Original anti war.com Hattip Chaos Cat Related Content; from 2025 below Some excerpts The base at Abu al-Duhur had been dead for thirteen years. Wrecked in the Syrian war, out of service since 2012, its runways cratered and its hangars stripped, it sat in Idlib province about 60 kilometers from the Turkish border, useful to […]
It’s coming. I told you all about it back in 2013.Remember Cyprus? Remember no more bailouts?Just bail ins or “haircuts” Fresh labels don’t change the agenda.And the Agenda is stealing your money, my money, everybody’s money.Or, if you prefer, the scum at the top will suck up all the money from below. It will all be […]
Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.
Fortune magazine via Archive.ph Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began the week vowing an “economic onslaught” against Iran and its trading partners in a fresh bid to end the war. By the week’s end, countries with ties to Tehran had so far shrugged off the threat and analysts were left underwhelmed by the US actions. China, […]
Interesting that Ukraine continues to attack Turkish ships while Turkey’s NATO “allies” stay silent. Turkish Minute Turkey summoned Ukraine’s ambassador on Saturday over attacks this week on a Turkish vessel and a second ship sent to tow it in the Black Sea, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. The attacks took place on Wednesday and Thursday, […]
BNN Bloomberg Iran won’t allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement that the Islamic Republic is negotiating with Oman, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said. The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely shut down nearly six […]
Beijing says it will take ‘all necessary measures’ if Washington expands crackdown on business with Tehran The measures unveiled on Monday by US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent targeted companies based in Hong Kong and mainland China but stopped short of listing large Chinese financial institutions. Any serious increase in US sanctions on China, which buys […]
NYT’s article The clock ticked toward midnight on Friday. New U.S. tariffs on Canada were about to come into effect and negotiators cooped up across the street from the White House were still plodding through the differences on each side. Aides shuffled in and out with new drafts, adjusting and readjusting. U.S. officials said they […]
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a new alliance which will treat an attack against one as an attack against all. Well, that’s lovely, but can we please see the actual treaty? No. We can’t? Oh, that’s funny, why would you keep that secret?… Give a listen. Some are claiming Iran is […]