"IRANIAN FORCES IN SYRIA WARN TURKISH MILITARY OVER RECENT DRONE STRIKES ON GREATER IDLIB" - Southfront I sometimes forget that there are Iranian forces and militias, including the equally noble forces of Hezbollah in Syria, fighting alongside Syrian government troops. They generally receive little credit for what they do, operating mostly independently in the background... Continue Reading →
Syria: Appearances May Be Deceptive
There is a lot of disinformation going around on the conflict in Syria's Idlib province at the moment, mostly emanating from the Turkish side. Claims of massive Syrian casualties are unsupportable. As are claims of the destruction of Syrian chemical weapon facilities. No such facilities exist. It is clear that the conflict has taken a... Continue Reading →
Syria, The Week In Review
While the Turks and terrorists gloat over the retaking of Saraqib and the important M4/M5 highway junction there, over the past week Syrian forces have recovered a much larger area of their lands to the south in the mountainous salient and the plain of al-Ghab to the west of it that has been a thorn... Continue Reading →
NATO – Dumb and Dumber
NATO's Stoltenberg continues to pile stupid on top of stupid in his latest remarks. "NATO intends to avoid costly arms race with Russia, Stoltenberg says" - TASS It sounds really good (these things usually do until drilled down into) for the NATO leader to be saying that they want no arms race with Russia, preferring... Continue Reading →
Changing Russian Global Image
As a lover of all things Russian I am happy to bring you this, what is something of a milestone opinion article on the modern Russian global diaspora, from Russia Beyond via the Oval Circle real news site. Having worked with Russians in the past, when I was an IT professional, I can tell you... Continue Reading →
Syrian Army Continues Task of Liberation and Defeating Terrorism
"TURKEY FAILED TO FULFILL ‘A COUPLE OF KEY COMMITMENTS’ IN IDLIB, LAVROV SAYS" - Southfront As if in answer to my plea yesterday (I know it's not of course, just coincidental), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks of Turkey's failure to live up to promises jointly made earlier. Though what he says appears to be... Continue Reading →
Turkish Presence In Syria A Mistake. Needs To Be Corrected
The current situation in Syria is and always has been muddied by the unsupportable attitude of the US, Turkey (and others), whose only aim lies in the fact that they would prefer to see terrorists occupying parts or all of Syria than the Syrian people themselves. This is because a free and successful Syria is... Continue Reading →
Getting Along Together…
"Contract on Russian gas transit via Ukraine stipulates ‘pump or pay’ principle - Naftogaz" See? It's not all that difficult to get along together, is it, when issues are put aside or amicably settled for mutual benefit? Much better than shooting at each other. The world should operate more on these principles. "Starting tomorrow maybe?"... Continue Reading →
Minsk, Spinsk, It’s All A Game – with people’s lives
"Russia’s envoy slams Kiev’s statements on non-compliance with its obligations" I don't want to keep harping on about this, but I will if I have to, and the West (including Ukraine) is playing it for all it is worth, but the Minsk agreements championed by the so-called Normandy Four, are dead in the water, barely... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 