Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have launched the long-anticipated offshore pipeline TurkStream, that will deliver Russian gas to Turkey and further to southern European states. The 930 km pipeline running across the bottom of the Black Sea became operational on Wednesday, with the two leaders attending a special opening ceremony.
Eric Zuesse for the Saker Blog Even some mainstream U.S. ‘news’-media (but none that are Republican) acknowledge the fact that Qasem Soleimani was among the most effective of all nations’ generals who fought against ISIS. Other mainstream U.S. ‘news’-media seem very reluctant to do so, because the entirety of America’s mainstream ‘journalism’ has spewed hatred against Iran’s Government after Iranians in 1979 succeeded at overthrowing the dictator Shah whom America’s
Source: Al-Manar, Hezbollah media Translation: resistancenews.org The Islamic Republic of Iran began its revenge for the assassination of the martyr Soleimani by launching dozens of ballistic missiles at the US base of Al-Asad in Iraq. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards announced that the process of revenge for the assassination of the martyr Soleimani had started with the launch of dozens of ballistic missiles against the American base at Al-Asad in Iraq.
Ramin Mazaheri for The Saker Blog A 7-part series in 2017 addressed the same subject as this 10-part series – the state of the global economy as impacted by QE and the Age of Austerity. Part 2 was, “Why no Petroeuro? or France’s historic effort for an anti-austerity Eurozone”. Despite the leftists’ usual approach of assuming all White Europeans are neoliberals and neo-imperialists, there is a very real and widespread
By Aram Mirzaei for the Saker blog On Tuesday, Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) unanimously passed a motion designating the Pentagon and all subsidiaries terrorist after the US military assassinated Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, a senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander, on President Donald Trump’s direct order. All the 233 lawmakers present at an open session of the parliament on Tuesday unanimously adopted the triple-urgency motion, which amends an earlier law
by Chris Faure – for The Saker Blog At the time of writing, just in from RT – Mr Putin is in Syria on surprise visit and has already held talks with Bashar Assad. It is not hard to understand that world leaders have most probably doubled up on their already excellent security and will travel highly secured, with no pre-announcement. The myth of the US as the self-purported savior
Yemen’s Ansarullah: We’re partaking in regional drive to boot US forces out Description: Member of Ansarullah’s Political Council, Mohammad al-Bakhiti, says the Yemeni movement is partaking in the region-wide response to Iranian General Soleimani’s assassination by the US military. Bakhiti says the regional response is aimed at driving all US forces out of the region. Source: Al-Mayadeen TV Date: 05/01/2020 Transcript: – the coming days will bring huge changes to the region
Link: http://middleeastobserver.net/iraqs-sistani-to-irans-leader-the-great-general-soleimanis-role-against-daesh-was-unparalleled/ Description: Iraq’s highest religious authority Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani’s consolation message to Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei over the assassination of General Qasim Soleimani. Source: Al-Ahed News Date: 06/01/2020 Transcript: Sistani: In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Surely we belong to Allah, and to Him we will return Your eminence, dear Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Khamenei (may your life be prolonged) Peace
Valeriy Romanov for The Saker Blog This is my first article under the general heading “View from Russia.” I would like to pre-empt it by informing American readers that the leading Russian TV channels regularly have political shows on which there are heated debates on the most pressing issues of world politics. Both Russian and American, Israeli, German, Polish and Ukrainian political scientists participate in the broadcasts, and former and
Ramin Mazaheri – with permission and cross-posted with PressTV Ramin Mazaheri is the chief correspondent in Paris for Press TV and has lived in France since 2009. He has been a daily newspaper reporter in the US, and has reported from Iran, Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia, South Korea and elsewhere. He is the author of the books ‘I’ll Ruin Everything You Are: Ending Western Propaganda on Red China’ and the upcoming
By Pepe Escobar – posted with permission On foreign soil, as a guest nation, US has assassinated a diplomatic envoy whose mission the US had requested The bombshell facts were delivered by caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, during an extraordinary, historic parliamentary session in Baghdad on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani had flown into Baghdad on a normal carrier flight, carrying a diplomatic passport. He had been sent by
Link: http://middleeastobserver.net/iraqs-shia-factions-to-meet-within-hours-to-announce-united-anti-us-military-campaign/ Description: Nasr al-Shimri, the deputy-Secretary General of the al-Nujaba movement, comments on the latest developments surrounding the US military presence within Iraq and the region. The Nujaba movement is a key faction of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units. Source: Al-Mayadeen TV Date: 06/01/2020 Transcript: – Washington has failed to shake Iraq’s relations with its strategic ally Iran – Iran is a strategic ally that stood with Iraq in the most difficult of
By Ramin Mazaheri – posted with permission and x-posted with PressTV Ramin Mazaheri is the chief correspondent in Paris for Press TV and has lived in France since 2009. He has been a daily newspaper reporter in the US, and has reported from Iran, Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia, South Korea and elsewhere. He is the author of the books ‘I’ll Ruin Everything You Are: Ending Western Propaganda on Red China’ and
by Chris Faure – for The Saker Blog UPDATE – THE VOTE NEWS IS IN. 170 Iraqi lawmakers sign draft bill to expel US military forces from country https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/05/615421/Iraqi-lawmakers-draft-US-forces Note : there is a process to be followed. The lawmakers will now seek parliamentary approval. ……………………….. Just in from PressTV while writing: US withdrawing forces from region despite contrary claims: Military sources https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/05/615417/US-withdraw-troops-region We will leave it to The Saker
Peter Koenig for The Saker Blog “The Saker” As most days, this morning I opened the Tao – DaoDeJing – at random, at Dao-42. In its conclusion it says “Those who are forceful and aggressive… die a painful death – This I use as the foundation of my teaching.” And so it may be. The reaction of “painful death” may not be immediate. Time in the dimensions of Tao has
by Aram Mizraei for The Saker Blog Huge crowds of Iraqi mourners join Gen. Soleimani’s Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis funeral procession Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting “Death to America” have joined the funeral procession for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi anti-terror forces chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad. The terrorist attack on the two commanders seem to have united Iraqis from all sects and walks of life as former political
by Pepe Escobar – posted with permission and x-posted with Consortium News There cannot be a more startling provocation against Iran than what happened in Baghdad. It does not matter where the green light came from for the US targeted assassination of Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani and the Hashd al-Shaabi second in command Abu Madhi al-Muhandis. This is an act of war. Unilateral, unprovoked and illegal. President
Definitely in the Watch List Category but if this is true, it is huge. from http://english.almanar.com.lb/905005 The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Washington had asked Tehran to respond in proportion after US killed Commander of IRGC’s Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani. The Americans “resorted to diplomatic measures… on Friday morning”, few hours after the strike, the Guard’s Rear-Admiral Ali Fadavi said on Iranian state television Friday night. They
Chris Faure for The Saker Blog This previous sitrep is still valid as to the actions of Mr Trump and Mr Pomeo Mr Pompeo’s twitter continues to contain just one statement after the other of calls that he is making around the world stressing that the US is committed to de-escalation and that this was defensive action. It is quite a masterful performance of bluster containing nothing. Mr Trump added
From the English version of almanar.com “Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei described Commander of IRGC’s Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani as ‘worldwide Resistance icon’, vowing a ‘severe revenge’ for the top commander who was martyred by US strike on Baghdad airport early on Friday. In a message issued Friday, Imam Khamenei said “the cruelest people on earth” assassinated the “honorable” commander who “courageously
