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Israel escalates war, testing Russia
Israel launches 'large-scale' attack in Syria after fighter jet crashes
Military spokesman says four Iranian targets near Damascus were destroyed in retaliation
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
Sat...
Moscow Concerned With Escalation of Tensions as Israel Attacks Syria
10.02.2018
The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the global community to respect Syria's sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the countries of the Middle...
US dismisses fears of wider war after deadly Syria clashes
Reuters, Washington
Friday, 9 February 2018
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader...
Israel warns Hezbollah against targeting gas facilities
February 9, 2018
Israel will consider targeting its infrastructure as “a declaration of war by Lebanon and Syria”, Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and...
World is burning –While Western Left is quarreling
By Andre Vltchek
It really is a shame, and it is tiring, but it is actually nothing new: there is now total disarray amongst those...
Why Trump still threatens world peace
There hasn’t been a nuclear war in Korea and the Persian Gulf remains stable, but Donald Trump’s shoot-from-the-hip foreign policy could still bring about...
The Syrian Madhouse Gets Even Crazier
By Eric Margolis
February 3, 2018
Last summer, I was positioned just across the border from the Syrian town of Afrin around which Turkish and Kurdish...
Greek protests about Macedonia are complicating US-NATO plans for war with...
For the BBC (16.00 London time) a revolt in Greece directly threatening the expansion of NATO was not among top stories. It preferred to speak...
Russian delegation ‘sought to stop Israeli strikes in Syria, Lebanon’
Arabic daily says high-level team visiting from Moscow came to Jerusalem to discourage action against Iran and Hezbollah
3 February 2018
A delegation of senior Russian...
Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews
January 28, 2018
Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, died peacefully Saturday evening. In this tribute, his son Nat Parry describes Robert’s unwavering commitment...