More: Syria
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement
According to some very recent official Syrian sources, last April over 5,000 jihadists entered from the Turkish border, heading for Idlib and Aleppo. They...
Playing Chess, Not Checkers: Russian Responses to U.S. Hegemony in Kind
Few would argue that Russia’s recent display of military assertiveness, in both its hybrid confrontation in Ukraine and recent intervention in Syria, is antithetical...
The United States in Syria
So far the United States and their coalition have conducted 12,199 aerial bombing operations in Syria and Iraq - exactly 8,322 in Iraq and...
Iran’s moves in Syria
A recent article published on the Russian Pravda, which is certainly not just the result of grey propaganda, namely that kind of "grey" communication...
The Islamic State’s fake story: Russian FSB spy
In May 2016, Al-Hayat Media Center of the Islamic State released a new issue of Russian magazine “Istok”, which contains an article about so-called...
The Russian military posture
The big parade organized on May 9, 2016 to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the USSR victory in the Great Patriotic War - as...
President Obama’s Legacy
As the 2016 elections enter the general election season, everyone will be anticipating who will be the next president. Before everyone moves onto the...
The hypocrisy of regime change
Why is the US so enamored of regime change? From coups (too many to count) in Latin America, to destroying democracy in 1950s Iran,...
Russia between economic crisis and geostrategic projections
As Lev Tolstoj maintained "There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time". These are two of the most characteristic traits of the...
Belgium: Marking Syria’s 70 years of Independence
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Syrian Independence Day from the French colonial power, nonprofit organization SOLIDALE, also named SOL.ID, organized a “Stand by...