Armenian-Azeri Tensions and the Nagorno-Karabakh Question

Oriental Review | 4 April 2016 The unprecedented upsurge in violence along the Line of Contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh has raised universal concern that a larger conflict might be brewing, with some analysts seeing it as an outgrowth of Turkey’s destabilizing anti-Russian policies over the past couple of months. As attractive as…

Selected Articles: The Russian Withdrawal from Syria. Implications and Consequences.

Global Research | 16 March 2016 Moscow Announces “Mission Accomplished”. Russian Forces Withdraw from Syria? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 14 2016 The announcement indicates that the real “war on terrorism” has largely been won by Syrian government forces with the support of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. Russia’s Military Aims Achieved, Putin Switches to Diplomacy…

Risking Nuclear War for Al Qaeda?

Robert Parry | 18 Feb 2016 The risk that the multi-sided Syrian war could spark World War III continues as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and U.S. neocons seek an invasion that could kill Russian troops — and possibly escalate the Syrian crisis into a nuclear showdown, amazingly to protect Al Qaeda terrorists, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry When President Barack Obama…