January 21, 2018 | Astute News

Turkish Jets Hit Menagh Airbase Used by US to Supply Arms to Kurds

January 21, 2018

More than 70 Turkish military aircraft that have been engaged in Ankara's Olive Branch operation in northern Syria against the Kurdish troop, according to Turkey' General Staff. The Turkish Air Force …

Turkey Launches Operation Against Kurdish Militia in Syria

January 21, 2018

Military

Turkey on Saturday launched a new air and ground operation to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area. Turkey had in rece…

New US Defense Strategy: Return to Global Dominance, Slimming Down Pentagon

January 21, 2018

Opinion

After nearly two decades of focus on terrorism, the US military establishment is seeking to pivot back to great-power competition with Russia and China, preserving global dominance while rebuilding th…

The US Syria ‘Strategy’ – Recipe for Continued Disaster Even for the US

January 21, 2018

Opinion

Most media covering the speech that US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, gave at the Hoover Institution on January 17, 2018 merely points out that he said that the United States would stay in Syria –…

The Twitter President

January 21, 2018

Opinion

As my readers at home and around the world know, I supported giving Trump a chance as Trump, and only Trump, addressed the two most important issues of our time for both all of humanity and for Americ…

Complex Power Play in Libya

January 21, 2018

Opinion

The fighting around the vicinity of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport continues with the airport still closed, in flames. As previously reported, seasoned US State Department man, Jeffery Feltman, now with the…

Martin Luther King Opposed Everything Liberal America Represents

January 21, 2018

Opinion

There is nothing quite so nauseating as liberal America associating itself with the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., a man who stood against everything it stands for and represents, such as cozyin…

Covfefe, Little Rocket Man and ‘Stable Genius’: A Year of Trumpisms

January 21, 2018

North America

The ‘fire and fury’ of US President Donald Trump has translated into many memorable phrases that have baffled, amused or infuriated observers. RT looks at the top quotes from the first year of his pre…