US-Backed SDF Claims Was Struck by Russian Jets After Moving Into East Syria Gas Field Kurds warn will not "stand by with arms crossed" Marko Marjanović 25 Sep 17 168 0
Iran’s New Missile Checkmates US, Israel Tehran answers Trump's sabre-rattling by phenomenally boosting its deterrence capability MK Bhadrakumar 25 Sep 17 952 0
How the Soviets Came to Intervene in Afghanistan The Soviets went in knowing full well it was a stupid thing to do Marko Marjanović 24 Sep 17 1707 2
US Senate Votes in $700 Billion “Defense” Budget. Mad Pooch Mattis Questions Whether the US Can Survive Dramatic much? Marko Marjanović 22 Sep 17 566 0
Russia Says Syrian Army Was Hit by SDF or US Artillery. Threatens to Fire Back If It Happens Again The US-Russian race for Euphrates threatens to become a US-Russian clash Marko Marjanović 21 Sep 17 1101 0
China, Not the US, Is Behind Sanctions on North Korea Russia did not veto North Korea sanctions because Beijing wanted them too Marko Marjanović 21 Sep 17 600 0
US-Backed Kurds Flood the Euphrates to Hamper Syrian Army Advance Russia Claims Comes after US claims that Russia bombed Kurdish fighters Jim Lemuel Wilson 20 Sep 17 422 0
US Winds Down Its Land Grab in Southern Syria, Launches Another One in the East A pair of offensives kick up the US-Syrian race for eastern Syria into high gear Marko Marjanović 19 Sep 17 327 0
It’s No Threat. North Korea Has No Choice But Fire Missiles Over Japan Look at the map, overshooting Japan is the least inflammatory option available to Pyongyang Marko Marjanović 18 Sep 17 710 0
US Threatens to Trash the Dollar if China Does Not Uphold Sanctions Against North Korea US Treasury Secretary laughably suggests cutting China off from the dollar would hurt the former Marko Marjanović 13 Sep 17 1694 3
What We Aren’t Being Told About Myanmar? A State Department veteran has trashed the cartoonish mainstream narrative. Is she right? Marko Marjanović 11 Sep 17 597 0
There Is Little Reason to Believe North Korea Has an H-Bomb Washington and Pyongyang have a common interest in exaggerating North Korea's nuclear capabilities Marko Marjanović 8 Sep 17 391 0
US Propaganda Poster Depicts the Taliban as “Muslim Dogs” Pentagon itself crafts the message the Taliban are Muslim warriors and the US is an enemy of Islam Marko Marjanović 7 Sep 17 467 0
US-Backed Forces Are Bogging Down in Raqqa Handing the Syrian army a lead in the race for Euphrates Marko Marjanović 29 Aug 17 332 0
If Kabul Government Can’t Survive on Its Own It’s Not Legitimate And if it's not legitimate it shouldn't be propped up Marko Marjanović 23 Aug 17 330 0
Russian Army Forms a Battalion Equipped With Technicals After seeing them in action in Syria the Russians want their own Marko Marjanović 13 Aug 17 3655 0
Pentagon Confirms Its In-House Rebels Defected to the Syrian Army US-trained and US-armed fighters have taken their training and arms to the Syrian army Marko Marjanović 9 Aug 17 304 0
US Humiliates Ally, Rebukes Japan’s Request Not to Fly V-22 Death Traps Over Okinawa Pentagon would rather gut relations with Tokyo than admit something is wrong with the expensive, accident-prone tilt-rotor Marko Marjanović 9 Aug 17 318 1
China, Russia Will Come to Regret Voting in North Korea Sanctions Encouraging American bellicosity is a poor way of seeking stability on the Korean peninsula Marko Marjanović 8 Aug 17 448 3
Japan Asks US to Stop Flying Its V-22 Tilt-Rotor Coffins Over Okinawa Yet another crash spooks Okinawans who are no fans of the US presence on their island in the first place Marko Marjanović 7 Aug 17 406 0
US Threatens to Drive Beijing Closer to Russia With New China Sanctions Can the US truly be this stupid? Marko Marjanović 14 Jul 17 281 0
Mosul Battle Is Over. It Took 8 Months, 3 Weeks and 4 Days What comes next for ISIS, and for the Iraqi army Marko Marjanović 11 Jul 17 235 0
Tillerson Confirms Regime Change Is Out, New Syria Policy Is Partition Which is going to send the Turks spinning but Trump admin feels it has no good choices left Marko Marjanović 1 Apr 17 498 0
Why Did George Bush Make Up the ‘Putin Dissed My Dog’ Story? Dubya figures out a way he can play with the cool kids again Marko Marjanović 14 Mar 17 1802 0
Syria: Russia Shames US Into Defending Its Kurdish Proxies From Erdogan US is a horrible ally Marko Marjanović 10 Mar 17 2231 1
Assad to the Rescue: Kurdish Militia Cedes Land to Syrian Army to Protect Against Turkish Offensive US leaves its Syrian Kurdish auxiliaries at Erdogan's mercy. Russians and Syrians offer them a way out Marko Marjanović 3 Mar 17 2889 0
Nikki Haley Apparently Believes Assad Is as Brain-Dead as a Vegetable Is Trump's UN envoy delusional, dumb, or cynical? You decide Marko Marjanović 28 Feb 17 1999 2
As Syrian-Turkish Lines Erupt in Clashes Russia Warns Kurds Must Be Present at Next Talks Meanwhile Syrian army advance links up with Kurdish forces to deny Turkey avenue for further advance Marko Marjanović 27 Feb 17 1394 0
Iraq Just Officially Entered the War in Syria on Assad’s Side The third government after Iran and Russia which recognizes Damascus has ordered its forces to fight in Syria Marko Marjanović 25 Feb 17 18355 1