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The Empire of bandits: US military forces smuggle wheat crops, crude oil from northeast Syria to Iraq

The Empire of bandits: US military forces smuggle wheat crops, crude oil from northeast Syria to Iraq

This file picture shows a military convoy of US occupation forces driving along a road near the city of Qamishli in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. (Photo by AFP) Two…

CCP’s 20th Congress: PRC ‘Soft Power’ Will Thwart US Attempts to Hang on to Hegemony, Observers Say

CCP’s 20th Congress: PRC ‘Soft Power’ Will Thwart US Attempts to Hang on to Hegemony, Observers Say

CC0 / / Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The Chinese Communist Party kicked off its 20th Congress on Sunday, with President Xi Jinping expected to be reelected as general…

Russia may redirect EU coal supply to the East

Russia may redirect EU coal supply to the East

Around 25 million tons of the commodity destined for the bloc could be shipped east instead, a deputy PM has said © Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv Russian coal suppliers may divert trade…

UK intelligence plotted Crimean Bridge bombing – The Grayzone

UK intelligence plotted Crimean Bridge bombing – The Grayzone

Months ago, British operatives reportedly studied ways to blow up the strategic bridge Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, after a…

Highly provocative nuclear sabre rattling– NATO set to hold nuclear exercises amid tensions over Ukraine

Highly provocative nuclear sabre rattling– NATO set to hold nuclear exercises amid tensions over Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 11, 2022. (Photo by AFP) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance…

OPEC+ output cut points to US loss of control over global oil market

OPEC+ output cut points to US loss of control over global oil market

Illustration: VCGUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies’ choice to cut oil output as “unhelpful and unwise” for the global…

Chinese yuan becomes most traded foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange, surpasses the US dollar: report

Chinese yuan becomes most traded foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange, surpasses the US dollar: report

Renminbi Photo: VCGThe Chinese yuan became the most traded currency on the Moscow Exchange for the first time on Monday, with trading turnover in the yuan-ruble pair reaching 70.3 billion…

Washington ‘panicking’ over potential Russian and Saudi oil cut – CNN

Washington ‘panicking’ over potential Russian and Saudi oil cut – CNN

Riyadh and Moscow are reportedly seeking to raise oil prices by agreeing deep output reductions © AFP / Joe Klamar The White House is desperately seeking a way to prevent a major…

Russia warns of potential direct military clash with NATO

Russia warns of potential direct military clash with NATO

As Moscow’s envoy addressed the UN, the Pentagon announced a list of new weapons for Kiev FILE PHOTO. US-made HIMARS (High Mobility Advanced Rocket System) on during live fire exercises…

On the precipice of war: Ukraine formally applies for fast-track NATO membership

On the precipice of war: Ukraine formally applies for fast-track NATO membership

This handout photograph, taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on September 30, 2022, shows Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky leading a meeting of the National Security and Defense…

Putin: West trying to provoke ‘color revolutions’, ‘bloodbath’

Putin: West trying to provoke ‘color revolutions’, ‘bloodbath’

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects via a video conference call at a residence outside Moscow, Russia, July 18, 2022.…

‘Attack on Russia is Attack on Africa’, Ugandan Commander of Land Forces Says

‘Attack on Russia is Attack on Africa’, Ugandan Commander of Land Forces Says

© AFP 2022 / PETER BUSOMOKE Olga Borodkina All materialsWrite to the author During Sergei Lavrov’s tour of Africa in July, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni assured the Russian foreign minister…

While Screaming About Preserving Ukrainian Territorial Integrity US Forces Reportedly Smuggle 79 More Tankers Filled to the Brim With Stolen Syrian Oil

While Screaming About Preserving Ukrainian Territorial Integrity US Forces Reportedly Smuggle 79 More Tankers Filled to the Brim With Stolen Syrian Oil

© DELIL SOULEIMAN Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author Damascus has spent years accusing Washington and its Syrian Democratic Forces militia allies of siphoning off hundreds of millions of…

Turkey Could Consider Buying Russia’s Su-35 If Deal on US F-16 Fails: Defense Agency

Turkey Could Consider Buying Russia’s Su-35 If Deal on US F-16 Fails: Defense Agency

© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the mediabank ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey may consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets if the deal on the acquisition of US-made F-16…

Iran to join drills with Russia and China

Iran to join drills with Russia and China

The chief of staff in Tehran says naval maneuvers will take place in the Indian Ocean FILE PHOTO: Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the northern…

Russia warns the United States against supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles

Russia warns the United States against supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles

(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on June 7, 2021 shows then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaking about reopening the country during a speech in Darby, Pennsylvania, on…

Russia reacts to US ‘boasting’ about Ukraine involvement

Russia reacts to US ‘boasting’ about Ukraine involvement

The Pentagon is openly aiding Kiev and bragging about it, the Russian envoy to Washington said Russia’s ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov © AFP / Justin Sullivan It is cause for “deep concern” that…

Envoy: West meddling, terror support, blockade preventing return of calm to Syria

Envoy: West meddling, terror support, blockade preventing return of calm to Syria

Bassam Sabbagh, Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations considers the West’s ongoing obstructive efforts to be a major obstacle in the way of re-establishment…

Trump hints at true significance of Bagram Airfield( & it has nothing to do with fighting terror or Alqaeda)

Trump hints at true significance of Bagram Airfield( & it has nothing to do with fighting terror or Alqaeda)

According to the 45th US president, Washington needed the site in Afghanistan to keep an eye on a “Chinese nuclear plant” A US Air Force transport plane lands at Bagram…

China accuses US of militarizing space

China accuses US of militarizing space

The US military is attempting to “turn outer space into a battlefield,” China’s Foreign Ministry has said FILE PHOTO. A US Space Force member displays the service’s uniform at the…

West Shouldn’t Underestimate Russia, Should End ‘Provocative’ Policy in Ukraine, Erdogan Says

West Shouldn’t Underestimate Russia, Should End ‘Provocative’ Policy in Ukraine, Erdogan Says

© Sputnik / Vladimir Smirnov POOL / Go to the mediabank Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author Europe is in the midst of its worst energy and inflationary crisis…

Main gas pipeline to EU will be closed until sanctions lifted – Kremlin

Main gas pipeline to EU will be closed until sanctions lifted – Kremlin

Nord Stream 1 operations will be hampered as long as Western restrictions remain in place, Dmitry Peskov says An employee of Siemens Energy stands in front of a turbine of…

China rejects West’s call for Russian oil price cap

China rejects West’s call for Russian oil price cap

The G7 should rethink its position, the Chinese Foreign Ministry says © Getty Images / Joel Sheagren Beijing opposes the decision made by the G7 nations to introduce a price cap on…

In a direct challenge to the US lead ‘Rules Based Order’ China and Russia may carry out joint naval patrol following Vostok-2022 War Games

In a direct challenge to the US lead ‘Rules Based Order’ China and Russia may carry out joint naval patrol following Vostok-2022 War Games

By Guo Yuandan    The Chinese PLA Navy’s missile destroyer Nanchang, the missile frigate Yancheng and the supply ship Dongpinghu, which are participating in the Vostok-2022 strategic command post exercise in…

Russia warns US against sending long-range arms to Ukraine, vows use of nukes

Russia warns US against sending long-range arms to Ukraine, vows use of nukes

US servicemen palletize ammunition, weapons and other military hardware bound for Ukraine. (Photo by AP) A senior Russian diplomat has warned the US against supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine, saying…

Russia keeps pipeline shut as Gazprom, Siemens Energy wrangle

Russia keeps pipeline shut as Gazprom, Siemens Energy wrangle

This file photo taken on November 8, 2011 shows a view of the gas pipeline terminal prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream’s twin 1,224 kilometer…

Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine

Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine

The longer the war with Russia lasts the more likely it becomes that the damage to Ukraine will be irreparable. By Douglas Macgregor “AC” – In an open letter entitled “U.S.…

China blasts US for illegally occupying Syria, plundering its resources

China blasts US for illegally occupying Syria, plundering its resources

In this file picture, US occupation forces are seen at an undisclosed location in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. (Photo via Twitter) A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has denounced the…

Why US Gains Nothing From Presence in Syria Except Denying Territories to Assad

Why US Gains Nothing From Presence in Syria Except Denying Territories to Assad

© AP Photo / Baderkhan Ahmad Ekaterina Blinova All materialsWrite to the author The US conducted an air strike and vowed to carry out another in Deir ez-Zor, Syria against…

Russia to show ‘no mercy’ for killers of Dugin’s daughter: Lavrov

Russia to show ‘no mercy’ for killers of Dugin’s daughter: Lavrov

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (file photo) Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there can be “no mercy” for organizers, instigators and perpetrators behind a car bombing that killed…