Syria Falls To ‘Rebels’: The US, Israel, And Turkiye Triumph, For Now By Uriel Araujo After combating terrorism and rebel groups for over twelve years, the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the capital of Damascus with his family on December… Read More ›
Trump Isn’t Telling The Whole Truth About Russia And Syria By Andrew Korybko At the end of the day, what happened was a disaster and no honest observer can deny that, but they also shouldn’t try to spin it as Russia’s… Read More ›
Here’s What Has To Happen To Prevent Post-Assad Syria From Collapsing By Andrew Korybko Post-Assad Syria is on the brink of all-out collapse that could turn it into the world’s largest hotbed of terrorism if this process isn’t soon averted. The… Read More ›
Interpreting Lavrov’s Assessment Of Events In Syria From His Interview With Tucker By Andrew Korybko If Putin hopes to reach a deal with Erdogan on Syria, then it’ll require keeping up the pretence (however unbelievable it is to objective observers) that… Read More ›
This Weekend’s Astana Summit Is Likely The Last Chance For A Political Solution In Syria By Andrew Korybko If he declines to cut a deal, then Russia might punish him by not letting him live out the rest of his days… Read More ›
The Five Reasons Why Syria Was Caught By Surprise By Andrew Korybko The disaster in Aleppo was avoidable and is just as bad as it looks. The Turkish-backed terrorists’/“rebels’” advance on Aleppo, which was analysed here, came as a shock to… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Israel’s Latest Bombing Of Damascus By Andrew Korybko The trend of Israel striking civilian areas in Syria as part of its regional assassination spree threatens to further destabilize the Arab Republic. Israel bombed a civilian district in Damascus… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Rhetoric On The Middle East Crisis Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt By Uriel Araujo The ongoing crisis in the Middle East, besides being a regional Arab-Israeli conflict, is also the escalation of the long going Iranian-Israeli “non-official… Read More ›
The Latest Chemical Weapons False Flag Scare In Syria Is Suspiciously Timed By Andrew Korybko It’s possible that this scenario was speedily devised sometime in the past month after the aerial phase of the latest Israeli-Lebanese War began. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence… Read More ›
The Tuareg Conflict Is Much More Complex Than Casual Observers Might Imagine By Andrew Korybko The conflict is a complex multi-sided one wherein the West, religious extremists, and Algeria have shared interests in the Malian government meaningfully decentralizing power to Tuareg-inhabited… Read More ›
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