June 29, 2017 – Astute News

June 29, 2017

Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria

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 shoots down, inside Syria — in the sovereign territory of the internationally-recognized-as-legal sovereign Syrian government — Syrian aircraft, or the aircraft of any of the foreign...

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June 29, 2017

Syria’s 10-Day Countdown Begins

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 “political solution”. Both leaders see their upcoming meeting as the best chance to conclusively sort out their countries’ strategic differences in Syria and lay the groundwork for...

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June 29, 2017

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

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 preparing for a chemical attack, without giving any evidence. https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.06/5953a824c3618857598b4587.mp4 Asked if Russia had warned the US administration against any unilateral action in Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign...

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June 29, 2017

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

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 26. A White House statement said that the US had “identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass...

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June 29, 2017

The Coming Gulf War: Qatar vs. Everyone

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 fulfill in order for the trade and diplomatic embargo to be lifted. Qatar has been given ten days to comply with the demands or face unspecified consequences. This development...

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June 29, 2017

US Threatens Syria Again: Treading on the Path of War

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 foreign pro-Iranian Shia militias and Hezbollah. The White House said on June 26 it had reasons to believe the Syrian government is preparing another chemical weapons (CW) attack. The...

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June 29, 2017

The Emerging Turkish-Iranian Alliance

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, while the latter controls the Bosporus Strait, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which links the Black and Aegean Seas. The two nations descend from...

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June 29, 2017

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

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 under Barack Obama, but Obama’s middle-management style of governing helped to hide this fact. Donald Trump who is a single-minded, straight talking...

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Daily Archive: June 29, 2017

Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria

Syria’s 10-Day Countdown Begins

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

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

The Coming Gulf War: Qatar vs. Everyone

US Threatens Syria Again: Treading on the Path of War

The Emerging Turkish-Iranian Alliance

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