Just as Russia doused a potential conflagration over stationing of Iranian forces in the Syrian Golan, Bibi Netanyahu lit sparks in the south over a Houthi rocket attack on a Saudi oil tanker. For months, Israel has cajoled and threatened Russia into restraining Iran from stationing its forces in the Syrian Golan. As a result, the Russians have just … [Read more...]
Israel Shoots Down Syrian Plane, Claiming It Violated Israeli Airspace, Which Isn’t Israeli
Today, Israel shot down a Syrian war plane (video) that was bombing ISIS positions inside Syria. A U.S.-made Patriot missile brought the plane down, killing the pilot. The downed plane was a Sukhoi Russian-made bomber. It strayed 1 mile into what Israeli claimed was its own territory in an alleged incursion lasting possibly one second or less. Israeli … [Read more...]
U.S. Warns of Grave Consequences If Assad Retakes Southwestern Syria
The above video is my latest PressTV interview regarding Israeli minister's claim that the Trump administration plans to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in a matter of months. The U.S. has engaged in yet another extraordinary breach of all previous foreign policy norms by (not so) tacitly threatening Syria's Pres. Assad with severe consequences … [Read more...]
Israel and Iran: Where are We Going?
We know roughly where we are now. It's not a good place. Pres. Trump has thrown the Middle East into complete turmoil. A precarious status quo has prevailed since the JCPOA agreement was signed in 2015. While there were hostilities that broke out periodically with over 100 Israeli attacks inside Syria mostly on Hezbollah and Iranian positions, none of … [Read more...]
