G7 sides with Russia: Unexpected setback to the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The G7 was meant to be an insipid forum that unfailingly followed the US diktat, but the worm is apparently turning....
Real reason why Turkey is not calling for an Investigation into the chemical gas attack in Syria?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | In principle, one country, Turkey, is uniquely placed to ask for an independent investigation into the chemical attack in the northwestern...
Still no political resolution on Raheel Sharif and the Saudi Coalition
Political discourse remains divided on Raheel Sharif and Pakistan's involvement in the Saudi Military Coalition. On the one hand, after last weeks acerbic comments...
With Syrian attacks Trump launches his Queen on the chessboard
James M. Dorsey | One thing this week’s US air strikes in Syria highlight is the fact that the sands are continuously shifting as regional...
Trump & Syria: New President same old Imperialist strategy
Jacob G. Hornberger | With President Trump’s undeclared attack on Syria, a sovereign and independent nation, he has confirmed, once and for all, that he...
US needs to prove that Syrian Government carried out the Chemical Attack
Sophie Mangal | On April 7, between 3.42am and 3.56am, a massive rocket attack was carried out from an area near Crete Island in the...
Syria: Will Russia kneel in front of Washington?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | Update: Washington has reopened the conflict with a Tomahawk missile attack on Syrian Air Force Bases. The Russian/Syrian air defense...
The US’s top 10 Lies About Syria
David Swanson | The United States, like in many cases in the past, is now rushing into Syria for war – not peace. Portraying a...
US fires Missiles at Syria in escalation of hostilities
By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland| WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian...
Turkey & Syria on same page on Kurds question
Adam Garrie | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rhetoric is at times, oddly honest, sometimes blatantly so. At other times, when he attempts to be more...
EU finally decides to play its part in Syria’s future
Sophie Mangal | While speaking at a press conference during the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on April 3, 2017, the European Union’s High Representative...
Pakistan Grapples with the Middle Eastern Fault-Lines as Gen. Raheel Takes Command of the Saudi Led “Muslim NATO”
James M. Dorsey | With no troops to command and a Riyadh-based skeleton staff, General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan’s recently retired top commander, appeared to slide...