May 29, 2018 | Astute News

Afghanistan: Israels Commando’s Hit by Taliban, Lose Helicopter, Casualties

May 29, 2018 Opinion

Last night (May 27), an Israel Defense Force command unit, newly stationed at the formerly closed US military facility and air base at Farah City in Farah Province, Western Afghanistan, came under Tal…

US Warns of “Firm” Response If Syria Attacks ISIS . . . No, Really

May 29, 2018 Opinion

In an apparent attempt to remove all pretense that the United States is nothing more than al-Qaeda’s Air Force in Syria, the American government is warning its Syrian counterpart that, if the SAA move…

Trump’s Betraying His Base with the MEK

May 29, 2018 Opinion

Trump’s base would be shocked to discover that influential members of his administration are vocal supporters of a cultish Islamo-communist terrorist group. The open support that leading figures of th…

The Indo-Pacific’s Changing Political Landscape

May 29, 2018 Opinion

Several noteworthy events, which have occurred in the past few weeks, bear witness to the continuing changes in the Indo-Pacific region’s political map. This process was long in the making, but its pa…

In Iran and North Korea, China Holds Some Cards

May 29, 2018 Opinion

Donald Trump made his television reputation by telling people “You’re fired.” The same bullying approach now substitutes for his international diplomacy, with Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal …

The Manchester Bomber Was Enabled by the British Government

May 29, 2018 Opinion

The culpability of the British government and its intelligence agencies in enabling suicide bomber Salman Abedi to blow himself up at a pop concert in Manchester is being masked one year later by the …

Iran Diary: Bracing for All-Out Economic War

May 29, 2018 Opinion

The minute you set foot in the streets of Mashhad, the air smelling of saffron, a fine breeze oozing from the mountains, it hits you; you’re in the heart of the Ancient Silk Road and the New Belt and …

Is Peace Around Israel Possible?

May 29, 2018 Opinion

The Middle East is a region where many different interests meet and interact. Moving one piece may provoke a reaction at the other end of the chess-board. The tentatives by Donald Trump to break with …