The renewing relations between the United States and Iran which are quickly gaining momentum have incited a sharp disgruntled reaction among the Arab nations, primarily from Saudi Arabia and its GCC allies. It has also…
Alexander Orlov
07.10.2013
A split in the Syrian opposition is deepening
The situation in Syria for both the US and Saudi Arabia is getting more complicated on a daily basis. The…
04.10.2013
A Senator’s guide to gassing Syrians
Despite the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2118 that states that the Syrian chemical stockpiles should be destroyed, the question on who was behind the chemical attacks remains to be today’s agenda, for the experts and political analysts in the least. There was a stream of…
28.09.2013
Syria: UN Security Council resolution is adopted, but who won?
At first glance it would appear that the drawn-out political struggle which lasted over a month and at times threated…
24.09.2013
Terrorism in Syria – Funded by the United States and the Persian Gulf
Despite the public rhetoric from the White House about its willingness to use diplomacy to resolve the Syrian conflict, the…
19.09.2013
Re-evaluating the Geneva Agreement
Only 3 days has passed since the Lavrov-Kerry talks but Moscow has already begun re-evaluating the Geneva Agreement on Syrian…
16.09.2013
The Geneva Agreements: A victory or illusion?
Much of the media, mostly the Russian media, is loudly banging a drum for the Russian diplomatic success in Geneva over the U.S. military line after the meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in which a deal was signed on Syria’s chemical…
09.09.2013
United States – Syria and the Saudi jewels
It seems that Washington is not in much hurry to launch a military aggression against Syria anymore. After turning his…
06.09.2013
Syria: The End of International Law
"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will…
11.07.2013
Egypt’s on a crash course
According to the news reports coming from Egypt, the escalation of tension in this country may occur in the immediate…
03.07.2013
Egypt: the outcome is within a couple hours
Yesterday evening the Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi refused to step down. He justified this decision by the fact that he’s…
11.06.2013
The Turkish Spring
Despite the tough actions taken by the police to disperse demonstrators, the protest rallies that long ago snowballed from environmental…












