Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria? By Andrew Korybko Israel knows which way the wind is blowing and will therefore do whatever is needed to ensure that its interests are safeguarded by key players in… Read More ›
Post-Assad Syria Would Do Well To Retain Their Country’s Strategic Partnership With Russia By Andrew Korybko Just because a course of action is considered to be the most rational doesn’t mean that it’ll be pursued. Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra… Read More ›
Analysing Ukraine’s Attempted Drone Strike On TurkStream’s Russian Infrastructure By Andrew Korybko Here are five observations about Kiev’s latest provocation in terms of the bigger picture. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike against one of TurkStream’s gas compressor stations, which… Read More ›
Azerbaijan Signalled That It Might Be Preparing Its Own Special Operation Against Armenia By Andrew Korybko Azerbaijan demands that Armenia demilitarize, denazify, no longer contain it on behalf of foreign (Western) powers, stop obstructing regional trade routes, and allow ethnically cleansed… Read More ›
Interpreting Putin’s Remarks On Syria, Israel, And Turkiye By Andrew Korybko His pragmatic hedging preserves Russia’s national interests and even stands a chance at advancing them in the new regional reality. Putin commented on Syria’s regime change during his annual Q&A session on Thursday. According… Read More ›
The Armed Syrian Kurds Will Be Destroyed If The US Doesn’t Step In To Save Them By Andrew Korybko It remains to be seen whether America will once again come to their rescue or finally abandon them. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed… Read More ›
How Viable Is The Turkish-Brokered Ethiopian-Somalian Joint Declaration? By Andrew Korybko A lot depends on whether Ethiopia’s anti-terrorist troops will now be allowed to remain in Somalia next year; the relationship between the new Somaliland President and the Ethiopian Prime Minister;… Read More ›
Yankee Jihad In Syria – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein “It is curious that while there are some who correctly comment (on social media) that the west, as well as many others, recognized the rebel forces which overthrew the Syrian government… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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