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Pentagon's New Mideast Policy Chief Wants To Scale Down US Presence In Region
25.01.2025, 05:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon's New Mideast Policy Chief Wants To Scale Down US Presence In Region Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The Trump administration has appointed a new Middle East policy chief in the Pentagon who believes the US should scale down its military presence in the region. Michael DiMino, a former CIA analyst, was sworn in early this week as the...
Conflict In The Middle East: Which Countries Think It Will End In 2025?
25.01.2025, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Conflict In The Middle East: Which Countries Think It Will End In 2025? The ceasefire announced in January 2025 by Israel and Hamas was celebrated by both sides after months of mediation by the U.S., Qatar, and Egypt. However, lasting peace depends on a series of demands both parties agreed to. Beyond the Gaza conflict, the Middle East continues to...
Hope Won in Syria
24.01.2025, 20:40 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The miracle of the revolution is alive after Assad’s fall....
From Idlib To Davos: Al-Qaeda Linked Syrian Official On Mainstage At WEF
24.01.2025, 00:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Idlib To Davos: Al-Qaeda Linked Syrian Official On Mainstage At WEF A US-designated terrorist group still remains the current de facto ruling entity in Damascus and over Syria. But for the West, all that matters is that al-Qaeda linked Jolani is not Assad. A decade-plus long proxy war in pursuit of regime change finally overthrew the secular...
It’s Now or Never for U.S. Engagement in Syria
23.01.2025, 22:10 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Maintaining the status quo of economic isolation will only punish ordinary Syrians....
Iran's Energy Crisis
22.01.2025, 11:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran's Energy Crisis Authored by Brenda Shaffer & Dalga Khatinoglu via RealClearEnergy, Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel shortages of electricity, natural gas and refined products. The Iranian...
2025: The Year The Global Order Unravels
22.01.2025, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 2025: The Year The Global Order Unravels Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, World War 3 is already well underway, even though most don’t recognize it... Russia, China, and their allies want to transform the current US-led world order that has been in place since the end of WW2 from unipolar to multipolar—giving themselves a bigger...
The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics
21.01.2025, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Moscow last Friday to sign an updated strategic partnership pact that can be read in full here and was reviewed here. The run-up to this development was marked by predictable...
These Are The UN Member States Not Recognized By Other Members
20.01.2025, 10:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The UN Member States Not Recognized By Other Members There are currently 193 member states in the United Nations. And despite the UN granting membership by recognizing sovereignty, not all nations recognize each other individually. This chart by Visual Capitalist's creator Julie Peasley, breaks down the complex geopolitics at play. To read...
People in Syria Are Afraid. Rick Sterling
20.01.2025, 05:49 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Following is an interview with a high-level translator and university professor who lives in Damascus. He was interviewed by Rick Sterling on January 15. Qusay is not his real name. Rick Sterling (RS): What is the current situation in … The post People in Syria Are Afraid. Rick Sterling appeared first on Global Research....
Here's Why The Stage Has Been Set For War With Iran...
19.01.2025, 04:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's Why The Stage Has Been Set For War With Iran... Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, The stage is set for a major war with Iran. Let’s first go back to what’s happened and potential implications. Ten days after the attacks of 11 September 2001, former US Army General Wesley Clark revealed a controversial military strategy...
Israel 'Confiscates' Thousands Of Abandoned Weapons, Including Tanks, From Syria
18.01.2025, 03:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel 'Confiscates' Thousands Of Abandoned Weapons, Including Tanks, From Syria Something unprecedented is happening in southern Syrian areas being occupied by Israel's military. In the wake of Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, Israel is actually stealing or in its words "confiscating" former Syrian Army weaponry and heavy equipment, even tanks. The Israel...
A Fragile Ceasefire, Syria’s Downfall and the Axis of Resistance: Why the War Will Continue Until the US-Israel Alliance Is Forced Out of the Middle East
17.01.2025, 15:09 Uhr. Global Research - https: - The Middle East is on the verge of total war despite recent developments involving a fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and the collapse of the Assad government in Syria last month which is now occupied by terrorists, so … The post A Fragile Ceasefire, Syria’s Downfall and the Axis of Resistance: Why the War Will Continue Until...
Joe Biden's Bizarro World Of Foreign Policy "Achievements"
17.01.2025, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Joe Biden's Bizarro World Of Foreign Policy "Achievements" Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt...
Israel Launches First Attack Direct Attack On Jolani's HTS In Syria
16.01.2025, 20:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Launches First Attack Direct Attack On Jolani's HTS In Syria Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Concerns about Israel’s newfound hostility toward Syria’s new Islamist government, run by al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) grew substantially on Wednesday after an Israeli drone attacked a military convoy belonging to the new government...
Barrel Bombs Are Back! Under HTS – in Syria the Old Propaganda Canards Have Returned
16.01.2025, 14:20 Uhr. Global Research - https: - In response to the re-emergence of the “barrel bomb”, below is an article I prepared earlier in 2017. Since October 7th, the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza has been using barrel bombs against the genocidal Zionist forces. In 1964, … The post Barrel Bombs Are Back! Under HTS – in Syria the Old Propaganda Canards Have Returned appeared...
Syria Exploring The Embrace Of Bitcoin
16.01.2025, 12:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Syria Exploring The Embrace Of Bitcoin Authored by Ghaffar Hussain via BitcoinMagazine.com, Syria’s economy is in a bad state, to put it very mildly. Not only has the Middle Eastern nation been battered by over a decade of war, the Assad regime, which has been in power since 1971, has now been overthrown by a jihadist group. The conflict, which began...
Canadian Foreign Policy Is Utterly Barbaric
15.01.2025, 09:45 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Author’s update as of January 15, 2025: Washington and its allies, including Canada, have now successfully “regime-changed” Syria. The result? A UN-proscribed terrorist organization (HTS) has forcibly overtaken the elected Syrian government, a member of the United Nations. Syria is … The post Canadian Foreign Policy Is Utterly Barbaric...
Trump Envoy Speaks At MEK Conference On Regime Change In Iran
15.01.2025, 04:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Envoy Speaks At MEK Conference On Regime Change In Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Keith Kellog, who will serve as an envoy for the Ukraine war in the incoming Trump administration, spoke at an event in Paris over the weekend hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an organization led by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)...
Assad and Zelenskyy – A Contrast in Media Coverage
14.01.2025, 11:49 Uhr. Global Research - https: - [We repost this article by Gavin O’Reilly, first published by Global Research in July 2022, in light of the recent developments in Syria.] In the early hours of Friday morning, Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital of Damascus resulted in … The post Assad and Zelenskyy – A Contrast in Media Coverage appeared first on Global Research...
Washington Steals Over 80 Percent of Syria’s Oil Output Per Day
14.01.2025, 11:49 Uhr. Global Research - https: - [This article by The Cradle, first published in 2022, is of relevance to understanding the current events unfolding in Syria.] The Syrian Oil Ministry released a statement on 9 August accusing US forces occupying Syria of being responsible for the … The post Washington Steals Over 80 Percent of Syria’s Oil Output Per Day appeared first on...
Former UK Ambassador: How The West Destroyed Syria
14.01.2025, 04:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former UK Ambassador: How The West Destroyed Syria Authored by Peter Ford & Rick Sterling Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrain (1999-2003) and then Syria (2003-2006). Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and Works...
Turkey Hasn’t Won Anything Yet in Syria
13.01.2025, 22:11 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - It’s too early to celebrate Assad’s departure as Erdogan’s victory....
Visualizing The World's Busiest Migration Corridors
13.01.2025, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing The World's Busiest Migration Corridors There were 281 million international migrants globally in 2020, equivalent to 3.6% of the world’s population. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, ranks the world’s busiest international migration corridors, based on data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM)...
Mainstream Media Ignoring Ethno-Religious Genocide Under Syria's New Rulers
12.01.2025, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mainstream Media Ignoring Ethno-Religious Genocide Under Syria's New Rulers Mainstream Western media previously wrote several puff pieces on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its US-designated terror leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani in the wake of Assad's ouster, but now that same media is completely ignoring the atrocities taking place under Jolani's watch...
These Are The World's Most (And Least) Powerful Passports
11.01.2025, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The World's Most (And Least) Powerful Passports Singapore has the most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 195 countries and territories without a prior visa, according to the Henley Passport Index. Japan comes in second place, with its citizens able to visit 193 countries, followed by Finland, France, Germany...
Escobar: Empire Of Chaos, Reloaded
11.01.2025, 04:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: Empire Of Chaos, Reloaded Authored by Pepe Escobar, 'All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.' - Sun Tzu, The Art of War The Empire of...
Turkey Outraged At Possible French Presence On Syrian Border
11.01.2025, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Turkey Outraged At Possible French Presence On Syrian Border Via Middle East Eye Turkey has strongly rejected a proposal to deploy French troops along the Syrian border to establish a secure zone aimed at easing tensions with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group Ankara considers a terrorist organization. "Some small European countries participating...
Trump Posts Video Slamming Netanyahu & US Policy In Middle East
10.01.2025, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Posts Video Slamming Netanyahu & US Policy In Middle East Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, President-elect Donald Trump shared a video featuring Columbia professor Jeffery Sachs sharply criticizing US Middle East policy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's role in leading the US into wars. In the video, Sachs...
What Jeffrey Sachs and Tucker Carlson get right and wrong about the post-9/11 wars
10.01.2025, 18:06 Uhr. OffGuardian - https: - In a major interview last month with Tucker Carlson, Professor Jeffrey Sachs spelled out in unambiguous terms the nature and reality of the current seismic shifts occurring in the Middle East. Back in 2018, in a remarkable MSNBC interview, Sachs wrong-footed his interviewers by revealing the US’s covert involvement in the war in Syria. In a debate...
From the Frying Pan into the Fire? Analysis of What is Happening in Syria in 2025
10.01.2025, 16:33 Uhr. Global Research - https: - “We are not talking about rule by individuals or personal whims, it’s about institutional governance. Syria desrves a governing system that is institutional, not one where a single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.” – Ab-Mohammad al-Jolani (in December 6 interview with … The post From the Frying Pan into the Fire? Analysis...
Biden To Defer To Trump On Terror Designation For 'Rebels' Controlling Syria
09.01.2025, 23:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden To Defer To Trump On Terror Designation For 'Rebels' Controlling Syria President Biden plans to punt the decision on whether to lift the official terror designation for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to President-elect Donald Trump. Senior US officials speaking to The Washington Post on Thursday said HTS "must demonstrate they have made a clean...
Lebanon Has A President After 2-Year Gridlock, Vows Only State To Have 'Monopoly' On Arms
09.01.2025, 16:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lebanon Has A President After 2-Year Gridlock, Vows Only State To Have 'Monopoly' On Arms Lebanon finally has a new president of the nation on Thursday, after a years-long stalemated process which many Lebanese feared would never come to fruition. US-backed army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected after two rounds of voting by parliament, after which...
Flights Resume At Damascus International Airport In First Since Assad's Ouster
09.01.2025, 10:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Flights Resume At Damascus International Airport In First Since Assad's Ouster The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the hands of al-Qaeda faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) arrived Tuesday at Damascus international airport. The Qatar Airways flight landed with much anticipation, opening...
For Bibi, the Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus. Mike Whitney
09.01.2025, 09:34 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Syria is an indispensable part of Israel’s ambitious plan to remake the Middle East. The country sits at the heart of the region and serves as both a critical landbridge for the transport of weaponry and foot-soldiers from Iran to … The post For Bibi, the Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus. Mike Whitney appeared first on Global Research....
The Syria Carve-Up Creates a De Facto Israel-Turkey Border Ensuring a Broader Middle East War
08.01.2025, 16:56 Uhr. Global Research - https: - One Plan To Guide Them All: “…..The dissolution of Syria and Iraq... into ethnically or religiously unique areas… is Israel’s primary target… while the dissolution of the military power of those states serves as the primary short-term … The post The Syria Carve-Up Creates a De Facto Israel-Turkey Border Ensuring a Broader Middle East...
The Race Is On Between West And East For Control In Syria
08.01.2025, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Race Is On Between West And East For Control In Syria Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources. Syria's strategic position plays a pivotal role in Russian and Chinese plans, including Russia's "Shia Crescent" strategy and China's...
"The Firewall Will Not Last!" — Weidel Defiant As AfD Hits Highest Polling In A Year Ahead Of Germany's Election
08.01.2025, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Firewall Will Not Last!" — Weidel Defiant As AfD Hits Highest Polling In A Year Ahead Of Germany's Election Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A fresh Insa survey reveals that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made significant gains in voter support as Germany braces for a snap federal election in February. Collected in the first days...
Biden Mulls Prisoner Swap With Taliban Involving 'Last Afghan In Guantanamo'
08.01.2025, 05:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Mulls Prisoner Swap With Taliban Involving 'Last Afghan In Guantanamo' Less than two weeks to go in his lame-duck presidency before Trump takes office, and President Biden is pursuing the controversial move of emptying out Gitmo further. On Monday the Pentagon confirmed it released 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo...
What Is Going On in Syria and What Does It Mean? Paul C. Roberts
07.01.2025, 16:15 Uhr. Global Research - https: - The explanations we are given make no sense, neither Washington’s, Putin’s, nor Iran’s. How did terrorists whose leaders had $10 million bounties on their heads become “democratic jihadists” who comprise Syria’s “interim government” with Washington’s and Putin’s support? Interim for … The post What Is Going On in Syria and...
US Eases Restrictions For Syria In 'Signal Of Goodwill' To New Islamist Rulers
07.01.2025, 12:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Eases Restrictions For Syria In 'Signal Of Goodwill' To New Islamist Rulers Via The Cradle The US is planning to announce an easing of restrictions on providing humanitarian aid and other basic services such as electricity to Syria while still keeping crushing economic sanctions on the country in place, Reuters reported on Monday. Reuters noted...
Germany Signals Re-Migration Program For Unintegrated Migrants
07.01.2025, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Signals Re-Migration Program For Unintegrated Migrants Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Governing German authorities are suggesting unintegrated migrants from Syria could be sent home if they are not in employment, a policy that could mean re-migration for nearly half a million people. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser...
Turkey Threatens US, Kurdish Proxies: 'Matter Of Time' Before Eliminated From Syria
07.01.2025, 00:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Turkey Threatens US, Kurdish Proxies: 'Matter Of Time' Before Eliminated From Syria American and Turkish policies in Syria are increasingly clashing in the open in the wake of Assad's ouster on December 8. As we detailed last week, the Pentagon is building a new base in the heart of Kurdish territory in northern Syria near the Turkish border (which...
Iran Trap for Turkey
06.01.2025, 21:48 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Turkiye’s ruling party AKP’s work on the Greater Middle East Project gained momentum in the last period. After a short commercial break, they returned to their real roles. The story of the 2011 Syria and 2013 Kurdish openings was released … The post Iran Trap for Turkey appeared first on Global Research....
„Feministische Außenpolitik“ in Aktion: Deutsche Außenministerin Baerbock trifft Al-Qaida-Terroristen in Syrien
06.01.2025, 13:10 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - In this respect, Baerbock’s most recent trip abroad to Syria represented a new high point. In Damascus on Friday, she met representatives of the new Islamist HTS regime and its leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (real name Ahmed al-Sharaa). To describe al-Jolani as reactionary would be an understatement. Jolani is the former emir of the al-Nusra Front...
Ukraine To Be First European Country To Establish Diplomatic Ties With HTS-Led Syria
06.01.2025, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine To Be First European Country To Establish Diplomatic Ties With HTS-Led Syria Ukraine is among the first countries in Europe to declare it is working to re-establish diplomatic ties with Damascus and that it will soon recognize post-Assad Syria under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) President Zelensky in last week's comments made no mention that a...
Countdown To The European Collapse
06.01.2025, 09:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Countdown To The European Collapse Authored by Lucas Leiroz, With the ban on the flow of Russian gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory, little remains before the absolute economic and social collapse of the European continent... Finally, energy cooperation between Russia and Europe is (almost) completely over. After nearly three years of sanctions...
Syria's New Justice Minister 'Oversaw Execution Of Women For Prostitution'
05.01.2025, 21:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Syria's New Justice Minister 'Oversaw Execution Of Women For Prostitution' Via Middle East Eye Syria's interim justice minister has come under scrutiny following the resurfacing of old videos reportedly showing him reading execution sentences in Idlib. The videos, verified by the fact-checking network Verify-sy, appear to show Shadi al-Waisi reading...
44 Statistics From 2024 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
05.01.2025, 15:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 44 Statistics From 2024 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, 2024 was definitely one of the wildest years that any of us have ever experienced. During the past 12 months, Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury, he was almost assassinated, he won the presidential election, and he was...