syria grow with Russia's aerial operation. Syrian refugees…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s public approval rating has reached a record 89.9 percent since he ordered his military to begin air strikes in support of…
"We're stepping up our efforts to discredit ISIL's propaganda, especially online," President Barack Obama told delegates at the Leaders' Summit on Countering Violent Extremism last…
Washington has ‘adjusted’ its controversial program of aiding the Syrian rebels to vet commanders rather than individual fighters, and provide supplies instead of training. A…
First came Fallujah, then Mosul, and later Ramadi in Iraq.  Now, there is Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan.  In all four places, the same story has played out:…
In over a year of Washington’s phony war on ISIS, they’re stronger with more territory than when US bombing began – targeting Syrian and Iraqi…
I couldn't help but notice that over the past few weeks the Empire has become extremely silly—so silly that I believe it deserves the title…