Syria
Starting Washington visit, Macron pledges endless war in Syria
By Alex Lantier
24 April 2018
Before French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington, DC for a three-day state visit last night, he granted an extensive...
Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’ in Syria
By Dan Williams
April 17, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian “air force” deployed in neighboring...
Chemical Inspectors Arrive in Syria’s Douma, Collect Samples
By Jason Ditz
April 21, 2018
Two weeks after the alleged Douma chemical weapons strike, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in...
Macron-Rothschild on Syria. Is Israel dictating French Foreign Policy?
France's Macron Urges US, Allies to Stay in Syria Even After Daesh Defeat
22.04.2018
On April 14, the United Kingdom, the United States and France launched...
Here Are All the Reasons Striking Syria Was a Bad Idea
By Ted Galen Carpenter
April 16, 2018
The air and missile strikes that the United States and its British and French allies launched against Syrian government...
Threat to Turkey comes from ‘strategic partners’ – Erdogan
22 Apr, 2018
Turkish President Recep Erdogan has sharply criticized the US and other NATO allies for their support of and reliance on Kurdish militias...
Trump wanted to bomb Russian & Iranian targets amid Syria strikes...
16 Apr, 2018
President Donald Trump reportedly favored bombing Russian and Iranian targets in Syria, before Pentagon chief James Mattis talked the US leader out...
Democrats escalate anti-Russia witch hunt with lawsuit linking Trump and Assange...
By Barry Grey
21 April 2018
In a major escalation of the anti-Russia campaign targeting both Moscow and the Trump administration, the Democratic National...
UN Security Team Still Won’t Let Inspectors Visit Douma
Inspectors on 'Standby' Waiting for Permission from UNDSS
By Jason Ditz
April 20. 2018
Two weeks after the alleged chemical attack in Douma, chemical inspectors...
None of This Month’s Craziest Nuclear Stories Involved North Korea
With the North Korea nuclear standoff still making headlines, other nuclear-related stories – including those involving Saudi Arabia, Israel and Syria – have largely...