After losing the war on Syria's battlefields, the US and the EU are prosecuting the war by economic means. Although they imposed sanctions early in the eight-year conflict, they have gradually ramped up bans on imports of essential items, and have denied Damascus funds to re

The Syrian peace process has stalled because Western powers which lost the war on the battlefield seek to win through sanctions and blockade.

The Trump White House hosts an Evangelical Christian cabal which is contributing to the destabilisation of this region. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence are the two highest ranking cabal members in the administration.

Donald Trump’s formal US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is a thrice illegal act that risks wrecking the surviving remnants of the international order created in the wake of World War II.

It is not surprising that the horrific attack on innocent Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand was perpetrated by Australian Brenton Tarrant.

Both Europe and this region are divided on how to deal with Syria now that the war is winding down. Britain, Germany and France continue to adopt a hard-nosed policy towards Damascus.

So far, only Republican Donald Trump has announced his intention to run for the US presidency in 2020, while the Democratic Party field of hopefuls stands at 12, including four women and one Hispanic candidate, while at least nine could enter the race.

A leftist Israeli singer warned during a performance last weekend that the next Israeli leader could be Yigal Amir, the man serving a life sentence for killing prime minister Yitzak Rabin in 1995.

US President Donald Trump is right in insisting that Daesh fighters and families held by the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces in north-eastern Syria should return to their home countries and face prosecution for their crimes committed while associated with the cult.