"There are a lot of issues surrounding the case of Sergei and Yulia Skripal which, at the time of writing, are very unclear and rather odd. There may well be good and innocent explanations for some or even all of them. Then again there may not. .."
Erdogan threatens American forces in Syria: "the U.S. needs to transfer the control of Manbij to its real owners from the terrorist organization as soon as possible."
“I suspected that regulation would be the death of the current market’s technology generals,” he said, turning to his table, unrolling a map. “I was right.”
"These corporations control the U.S. Government, and they control NATO. And, here is how they do it... which is essential to understand, in order to be able to make reliable sense of America’s foreign policies, such as which nations are ‘allies’..."
"Air Force exercises are rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for war," the Chinese Air Force said on its Weibo account on Sunday. "The South China Sea and East China Sea will be primary battlegrounds."
For the first time, Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV released new dramatic footage showing Israeli forces using a weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) against a Hamas rally in the Gaza Strip, according to the Times of Israel.
"America’s decision to abandon the role it has played for more than seven decades thus marks a turning point. The liberal world order cannot survive on its own, because others lack either the interest or the means to sustain it."
"During the night of September 5th and 6th, 2007, the Israeli Air Force destroyed a nuclear facility in its last stages of construction in the Deir ez-Zor region in Syria, 280 miles north-east of Damascus,"
"Events in Syria increasingly resemble a direct confrontation between major powers rather than a proxy war. Lavrov’s words, delivered a few days ago, reveal the critical phase of international relations the world is going through, with a potentially devastating conflict ready to ignite in the Middle East region."
"My boys were sacrificed on the altar of American hubris... It has been 15 years since OIF, and there - in Iraq and Syria - US servicemen remain, wedged between Saudi-backed Sunni Islamists, and Iranian-backed Shia militiamen..."
"Considering the US attempt to maintain a military presence in Syria for as long as possible, Washington may see the Syrian oil and gas resources as useful tool to gain an additional financial revenue from its occupation of the eastern part of the country..."
