Train of thought To start with, here are some recent quotations that weigh heavily on the negative aspects of the US$ and its role as the global reserve currency, also known as the petrodollar.

Since mid-August of this year, there has been an increase in the number of Iranian and Azerbaijani reports celebrating the continued warming of relations between these neighboring states. Of particular interest is the near-completion of a synchronized power grid between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Synchronization is a requirement for buying …

Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that ISIS cells opened machinegun fire on a checkpoint of the SDF-backed “Self-Defence Forces” in Jazarat Al-Bohamid town in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. The attack resulted in the injury of a member of the “Self-Defence Forces” stationed at the checkpoint.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that five members of the SDF-backed “Self-Defence Forces” went missing. The missing members used to be stationed at checkpoints near Euphrates river in Al-Shuhayl town in eastern Deir Ezzor.

The deputy head of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah said normalization with Israel has no benefit for the Palestinians and only serves the regime’s interests, describing armed resistance as the sole way to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation.

Turkey is preparing a large-scale offensive in Syria in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing several sources, including Aviapor and Krasnaya Vesna.

Lebanese politicians predict the imminent departure of the Shiite military-political organization Hezbollah from Syria, where it has been fighting since 2012 on the side of President Bashar al-Assad, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing local sources.

Beyond the political context and clientelist considerations, Amal and Hezbollah are always looking for levers to control government action. The insistence of the Shiite duo (Hezbollah and Amal) on obtaining the finance ministry in the next cabinet has little to do with a particular political context and even less with …

Hezbollah should be careful what it wishes for because if the stalemate continues, then chaos could be the perfect setting for a potential Israeli strike.

While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland and Kenosha, half way around the world, the USA and Turkey are plundering and looting Syria on a vastly greater scale with impunity and little publicity.