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By Eric Draister There are growing indications that the war in Syria has now entered a new and dangerous phase that threatens to engulf the entire Middle East in a broad regional war. The news that Iran has sent significant numbers of Iranian, Iraqi, and Afghan troops to take active …

Russia finalized the project of a new Combat Railway Missile Complex (BZhRK) that will multiply its nuclear potential and counter the US Conventional Prompt Global Strike, RG.ru reported. The two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States of America, chose different structures for their nuclear arsenals. Washington gave preference …

New satellite data reveals that China is getting ready to test Asia’s largest surface warship. It will be tested at a landlocked test rig in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China.  The warship Type 055 cruiser mockup is nearing completion with recent photos showing that the warship’s …

According to a report in Oil Price.com “major discoveries in Uganda and Kenya, high-level production activities in Sudan and even exploration in war-torn Somalia,” as well as the North African country of “Eritrea should be on everyone’s radar.”  In 2009, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki revealed that there is …

This weekend’s elections in Turkey, which resulted in no party securing enough votes to form a government, have been touted as a significant moment in Turkish democracy. The vote saw the rise of minor and ethnic minority-based groups triggering demonstrations across the country. “Our nation’s opinion is above everything else,” Recap Tayyip Erdogan has said in his …

Voting has ended in the Turkish parliamentary elections as economic promises, alleged state corruption and the Kurdish situation have emerged as the leading issues considered by Turkish citizens while casting their votes.   The outcome of the polls could determine whether ruling party politicians can rewrite the constitution …

By Robert Parry If sanity ruled U.S. foreign policy, American diplomats would be pushing frantically for serious power-sharing negotiations between Syria’s secular government and whatever rational people remain in the opposition – and then hope that the combination could turn back the military advances of the Islamic State …

By Paul Craig Roberts Over the last 15 months Ukrainians have paid for Washington’s overthrow of their elected government in deaths, dismemberment of their country, and broken economic and political relationships with Russia that cost Ukraine its subsidized energy. Now Ukrainians are losing their pensions and traditional support …

By Alexander Jokic The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign a bill that allows “authorities to prosecute foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or firms designated as ‘undesirable’ on national security grounds” is bound to receive a hostile reception in the West. Already Amnesty International” declared that the …