Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria

June 29, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump is playing a game of nuclear “chicken” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, regarding Putin’s threat on June 19th to go to war against the United States if the U.S. again…

Syria’s 10-Day Countdown Begins

June 29, 2017

Opinion

The ten days preceding President Putin and Trump’s historic meeting at the G20 Summit in Hamburg on 7 July stand to be the most important thus far in determining the contours of Syria’s so-called “pol…

Moscow Warns Washington Against ‘Incendiary, Provocative Action’ in Syria

June 29, 2017

Diplomacy

Moscow has warned the US against taking unilateral action in Syria, as there is no threat from the Syrian military, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The statement comes after the US accused Syria of pr…

Iraqi WMDs All Over Again: The Latest US Threats to Syria

June 29, 2017

Opinion

Here we go again... "US warns Syria over 'potential' plan for chemical attack" was the dramatic news headline which greeted me when I checked out the BBC News website first thing Tuesday morning, June…

The Coming Gulf War: Qatar vs. Everyone

June 29, 2017

Opinion

Following through on their blockade of Qatar for its support of terrorism, Saudi Arabia and its allies issued an unreasonable and harsh thirteen-point ultimatum to Qatar, which the country needs to fu…

US Threatens Syria Again: Treading on the Path of War

June 29, 2017

Opinion

Here and there, there are signs that the United States is planning a large-scale military operation in Syria. The plans include combat operations against the Syrian army and its allies, such as the fo…

The Emerging Turkish-Iranian Alliance

June 29, 2017

Opinion

Iran and Turkey, the two non-Arab Middle Eastern states, are among the largest and most populous in the region. The former occupies a strategic location on the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, w…

Donald Trump’s America is Starting to Look Like Boris Yeltsin’s Russia

June 29, 2017

Opinion

While many attempt to debate who or what is in charge of the United States, the truth is that no single individual or even a single entity is in charge of the United States anymore. This was true unde…