Tag Archives: civil war
CrossTalk: Syria’s Wheel of Fortune
The Syrian Civil War is a place of cruel realities and western illusions. The only moderate force on the ground is the Syrian Arab Army – fighting for Syria’s sovereign survival. This is unacceptable to the Washington Consensus. For the … Continue reading
Pentagon: We Found Only 60 ‘Moderate’ Syrian Rebels to Train
The strategy of President Barack Obama’s administration for combating the Islamic State depends on training a large force of moderate Syrian rebels capable of defeating the militants on the ground. At least for now, the Islamic State can breathe easy: … Continue reading
Real Face of War: New Video of Ukraine Conflict
Warning: the video contains extremely violent footage! A video by musician and amateur filmmaker Artem Grishanov has gone viral on Youtube, providing a harsh commentary on the divide between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s impassioned rhetoric about the conflict in … Continue reading
Vladimir Putin: ‘NATO Already Supplying Weapons to Kiev, Defeated by Novorossia’
Press statement following Russian-Hungarian talks and answers to journalists’ questions on February 17, 2015 in Budapest. (Click “CC” for English subtitles)
US Pushes Arms to Kiev Through Abu Dhabi
During his visit to Abu Dhabi, UAE on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that he had signed a weapons deal with the Persian Gulf nation, without providing any more details. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the signing of a … Continue reading
Maidan, 1 Year On: Who Fired the Shots in Central Kiev?
Ukraine is marking one year since the deadliest days of the protests which forced out the previous government. The 20th of February 2014 saw the worst violence, with over 50 people killed in central Kiev. People in the Ukrainian capital … Continue reading
New ‘Evidence’ of Russian Tanks in Ukraine
The ‘exclusive’ photos of ‘Russian invasion in Ukraine’ in 2014 turned out to be easily found in the Web, with at least one of them dating back to 2008. Now, US senator James Inhofe is furious with the Ukrainian delegation … Continue reading
More ‘Proof’ of Russian Troops in Ukraine
President Poroshenko’s PR advisers are helping him turn speeches into a kind of performance art. Sadly for the Ukrainian leader, they are more Laurel and Hardy than Laurence Olivier. On Saturday, Poroshenko was again engaged in physical theatre, this time … Continue reading
For the US: There’s No Business Like War Business
The longer and bigger the war in Ukraine becomes, the more lucrative it becomes for US politicians and big business, says Alexandr Khrolenko, a columnist for the RIA Novosti information agency. The pro-independence militia in the Donbas are in the … Continue reading
MH-17: The Untold Story
Three months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was violently brought down from the skies over Ukraine, there are still no definitive answers to what caused the tragedy. Civil conflict in the area prevented international experts from conducting a full and … Continue reading
