December, 2022

• 20 December

  Large explosions rock Syria’s Al-Omar oilfield in latest attack on US base

  

  According to local sources, the explosions were heard by residents in every village of the area, suggesting that the attack may have been larger than usual The military base in the US-occupied Al-Omar oilfield, in Syria’s eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor, once again came under attack late on 17 December, …

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• 20 December

  A US tool against Iran: Kurdish militancy on the Iran-Iraq border

  

  US and Israeli-backed armed Kurdish separatists on the Iraqi border have participated in every incident of Iranian domestic strife, from 2009 to 2022. After hours of traveling around the Iraqi border between the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and Iran, you will come to a single conclusion: “This is …

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• 20 December

  Stolen Syrian oil: The fuel for Syria’s partition

  

  In July 2021, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin described the US theft of oil from the areas it occupies in eastern Syria as “bandit behavior.” The same term was previously used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other officials in statements denouncing Washington’s violation of Syria’s sovereignty. The official …

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• 20 December

  Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive

  

  Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan. It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a week ago, welcomed with royal pomp …

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• 20 December

  Kosovas precedents

  Kārtējo reizi saasinoties spriedzei etnisko serbu apdzīvotajos Kosovas ziemeļos, Kosovas vadība oficiāli paziņoja par pieteikuma dalībai Eiropas Savienībā (ES) nosūtīšanu uz Briseli. Paralēli Eiropas Parlaments (EP) un ES šobrīd prezidējošā valsts Čehija vienojās par atbalstu bezvīzu režīma ar Kosovu ieviešanai, kas gan iespējams tikai ar visu ES dalībvalstu piekrišanu. Svarīgi …

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• 19 December

  Global Prospects: A German View

  

  What [German Chancellor Olaf Scholz] fails or decides not to mention is the need to acknowledge the return of the nation-state as the key force capable of correcting those mistakes. Because a certain gang of Germans gave nationalism a bad name in the last century, one must not forget that …

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• 19 December

  Great Britain: Multiculturalism and Islam Turn It Upside-Down

  

  This year, Leicester’s famous multiculturalism, so praised by the establishment, exploded. Knife attacks, stone- and bottle-throwing, cars torched, religious symbols under siege, dozens wounded, including policemen…. Then the hunt for Hindus began in Britain’s streets. “Leicester to be first city where white people are minority,” announced The Independent in 2007. …

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• 19 December

  America’s New Sanctions Strategy

  

  How Washington Can Stop the Russian War Machine and Strengthen the International Economic Order On the morning of Sunday, February 27, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sat huddled in a secure room with a group of other senior Treasury officials—including me—to discuss a set of extraordinary economic and financial measures …

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• 19 December

  Libia. El país desmembrado

  

  Libia fue durante décadas un actor africano y árabe a tener en cuenta. Sus recursos y su ubicación, acompañado por un régimen dictatorial ambicioso, forjaron en el país una conciencia nacional capaz de contrarrestar el orden tribal enraizado en las tres regiones históricas del Estado norafricano. Bajo la figura de Muanmar el …

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• 19 December

  Banking Cooperation Between Iran and Russia Increases as De-Dollarization Campaign Intensifies

  

  In January 2022, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Moscow to discuss monetary and banking issues between Russia and Iran, and the two sides agreed to the removal of trade barriers to increase trade between one another to $10 billion per year (Middle East Monitor, April 2). During his time …

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