April 6, 2017 | Astute News

Something is Not Adding Up in Idlib Chemical Weapons Attack

April 6, 2017

At least 58 people were killed in a horrific gas attack in the Idlib Governorate this morning. However, even before investigations could be conducted and for evidence to emerge, Federica Mogherini, th…

Why Israel and Hezbollah are Heading for a New, Devastating War in the Middle East

April 6, 2017

Opinion

This past Sunday, with great fanfare, Israeli politicians and military leaders finally announced to the Israeli public – and to the country’s enemies – that they had successfully layered the nation’s …

US Didn’t “Change Priorities” in Syria, It Lost

April 6, 2017

Opinion

The United States – according to Western media sources – has shifted priorities in Syria, no longer focusing on regime change aimed at Damascus. However, in reality, it is not a shift in priorities, i…

Another Dangerous Rush to Judgment in Syria

April 6, 2017

Opinion

With the latest hasty judgment about Tuesday’s poison-gas deaths in a rebel-held area of northern Syria, the mainstream U.S. news media once more reveals itself to be a threat to responsible journalis…

The Trump Administration goes Neocon-Crazy

April 6, 2017

Opinion

Oh boy, that did not take long. As I wrote in February, the Neocons and the US deep state have completely neutered Trump. Just look at these two headlines from RT (and read the articles): ‘It crossed…

Shaping US Middle East Policy: It’s Pentagon Who Calls the Shots Today

April 6, 2017

Opinion

There are signs that the United States administration is deepening its military involvement in armed conflicts abroad, indicating a military-first approach. With no loud statements made to attract pub…

The Destruction of Mosul: Stranded in a City Under Siege

April 6, 2017

Opinion

Isolated in their houses and short of food and water, people besieged in the Isis-held Old City of Mosul say it is like being held in an underground prison with little idea of the ebb and flow of the …

Is Pentagon’s Air Base in Syrian Kobani an Alternative for Turkey’s Incirlik?

April 6, 2017

Military

The Pentagon appears to have played it safe and set up a military base in the Kurdish-controlled area of northern Syria as a safeguard in case Turkey prevents the United States from using Incirlik whi…