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Bashar Al-Assad’s Theorem

Bashar Al-Assad’s Theorem

By Tom Winter  According to Bruno Guigue, political analyst and researcher in political philosophy, the West’s muddled games with jihadist forces in Syria not only helped prolong the war, but could…

‘Always ready’ for US & Israel: Iran launches massive military drill

‘Always ready’ for US & Israel: Iran launches massive military drill

Get short URL Iranian troops during a military drill in southern Iran, November 7, 2021. © Iranian Army office/AFP Follow RT onIran kicked off a large-scale military exercise on Sunday.…

Iran Announces Large-Scale Drill in Southern Waters, Sending Warning to ‘Enemies’ – Report

Iran Announces Large-Scale Drill in Southern Waters, Sending Warning to ‘Enemies’ – Report

Alexandra Kashirina All materialsWrite to the author Tensions between Iran and the West continue to escalate amid a series of maritime incidents in the area of the Islamic Republic’s South…

General: Bereft of military option, US waging hybrid war on Iran

General: Bereft of military option, US waging hybrid war on Iran

On October 25, 2021, the IRGC forces seize an Iranian oil shipment that was stolen by the US in an “act of piracy.” They then navigated the vessel toward Iranian…

Iranian tweeters to US military: Is the lesson learned or shall we continue?

Iranian tweeters to US military: Is the lesson learned or shall we continue?

This picture taken from the footage of the IRGC’s October 25, 2021 confrontation with the US military in the Sea of Oman shows the nonchalant posture of one of the…

Saudi ex-spy chief warns America: trust in the US is waning

Saudi ex-spy chief warns America: trust in the US is waning

Get short URL US Air Force member near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia. February 20, 2020. © AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds Follow…

Watch: Iranian MiG-29 Shoots Down Aerial Target Fired by F-5 Tiger in Low-Altitude Flyby

Watch: Iranian MiG-29 Shoots Down Aerial Target Fired by F-5 Tiger in Low-Altitude Flyby

Morgan Artyukhina All materialsWrite to the author Video footage from recent aerial combat drills by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) shows one of its most advanced fighter…

Military Shifts in the Middle East | NEO Review: 16/21

Military Shifts in the Middle East | NEO Review: 16/21

Israel to Attack Iran? Washington Gives the Green Light to the ‘Military Option’

Israel to Attack Iran? Washington Gives the Green Light to the ‘Military Option’

Philip Giraldi© The U.S. will be seen as endorsing the crime, resulting in yet another foreign policy disaster in the Middle East, Philip Giraldi writes. Some might recall candidate Joe…

‘The goal of the United States is to contain Iran in the Middle East’

‘The goal of the United States is to contain Iran in the Middle East’

IRGC chief: US is fleeing region, has been marginalized more than ever

IRGC chief: US is fleeing region, has been marginalized more than ever

This file photo shows Chief Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami speaking at an exhibition on the strategic achievements of the IRGC in Tehran on…

(Erdogan Tries To Play Both Super Powers Against Each To Extract Concessions)Turkey Considering Buying Russian Su-35s, Su-57s If US Fails to ‘Resolve the F-35 Issue’

(Erdogan Tries To Play Both Super Powers Against Each To Extract Concessions)Turkey Considering Buying Russian Su-35s, Su-57s If US Fails to ‘Resolve the F-35 Issue’

© Sputnik / Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the photo bank Subscribe Oleg BurunovAll materialsWrite to the author The row between Washington and Ankara started in 2019, when the Turkish government purchased…

US expected to wage more wars across world, record more defeats in return: Syrian President Assad

US expected to wage more wars across world, record more defeats in return: Syrian President Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses a ceremony at the Higher Military Academy in Damascus, Syria, on October 27, 2021. (Photo by SANA) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the United States…

Israel is picking so many fights on multiple fronts that several wars could break out at any time. Meanwhile, the US stays silent

Israel is picking so many fights on multiple fronts that several wars could break out at any time. Meanwhile, the US stays silent

Get short URL Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem © Reuters Follow RT onTensions are at boiling point with Palestinians…

From allies to enemies: Turkey to declare US, 9 other ambassadors ‘persona non grata’ after call for release of jailed opposition figure – Erdogan

From allies to enemies: Turkey to declare US, 9 other ambassadors ‘persona non grata’ after call for release of jailed opposition figure – Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he instructed the foreign minister to declare 10 ambassadors, including Washington’s envoy, ‘persona non grata’ over a rare joint statement urging release of a…

Media Blackout: Damage to US base in Syria significant but ‘hushed up’

Media Blackout: Damage to US base in Syria significant but ‘hushed up’

The photo shows teh aftermath of an attack against al-Tanf base in Syria on October 20, 2021. A prominent US analyst says damage from a recent attack on a controversial US military…

Syrian army troops block US convoy in Hasakah, force it to return

Syrian army troops block US convoy in Hasakah, force it to return

In the Near East, there stand navies which are neither American nor British…they are there to drive America out: Iran & Russia agree on expanding naval cooperation

In the Near East, there stand navies which are neither American nor British…they are there to drive America out: Iran & Russia agree on expanding naval cooperation

This announcement by Iran’s Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri concerning the expansion of ties and more enhanced cooperation and integration between…

Former British MP: There is clear evidence that UK forces responsible for war crimes in Iraq

Former British MP: There is clear evidence that UK forces responsible for war crimes in Iraq

They’re tired of America’s destabilizing illegal presence: ‘Unknown drones’ blitz controversial US-led coalition base in Syria

They’re tired of America’s destabilizing illegal presence: ‘Unknown drones’ blitz controversial US-led coalition base in Syria

File photo of an airstrike taking place across Syria’s airspace. Unidentified drones reportedly carry out a set of attacks against a controversial military base belonging to the US-led coalition occupying…

Ansarullah: Terrorists nurtured by US behind attacks in Afghanistan, Lebanon, & Syria

Ansarullah: Terrorists nurtured by US behind attacks in Afghanistan, Lebanon, & Syria

A man mourns the death of his relative at a graveyard in Afghanistan’s Kandahar on October 16, 2021, a day after dozens of people were killed and injured in a…

US-Greek Bases Pact Signals Bid to Pressure Turkey, Dominate East Mediterranean

US-Greek Bases Pact Signals Bid to Pressure Turkey, Dominate East Mediterranean

© AFP 2021 / MC2 JEFFREY M. RICHARDSON Subscribe WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The new expanded US-Greece defence pact shows that Washington wants to pressure Turkey while securing a strategic position…

Iran Shows Off Mystery New Ground-based Vertical Launch Missile System – Video

Iran Shows Off Mystery New Ground-based Vertical Launch Missile System – Video

© Photo : Tasnim News courtesy of @SedaNews IRIBSubscribe Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author Over the past decade-and-a-half, the Islamic Republic has developed a large arsenal of homegrown…

Iran’s Army, IRGC unveil new domestically-developed air defense systems in joint drill

Iran’s Army, IRGC unveil new domestically-developed air defense systems in joint drill

The Iranian Armed Forces’ homegrown air defense systems hit targets during a military exercise on October 13, 2021. (Photo by aja.ir) Iran’s Armed Forces have unveiled new homegrown air defense…

Bellingcat website funded by US, UK intelligence contractors aiding terrorists in Syria: Report

Bellingcat website funded by US, UK intelligence contractors aiding terrorists in Syria: Report

Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins (File photo) A report by an investigative news website has revealed that the so-called self-styled open-source investigations website Bellingcat, which has on multiple occasions accused the Syrian…

Tools of the CIA,MI6, & the Mossad…Daesh’s job is to lead Afghanistan into civil war: Nasrallah

Tools of the CIA,MI6, & the Mossad…Daesh’s job is to lead Afghanistan into civil war: Nasrallah

Daesh’s job is to lead Afghanistan into civil war: Nasrallah The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the Daesh-claimed deadly terrorist attack against a Shia mosque in…

Report: The US is acting like the Airforce of ISIST as Drone strike hits positions of Iraqi anti-terror fighters in Syria

Report: The US is acting like the Airforce of ISIST as Drone strike hits positions of Iraqi anti-terror fighters in Syria

The al-Qa’im-Bukamal border crossing between Iraq and Syria An unidentified drone has targeted positions held by Iraqi resistance groups in Syria’s border city of al-Bukamal in the eastern Dayr al-Zawr…

Why is Iran deploying troops on its border with Azerbaijan?

Why is Iran deploying troops on its border with Azerbaijan?

The secretary general of Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba resistance group says ‘next Iraqi PM must cancel US-ordered agreements, expel occupying forces from Iraq’

The secretary general of Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba resistance group says ‘next Iraqi PM must cancel US-ordered agreements, expel occupying forces from Iraq’

Secretary General of Iraqi resistance group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Akram al-Kaabi (File photo by Tasnim news agency) The secretary general of Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba resistance group says the country’s…

To avoid sinking, Lebanon should sail east: Sanctions are already here

To avoid sinking, Lebanon should sail east: Sanctions are already here

By Julia M.K. In a September 28 statement following a meeting with Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, new Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that he had “no objection”…