Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to RTP TV channel (Portugal). Following is the full text: Question 1: Mr. President, let’s start with Aleppo if you don’t mind. There are still thousands of civilians trapped, trying to survive in a sort of sub-human conditions in …
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Donald Trump’s election victory raises many unanswered questions, but it also settles a few, starting with the fate of the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” In the words of Israeli Education Minister and Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett, “The era of a Palestinian state is over.” Lest anyone accuse …
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The landslide victory of Republican Donald Trump in the American Presidential Elections against his competitor the Democrat Hillary Clinton and his rhetorics on Islam and Muslims have raised concerns among American Muslims and added to the anti-Muslim sentiments. Yet, what is said during campaigns is not a mandatory …
Read More »Assad Must Stay: US Policy Shift In Syria?
According to the Washington Post, President Obama did a 180 degree turn in Syria and will begin attacking al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the country. The five year “Assad must go” strategy lies in tatters, as Assad will likely still be in power when it’s time for Obama to go. …
Read More »Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy
President-elect Donald Trump campaigned against the multi-trillion dollar military industrial-counterterrorism complex (MICC). Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her battalions of neo-con myrmidons were its drum majors.
Read More »President Trump: Big Liar Going to Washington or Tribune of the People?
Note: The following article was written up to the November 8 presidential election before Trump’s victory was declared Know a man by his enemies. Trump has countless enemies, but most of them march to the drums of endless wars of aggression and care less about the casualties of …
Read More »The U.S./Turkey Plan For “Seizing, Holding, And Occupying” Syrian Territory In Raqqa
As the U.S. Presidential selection circus draws to a close, the United States and Turkey have announced a new plan to defeat ISIS, the same terrorist organization both countries have created, funded, armed, and facilitated, in Syria. The plan revolves around the conquering, occupation, and governing of sovereign …
Read More »Trump’s Win Wasn’t Ideological. It Was Brilliant
CNN explained well “5 surprising lessons from Trump’s astonishing win”, and the historic crushing failure of traditional Presidential-year American politics, but it really boils down to one simple fact: In the battleground states, where most of the advertising dollars and get-out-the-vote money was being spent, the Trump organization made use …
Read More »Analysts Predict New US President Donald Trump May Propose New World Agenda
His rival from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, remained a long way behind US President-elect Donald Trump, with reliance on the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives will enjoy vast opportunities for shaping his country’s foreign policy, including relations with Russia, polled analysts have told …
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