Syria's Foreign Policy: A Fine Balance of Consistency and Pragmatism The ongoing war in Syria has emerged as an issue central to the foreign policy stances of international powers, with the US and most of Europe backing the armed opposition. 12.07.2017 05:43:00
Pyongyang: Destroying South Korea Would be a ‘Piece of Cake’ North Korean state media railed against its southern neighbor Thursday for staging a joint missile drill with the US following Pyongyang’s jarring intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, saying it would be a “piece of cake” to destroy South Korea. 07.07.2017 06:57:02
Britain's Anti-Tory Hysteria: A Case Against Democracy? Theresa May's Conservatives managed to cling onto power for another term in the June 8 surprise general election, though a coalition with the DUP was required to secure a ruling majority in the House of Commons. 06.07.2017 06:55:00
South Korea Skeptical of Pyongyang’s Success in ICBM Development - Ministry The South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it is not sure whether Pyongyang has in fact achieved success in the development of the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) as there is no proof that North Korea's missile returned to the atmosphere after the latest launch. 05.07.2017 06:50:38
Trump, Modi Expand US-India Relations as Like-Minded Pragmatists The discussions in the White House this week between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi owed much of their success to the fact that both leaders had eagerly abandoned traditional policy stereotypes toward each other’s countries. 04.07.2017 06:48:00
No Room for Maneuver: Daesh Kicked Out of Aleppo Province by Syrian Arab Army The Syrian Arab Army has finally managed to liberate the province of Aleppo from Daesh, according to the Syrian Ministry of Defense. 01.07.2017 20:41:55
Collateral Damage or Gas Attack? Why WH's Assad Accusations are Flawed The Idlib chemical incident of April 4, 2017 triggered a chain of events which resulted in a new wave of chemical weapons use accusations against the Syrian government. 29.06.2017 07:17:00
To avoid endless war in Syria, US deconflicts with Russia – Pentagon The US has “a very active deconfliction line” with Russia in order to not “get drawn into a fight” in Syria, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said. 28.06.2017 12:43:18
The Final Straw: Germany Mulling Over Sanctions… This Time Against the US It appears that the US-EU "geopolitical marriage" is bursting at the seams due to the irresponsible foreign strategy of the US political elite, Russian economist Ivan Danilov wrote for RIA Novosti, revealing what could become the final straw for the long-lasting trans-Atlantic union. 26.06.2017 09:00:00
Why US Intensifies Its Military Presence in Southern Syria Recently, the Pentagon deployed multiple launch missile systems in southern Syria. 25.06.2017 07:43:47
First Things First: EU Needs to Care for Its Own Interests, Not Those of US The European Union would be better off focusing on European interests rather than those of the United States, Branislav Fabry, a law and social sciences expert at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, said in an interview with Sputnik. 24.06.2017 09:21:44
Game of Thrones: What's Behind Saudi King Salman's Change of Heart The appointment of Prince Mohammad bin Salman as the new heir to the throne has come as no surprise for Moscow, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Andrei Baklanov told Radio Sputnik, sharing his views on the much-discussed power game in Riyadh. 22.06.2017 07:19:00
Business Plan or Foreign Strategy? How US Capitalizes on Korean, Qatari Crises Washington's strategy in the Middle East could be compared with that pursued by the US in the Korean Peninsula, Turkish political analyst Ibrahim Varli told Sputnik, adding that the Qatari crisis appeared to be artificial from the very beginning. 20.06.2017 18:00:37
Lavrov Urges US to Respect Syrian Sovereignty After Attack on Syrian Army Jet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on the US-led coalition's attack on a Syrian army's warplane in Raqqa. 19.06.2017 06:37:24
Architect of Germany's Reunification Ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl Dies - Reports Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at the age of 87, German newspaper Bild reported on Friday. 17.06.2017 19:34:56
A Step Closer to Victory: Russian Airstrike Reportedly Decapitates Daesh On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian aerospace forces' strike conducted on May 28 allegedly killed Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi south of Raqqa. 16.06.2017 15:11:37
Qatari Crisis: Averting Arab Eyes From the Creation of a Kurdish State in Syria Russia and Turkey could settle the diplomatic crisis simmering around Qatar, political analyst and former Turkish MP Dr. 13.06.2017 06:51:00
Iran accuses US of alliance with ISIS, claims to have proof Senior Iranian officials have accused the US of supporting the Islamic State terrorist group and effectively forming an alliance with it, claiming that Tehran possesses documents to prove the allegations. 11.06.2017 06:59:00
Tories Lose Chance to Win Majority in UK Parliament After 633 Seats Declared The UK PM May's Conservatives have fallen short of winning an outright majority in the parliament as 633 seats had been declared. 09.06.2017 06:12:39
Saudis 'Shocked, Shocked!' to Discover Qatar Funds Islamists Just as They Do The diplomatic conflict between Qatar and a number of other Arab states over the support for terrorist groups shows the hypocrisy of Riyadh, which has been repeatedly spotted funding extremists, analysts told Sputnik. 07.06.2017 06:35:36
Remedy or Recipe for Disaster? CIA Vet Offers to Redraw Balkan Borders… Again Steven Meyer, former CIA deputy chief of the Balkan Task Force, believes that the only way to ease tensions in the Balkan region is to yet again redraw the borders of former Yugoslavia creating a confederation of Orthodox nations in response to the emergence of the so-called Greater Albania. 06.06.2017 06:39:00
Four Arab States Cut Diplomatic Ties With Qatar Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Monday decided to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar. 05.06.2017 06:40:07
London Terror Attacks: Why We Need to Talk About Wahhabism and Saudi Arabia It is time for an honest conversation about Wahhabism, specifically the part this Saudi-sponsored ideology plays in radicalizing young Muslims both across the Arab and Muslim world and in the West, where in the UK people have just woken up to another terrorist attack in which innocent civilians were butchered and injured, this time in London. 04.06.2017 06:42:00
Real Syrian Youth Open Up About Assad Gov't and US-Backed 'Moderate' Rebels Pierre Le Corf, the founder of the We Are Superheroes humanitarian organization spoke with a group of Syrian youths in Aleppo in an open live interview, which he streamed on his Facebook page for everyone to watch. 03.06.2017 19:56:03
Civilian death toll rises to 484 from US-led coalition strikes in Iraq & Syria A new Operation Inherent Resolve report has upped the official civilian death toll of the US-led aerial bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq by more than a third, confirming 484 civilian deaths – while activists claim the figure is several times higher. 02.06.2017 18:38:20
