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Erdogan’s Karmic Trap
by Ghassan Kadi for the Saker blog The security zone America intends to establish in Syria is doomed to fail sooner or later. How can this assertion be made and what can it be based on? […]
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Trump Reportedly Waives Iran Sanctions “For Last Time”
by Tyler Durden Just as we expected, President Trump chose to waive sanctions against Iran but officials claimed “this is the last time.”However, 14 individuals, entities were sanctioned. “He intends to work with European partners on some kind of […]
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Who Killed The Iran Protests?
One prime indicator that anti-government protests in Iran have truly died down to the point of now being completely snuffed out as reports today suggest, and as we began reporting at the end of last week, […]
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Ron Paul on Iran Protests… CIA Fingerprints?
Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams Posted onJanuary 2, 2018 Is it just a coincidence that the biggest protests since 2009 have hit Iran shortly after a secret agreement was revealed between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh […]
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The Next Empire
by Jeff Thomas Throughout history, political, financial, and military leaders have sought to create empires. Westerners often think of ancient Rome as the first empire. Later, other empires formed for a time. Spain became an empire, […]
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Russian Foreign Minister: US Military Must Leave All Of Syria
by Tyler Durden Submitted by Leith Fadel via Al-Masdar News, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Thursday that US forces must leave all of Syria. Speaking to Interfax news agency, Lavrov stated that the UN Security […]
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US Spy Satellites Catch Chinese Ships Illegally Selling Oil To North Korea
by Tyler Durden According to South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo, U.S. recon satellites have photographed around 30 illegal transactions involving Chinese vessels selling oil to North Korea on the West Sea in October. The images allegedly showed large Chinese and […]
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The petro-yuan bombshell
by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) The new 55-page “America First” National Security Strategy (NSS), drafted over the course of 2017, defines Russia and China as “revisionist” powers, “rivals”, and for all […]
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Did the CIA stop a bloodbath in Saint Petersburg?
(Here is the original report, for my evaluation, please see below – The Saker) RT reports: The Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump for help in preventing a terrorist attack […]
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Jared Kushner Reorganizes the Middle East
A personality who is highly contested by his fellow members of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner nevertheless enjoys the total confidence of the President. He has been handed the job of reorganising the Middle East […]