Israel Launches Air Strikes On Syria and Assad’s “Waiting Game”

Israel Launches Air Strikes On Syria and Assad’s “Waiting Game”

Immediately after Israel’s latest unprovoked strike on Syria we posed the question, did Benjamin Netanyahu just panic? The answer is yes, Israel is now acting from a position of desperation as it has failed in its goal of regime change in Syria. Overnight (Wed. evening/Thursday early morning), Israel attacked a Syrian military base near the town of…

While Trump tweets, Putin steals a march on North Korea

While Trump tweets, Putin steals a march on North Korea

The message from the two-day Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) conference, which concluded in Vladivostok on Thursday, is that Russia’s “pivot to Asia” in recent years, in the downstream of Western sanctions against it, has become a core vector of its foreign policies. The EEF began modestly in 2015 with the agenda of showcasing the “new reality”…

Situation on Korean Peninsula on Brink of Large-Scale Conflict – Putin

Situation on Korean Peninsula on Brink of Large-Scale Conflict – Putin

The situation on the Korean peninsula has escalated and is now on the edge of the full-scale military conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that the problem must be solved through dialogue. “I have to say a few words about the situation on the Korean Peninsula, where tensions have grown recently and the situation is balancing on the…

Netanyahu Now Intends to Assassinate Assad; Will U.S. Allow It?

Netanyahu Now Intends to Assassinate Assad; Will U.S. Allow It?

On the basis of reports in Jerusalem Post, Wall Street Journal, and other sources, the Zero Hedge news site not only documents and headlines on August 29th, “Israel Threatens To Bomb Assad’s Presidential Palace”, but makes clear that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally informed Russian President Vladimir Putin of this intention during his meeting…

Netanyahu’s Sudden Trip to Russia: What’s Israel Worried About?

Netanyahu’s Sudden Trip to Russia: What’s Israel Worried About?

The stated purpose of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sudden Aug. 23 trip to Sochi and meeting with the Russian president was to update him about the «scale of Iran’s military footprint in Syria». However, this is something Tel Aviv does with enviable regularity, and since Russia already has a presence on the ground in…