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By Shehab Al Makahleh • The USA and the Kurds had on March 18 a meeting which focused on creating an independent Kurdish State in Syria and Iraq to be named “The Great Kurdistan” after the liberation of Raqqa City, the stronghold of Daesh. Kurdish sources said that the …
April, 2017
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7 April
Syria Chemical Weapons Red Flags and False Flags
There are too many red flags about the chemical weapons attack in northern Syria to believe the official version of events that immediately assigned guilt to the Assad government. Each of the red flags, on the other hand, strongly suggests that the incident was (yet another) false flag …
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7 April
US Backed Plan for Chemical Weapon Attack in Syria to Be Blamed on Assad
Editorial Note — Early this morning Middle Eastern time, US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike on a Syrian Shayrat airbase outside of Homs, from which, according to the President’s statement the alleged chemical attack was launched. Due to the lack of evidence proving that the attack …
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3 April
Russia Against Terrorism: One Nation’s Brave Fight Against Common Enemy
By Shehab Al-Makahleh • Today’s terrorist attack on St. Petersburg’s metro is one in a long line of deadly terrorist attacks that have targeted Russia since 1995. The estimates put the number of terrorist attacks in Russia in this period at over 800, with a death toll of more …
March, 2017
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29 March
Did Israel’s Arrow Really Shoot Down a Syrian Rocket?
Last week’s report that Israel’s Arrow missile-defense system shot down a Syrian missile was remarkable on two levels. It was the first time that the Arrow had shot down a missile in combat. And, the target the Arrow destroyed wasn’t a ballistic missile like a Scud—it was a …
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22 March
Does Turkey Want to Build a New Syrian Army?
Last month Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again suggested that a new national Syrian army should be created, adding that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) could form part of such an army. Turkey has influence over at least 2,000 FSA fighters in northwest Syria, which it uses as an allied proxy …
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20 March
Russia Builds Where US Destroyed
By Finian Cunningham • Referring to ongoing peace talks on Syria co-sponsored by Russia, President Vladimir Putin said the negotiations marked the beginning of “rebuilding” this war-torn country, as well as other conflict zones in the Middle East region. Already several rounds of talks have been held in Kazakhstan’s …
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9 March
Jordan’s Six Challenges at the Arab League Summit
By Shehab Al Makahleh • On March 29, Jordan will host the Arab League summit amid chaos across the Middle East. There is speculation that Russia and Egypt are pressing the Arab League to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the summit in light of reports that Syrian military …
February, 2017
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15 February
Jordan Steps Up its War on ISIS in Syria
On February 5, Jordan launched airstrikes in southern Syria, directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Jaysh Khalid bin Al Waleed. Occurring shortly after King Abdullah II’s meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in late January and with US President Donald Trump …
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