https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Iran-Adapts-to-Shifting-Tides-in-South-Caucasus.html Two major developments in recent years – Azerbaijan’s reconquest (retrieval/return) of Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia’s unprovoked (provoked) invasion of Ukraine – created new diplomatic openings for Iran. The changed geopolitical environment has enabled Iran and Azerbaijan to smooth over what for much of the post-Soviet period had been a prickly relationship. At the same time, […]
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Washington Post article making the rounds today — As Russia steps up airstrikes and once again advances on the battlefield in Ukraine … President Volodymyr Zelensky’s options for what to do next — much less how to win the war — range from bad to worse. Zelensky has said Ukraine will accept nothing less than […]
Excerpts from an Atlantic article. Read entirely here How and when Israel proceeds into Rafah is a short-term, tactical dispute. In the medium term, Israel and the Biden administration have a strategic difference over the prospect of an Israeli offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah is probably one of the most potent nonstate fighting forces […]
The past few days have been hectic, personally speaking, so here’s me playing catch up! MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism due to its attempt to exonerate the Kiev regime and continuation of aid supplies to Ukraine following the March 22 terrorist attack on a […]
Link Another major geopolitical shift is happening in Europe, this time in the South Caucasus.. This was stated by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an op-ed for Le Monde daily, in which he called on Brussels to leave its policy of maintaining neutrality between Armenia, which has preferred the line of the […]
And yet the US was so certain Ukraine was not involved in the Crocus hall terror attack. This certainly concerns comments from Washington, which said it saw no signs that Ukrainians might be involved in the terrorist attack,” Zakharova said Zelenskyy vows drone strikes on Russia despite US dissent Ukraine will keep targeting Russian oil-refining […]
M.K. Bhadrakumar via RT Worth reading entirely, below With hindsight, it was not a coincidence that the retirement of US Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was announced on March 5 so soon after her return to Washington from Kiev, where after consultations with top Ukrainian security officials she announced dramatically: “I leave Kyiv… more […]
Of course the entire narrative for this article comes from mostly anonymous western intelligence experts and analysts “U.S. and European security officials, security experts and analysts specializing in international intelligence capabilities. Many spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence details.” NYT’s via Archive.ph The full picture is still unclear, and U.S. and […]
Times of Israel Top Biden administration official says Netanyahu’s claim that resolution led to hardened Hamas stance inaccurate, unfair to hostages; insinuates premier is neglecting them There was no hardened Hamas stance due ot the UN resolutionIsrael has been “unfair” and neglectful to the hostages all along. One may even say murderous? Hamas’s rejection of […]
The 5 eyes/NATO west is working overtime on this narrative of ISIS-K. Daily Beast, for example, has a report based entirely on unnamed western intelligence sources (appeal to authority). Tales from France about ISIS-K attacks all thwarted, of course. Those who’ve been long time readers may recall when ISIS entered Syria they were going to […]