There are many disturbing signs that the West is creating conditions in the Middle East and Asia that could produce a wider war, most likely…

As Syrians gather in their capital Damascus to celebrate, there is a sense that the New Year will bring a measure of peace – the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who wants to expand the powers of his office, has cited Hitler's Germany as an example of a presidential political…

It might not seem so in the middle of a day’s news cycle, especially with that news always being about Donald Trump, but 2015 marked…

In January, the Syrian government will – ostensibly - sit across the negotiating table from ‘the Syrian opposition’ to decide on the structure and make-up…

On 10th October 2015 Russia’s Security Council held another meeting. One of the tropes of Western commentary about Russia is that its political system is highly…

In 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. president George H. W. Bush through his secretary of state James Baker promised Soviet premier…

– The threat of war against Iran is not just about its natural resources, strategic control and supposedly to protect Israel, it is also about…

Afghan opium is being processed into high-grade heroin in clandestine Turkish drug labs for distribution in Europe and Russia, Russia’s anti-drug chief has revealed. The…

This past year saw the crossing of financial boundaries and traditions around the world as economic and political events continue to make the monetary horizon…

David Muir, setting up the first in an endless stream of questions about terrorism in Saturday evening’s Democratic primary debate, of which he was moderator, reminded…

The notion that a political settlement will take place lacks credibility - the realities on the ground in Syria won’t allow it The anti-Assad coalition…