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Russian sleight of hand boosts embattled Syrian regime
Analysis: With the Syrian regime losing ground, and growing unrest among its supporters, Assad has received an invaluable morale boost as Russia ups the ante with the West over Syria. Russia has ramped up its belligerent rhetoric with the West over its role in the Syrian war. In a classic act of provocation that would be familiar with the US,...
A FEMEN Activist Explains Why She Flashed Her Tits at a Muslim Conference
What is the best way of fighting the inherent misogyny of religion? Activists from the pan-European feminist group FEMEN have been getting topless and angry at a range of (mostly Muslim) events for a few years now, with mixed results. The latest one happened on Saturday night in Pontoise, close to Paris, at a two-day conference called Salon...
Russia’s flights to Syria also carry military equipment: Lavrov
Flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as aid, Russian Foreign Minister said on Thursday, after previously insisting that flights to Syria were only humanitarian. Russian “humanitarian” flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. The United States...
The Boy on the Beach: Obama’s Foreign Policy Failures Go Viral | The Wilderness
The Wilderness | Issue 58 | 9 . 7 . 2015 | Tweet Flash back to 2011, and far as presidencies are concerned, it feels like a millennium ago. Barack Obama was basking in the fullness of the Arab Spring, posing as the personal midwife to a New Birth of Freedom as he polished his Peace Prize in front of the world. Truly this was a man who could not...
Obama’s Iran Deal to Blame for Global Woes
MoreLindsey Graham Qualifies for CNN Undercard DebateFear, Loathing and Disbelief as Donald Trump Looms Large Over New Hampshire Sen. Lindsey Graham blamed President Obama’s pursuit of an Iranian nuclear deal for everything from Russian’s invasion of Ukraine to Chinese cyber-attacks and the collapse of Yemen’s government. In a...
Putin confirms Russian military involvement in Syria’s civil war
The AviationistPhotos of Russian jets and drones reportedly flying over Syria. Russia is providing “serious” training and logistical support to the Syrian army, Vladimir Putin has said, in the first public confirmation of the depth of Russia’s involvement in Syria’s civil war. Commenting on reports that Russian combat troops have been...
Migrant Chaos Mounts While Divided Europe Stumbles for Response
The struggle among European leaders to develop a coherent response to the spiraling migrant crisis intensified on Thursday as fresh calls for a blocwide plan were met with recriminations about the Continent being swamped with Muslims. Even as wrenching photographs of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy riveted world attention and galvanized public...
EU refugee crisis ‘absolutely expected’ – Putin — RT News
Russia has frequently warned of major problems which Europe would face as a result of Western policies in the Middle East and North Africa and jihadist groups terrorizing people, so the current refugee crisis in the EU doesn’t come as a surprise, said the President of Russia. “I think the crisis was absolutely expected,” President Vladimir...
US Being Elbowed Out of Caspian Region
Last September brought with it major changes to the hotly contested Caspian Sea region. These changes were revealed at the IV Caspian Summit held on September 29 in Astrakhan, Russia. Of greatest significance at the summit was the unanimous vote by the “Caspian 5” (Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan) to no longer allow any...
‘What happened to standards of journalism, ‘trusted’ Western media?’ — RT Op-Edge
Western media has been using underhanded tactics to drive US and its allies’ political agenda, where they desperately need to make Russia into a villain, and the West into the backers and supporters of ‘good guys’, geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser told RT. A number of Western media outlets have reported Russia has accidentally...
