Tag: sanctions

• [Sharing] Foreign Jihadists Appointed to Senior Positions in New Syrian Military – Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com

  Foreign jihadists have been appointed in senior positions in the new Syrian military, which is now led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda that led the offensive that ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian sources told Reuters that the foreign fighters appointed to the military include Uyghurs, a Jordanian, a Turk, and an Albanian.…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  30 December 2024

  jihad, syria

  13novembre, aaronmate, abdulazizdawoodkhudaberdi, abduljashari, abdulrahmanhusseinalKhatib, afghanistan, albania, alqaeda, antiwar.com, barbaraleaf, basharassad, chechnya, china, CIA, cinema, clarissaward, CNN, communism, damascus, davedecamp, davidstockman, democracy, disinformation, drones, edwood, fakenews, fascism, france, freedomfighters, germany, hegemony, HTS, idlib, imperialism, intelligence, israel, jihad, joebiden, jordan, journalism, justice, kitklarenberg, law, magdeburg, MI6, middleeast, migration, muhammadaljulani, NATO, neocons, omarmohammedjaftashi, paris, parisattacks, pepeescobar, propaganda, russia, russiatoday, sanctions, secretoperations, secularism, sharia, sputnik, statedept, strategy, sunnism, syria, terrorism, thegulf, themorningstar, TIP, tonycox, turkey, UK, ukraine, umayyadmosque, US, uyghurs, volodymyrzelenskyy, wokism, xinjiang

• [Sharing] US helps Syria’s ruling Al Qaeda offshoot while punishing its people – Aaron Maté

  The US ignores its own terrorist designation of Syria’s ruling Al Qaeda veterans, all while maintaining sanctions that devastate ordinary civilians In his memoir of his time as a senior aide to President Obama, Ben Rhodes recalled one of the administration’s top quandaries in Syria. Back in late 2012, the CIA was waging a multi-billion…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  30 December 2024

  jihad, secret operations, syria

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• [Sharing] McCarthyism, European style: The elite crackdown on Ukraine dissent – Eldar Mamedov, Responsible Statecraft

  Experts lambasted as Kremlin mouthpieces turned out to be right As the war between Russia and Ukraine is framed by the ruling politicians and commentators in Europe and America as part of a purported global struggle between democracies and autocracies, the quality of democracy in the West itself has taken a hit. The dominant voices advocating…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  13 December 2024

  ukraine

  antiwar.com, atlanticcouncil, atlanticism, austria, borisjohnson, CATO, censorship, davidstockman, defensepriorities, democracy, diplomacy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, eldarmamedov, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, france, fridastranne, gerhardmangott, germany, history, imperialism, iraq, jeffreysachs, johannesvarwick, johnmearsheimer, journalism, kiev, law, mccarthyism, middleeast, NATO, neocons, ostpolitik, propaganda, proxywar, quincyinstitute, responsiblestatecraft, russia, russophobia, sanctions, socialdemocracy, sovietunion, stephenwalt, strategy, sweden, theamericanconservative, thegulf, thenation, thinktank, tritaparsi, UK, ukraine, US, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, warcrime, whitewashing

• [Sharing] EU and NATO are attempting to foment a Ukraine-style coup in Georgia – Thomas Fazi

  They’re applying the Euromaidan playbook all over again In a recent article, I predicted that, following the results of last month’s Georgian elections — won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, which advocates friendly political and economic relations with neighbouring Russia — the EU and NATO, desperate to transform Georgia into a second front in…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  3 December 2024

  fascism, georgia, ukraine

  aleppo, atlanticcouncil, atlanticism, basharassad, coup, democracy, diplomacy, donbass, europe, europeanunion, fascism, foreignagents, france, georgia, georgiandream, giletsjaunes, iraklikobakhidze, jihad, kiev, maidan, NATO, NGO, police, policemisconduct, policenationale, proxywar, RFERL, riot, russia, salomezourabichvili, sanctions, strategy, syria, tbilisi, thinktank, thomasfazi, ukraine, unherd

• [Sharing] How the Strategy of Fighting to the Last Ukrainian Was Sold to the Public as Morally Righteous – Glenn Diesen

  For almost three years, NATO countries have boycotted diplomatic contacts with Russia, even as hundreds of thousands of men have died on the battlefield. The decision by diplomats to reject diplomacy is morally repugnant as diplomacy could have reduced the excess of violence, prevented escalation, and even resulted in a path to peace. However, the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  27 November 2024

  ukraine

  aaronmate, adolfhitler, angelamerkel, antiwar.com, antonyblinken, atlanticism, attrition, balticstates, bundeswehr, cannonfodder, censorship, chasfreeman, china, dancrenshaw, davidstockman, diplomacy, disinformation, dmitrokuleba, donaldtrump, donbass, estonia, europe, europeanunion, extremecentre, fakenews, fascism, france, francoishollande, georgeorwell, germany, glenndiesen, GOP, haraldkujat, hungary, israel, istanbul, jensstoltenberg, josepborrell, journalism, kajakallas, keithkellogg, kharkov, kherson, leefang, lindseygraham, lloydaustin, markmilley, middleeast, minsk, mitchmcconnell, mittromney, mobilization, naftalibennett, NATO, neocons, noflyzone, oleksiiarestovych, propaganda, proxywar, realclearinvestigations, russia, sanctions, statedept, strategy, thegrayzone, thegulf, turkey, UK, ukraine, US, values, viktororban, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whitewashing

• [Sharing] Leaks expose secret British military cell plotting to ‘keep Ukraine fighting’ – Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone

  Leaked files show top UK military figures conspired to carry out the Kerch bridge bombing, covertly train “Gladio”-style stay-behind forces in Ukraine, and groom the British public for a drop in living standards caused by the proxy war against Russia Emails and internal documents reviewed by The Grayzone reveal details of a cabal of British…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  17 November 2024

  assassination, decline, fascism, history, secret operations, ukraine

  77thbrigade, afghanistan, airdefense, amalclooney, amilkhan, assassination, asymmetric, atlanticism, azovsea, belarus, brazil, BRICS, censorship, charlesIII, charliestickland, china, CIA, communism, coup, COVID, crimea, cyberwarfare, decline, disinformation, dommorris, donbass, drones, edharris, eldersservices, europeanunion, falseflag, fascism, fortmonckton, france, gas, hegemony, history, hungary, ICC, ICTY, india, intelligence, investigation, joebiden, journalism, justice, karimkhan, kazan, keirstarmer, kerch, kherson, kitklarenberg, kursk, law, LGBT, libya, luton, lviv, marshallplan, maxblumenthal, mercenarism, MI6, middleeast, muammargaddafi, NATO, neoliberalism, olivierlecourt, operationgladio, paulmason, PMC, projectalchemy, propaganda, proxywar, psyop, regimechange, resistance, richardtomlinson, russia, sanctions, SAS, secretoperations, simonscott, socialmedia, SOF, strategy, syria, terrorism, thegrayzone, UK, ukraine, US, valentprojects, vladimirputin, wagner, warcrime, yevgenyprigozhin, yugoslavia

• [Sharing] The West is goading Georgia – Thomas Fazi, UnHerd

  Tbilisi has been ensnared by Nato hypocrisy Food. Churches. Chacha. This is what Georgia has long been known for. But now this ancient country, flanked by the mountains and the sea in the heart of the Caucasus, is the battleground in a new Not-So-Cold War. Due to its strategic location — it shares a large…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  2 November 2024

  georgia, ukraine

  atlanticcouncil, atlanticism, bidzinaivanishvili, blacksea, borisjohnson, bryangigantino, caucasus, charlesmichel, china, civilization, coup, democracy, donbass, europeanunion, foreignagents, france, georgesoros, georgia, georgiandream, hungary, ideology, iraklikobakhidze, joebiden, journalism, kyrgyzstan, law, maidan, moldova, multipolarworld, NATO, NED, NGO, opensociety, proxywar, regimechange, russia, salomezourabichvili, samanthapower, sanctions, sovietunion, strategy, thinktank, thomasfazi, ukraine, unherd, unipolarworld, USAID, victorianuland, viktororban, vonderleyen

• [Sharing] Collapsing Empire: China and Russia Checkmate US Military – Kit Klarenberg

  On July 29th, Pentagon-funded “think tank” RAND Corporation published a landmark appraisal of the state of the Pentagon’s 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS), and current US military readiness, produced by a Congress-created Commission of “non-governmental experts in national security.” Its findings are stark, an unrelentingly bleak analysis of every aspect of the Empire’s bloated, decaying global war machine. In…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  29 October 2024

  decline, history, israel, revolution

  airdefense, antiwar.com, atlanticism, censorship, chandrannair, china, davidstockman, decline, democracy, disinformation, donbass, europe, gaza, genocide, glasnost, hegemony, history, houthis, hypersonicmissiles, imperialism, inflation, iran, israel, journalism, kitklarenberg, korea, middleeast, multipolarworld, NATO, NDS, neocons, newworldorder, pacificocean, palestine, pentagon, propaganda, RAND, revolution, russia, sanctions, sovietunion, strategy, thenationalinterest, thinktank, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, values, yemen

• [Sharing] BRICS Summit in Kazan: The End of the U.S. Hegemony. Part 2 – Ricardo Martins, New Eastern Outlook

  The BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, aims to be a turning point towards a truly multipolar or multi-nodal world that has been in transition for a few years now The changes announced in Kazan regarding the payment system and the reserves of nations are concrete steps towards independence from the U.S. imperialistic system. This system…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  24 October 2024

  africa liberation, BRICS, decline, history, israel, social struggles, ukraine

  afghanistan, africa, africaliberation, angelamerkel, apartheid, atlanticism, bolivia, brazil, BRICS, bulgaria, chandrannair, china, CIA, colonialism, coup, decline, dedollarization, dollar, europe, europeanunion, gaza, genocide, germany, hegemony, henrykissinger, history, ideology, IMF, imperialism, indonesia, intelligence, iraq, israel, johnmearsheimer, kazan, kiev, latinamerica, law, libya, maidan, malaysia, marshallplan, middleeast, moldova, monroedoctrine, multipolarworld, NATO, NDB, neoliberalism, neweasternoutlook, newworldorder, nicaragua, nigeria, nordstream, norway, palestine, racism, referendum, regimechange, ricardomartins, robertkagan, russia, sanctions, SCO, serbia, socialstruggles, southamerica, spain, stephensefton, strategy, syria, terrorism, thailand, thenationalinterest, tortillaconsal, turkey, ukraine, unipolarworld, unitednations, US, values, victorianuland, vietnam, warcrime, williamburns, worldbank

• [Sharing] Paris Olympics epitomize toxic Western elitism and disconnect from real world – Strategic Culture Foundation

  The stink emerging from the River Seine – possibly the world’s biggest open sewer – is the groaning reality dump on Western duplicity and pretensions The Paris Summer Olympic Games opened last Friday to a global controversy with the organizers accused of offending billions of Christians and Muslims around the world through profane depictions of…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  6 August 2024

  decline, fascism, history, israel, ukraine

  afghanistan, belarus, blasphemy, colonialism, corruption, decline, democracy, emmanuelmacron, fascism, france, gaza, genocide, history, ICC, ideology, imperialism, IOC, iraq, israel, leonardodavinci, LGBT, masskilling, NATO, neoliberalism, olympicgames, palestine, paris, pierredecoubertin, propaganda, proxywar, religion, russia, sanctions, seine, strategicculturefoundation, ukraine, universalism, US, warcrime, whitewashing, yeshuabenyosef