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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.

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.

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 ?

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.

In question – US presence in Iraq

by Thierry Meyssan

In question – US presence in Iraq

Damascus (Syria) | 1 June 2018
Iraq has never known peace since the invasion by the United States, fifteen years ago, and as a result the electorate has lost faith in the different political institutions which followed. In any case, those citizens who did take part in the elections of 12 May chose anti-US electoral lists, thereby sanctioning those of the Prime Minister, who didn’t really deserve it. Will the United States be able to sustain the disorder? Or will they be obliged to actually leave?

The hidden stakes behind Venezuela’s presidential election

by Thierry Meyssan

The hidden stakes behind Venezuela's presidential election

Damascus (Syria) | 29 May 2018
Formally speaking, the level of abstention during the Presidential election in Venezuela does not allow us to validate the democratic character of the victory of Nicolás Maduro. However, the amount of participation is easily sufficient, in the middle of an economic war, to illustrate popular support for national institutions. Indeed, far more than the Chàvists’ hold on power, what was in play was the future of the country faced with ongoing aggression.

Is peace around Israël possible ?

by Thierry Meyssan

Is peace around Israël possible ?

Damascus (Syria) | 22 May 2018
Although the global medias treat the events in the Greater Middle East as unconnected incidents, Thierry Meyssan interprets them as successive moves on the same chess-board. He sees the conflicts around Israël as an organic whole and questions whether President Trump has the capacity to arrive at regional peace.

The United States "Master Stroke" against Venezuela

by Stella Calloni

The United States "Master Stroke" against Venezuela

Buenos Aires (Argentina) | 17 May 2018
Stella Calloni reveals SouthCom’s secret plan to overthrow the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This document, which we have already published, contradicts President Trump’s engagements to put an end to the régime changes which have characterised US imperial policy. It demonstrates that the international image of chaos in Venezuela is entirely fabricated and is an exclusive invention of Anglo-Saxon propaganda.

Elections alone do not make for democracy

by Thierry Meyssan

Elections alone do not make for democracy

Damascus (Syria) | 15 May 2018
Seen from the West, three democratic elections have just been held in Tunisia, Lebanon and Iraq. But for the People of these nations, the votes had little to do with the democratic ideal, because the institutions that were imposed upon them by the West were designed to prevent them from having a free choice of their leaders.

Have Iran and Israël declared a new war?

by Thierry Meyssan

Have Iran and Israël declared a new war?

Damascus (Syria) | 12 May 2018
In response to the United States backing out of the nuclear agreement, the Revolutionary Guard have attacked Israël from their Syrian bases. Are we headed towards a new regional war, or is this an operation intended for the interior use of Iran?

The Russian V-Day Story (or the History of World War II not often Heard in the West)

by Michael Jabara Carley

The Russian V-Day Story (or the History of World War II not often Heard in the West)

Montreal (Canada) | 9 May 2018
How many of you have not seen some Hollywood film in which the Normandy landings are the great turning point of the war? “What if the landings had failed,” one often hears? “Oh…, nothing much,” is the appropriate reply. The war would have gone on longer, and the Red Army would have planted its flags on the Normandy beaches coming from the east.
Every May 9th the Russian Federation celebrates its most important national holiday, Victory Day, den’ pobedy. On that day in 1945 Marshal Georgy (...)

Russia is opposed to a war between Iran and Israël

by Thierry Meyssan

Russia is opposed to a war between Iran and Israël

Damascus (Syria) | 8 May 2018
Although for the most part, observers are taking sides in the Russo-US conflict and hoping for the victory of their camp, Moscow is attempting to calm the atmosphere in the Middle East. It is therefore opposed to an attack on Israël by Iran, just as it was opposed to an Israëli operation against Iran in 2008.

The Cycle of Lies

by Thierry Meyssan

The Cycle of Lies

Damascus (Syria) | 1 May 2018
When they want to condemn a suspect, the Western powers accuse him of all sorts of crimes until they’re ready to pronounce sentence. Truth and Justice have no say in the matter, the only thing that counts is their power. Let’s take another look at the accusation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Thierry Meyssan reminds us that although that particular case is only a few years old, the principle of claiming that Syria is guilty has been established for more than two thousand years.

The fiasco of the bombing raid on Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

The fiasco of the bombing raid on Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 24 April 2018
The more time passes since the allied attack against Syria on 14 April 2018, the more the available information reveals the amplitude of the disaster. While the United States still mange to prevent leaks from their armies, those from France are irrevocable. Washington, Paris and London clearly demonstrated that they still intend to rule the world, but they also showed that they no longer have the means to do so.

The Skripal Affair: A Lie Too Far?

by Michael Jabara Carley

The Skripal Affair: A Lie Too Far?

Montreal (Canada) | 23 April 2018
Canadian historian Michael Jabara Carley summarizes the various arguments in the Skripal case. It shows that the British authorities probably hide some elements and did not hesitate several times to lie to accuse the Russian Federation. He then drew a parallel with an old English scandal, strangely identical to the present case.

Washington forces its allies to accept a bipolar world

by Thierry Meyssan

Washington forces its allies to accept a bipolar world

Damascus (Syria) | 17 April 2018
By firing missiles on Syria with its French and British allies, the strange President Donald Trump has managed to force the Western powers to accept the end of their unilateral domination of the world. The insignificant result of this demonstration of force drags NATO back to reality. Without having made use of its weapons, Russia now succeeds the Soviet Union in the balance of world power.

The End of International Law?

by Thierry Meyssan

The End of International Law?

Damascus (Syria) | 10 April 2018
The war against the Greater Middle East should end with the withdrawal of US troops within the next six months. And yet nothing proves that peace will settle in each of the countries that were invaded. Today we are witnessing what seems to be a tentative to get rid of international law. Will this consolidate a division of the world into two parts, or will it open to a generalised conflict?

Towards a Post-War in the Greater Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

Towards a Post-War in the Greater Middle East

Damascus (Syria) | 4 April 2018
Contrary to the picture portrayed by Atlanticist propaganda, Thierry Meyssan takes a long-term view of international relations. For him, what we have seen in Syria over the last seven years is not a civil war, but rather a seventeen-year regional war in the greater Middle East. This vast conflict, from which Russia emerges victor over NATO, is gradually giving rise to a new world equilibrium.

Theresa May’s Foreign Policy

by Thierry Meyssan

Theresa May's Foreign Policy

Damascus (Syria) | 27 March 2018
Thierry Meyssan pursues his study of national foreign policies. After having analysed the policy of France, he now turns to that of the United Kingdom. While the former is considered to be the « private domain » of the President of the Republic, and as such, escapes the democratic debate, the latter, even more so, is elaborated by an elite gathered around the monarch, outside of any form of popular control. Thus the elected Prime Minister can do no more than implement the choice of the hereditary Crown. Faced with the failure of the US project for a unipolar world, London is attempting to restore its erstwhile imperial power.

Four days to declare a Cold War

by Thierry Meyssan

Four days to declare a Cold War

Damascus (Syria) | 20 March 2018
The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government. London had attempted to provoke a major conflict, but lost to Russia, President Trump and Syria.

The "moderate rebels" of Ghouta

by Thierry Meyssan

The "moderate rebels" of Ghouta

Damascus (Syria) | 16 March 2018
While the forces of the Republic and the Russian forces are liberating Eastern Ghouta and 800 Syrians are finding refuge every hour in Damascus, we are publishing this study of Western-trained combatants considered as "moderate rebels".

President Macron’s foreign policy

by Thierry Meyssan

President Macron's foreign policy

Damascus (Syria) | 13 March 2018
According to President Macron, « France is back » (in English in the text), and intends to play an international role once more, after ten years of abandon. However, Emmanuel Macron has never yet explained what might be the policy he intends to apply. Picking up the elements he has already developed in these columns, and placing them in the European context as well as the context of this country’s History, Thierry Meyssan analyses the change of direction which has just been announced.

The new Russian nuclear arsenal restores world bipolarity

by Thierry Meyssan

The new Russian nuclear arsenal restores world bipolarity

Damascus (Syria) | 6 March 2018
While the experts were wondering about the possible evolution of the world order towards a multipolar system, or even a simple tripolar system, the sudden advances of Russian military technology force the return to a bipolar organisation. Let’s take another look at what we have learned over the last three years, until the President Putin’s revelations on 1 March 2018.

Venezuela, an impossible intervention

by Julio Yao Villalaz

Venezuela, an impossible intervention

Panama (Panama) | 3 March 2018
After violently criticizing the Venezuelan government and its president Nicolás Maduro, after making a further request for the presidential election to be brought forward, the Lima Group, which consists of 12 states, all of which are members of the Organization of American States (OAS), has now made a statement against the early presidential election that Caracas has just called for. This inconsistency on the part of the Lima Group is part of the US’s international campaign against the Bolivarian Republic. A psy-ops seeking to make us think that the country of Hugo Chávez is sinking; that a humanitarian crisis has erupted there on a scale that opens the door to the legitimacy of “humanitarian intervention”. A diplomat from Panama, Julio Yao presents a series of arguments to negate (...)

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Russian Army in Damascus

by Thierry Meyssan

Russian Army in Damascus

Damascus (Syria) | 1 March 2018
Over the last four years, all commentators have underlined the impossibility for Russia to deploy ground troops against the jihadists in Syria at the risk of reliving their defeat in Afghanistan. But what is true if Moscow confronts Washington by proxy is false if the two great powers agree not only on the future of Syria, but the whole region. Thierry Meyssan was the first journalist in the world to announce the arrival of the Russian army in Syria in 2015. He is today the first to announce the deployment of its infantry.

Aggression disguised as civil wars

by Thierry Meyssan

Aggression disguised as civil wars

Damascus (Syria) | 27 February 2018
If we accept to take a step back, we notice that the different conflicts which have bloodied the Greater Middle East for the last sixteen years, from Afghanistan to Libya, have not been a succession of civil wars, but the application of regional strategies. Thierry Meyssan reminds us of the objectives and the tactics of these wars since the « Arab Springs » and observes the preparation of those to come.

The battle of Damascus and East Ghouta

by Serge Marchand

The battle of Damascus and East Ghouta

Damascus (Syria) | 25 February 2018
The city of Damascus and the countryside to the East of the capital, East Ghouta, are the theatre for violent combats opposing Al-Qaïda (supported by the United Kingdom and France) and the Syrian Arab Army. The Republic is trying to deliver the population from seven years of occupation and charia. But the colonial powers do not agree.

The confusion of diplomats and the military at MSC 2018

by Thierry Meyssan

The confusion of diplomats and the military at MSC 2018

Damascus (Syria) | 20 February 2018
Organised by the Germans, the Munich Security Conference has become a world forum for Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Defence. The participants were all attempting to anticipate the political evolution of the moment, while the organisers were attempting to advance the cause of their re-armament. Finally, although the positions of the participants was clarified, the question of the rules of the new game remain in suspense.

Jim Mattis refutes the « Fake News » from Israël and NATO

by Thierry Meyssan

Jim Mattis refutes the « Fake News » from Israël and NATO

Damascus (Syria) | 19 February 2018
The Atlantist Press has been claiming for years that President Bachar el-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Except that according to US Secretary for Defense, General Jim Mattis, this is fake news. Like Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons, this story, which has been occupying the columns of newspapers for the last five years, is pure war propaganda.

The illusion of the eradication of Daesh

by Thierry Meyssan

The illusion of the eradication of Daesh

Damascus (Syria) | 13 February 2018
The fall of the Caliphate and the scattering of the jihadists of Daesh open a new phase for recycling these troops. Perceived, according to each case, either as fanatical combatants or common psychopaths hiding behind an ideology, they are being courted by the States and multinationals who once employed them indirectly. Thierry Meyssan illustrates the setting for their second chance and issues a warning in face of the complacency shown by the Western powers concerning Daesh’s ideology – which in fact is the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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