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Russian Military Drill off the Coast of Syria

Russian Military Drill off the Coast of Syria

23 September 2018
The Russian army is performing a major military exercise off the coast of Syria. This is why air and maritime routes have been temporarily closed in this part of the Mediterranean.
This Russian drill follows the destruction of a Russian plane during a joint British-French-Israeli attack on 17 September 2018. The target of this latter tri-state attack was located in the Syrian region of Latakia.
Following this war game, Russia could propose to Syria, the adoption of new rules creating no (...)

Emir Tamim’s gift to Sultan Erdogan: a palatial plane

Emir Tamim's gift to Sultan Erdogan: a palatial plane

22 September 2018
The emir of Qatar, Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani, has gifted the biggest and most luxurious private plane in the world to the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The gift is a super well equipped Boeing 747-8i. This gift is worth approximately half a billion dollars. We do not know if the gift was made to the Turkish President or Sultan Erdogan personally, nor what it rewards.
The plane, which was built for an 18 member team and 76 passengers, is going to be added to the existing means of (...)

Israel used Russian military plane to shield it against a Syrian attack

Israel used Russian military plane to shield it against a Syrian attack

22 September 2018
On 17 September 2018, at around 22 hrs (local time) a Russian military plane, Il-20, disappeared from the radar screens in the Mediterranean, approximately 35 km from the coasts of Syria. It returned to the air base of Hmeymim, with 14 people on board.
The incident occurred when a battle was to be waged in the area. From the international waters four Israeli F-16 planes, attacked the International Institute of Technical Industries in Latakia. The anti- air Syrian defense responded by (...)

The battle of Idleb is pushed back

The battle of Idleb is pushed back

22 September 2018
The Russian and Turkish Presidents met at Sochi, on 17 September 2018.
After their previous meeting on 7 September in Teheran, Russia has hardened its tone. For the first time, it recalled the illegal nature of the Turkish military presence in Idleb, emphasizing that this would have to stop.
The first thing that Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have done is to sign international cooperation agreements on the construction of the Turkish Stream pipe line and the civil nuclear central (...)

Russia Challenges the Findings of the International Commission on MH-17

Russia Challenges the Findings of the International Commission on MH-17

22 September 2018
The Russian Authorities continue to challenge the version that Flight MH-17 was brought to the ground by an air-ground missile. They declassified information contradicting the conclusions of the Dutch Commission of Inquiry Into the Crash.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, connecting Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was destroyed on 17 July 2014 as it was flying over the region of Donetsk (Ukraine). This was at the time of fighting between the coup-making government of Kiev and those seeking the (...)

Turkish Journalist Ayten Öztürk is kidnapped in Lebanon by Turkish CIA

Turkish Journalist Ayten Öztürk is kidnapped in Lebanon by Turkish CIA

17 September 2018
On 9 March 2018, the Lebanese police arrested the Turkish citizen Ayten Öztürk at the international airport Rafiq Hariri (Beirut, Lebanon), when she was making her way to Greece.
On 13 March, the Minister for Home Affairs, Nohad Machnouk, secretly referred her to the Turkish equivalent of the CIA or MI5 (Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MİT), bypassing the judicial process for extradition.
Mr Machnouk is a member of the Current of the Future (Hariri’s party).
Ayten Öztürk is a journalist who opposes (...)

Germany stance conflicts with Feltman Directive

Germany stance conflicts with Feltman Directive

14 September 2018
On 14 September 2018, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, tweeted that his country was ready to participate in Syria’s reconstruction “if there is a political solution leading to free elections”.
For the first time, a Western High Ranking Official is mentioning the option of reconstructing Syria whilst a political solution is being worked out and not once the Western official objectives of “regime change”, have been achieved. By doing this, Germany is the first State to (...)

Pentagon’s former assassin-in-chief, Admiral McRaven resigns

Pentagon's former assassin-in-chief, Admiral McRaven resigns

14 September 2018
Admiral William H. McRaven has handed in his resignation from the Advisory Council of Innovation to the Defence Secretary.
It was the US Defense Secretary, Ash Carter, that set up this council in 1996. The motive was to pull the best talent in Silicon Valley’s innovation industries. The Council brings together those with expertise in the intricacies of the Internet and high rank military officials.
Admiral McRaven entered into a head-on conflict with President Trump when Trump withdrew the (...)

Turkey declares that it has kidnapped one of the terrorists responsible for the attack on Reyhanlı

Turkey declares that it has kidnapped one of the terrorists responsible for the attack on Reyhanlı

14 September 2018
On 11 May 2013, two cars that had been wired, exploded in Turkey at Reyhanlı (which borders with Syria), causing 51 fatalities and leaving 140 people injured. The Turkish government immediately accused Syria of organizing the attack and the AKP organized pogroms in the city against Syrian immigrants.
However Syria denied any involvement and the documents of the Turkish police published by the RedHack hackers provided evidence that the operation had been mounted under a false flag by the (...)

Iran: six and a half years jail time for Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei

Iran: six and a half years jail time for Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei

14 September 2018
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, former chief of staff of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet, has just been sentenced to five years in prison for plotting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, one year for propaganda against the regime and six months for insulting persons vested with the authority of the state. That comes to a total of six and a half years in jail.
In 2013, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right in the photo) presented Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (left in the photo) as his successor. However the (...)

Riyadh purchases an Iron Dome from Israel

Riyadh purchases an Iron Dome from Israel

14 September 2018
The Arab Press has reported that an Israel system of protection against short term grenades and rockets, «the Iron Dome», was sold to Saudi Arabia. The United States probably facilitated the transaction.
The “Iron Dome” was conceived by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It has been operational since 2011 along the Gaza Strip and from 2017 it was installed on several ships at sea. Its cost, normally prohibitive, is being taken care of by the United States. The Israeli lobby in the US Congress (...)

London Has Just Started a False Flag Operation in Idleb

London Has Just Started a False Flag Operation in Idleb

12 September 2018
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, "a treacherous provocation is being filmed in the locality of Jisr al-Choghour to make believe that the Syrian army has used chemical weapons against civilians."
Radicals transported two cans of a chlorinated toxic substance to Jisr al-Choghour to make the setup of the attack more “realistic".
Filming crews from several Middle East TV stations and a regional representation of a major US channel arrived in the morning on September 11, 2018, to (...)

YouTube censures Syrian government channels

YouTube censures Syrian government channels

10 September 2018
On 8 September 2018, the company YouTube (owned by the Internet giant Google) shut down the channels of the Syrian government including the channel of the Syrian President, the Syrian Minister of Defence as well as Sana, the Syrian government press agency.
YouTube has not given the reasons for its decision.
These channels have been around for several years. As they have different programs, the decision for this collective censure cannot be content-based. It must be exclusively based on (...)

Iraq at crossroads

Iraq at crossroads

10 September 2018
In response to the riots at Basra, the secular coalition of Moqtada al-Sadr has requested an apology from and the resignation of their former ally, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haïder al-Abadi.
Moqtada al-Sadr, although the Shiite leader, promises both a policy of independence with respect to Iran and the United States and a strategy of alliance with the other Iraqi religious groupings.
Prime Minister Haïder al-Abadi came to power in 2014 imposed jointly by the United States and Iran despite (...)

The Spectacular Return of Sheikh Hassan Rohani

The Spectacular Return of Sheikh Hassan Rohani

10 September 2018
During his electoral campaign, the Iranian President, Sheikh Hassan Rohani, pledged to stop supporting Syria. In fact, from the time he took office in August 2013, he abstained from sending members of his government to Syria and did not fill the post of ambassador to Damascus for almost two years.
The exclusive channel for Iran’s support for Syria:
• the Guide of the Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has regularly sent his collaborators to Damascus; and
• the Guardians of the (...)

Syria should wait till 6 November 2018 before liberating Idleb

Syria should wait till 6 November 2018 before liberating Idleb

10 September 2018
Russia is accusing the United Kingdom of preparing a chemical attack under a false flag at Idleb, whilst the United States is accusing Syria of exactly the same thing. The virulent exchanges that have taken place within the UN Security Council may give the impression that a Western intervention is imminent.
In actual fact, the UK only has a basis for accusing Syria if the latter deploys its land forces at Idleb. This is because chemical weapons cannot be dispersed by air but only using (...)

Israel’s involvement in the war against Syria

7 September 2018
According to the US journal Foreign Policy [18], since 2013, Israel has probably paid 75 dollars per month to several thousands of fighters during the war against Syria.
From August 2014, the Hebrew State has probably also sent arms through three passageways along the boundary. This military aid would have been twice as much as humanitarian aid. However, Israel would have cut off support in July 2018 pursuant to an agreement made with Russia stipulating that Iranian troops withdraw to 50 (...)

London relaunches the «Skripal Affair»

London relaunches the «Skripal Affair»

7 September 2018
On 5 September 2018, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced to the House of Commons that Scotland Yard has managed to identity those responsible for poisoning Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia, an incident which also affected a police officer. [21].
The British authorities are holding two Russians (see photo), responsible for these events. They have been identified as Alexander Petrov and Ruslán Boshirov (both very common Christian names and surnames in Russia). They (...)

The Kurds’ Pro Yankee Plan against the Christians in Syria

The Kurds' Pro Yankee Plan against the Christians in Syria

7 September 2018
The Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Hassake-Nisibi, Monsigneur Jacques Behnan Hindo, has slammed the Kurdish leaders that control, with the support of the United States, the North East Syria, which they now call «Rojava». This is because they articulate in his presence, their plan to eradicate Christian populations from this Syrian region.
What these Kurds call the «Rojava» is a Kurdish entity which says it applies the «libertarian communitarianism» of the US anarchist Murray Bookchin. But in (...)

Israel claims 200 attacks against Syria in 18 months

Israel claims 200 attacks against Syria in 18 months

7 September 2018
The Israeli Minister of Intelligence and Transport, Yisrael Katz (see photo), publicly declared that Israel has carried out more than 200 attacks against Syria in the last 18 months.
Speaking at the anti-terrorist conference at Herzilya on 4 September 2018, the minister affirmed that the Israeli operations targeted principally targets linked to the Iranian Guardians of the Revolution (which therefore includes the Lebanese Hezbollah) but does not disguise the fact that many of these were (...)

The Syrian Armed Opposition calls on Moscow and Ankara to bomb Idleb

The Syrian Armed Opposition calls on Moscow and Ankara to bomb Idleb

7 September 2018
Fuad Elîko, spokesperson for the “National Coalition of the Opposition and the Revolution”, has called on Turkey and Russia to eradicate Al-Qaeda from Idleb (North Syria).
The leader of the armed opposition in Damascus considers Al Nusra Front to be a terrorist organization. Al Nusra controls 60% of the region of Idleb.
This is a surprising declaration because in the West, the messages appealing not to attack Idleb have proliferated.
Mr Elîko is considered to be close to Turkey. Ankara (...)

Attacks on Christians in Egypt

Attacks on Christians in Egypt

7 September 2018
Monseigneur Makarios, the Copte Bishop of the Egyptian city, Al-Minya, has been accused by the Egyptian authorities of not speaking out in the wake of the growing number of attacks by Islamists on Christians.
Two weeks ago, several Islamists attacked the house of a Christian in Ezbet Zoltan because they suspected that it was being used as a church. A similar incident took place last week in the neighbouring village of Demshav Hachem. Houses have been looted and burnt. Three men, one of (...)

Syria reconstructs its schools

Syria reconstructs its schools

7 September 2018
Despite its financial difficulties triggered by international aggression, the Syrian Arab Republic has started to reconstruct its country. Housing is not its priority; its focus is infrastructure and public services.
Right now the arterial roads in the Southern Syria are being rebuilt.
More importantly, 350 000 teachers have returned to school. 30, 000 of these are new recruits. 100 new schools are being built and 3 000 should have mushroomed three years hence.
Opposed to all education (...)

Western Consensus on the absence of consensus in Libya

Western Consensus on the absence of consensus in Libya

4 September 2018
The Assembly of the Libyan tribes has refused any foreign aid as a matter of principle. It has decided that it is only through its own efforts that Libya will be liberated from the suffocating stranglehold of the jihadists that have carved up Libyan territory. Battles are already underway in Tripoli.
The United States had entrusted France with the task of re-establishing a colonial order in Libya. However in August, the United States revoked France’s mandate, preferring instead to allow (...)

Arms warehouse in Damascus razed to the ground

Arms warehouse in Damascus razed to the ground

2 September 2018
On 2 September 2018, at around 0h35, the Damascus anti-air defence sprung into action. However, an enemy missile succeeded in striking the military air base at Al Mazzeh (Damascus), triggering a short-circuit which caused an ammunitions warehouse to burst into flames. For several seconds, an enormous flame could be seen.
For almost an hour you could hear more than a thousand explosions, resulting in the complete destruction of the warehouse and around 70 fatalities.
During the war (...)

The Assassination of Alexander Zakharchnenko

The Assassination of Alexander Zakharchnenko

1 September 2018
On August 31, 2018, Alexander Zakharchenko, President of the People’s Republic of Donetsk (or Malorossia), was killed in a bomb attack. Finance Minister Alexander Timofeyev and ten other people were injured.
The police managed to identify the perpetrators and a manhunt was opened. The killers allegedly work for the Ukrainian Security Service.
Alexander Zakharchnenko was a signatory to the Minsk II agreement that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko refuses to implement.
Three days of (...)

Moscow and Damascus Accuse London, Paris and Washington of Preparing Chemical Attack

Moscow and Damascus Accuse London, Paris and Washington of Preparing Chemical Attack

1 September 2018
The USS Sullivans destroyer (DDG-68) of the US Navy with 56 cruise missiles on board has been prepositioned in the Persian Gulf. Simultaneously, a US Air Force B-1B strategic bomber with 24 AGM-158 JASSM air-to-surface cruise missiles arrived at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
On August 29th, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on all parties involved in Syria to show restraint.
On August 30, 2018, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart, Walid al-Muallem, in (...)

Russia strengthens its military presence in Syria and announces an exercise of its aeronaval contingent in the Mediterranean

Russia strengthens its military presence in Syria and announces an exercise of its aeronaval contingent in the Mediterranean

1 September 2018
On 28 August 2019, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced that it was beefing up its naval deployment along the coasts of Syria, increasing its presence to 10 Russian ships plus 2 submarines.
On 30 August, Bosphorus Observer’s Twitter account announced that an enormous Russian container carrier–Sparta-3, had crossed the straits in the direction of the Syrian port of Tartus. It has only military material (see photo) on board.
The Russian Ministry of Defense further (...)

Does Lebanon finally recognize the end of the war in Syria?

Does Lebanon finally recognize the end of the war in Syria?

1 September 2018
It appears that the President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun, had a telephone conversation with his Syrian partner, Bashar al-Assad.
This is remarkable because since the beginning of the war in Syria, only the Russian President, Vladamir Putin and the President of South Ossetia, Anatoli Bibilov, have had official contacts at this level with the Syrian Arab Republic.
Most states in the world consider that the war in Syria is a “civil war” whereas Russia and South Ossetia have declared that it is (...)

Pentagon acknowledges that post 9/11, it has wasted 1,500 billion dollars on wars

Pentagon acknowledges that post 9/11, it has wasted 1,500 billion dollars on wars

1 September 2018
According to an estimate published by the Pentagon, the cost of the wars initiated since 11 September 2001, under the framework of the Rumsfeld-Cebrowski strategy exceeds 1 500 billion dollars [26]. The most substantial costs were incurred during the second presidential mandate of George W. Bush and during the first mandate of Barack Obama.
Brown University challenges these statistics. This university considers that the real costs are several times the sum stated. Brown thinks that they (...)

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