It is not easy being a terrorist ally of the United States.  Start losing ground and you get wiped - as IS discovered at ar-Raqqah in 2017. I hinted yesterday that the US airstrike on Idlib on Saturday may have greater undercurrents than first appeared, and of course it was silly of me to even... Continue Reading →

TASS reports:  'US forces conduct strike against al-Qaeda near Idlib' Unbelievable as it sounds, has the US international coalition finally done something useful in Syria, or is there more yet to be revealed behind this story? This is not part of their normal area of operations. Overt operations anyway. Is this a warning in response... Continue Reading →

Yet another great article from Sarah Abed demonstrating that she has a complete and detailed understanding of the complexity of current events in Syria and beyond, through her 'The Rabbit Hole' blog: Putin Balances Turkey’s Fighter Jet Interest with Syria’s Fight Against Terrorism Untangling the tangled webs of complexity that surround what should be simple situations.

"Syrian Army liberates entire Hama Governorate and Idlib’s Khan Sheikhoun" I reported on this story several days ago - 'Idlib Is Syrian Not Turkish' - but I cannot hope to bring out the sort of detail as Syrian-American Sarah Abed skilfully does from her closer sources. Her work is appreciated and well worth reading. It... Continue Reading →

Is former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to be the first head on the chopping block (for which read - set to do some jail time) over the failed 'Russiagate' conspiracy? If he is to be the first - it has to be someone - it had better be dealt with quickly. There is a... Continue Reading →

It must be a slow news day today.  The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is casting around for things to report.  Hence this piece of garbage: Why we see the past through rose-coloured glasses, but not the future I too am finding it difficult to find something to talk about.  There are lots of things I would... Continue Reading →

It is time for the independent nations of the Middle East to become more assertive and, if needs be, more aggressive or just plain aggressive against those who trespass on their sovereign territory, chiefly the US dogs, their EU pups and the Israeli pigs. It seems that Iraq is steeling itself to do just that. ... Continue Reading →

"Progress on Minsk Agreements needed before summit in Normandy format — Lavrov" No more shilly-shallying about.  There is nothing to talk about over Ukraine until earlier agreed commitments are progressed.  So, Macron's mooted 'Normandy Format' talks to take place in September are a little premature.  There needs to be movement by the Ukraine government to... Continue Reading →

Well, it appears to be a misspelled (deliberately so above), misunderstood, pseudo-word of the modern day, misused by foggy-brained, religiously and/or politically deluded, barely educated (and therefore culturally dangerous) Americans and other mainly 'white' folks, with only scant knowledge about its possible pseudo-real meaning or any of the ideas or thought processes from which it... Continue Reading →