By Jack Caravelli A senior official in the Russian General Staff has described the military’s plans for constructing a new base in Syria, a strong indication that Russia intends (more…)
Russian warships in the Mediterranean could be used to attack Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and anti-Assad rebels in Syria. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Russia’s intervention in Syria has opened a window of opportunity for Israel to topple President Bashar Assad’s regime, a report by a leading Israeli think tank said. (FULL STORY) (more…)
By Jack Caravelli For the Obama administration, the July signing of a multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was a foreign policy high (more…)
Private financing has been spreading rapidly across North Korea where previously any money transactions without the involvement of state organs was not permitted. Now the communist regime has turned (more…)
Russia’s entrance into the Syrian war may have been a “morale booster” for Bashar Assad regime forces but hasn’t turned the tide in Syria’s favor, analysts say. (FULL STORY) (more…)
It is not well known in the West that government officials of America’s two most significant Asian allies are not regularly meeting or speaking. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Iran recently tested a missile that was nuclear-capable in a “clear violation” of a United Nations ban on such tests, a U.S. official said. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Syrian Kurds have annexed into their autonomous region a town recently seized by Kurdish forces from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). (FULL STORY) (more…)