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Western demands on Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Western demands on Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 18 September 2018
While on the ground, the war is ending, and only Idlib still needs to be freed from the terrorists, the Western powers are starting trouble all over again. They have just presented their demands to the UN special envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Unsurprisingly, the United States refuse the process led by Russia, for the unique reason that they didn’t have anything to do with it, while the United Kingdom and France seek to impose institutions which would allow them to govern the country from the shadows.

“The Art of War”

Largest US weapons store – in Italy

by Manlio Dinucci

Largest US weapons store – in Italy

Rome (Italy) | 12 September 2018
At the end of the Second World War, allied troops occupied the European continent. While France and Russia have withdrawn today, the United States and the United Kingdom still maintain troops there. For the last year, planning for a world war against China and Russia, the Pentagon is using numerous bases in Italy to massively increase the storage of its weapons in Europe, including nuclear bombs.

Finding a way out of the war against Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Finding a way out of the war against Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 11 September 2018
The White House is unable to extricate itself from the war in Syria. President Trump is hindered both by the self-proclaimed « stable state » (according to the anonymous op ed in the New York Times), which continues to pursue the Rumsfeld-Cebrowski strategy, and by the reactivated ambitions of his Israëli, French, British and Turkish allies. The logic of these interests could displace the war instead of resolving it.

“The Art of War”

A sovereignist Italy without sovereignty

by Manlio Dinucci

A sovereignist Italy without sovereignty

Rome (Italy) | 5 September 2018
Far from leading the sovereignist policy that it claims to honour, the Conte government has engaged in Libya under US command. True sovereignty is not measured by speeches, but by actions, particularly in the respect of one’s own Constitution.

How the administration of the UNO is organising the war

by Thierry Meyssan

How the administration of the UNO is organising the war

Damascus (Syria) | 5 September 2018
The internal document of the United Nations that we have just published attests to the fact that the administration of the Organisation is working against the UN’s objectives. The gravity of this situation calls for an explanation by Secretary General António Guterres, as demanded by Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergueï Lavrov. Failing which, the member-States could call the United Nations into question.

Who wants to relaunch the war in Syria?

by Thierry Meyssan

Who wants to relaunch the war in Syria?

Damascus (Syria) | 4 September 2018
Seven years after the beginning of the war against Syria, fought by proxy jihadist forces, the partisans of its destruction want to start again. And yet they have suffered a definite defeat on the ground, where the population, after a momentary hesitation, massively chose to support the Republic. This attempt to restart the war from the beginning can only be understood if its objective has evolved.

“The Art of War”

Bridges collapsed and bridges bombed

by Manlio Dinucci

Bridges collapsed and bridges bombed

Rome (Italy) | 29 August 2018
Of course, we were all horrified by the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa. Manlio Dinucci reminds us here that the company which managed this work of engineering had been privatised… in order to pay for the destruction of bridges in Serbia by the Italian army. This was in 1999, under the orders of NATO.

Russia denounces the diarchy at the heart of the UNO and the USA

by Thierry Meyssan

Russia denounces the diarchy at the heart of the UNO and the USA

Damascus (Syria) | 28 August 2018
The Western powers are moving inexorably towards Internet censorship, thereby facilitating the dissemination of propaganda and war indoctrination in their countries. In this context, an extremely violent tension is tearing apart the international scene. Aware of the increasing risk of general confrontation, Moscow is attempting to find credible interlocutors in the UNO and the United States. What is happening at the moment has seen no equivalent since 1938, and could degenerate in the same way.

The Trump administration and Iran

by Thierry Meyssan

The Trump administration and Iran

Damascus (Syria) | 21 August 2018
Like President Reagan, President Trump seems to be anti-Iranian. But perhaps this is only in appearance. While the former drew up a secret alliance with Imam Khomeiny, the latter may be dealing with ex-President Ahmadinejad in the same way. This is Thierry Meyssan’s heterodox theory.

Seize the transnational corporations to rebuild Syria?

by Thierry Meyssan

Seize the transnational corporations to rebuild Syria?

Damascus (Syria) | 14 August 2018
President Trump won the election on his promise to overthrow financial capitalism and restore productive capitalism. From this standpoint, he considers that war damages owed to Syria should not be paid by the United States, but by transnational corporations. Is this revolution in international relations desirable or even possible?

How Putin and Trump put an end to the war against Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

How Putin and Trump put an end to the war against Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 7 August 2018
The Western Press continues to support the elite transnational financiers and to scorn the actions of President Trump. This attitude makes it difficult to understand the progress made towards peace in Syria. Thierry Meyssan looks at the agreements reached during the last five months and the rapid progress on the ground.

The Twilight of the War

by Thierry Meyssan

The Twilight of the War

Damascus (Syria) | 31 July 2018
If we consider the war in Syria not as a singular event, but as the culmination of a world war which has persisted for a quarter of a century, we have to ask ourselves about the consequences of the imminent end of hostilities. Its completion marks the defeat of an ideology, that is to say globalisation and financial capitalism. The people who have not understood this, particularly in Western Europe, are defining their own exclusion from the rest of the world.

The Elysée and « Gladio B »

by Thierry Meyssan

The Elysée and « Gladio B »

Damascus (Syria) | 29 July 2018
During the Cold War, the pro-US states experienced a bloody precedent of illegal, secret repression. While it is clear that this system has been progressively dismantled in Europe, it has never been interrupted in the « Greater Middle East » although it has been transformed. The behaviour of the Elysée in the context of the Benalla affair allows us to admit the possibility that this story is not yet over.

“The Art of War”

The warmonger’s response to negotiation

by Manlio Dinucci

The warmonger's response to negotiation

Rome (Italy) | 26 July 2018
The conflict between transnational financial capitalism and productive national capitalism has entered into a paroxystic phase. On one side, Presidents Trump and Putin are negotiating the joint defence of their national interests. On the other, the major daily newspaper for the US and the world is accusing the US President of high treason, while the armed forces of the US and NATO are preparing for war with Russia and China.

What is left unsaid in the Anglo-Saxon accusations against Russia

by Thierry Meyssan

What is left unsaid in the Anglo-Saxon accusations against Russia

Damascus (Syria) | 24 July 2018
Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia a Wild West where Power can strip a billionaire of his fortune, like in the days of Boris Yeltsin? Is Russia interfering with the United States electoral process? According to the US ruling class, these are questions which leave no room for doubt. And yet all it needed was for President Putin to propose that President Trump accept a mutual exchange of letters rogatory to see panic taking hold of Washington.

“The Art of War”

The US establishment behind the Helsinki Summit

by Manlio Dinucci

The US establishment behind the Helsinki Summit

Rome (Italy) | 20 July 2018
While the international Press distorted the content of the NATO Summit, the US establishment pefectly understood the unique issue – the end of enmity with Russia. Thus disturbing the bilateral summit in Helsinki between the USA and Russia became its priority. By all means possible, it had to prevent any rapprochement with Moscow.

Trump and NATO bureaucracy

by Thierry Meyssan

Trump and NATO bureaucracy

Damascus (Syria) | 17 July 2018
Contrary to mainstream thinking, the NATO summit did not set the United States against the other members of the Alliance, but President Trump against the intergovernmental senior administration. For Thierry Meyssan, the problem is not whether or not we appreciate the personality of the tenant of the White House, but whether we support him because he is the elected representative of his people, or if we prefer the system’s bureaucrats.

Expandable and always more expensive, NATO is spreading across Europe

by Manlio Dinucci

Expandable and always more expensive, NATO is spreading across Europe

Rome (Italy) | 15 July 2018
Working like machines programmed from their creation, the administrations of NATO and the EU are pursuing their project free from all political control. The military and civil bureaucracies born of the US occupation of Western Europe are bent on defending the interests of the transnational élite without paying any attention to the wish of the People.

What does the battle of Deraa symbolise?

by Thierry Meyssan

What does the battle of Deraa symbolise?

Damascus (Syria) | 10 July 2018
Thierry Meyssan does not accept the story of the beginning of hostilities in Syria as presented by the Western and Gulf Press over the last seven years. He is therefore returning to these events to examine them in the light of certain elements which have become known since then. As in all science, political science moves closer to the truth by questioning its previous conclusions and integrating new observations into its reasoning.

“The Art of War”

The USA and NATO ousts crisis-ridden EU

by Manlio Dinucci

The USA and NATO ousts crisis-ridden EU

Rome (Italy) | 4 July 2018
President Trump remains compelled by the US system to defend NATO, currently the main tool of transnational imperialism. Despite his attempts, his vassals refuse to free themselves and make their own way. He is therefore pursuing the policies of his predecessors by infantilising the Europeans and turning them against Russia. Anticipating a possible dissolution of the European Union, some of its members have engaged a little more deeply in NATO.

What Donald Trump is preparing

by Thierry Meyssan

What Donald Trump is preparing

Damascus (Syria) | 3 July 2018
After having observed Donald Trump’s historical references (the constitutional compromise of 1789, the examples of Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon) and the way in which his partisans perceive his politics, Thierry Meyssan here analyses his anti-imperialist actions. The US President is not interested in taking a step back, but on the contrary, abandoning the interests of the transnational ruling class in order to develop the US national economy.

“The Art of War”

Neocolonialism and the « migrant crisis »

by Manlio Dinucci

Neocolonialism and the « migrant crisis »

Rome (Italy) | 28 June 2018
The « migrant crisis » is currently diminishing in Europe, but will probably amplify dramatically in the next few years. The gigantic population displacements which are in preparation are the consequence of the on-going economic exploitation of Africa.

Jared Kushner and the Palestinians’ « right to happiness »

by Thierry Meyssan

Jared Kushner and the Palestinians' « right to happiness »

Damascus (Syria) | 26 June 2018
We were wrong to believe that the US project for the Middle East was a peace plan for Palestine. Despite the communications from the White House, this is not what President Trump is seeking. He is approaching this question from a radically different angle than that of his predecessors – not attempting to render Justice between his vassals, as an emperor would, but to unblock the situation in order to improve the daily lives of the populations involved.

Germany and Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Germany and Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 20 June 2018
Relations between Germany and Syria, which used to be excellent under Emperor Wilhelm II, are today abysmal. This is because since the Cold War, Berlin has become the backyard for the Muslim Brotherhood in their attempt to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2012, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the federal think-tank SWP have been working directly on behalf of the US deep state for the destruction of the country.

“The Art of War”

The Circuit of Death in the « Greater Mediterranean »

by Manlio Dinucci

The Circuit of Death in the « Greater Mediterranean »

Rome (Italy) | 20 June 2018
A very strange traffic is crossing the Mediterranean – in one direction, weapons to Africa and the Middle East – in the other, refugees who are the victims of these weapons. Unsurprisingly, the European political leaders are pretending not to know the main cause of these migrations.

What is Donald Trump’s position?

by Thierry Meyssan

What is Donald Trump's position?

Damascus (Syria) | 19 June 2018
Elected for his promises to change the paradigm, President Trump continues to astonish all those who take him for an idiot. Yet all he is doing is implementing the ideas that he developed during his electoral campaign, thus taking his place in a political tradition which, although long neglected, is solidly anchored in US history. Leaving aside the President’s public relations communications, Thierry Meyssan analyses his acts as compared with his engagements.

“The Art of War”

The USA and the EU quarrel, but remain united against Russia and China

by Manlio Dinucci

The USA and the EU quarrel, but remain united against Russia and China

Rome (Italy) | 13 June 2018
It is particularly important, in this period of accelerated evolution of international positions, not to become blinded by one element or another, but to conserve all the elements under close scrutiny. By observing simultaneously the G7, NATO and the OCS, geographer Manlio Dinucci reveals the direction chosen by the Western powers.

Why is Washington pressuring Jordan?

by Thierry Meyssan

Why is Washington pressuring Jordan?

Damascus (Syria) | 12 June 2018
Are the Jordanian demonstrations a sign of a new episode of the Arab Spring, or, on the contrary, are they a means of pressuring King Abdallah II to accept the US plan for Palestine ?

“The art of war”

Italy, Behind the Parade

by Manlio Dinucci

Italy, Behind the Parade

Rome (Italy) | 8 June 2018
The event on June 2nd (the day in 1946 when Italy became a Republic) was not a military parade, not even a parade, but a "review", according to the Ministry of Defense that directed it (Minister Pinotti’s final act).
The parade at the Fori Imperiali - in front of the newly-installed government - was symbolically opened by 330 mayors representing civil society, followed by all the sectors of the Armed Forces, to celebrate "Italians’ Day - United for the Country”.
In his message, President of (...)

Libya according to the UN and the harsh reality

by Thierry Meyssan

Libya according to the UN and the harsh reality

Damascus (Syria) | 5 June 2018
Despite the good will of some of the participants, the Paris conference for Libya did not have the desired effects. For Thierry Meyssan, this can be explained by the double language of NATO and the United Nations, who are pretending to want to stabilise the country while their actions in fact continue the Cebrowski plan for the destruction of state structures. The spectacle in Paris was steeped in a profound ignorance of the particularities of Libyan society.

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