Washington’s stick-and-carrot approach towards Ankara is unlikely to bear any fruit given Turkey’s adherence to a consistent and independent foreign strategy, Turkish analysts told Sputnik, dropping a hint that Ankara’s withdrawal from NATO is just a matter of time. Turkey scares Israel both economically and geopolitically, Can Unver, a Turkish security analyst, opined, commenting on... 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday called US Vice President Mike Pence a “poisonous viper” and vowed to defeat what he called Washington’s attempts to force him from power. Maduro’s lash-out at the US Vice President came in response to his call for Latin America to isolate Venezuela. Pence, who arrived in Ecuador on Wednesday as part of a tour of South America,... 

Cars were set alight and Molotov cocktails thrown in violent clashes with police in the French city of Nantes late on Tuesday after a young man was gunned down by police. Triggered by the death of the 22-year-old immigrant man, identified by Le Monde as Aboubakar F., who was shot dead Tuesday night, young people took aim at police. Enraged protesters burned cars, set a shopping center on fire and... 

President Trump may be about to drop the hammer on Robert Mueller by exposing his role in helping to cover-up Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11. Mueller has been involved in the systematic cover-up of the true circumstances behind 9/11 since day one, which is why he has been a constant roadblock to victim’s families who are attempting to seek compensation from Saudi Arabia for their role in the attacks. During... 

From celebrities calling on citizens to take to the streets, to members of Congress calling for the public harassment of White House officials, to mob justice at restaurants — is the US heading toward a new kind of Civil War? Well, some people think the seeds of a new Civil War have already been sown — and in a recent article, University of Tennessee Law Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds argued... 

Despite dire predictions of a European Union meltdown, the leaders’ summit this week appeared to succeed in delivering a compromise agreement on dealing with the troublesome migration issue. Beneath the “everyone’s a winner” smiles, however, the upshot was undoubtedly a victory for Italy and other governments that have been pushing the EU to take a harder line on the question of refugees. French... 

Palestinian protesters have shot down an Israeli surveillance drone, amid heavy clashes during the latest weekly Great March of Return protest, in which the IDF killed two people and injured over 300 more at the border fence. Thousands of Palestinians once again descended on the Israeli-Gazan border on Friday for the latest showdown with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The Israeli forces responded... 

Diego Maradona sensationally gave a double middle finger salute to the crowd after Marcos Rojo scored a dramatic late winner to send Argentina through to the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Nigeria. Maradona had already made headlines when he reacted as though possessed by an other-worldly force when Argentina captain Lionel Messi put La Albiceleste in front with his first goal... 

Two missiles have reportedly landed in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. It was not immediately clear if the missiles were intercepted or if they hit their intended target. There were also no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. Besides pinning the blame on Israel, Syrian state TV provided no further details on the alleged strike that... 

After agreeing on military cooperation in 2017 when 25 bloc members signed a defense pact, a smaller circle of EU members are going to take formal steps to create the European Intervention Initiative. This force is designed for responding to natural disasters, crisis intervention or the evacuation of Europeans. France’s Defense Minister Florence Parly has told the French newspaper Figaro that her... 

It is difficult to find the words to describe just how serious America’s trade war with China is becoming. As you will see below, the two largest economies on the entire planet are on a self-destructive course that almost seems irreversible at this point. The only way that this trade war is going to come to a rapid conclusion is if one side is willing to totally submit and accept an extremely bitter... 

A large-scale offensive of the Syrian Arab Army on the liberation of south-western provinces of Daraa and Quneitra from various terrorist groups has started a few days ago. The Syrian army has recently sent there a fresh reinforcement including tanks and artillery units as well as thousands of servicemen from various parts of the country. According to a source in the Syrian High Command, yesterday... 

Sadly, since World War II and the advent of the United Nations and Zionist State of Israel, the United States has turned into a militaristic, warmongering, arms-running, New World Order-building piranha state. The United States spends more money on its military than at least the next eight countries combined. We have become the world’s policeman who is charged with 1) enforcing the dictates of the... 

Syrian Human Rights Network head Ahmad Kazem has told Sputnik that US intelligence was preparing a provocation involving chemical weapons near al-Tanf, Syria, and that its purpose will be to drive a wedge between Damascus and Syria’s Kurds. “Right now [at At Tanf] preparations are being made by US special services in coordination with Daesh (ISIS)* in the region to stage a provocation... 

US cruise missile strikes on Syria in April 2017 followed reports of the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces. The 58 Tomahawk cruise missiles the US launched at a Syrian airbase were meant to show how Washington would respond to the use of chemical and other weapons of mass destruction by anyone, President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday. Donald Trump recalled that the...