US-Made Planes Are Helping Two Besieged Minority Villages Withstand the Onslaught of Sectarian Fanatics But the aircrews are Iranian, the villages Syrian Shia, and the extremists US-backed Marko Marjanović 1 Dec 16 624 0
Now Russia Is Ridiculously Inflating the Number of Civilians in East Aleppo There is some poetic justice in using West's own number against it but a lie is still a lie Marko Marjanović 30 Nov 16 650 1
White House Is ‘Heartbroken’ That Al-Qaeda Is About to Be Booted From Aleppo. ‘No Positive Spin to Put on the Situation’ (Video) Or as the White House refers to it 'innocent Syrians in Aleppo' Marko Marjanović 29 Nov 16 1636 0
There Is No Way There Are (or Have Ever Been) 250,000 Civilians in East Aleppo Pocket Recent army advances are finding nowhere near enough civilians to justify the number -- casting further doubt on previous reports of numerous civilian deaths in airstrikes Marko Marjanović 28 Nov 16 703 0
The US Is Now Fighting for AND Against Virtually Every Side in Syria’s 4-Sided Civil War Except ISIS which was 'only' aided until January 2014 Marko Marjanović 25 Nov 16 4517 0
Two Weeks After Trump’s Win The New York Times Discovers the Rebel Blockade of East Aleppo The NYT will give you the truth -- after it no longer matters Marko Marjanović 25 Nov 16 1982 0
For the First Time Syrian Jets Bomb Turkish Invasion Forces, Kill Three, Wound Ten On the exact anniversary of Turkey shooting-down a Russian Su-24 in Syria Marko Marjanović 24 Nov 16 1156 0
Egyptian Support for Syria Is Now Loud and Public El-Sisi has finally stated his support for the Syrian government openly Marko Marjanović 24 Nov 16 1376 0
Iraqi Militias Cut off Last Escape Route, Complete the Mosul Pocket There will be no escape corridor for ISIS towards Syria that Americans envisioned Marko Marjanović 23 Nov 16 1253 0
Late Philippine Dictator Is Smuggled Into ‘National Heroes’ Cemetery Unburied since his 1989 death the corpse of Marcos was buried under the guise of a 'rehersal' Marko Marjanović 23 Nov 16 584 0
GREEN ON BLUE: Were US Special Forces in Jordan Slain by a Man They Were Training to Fight Assad? US has revealed troops were slain by 'islamist infiltrator' but not if he 'infiltrated' Jordanian military or CIA's training for Syrian rebels Marko Marjanović 22 Nov 16 593 0
US Navy Loves to Make China ‘Nervous’ — Off the Coast of China Imagine a Chinese paper celebrating the fact a Chinese strike group in the Caribbean kept US on its toes Marko Marjanović 19 Nov 16 1015 3
Why Did Anyone Think Mosul Could Be a Cakewalk? Obama hoped for a quick victory in Mosul. He really should not have Marko Marjanović 18 Nov 16 967 0
The Su-35s Russia Is Selling China Are a Downgraded, Export Version Contrary to reports Russia isn't handing over its most precious aviation technologies for just $2 billion Marko Marjanović 17 Nov 16 3931 4
Gaming DC: How America’s Clients Succeed at Getting off the Leash Not so long ago only Israel would be allowed to defy US interests. Now it's a free for all Marko Marjanović 17 Nov 16 689 0
Hezbollah Now Has a Full Mechanized Battalion in Syria World's most powerful non-state army is no longer an infantry force only Marko Marjanović 15 Nov 16 2868 0
Barry Hearts Dmitry: The Only Real US-Russian Presidential Bromance But then stabbed him in the back ending Medvedev's presidential career Marko Marjanović 14 Nov 16 1239 0
Trump’s Security Guru Is Now a Hired Gun for Turkey’s Erdogan The arch anti-Islamist is carrying water for the former benefactor of ISIS Marko Marjanović 12 Nov 16 692 0
Japan Tells Trump It Is Already Paying Enough in Tribute Will Trump force Tokyo to grow a backbone? Marko Marjanović 12 Nov 16 666 0
Russia Could Be Spending Less on Defense Than Six Other Nations in 2017 World's second military might have to get by on just $45 billion in 2017 Marko Marjanović 10 Nov 16 2469 0
The Egyptian-Saudi Split Is Now Indefinite Saudis say no cheap oil for Egypt 'until further notice', expect relations to erode further Marko Marjanović 10 Nov 16 712 0
US Wants to Leave ISIS an Escape Corridor to Flee Mosul, But Iraqi Militias Have Other Plans Iraqi PMUs promise to seal off ISIS escape routes before the battle starts in earnest Marko Marjanović 8 Nov 16 1441 0
Brace for Occupation: US Plans to ‘Seize and Govern’ Syria’s Raqqa — Joint Chiefs of Staff Americans reveal they are setting up a partition of Syria Marko Marjanović 7 Nov 16 771 0
J-20: China’s New Fighter Jet Is a Marvel, But Not for the Reason You Think Nobody develops top fighters this fast anymore Marko Marjanović 7 Nov 16 3030 1
Are We Seeing the Beginnings of an Egyptian-Saudi Split? Cairo would like to break from its Saudi financiers on Syria, but can it afford to? Marko Marjanović 6 Nov 16 884 0
Americans Claim ‘Close Relationship’ With Philippines as They Block Arms Sale. Duterte: They’re ‘Monkeys’ Both say that's no way to treat a friend Marko Marjanović 3 Nov 16 635 0
Flush With Gulf Cash Al-Qaeda Has Recruited Hundreds of Children to Fight Syrian Army Washington's shock troops in the war on Assad Marko Marjanović 2 Nov 16 559 0
How Does Someone Like Philippines’ Duterte Get Elected? Pretty easily actually Marko Marjanović 28 Oct 16 1029 0
Welcome Back to a Bipolar World, Courtesy of a Moscow-Beijing-Tehran Axis America's 'unipolar moment' is over Federico Pieraccini 26 Oct 16 430 0
It’s Time to Talk About the Rebel Blockade of East Aleppo The rebels are preventing residents from leaving lest the city empties and media loses interest Marko Marjanović 26 Oct 16 511 0