Communists of Moldova announced the possibility of a “velvet revolution” in the country. This fall Moldova is to sign an association agreement with the European Union and further distance itself from Russia. In this situation, a “peaceful” revolution seems quite real. Could that be that someone wants to destabilize the situation through raising the Transdniestrian issue once... 

Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) A prominent U.S. senator has called on the administration of President Barack Obama to attack Syrian “airfields, airplanes and massed artillery.” The influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-Mich.) who has returned from a fact-finding trip to the Middle East, also expressed support for... 

Syrian refugees, driven out of their country by the war, are trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border to seek asylum in the European Union. It is obvious that Greece cannot accept all those in need, therefore, the Greek authorities take a tough stance with respect to illegal immigrants. However, people still flee, drowning in the Aegean Sea and in the Maritsa River at the border with Turkey. A Syrian... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against supplying arms to the militants in Syria, saying the risks of the move are too high. The German leader told her country’s parliament on Thursday that, in her view, “the risks [of arming the militants in Syria] would be incalculable.” Earlier in May, Merkel had noted that Berlin would never send arms to the militants... 

Russia’s nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky navy sailors attend a greeting ceremony for the Russian official delegation at Syria’s Mediterranean port of Tartus. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister says all personnel had been evacuated from the navy resupply base in Tartus, Syria, adding that not a single Russian military serviceman remained in the country. Mikhail Bogdanov made... 

A large fleet named “Mol Comfort” carrying Arms for FSA from the U.S. has crashed in the Indian Ocean as it made its way from Singapore to Jeddah, on board were 4,500 containers loaded with arms for the Syrian rebels. MOL Comfort sank due to yet unclear reasons, sailing from Singapore to Jeddah and after that to North Europe, leaving behind hundreds of drifting containers and a huge aftershock... 

The Middle East is ablaze even without a declared war! The cradle of historical civilizations and major religions are embroiled in small conflicts, spiralling chaos but with the potential to explode into a Greater War! Mini Armageddon has not been announced even though all indicators point towards it. The horoscope of the times portrays numerous small wars in the Middle East. Even one like Syria can... 

Tony Blair has urged Syria intervention. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for an intervention in the Syrian conflict, saying that the cost paid by the West for not getting involved could be higher than that of intervening in the conflict. Speaking at an Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Blair said the intervention in Syria is necessary as the cost of staying out may be... 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for “immediate” airstrikes on Syria following the White House’s claim that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militant groups. At a White House meeting last Wednesday, Kerry “vociferously” pushed for air strikes on Syrian airfields, Bloomberg reports. Kerry had postponed... 

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich Russia will not permit the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Syria as the consequences of such step can be seen in Libya, Foreign Ministry spokesman says following reports that US and its allies are planning such a move. “We have seen the Libyan example of how such a zone is implemented and how such decisions are brought to life. We do not... 

Iran will deploy 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to Syria to bolster Damascus against a mostly Sunni-led insurgency, media reported. Meanwhile, US F-16s and Patriots will stay in Jordan – speculatively, to help establish a no-fly zone to aid Syrian rebels. The deployment of the first several-thousand strong military contingent was reported by The Independent on Sunday who quoted Iranian sources tied... 

The use of chemical weapons by Damascus and Hezbollah involvement in Syria risks derailing a political settlement to the conflict, John Kerry warned. His comments follow reports the CIA is preparing to funnel arms to rebel forces via Jordan and Turkey. The US State Department issued a statement on Saturday condemning the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad for its lack of commitment to a negotiated... 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says arming either side in Syria conflict will not be helpful and will only lead to the disintegration of the Arab country. “Providing arms to either side would not address this current situation…. There is no military solution to this conflict.… The military path points directly towards the further disintegration of the country,”... 

American officials say they have confirmed that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the insurgency seeking to remove it, asserting that the move crosses a “red line.” An internal memorandum circulating within the Obama administration has assessed that chemical weapons, most likely the nerve gas sarin, were used multiple times in battle against the Syrian rebels. The... 

During the Cold War, the Mediterranean was the most important area of ​​strategic struggle between the West and the USSR. Many years have passed, a lot has happened, but the importance of the Mediterranean Sea has remained the same. Russia, a successor of the USSR, has lost some of its influence in the region over the years. It appears, though, that the country is not going to sit on its hands...