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U.S. intelligence analysts reportedly have traced North Korea’s leap forward in creating an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking U.S. territory to a decaying Ukrainian rocket-engine factory whose alleged role could lift the cover off other suppressed mysteries related to the U.S.-backed coup in Kiev. North Korean missile launch on March 6, 2017. Because the 2014 coup – overthrowing elected President Viktor Yanukovych – was  partly orchestrated  by the U.S. government’s influential neoconservatives and warmly embraced by the West’s mainstream media, many of the ugly features of the Kiev regime have been downplayed or ignored, including the fact that corrupt oligarch Igor Kolomoisky was put in charge of the area where the implicated factory was located. As the region’s governor, the thuggish Kolomoisky founded armed militias of Ukrainian extremists, including neo-Nazis, who spearheaded the violence against ethnic Russians in eastern provinces, which had voted h

The failure of the U.S.-Israeli-Saudi “regime change” project in Syria changes the future of the Mideast, possibly ushering in an era of greater secularism and tolerance, writes ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke Plainly, Syria’s success – notwithstanding the caution of President Bashar al-Assad in saying that signs of success are not success itself – in resisting, against the odds, all attempts to fell the state suggest that a tipping point in the geopolitics of the region has occurred. Map of Syria. We have written  before  how the Syria outcome dwarfs that of Israel’s 2006 war against Hezbollah, significant though the result of that war was, too. Both events taken together have brought America’s unipolar moment in the Middle East to an end (though not globally, since the U.S. still retains its necklace of military bases across the region). The successes have corroded badly the reputation of the Gulf States and have discredited fired-up Sunni jihad

FILE IMAGE: Alexandr Ryumin/TASS Two armed criminals involved in policeman murders were killed in Russia’s Dagestan region, as reported by  RIA . The law enforcement officers killed the bandits in their car during a counter-terror operation on a road near Kachala town at  10:45 PM , October 1. On the night prior, a policeman was stabbed to death by an unknown perpetrator in Dagestan Kizlyar region. The perpetrator supposedly fled the scene using the deceased officer’s service vehicle, having also stolen his weapon. The officer’s service weapon was found in the possession of the two bandits killed. A hunting rifle and a knife were also amongst their possessions. No civilians were harmed, but a policeman sustained a minor injury during the operation. On October 2, an officer of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation was killed in a firefight at the Russian-Ukrainian border. Two unknown perpetrators tried to illegally cross the border fr

FILE IMAGE: theconversation.com The Russian Foreign Ministry has released a statement providing a Russian look on the British-French initiative to counteract terroristpropaganda online ( source ): The high-level ministerial events at the UN General Assembly in New York this September serve as the leading platform for the presentation of various international initiatives. In this context, we were not surprised by the time or place of the British-French proposals to boost the efforts against terrorist propaganda online. Everything was done in the style of the best PR campaigns. However, our partners have been working on these allegedly sensational ideas for some time. In fact, they were promoted – as something out of the ordinary – by British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G7 summit in Taormina in May. Similar measures are being promoted by the European Union. However, Russia, has been speaking about this – the need for a collective and vigorous efforts to counter the use

Isis has claimed responsibility for the shooting attack that has left at least 50 dead in Las Vegas. A statement published by the group's Amaq propaganda agency claimed the attacker was a "soldier of the Islamic State". "The Las Vegas attacker is a soldier of the Islamic State in response to calls to target coalition countries," it said. In a second statement, Isis claimed the gunman "converted to Islam several months ago". The wording of the release is similar to other attacks that have been inspired, rather than directed, by Isis. The claim cannot be independently verified.

Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on August 1, 2017, at the briefing room of the US State Department in Washington, DC. (AFP) The United States does not recognize the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan and urges an end to "threats of reciprocal actions," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement on Friday. "The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government’s unilateral referendum held on Monday. The vote and the results lack legitimacy and we continue to support a united, federal, democratic and prosperous Iraq," Tillerson said. "We urge calm and an end to vocal recriminations and threats of reciprocal actions," he added.

The Chinese ambassador said he looks forward to deepening political, economic, and strategic ties with Syria. China reiterated support for Syria's sovereignty and unity on Saturday, promising to continue developing strong economic and political relations in the years to come. China stands by “Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity,” and rejects “any attempt to divide it,” Syrian news agency SANA reported China's Ambassador to Syria, Qi Qianjin as saying. RELATED: China Says Healthcare Access is a 'Basic Human Right' The ambassador said that “only the Syrian people have the right to determine their future... not any other country.” Qianjin also said that Syria's decision to look “toward the east” in building its international ties is a “wise policy,” and that he looks forward to developing and deepening political, economic, educational, and strategic relationships. China and Syria are already major trade partners, with econo

File: Aziz Taher/Reuters On September 30, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said during a public speech on Ashura religious occasion that the Iraqi Kurdistan Region independence referendum (was held on September 25) is a great threat not only to Iraq and its neighboring countries, but to the entire region. “This subject [the Kurdistan Region independence referendum] is not a threat to Iraq only. This is a threat to the whole region Iran, Turkey and Syria and the whole region not only Iraq, and these four countries, because it will open the door for partition,” Nasrallah said in his speech. Nasrallah stressed that the referendum is the first step to divide the Middle East. Nasrallah also said that the project to divide the Middle East started after the fail of ISIS project that was serving to the US and Israel. Nasrallah asked people to be aware of the fact that the only country in the world that supported the Kurdistan Region independence referendum is Israel. “We say to