The Guardian is Right – Ghouta is “Syria’s Srebrenica”

The Guardian is Right – Ghouta is “Syria’s Srebrenica”

That is, another attempt to use humanitarian concern as a hook for military intervention. Get ready for yet more liberal interventionist propaganda along the Sarajevo/Srebrenica/Aleppo model. Simon Tisdall’s latest fact-lite, emotionally manipulative lament that the West isn’t doing enough to save the lovely terrorists in Syria makes one unintentionally accurate claim. “Eastern Ghouta,” he says…

Israel Ramps Up Support for Over 7 Syrian Rebel Factions in Desperate Bid to Expand Reach

Israel Ramps Up Support for Over 7 Syrian Rebel Factions in Desperate Bid to Expand Reach

As the acute phase of civil warfare in Syria winds down while the government of President Bashar al-Assad increasingly gains the upper hand over foreign-funded insurgents, regional powers are desperately boosting aid for local proxies in a last-ditch attempt to rekindle the nearly seven-year-long conflict and gain a strategic foothold in the war-torn Arab republic….

Indian Fake News on Pakistan Adopting Mandarin as “Official Language”

Indian Fake News on Pakistan Adopting Mandarin as “Official Language”

For several weeks, Indian news outlets have erroneously reported that Pakistan had made Mandarin one of its official languages in an attempt to show solidarity with its close Chinese partner. The story had no basis in truth, but in spite of this, the Senate of Pakistan had to formally debunk the fake news in order…

‘Quad’ version of Belt and Road Feels Like a South China Sea Watch

‘Quad’ version of Belt and Road Feels Like a South China Sea Watch

The Quad – comprising the United States, Japan, India and Australia – was set up a decade ago, ostensibly as an Asia-centered security cooperation mechanism. Funnily enough, Beijing always suspected it actually represented a containment strategy. Last November, in Manila, the Quad met on the sidelines of the Asean and East Asia summits. Their topic…

Damascus Might Have Made a Grave Mistake by Helping the Eastern YPG Enter Afrin

Damascus Might Have Made a Grave Mistake by Helping the Eastern YPG Enter Afrin

In hoping to play the “lesser evil” of the “federalist” Kurds off against the “greater evil” of the invading Turks, Damascus might have inadvertently committed a grave mistake by opening the Afrin gates to the most radical members of the YPG who stand to reverse any “pragmatic” agreements that the government thought they had achieved…