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Pentagon secretly doubled the number of US troops in Syria

9:39 22.12.2024

Pentagon secretly doubled the number of US troops in Syria

The U.S. for months has had more than 2,000 troops inside Syria, more than double the 900 troops the Defense Department previously said are on the ground there, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson revealed, ‘The Hill’ reports. The new figures are particularly notable as the Pentagon in recent days and weeks …

Zelensky offered Fico € 500 million from Russian assets for Ukraine's membership in NATO

9:38 22.12.2024

Zelensky offered Fico € 500 million from Russian assets for Ukraine's membership in NATO

The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, actually offered the Slovak Prime Minister 500 million euros from Russian assets if he voted for Ukraine's membership in NATO. This was stated by Robert Fico after a closed meeting in Brussels, which was attended by the leaders of the EU countries. …

Trump's team appears annoyed with Ukraine for some of its recent attacks

9:37 22.12.2024

Trump's team appears annoyed with Ukraine for some of its recent attacks

Trump and his team have signaled opposition to some of Ukraine's recent attacks on Russian soil, writes ‘The Business Insider’. Trump's Ukraine envoy said this week that the killing of a Russian general was outside the rules of war. Trump has also criticized Biden's decision to allow strikes on Russia …

A new European fun: «Rein in von der Leyen!»

9:53 21.12.2024

A new European fun: «Rein in von der Leyen!»

There is a limit to everything, including Ursula von der Leyen’s reach. Some leaders have called on new European Council President António Costa to help rein her in, writes POLITICO. Annoyance is growing among senior EU diplomats, who are expected to discuss the European Commission chief’s recent unilateral power moves …

View from California: “The modern academy is a threat to reason, liberty and Western civilization”

9:52 21.12.2024

View from California: “The modern academy is a threat to reason, liberty and Western civilization”

The Western world has many enemies – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea – but none is more potentially lethal than its own education system. From the very institutions once renowned for spreading literacy, the Enlightenment and the means of mastering nature, we now see a deep-seated denial of our common …

Jonathan Cook: Syria’s Assad has fallen – just as the Pentagon planned 23 years ago

9:49 21.12.2024

Jonathan Cook: Syria’s Assad has fallen – just as the Pentagon planned 23 years ago

…Iran, the last target on the Pentagon’s list, is now fully in the cross-hairs. Deprived of allies in Syria, and now largely cut off from its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, Tehran is as vulnerable as it has ever been, stresses Jonathan Cook, an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, …

Alexander Grushko: NATO prepares for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account

9:48 21.12.2024

Alexander Grushko: NATO prepares for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account

NATO is preparing for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account in military planning and does not advise the West to experiment with it, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with kp.ru, TASS informs. "It is in everyone's interest not to bring the situation to …

Europe and security guarantees for Ukraine

11:46 20.12.2024 Alexander Gusev

Europe and security guarantees for Ukraine

Despite the fact that during the July 2024 NATO summit in Washington, 23 member countries and Japan, which joined them, decided to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, in Europe itself, active discussions on this issue continue unabated. I think that each time a firecracker explodes during the pre-Christmas week, ordinary …

Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

11:45 20.12.2024

Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

The U.S. is at risk of being buffaloed into a bloody war of regional realignment in the wake of Syria’s collapse, writes Douglas Macgregor, Col. (ret.), a senior fellow with The American Conservative, the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration. Peace ...

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

11:44 20.12.2024

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

NATO has taken over coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the U.S. as planned, a source said Reuters, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the support mechanism against NATO sceptic U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The step, coming after a delay of several months, gives NATO …

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