by JONATHAN COOK Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The Democratic presidential nomination race is a fascinating case study in how power works – not least, because the Democratic party leaders are visibly contriving to impose one […]
by JOHN W. WHITEHEAD “If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most important for the survival of the true, free, […]
by CONN HALLINAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest gamble in Syria’s civil war appears to have come up snake eyes. Instead of halting the Damascus government’s siege of the last rebel held province, Idlib, Turkey […]
by KENNETH GOOD Photograph Source: DEMOSH – CC BY 2.0 Politics in Kenya is dominated by rapacious elites consumed with the looting of state resources, using violence to avoid any possible accountability. Elections serve as key points […]
For the second time in fifteen days, the Syrian Arab Army checkpoint in the Tal Aswad area has blocked a U.S. military patrol. According to reports, the Syrian Army, on March 5th, blocked the U.S. […]
SAA captures jihadi gas attack staging site evidence …from Southfront [ Editor’s Note: Well this is a rare opportunity to see HD photos of a jihadi chemical attack that went bad, on them. It takes special equipment to […]
Bin Salman has allegedly accused them of treason, namely “conducting contacts with foreign powers, including the Americans and others, to carry out a coup d’etat” against King Salman and his son. Top Saudi royals ‘arrested for plotting […]
By Gordon Duff with Nahed al Husaini Communications intercepts and intelligence from inside Turkish backed terror groups tell an interesting story. Americans are there, for the past 2 days, loads of cash, promises of US […]
The editor of Middle East Eye, David Hurst, quoted sources close to the royal family in Saudi Arabia that the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman , will not wait until the death of his father, King Salman, […]
The U.S. Treasury is now allowing some humanitarian trade but it may not be enough—and the damage is already done. by Matthew Petti The Trump administration is partially reversing course on economic sanctions that have slowed […]