Syrian air-defense systems have downed missiles after what may have been a new Israeli strike, according to media reports. The attacks reportedly targeted Shayrat Airbase in Homs province and Al-Dumair base northeast of Damascus. So Israel is now officially at war with Syria but Syria has not hit Israel back, yet they probably should as this is their chance to recover their stolen lands known as the... 

Washington plans to slap Moscow with a new batch of sanctions as early as Monday, the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said. The new measures are said to be a response to Russia’s alleged “aggressive actions.” The soon to be announced sanctions will be imposed on the Russian companies Haley claimed are involved with the Syrian chemical weapons program. “They will go directly to any... 

The Interior Minister of France Gerard Collomb and German Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer have expressed concern that U.S. led airstrikes in Syria against the Assad regime could fuel a new wave of mass migration to Europe. The two Interior Ministers expressed their concern Thursday during a meeting in Paris with Seehofer saying, “We both would like the conflicts to be solved diplomatically... 

Following a massive missile attack launched by the US and its allies against Syria, it appears that Beijing is moving to make its opinion on the matter known via a show of strength in the Pacific. One of the key goals of the upcoming Chinese naval drills scheduled to be held in the Taiwan Strait is a show of support for Russia over the latter’s standoff against the United States in Syria, the South... 

China opposes military action in Syria and instead urges diplomacy to solve the political crisis, according to a foreign ministry response in the wake of US-led airstrikes. US, UK and French jets launched airstrikes on Syria early Saturday after accusations that forces commanded by President Bashar Assad carried out a chemical attack in Douma last week. The Syrian government has denied using such... 

“We’ve made so many sacrifices and now he’s crapping all over us. It makes me sick.” Infowars founder Alex Jones ripped into President Trump on Friday night after the president authorized military airstrikes in Syria, saying the decision made him “sick.” “If he had been a piece of crap from the beginning, it wouldn’t be so bad,” a visibly emotional Jones said of Trump. “We’ve... 

America is now officially a rogue terrorist state acting like ISIS, which needs to be held accountable at the UN. Just like how Americans love calling countries like Iran and North Korea rogue states, its now America’s turn to be a rogue state. America does NOT follow any rule, it does not seek the people’s approval, which they reject, it doesn’t care about US Congress approval and... 

Perhaps the most surprising news surrounding the US, British and French strike on Syria Saturday morning was the report that the country’s Air Defense Force managed to shoot down just shy of 70% of the Western cruise missiles launched. Sputnik looks at how the Syrians managed to do it. The Western attack, executed this morning at 4:00 am Syrian time on April 14, saw US Navy warships in the Red... 

US Air Force aircraft have allegedly been spotted evacuating non-Syrian Daesh commanders with their family members from al-Hasakah province and transferring them to an unknown destination, according to the SANA news agency. The news emerged a day after US President Trump threatened Syria with a possible strike. US military helicopters reportedly evacuated several Daesh (ISIS/ISIL)* commanders from... 

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has urged the UK to not intervene in the Syrian conflict, claiming it will only spread “chaos” in the region and benefit Islamic State terrorists. Whilst making it clear he regards President Bashar al-Assad as a “bad guy”, Mr. Farage compared Syria to Libya and Iraq to argue that the removal of Arab tyrants usually leaves a power vacuum that even worse forces... 

Global stocks dropped while oil and gold surged on Wednesday following the escalation of tensions in the Middle East between nuclear superpowers Russia and the US. The S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq Composite were losing almost a percent after US President Donald Trump tweeted a warning to Russia on Wednesday to “get ready” for Syrian missile strikes. “Russia vows to shoot... 

The Russian military reserves the right to shoot down missiles and destroy launch sites in the event of US aggression against Syria, Moscow’s envoy to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has warned. Zasypkin stressed that “the Russian forces will confront any US aggression on Syria, by intercepting the missiles and striking their launch pads,” al-Manar TV website reported, citing the envoy. Speaking... 

According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, British submarines have been ordered to move within missile range of Syria, as strikes against the Assad regime are expected as early as Thursday night. The publication reported that the order was issued by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and that she has called on her ministers to meet for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss how Britain will... 

An angrily worded new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today states the President Donald Trump has just issued his first overt war threat against the Russian Federation by his warning “Get ready Russia, missiles will be coming at Syria, nice and new and ‘smart’!”—and to which Moscow quickly responded to by asking Trump “Are ‘smart’ missiles an attempt to destroy... 

Tens of thousands of Trump supporters are bashing the president and unedorsing him in mass like never before over his neocon war threats against Syria and Russia. People are calling him “psychopath, schizophrenic, bigger lunatic than Bush, traitor, man child” and many other names. Many have started a new meme calling the president “Trump derangement syndrome”, alleging that...