Since its 2019 defeat, ISIL has morphed into a series of affiliates taking hold in Afghanistan and Africa’s Sahel belt. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) has changed form several times over the years. With its origins in the aftermath of the US invasion of …

An OPEC decision on using oil related data indicate further development in ties between Saudi Arabia and U.S. A Reuters report said: ‘A decision driven by Saudi Arabia that OPEC+ should stop using oil data from the West’s energy watchdog reflected concern about U.S. influence on the figures, sources close …

As the United States, the UK and other NATO powers surge weapons into Ukraine, the NATO alliance is being transformed into a fighting force capable of directly waging wars with Russia and China. Using the war between Russia and Ukraine as a pretext, NATO has already mobilized its 40,000-strong rapid …

Iran’s future should not be dependent on the success or failure of negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement with the world powers, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told senior officials on Tuesday, according to state television. Khamenei said that the negotiations, reported to be stalled for the last …

Are Democracies Really United Against Russia? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked outrage and unleashed a barrage of economic sanctions from many Western governments. Some, such as Germany, have boosted their military spending after years of riding on American coattails. In these actions, certain analysts have found a silver lining …

How Repression at Home Presaged Belligerence Abroad Before he started massing troops, few expected Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and even once he did, few expected him to behave the way he has. In a shocking act of aggression, the Russian leader sent troops to bomb cities such as Kharkiv …

NATO intends to deploy permanent military forces on the Russian border of member-states, Estonia and Latvia, to defend against any potential military offensives by Russia. The move is an effort to defend NATO members from further aggression by Putin as tensions continue in Europe. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg revealed the …

A Hamas sources says the factions in Gaza — and particularly Hamas — do not intend to fire rockets at Israel at this point, but rather wait to see how things evolve on the ground Palestinian factions in Gaza said Wednesday that they are prepared to respond to any Israeli …

The latest developments, including:– How US declared financial war on Russia– The US Dollar as a weapon– How 9/11 gave the US government power to wage financial war– Key architects of US/EU financial war– Russia’s debt default– Turkish drones in Ukraine– The truth of Bucha’s atrocities

As Russia appoints a veteran of the war in Syria as its overall military commander in Ukraine, who is expected imminently to launch an offensive in the Donbas industrial area, pundits ask if the tactics that proved successful in Syria could now be employed in Ukraine. The new appointee is …