Day: October 8, 2017

Next Stop Idlib: Erdogan Announces Turkey’s New ‘Serious’ Operation in Syria

October 8, 2017 Military

The Turkish president has announced plans to start a new military operation in Syria in a move which has been rumored for weeks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced plans to deploy th…

Surrounded by Generals, Trump Remarks on “The Calm Before the Storm”

October 8, 2017 Opinion

Surrounded by top military leaders at the White House Thursday evening, US President Donald Trump ominously described the current world situation as “the calm before the storm.” While he refused to be…

Fake News Reports About China & Muslims Exposed as US Infowar

October 8, 2017 Opinion

Radio Free Asia, a media organization publicly funded by the US government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors, alleged in a now-viral report last week that China was forcing Uighur Muslims in…

16 Years Later, The War in Afghanistan is a Quagmire

October 8, 2017 Opinion

Sixteen years have passed since the US invaded Afghanistan — less than a month after the 9/11 attacks. With the burning towers seared into the nation’s psyche, the Bush administration launched its “wa…

Why is Israel Supporting Kurdish Secession From Iraq?

October 8, 2017 Opinion

So far, Israel has been the only state to support the Kurdish secession from Iraq, even celebrating the outcome of the September 25 referendum, in which an overwhelming majority of Iraqi Kurds voted f…

China vs US: Singapore’s Role in Asia Pacific

October 8, 2017 Opinion

In early August, a Chinese-American professor, Huang Jing, and his wife were expelled from Singapore. He is accused of collaborating with foreign intelligence agents, according to the South China Morn…

Arriba Catalonia!

October 8, 2017 Opinion

‘Every people has the god-given right to mismanage their own affairs’ Margolis Law #3 I’ve always been a rebel, revolutionary, iconoclast and all-around bad boy. Naturally, I have sympathy for most re…

Israel Seals off West Bank and Gaza as Sukkot Begins

October 8, 2017 Middle East

Eleven-day border closure hits some four million Palestinians as week-long Jewish holiday commences. Israeli authorities have sealed off the occupied West Bank and the already besieged Gaza Strip for …