January 22, 2018 | Astute News

Syria – Turks Attack Afrin, U.S. Strategy Fails, Kurds Again Chose the Losing Side

January 22, 2018

After negotiations between Russia/Syria and the Kurds of Afrin had failed, the Russian side made a deal with Turkey. Now Turkey attacks Afrin while everyone else looks aside. The main impetus for this…

US Relations with World’s Nations Are Collapsing

January 22, 2018

Opinion

America’s relations with nations around the world are collapsing. Donald Trump’s frequent xenophobic and racist outbursts, unprecedented in modern history, have resulted in foreign ministries around t…

Turkish Troops Push Further into Afrin as Both Sides Report Casualties

January 22, 2018

Opinion

Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, Ankara said after launching artillery and air strikes on a US-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border. The …

The Next Kurdish War Looms on the Horizon

January 22, 2018

Opinion

Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of announcing the first official Western attempt to partition Syria on ethnic-sectarian lines. Whether or not he realises the implications of his extra…

Trump’s Plan B for Syria: Occupation and Intimidation

January 22, 2018

Opinion

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the creation of a de facto autonomous Kurdish state in east Syria that will be supported by the United States and defended by a US-backed “prox…

Boss Tweet’s Generals Already Run the Show

January 22, 2018

Opinion

Much has been written about our Twitterer-in-Chief and the tortured response to his presidency, particularly within the GOP. As a recent example, Frank Bruni of the New York Times lamented the fate of…

Is A “Great War” on Israel’s Horizon?

January 22, 2018

Opinion

After more than a century the Zionists seem poised to deliver the coup-de-grace to Palestine, by annexing the West Bank. Limited in the first place to the settlements, it would be the forerunner to th…

Vladimir Putin’s Ice Bath Ritual Perplexes American Journalists

January 22, 2018

Opinion

In Russia, President Vladimir Putin marked the celebration of Theophany (sometimes called “Epiphany” in the West) in the usual way – by immersing himself in freezing cold water in Lake Seliger at a mo…