CIA Fails to Organize Prison Break for Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden

April 30, 2018

Washington has offered Islamabad to exchange Shakil Afridi, who helped catch Osama bin Laden, for Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui who is serving a jail term in the United States, according to anony…

US Hybrid War Arrives to Replace Cold War

April 30, 2018

Opinion

It would be too far-fetched to compare the recent US-Russian standoff in Syria with the 1962 US-Soviet Cuban missile crisis. Then, a nuclear war between the two was highly probable, and the existence …

Full-Scale US War in Syria Coming?

April 30, 2018

Opinion

Since Obama launched war on Syria in March 2011, Washington’s goal was and remains regime change, pro-Western governance installed, partitioning the country, looting its resources, exploiting its peop…

What Mysteries Lie in the Ruins of the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Damascus?

April 30, 2018

Opinion

The great 10th century Iraqi poet Abu Tayyib al-Mutanabbi once lived, O fated city, in the Emirate of Aleppo. He even led a revolt in Syria which was – familiar stuff, this – put down with great ruthl…

Another False Gas Attack Risks Wider Repercussions

April 30, 2018

Opinion

It is difficult to overstate the dangers posed by the latest escalation of tensions in Syria over the alleged gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma. The tensions are not eased by the inflammatory rhe…

New Deals, Old Deals and Non-Deals with Iran

April 30, 2018

Opinion

The discussions at the White House with French president Emmanuel Macron about devising, in Macron’s words, a “new deal with Iran” may be an instance of different governments using similar words to me…

Lebanon: a Powder Keg That Will Ignite a Wider Regional Conflict

April 30, 2018

Opinion

On May 6, Lebanon will hold its first parliamentary election since 2009 to usher in a system of proportional representation. To be sure, it is a small country, but the event will have a very significa…

The News That Russia Won’t Intervene in Armenia is an Infowar In and Of Itself

April 30, 2018

Opinion

Russia was never going to “intervene” in stopping the Armenian Color Revolution (or “people’s revolution” as its supporters at home and abroad are referring to it as), and manufacturing a news event o…