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Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq Following Turkey’s two-month long invasion of Northern Syria and subsequent takeover of the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin, the logical question that remains is: what ‘s next for the ‘Mad Sultan’ Erdogan? President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Sunday victory speech didn’t lack for the […]
Turkey Threatens Exxon Mobil & The US 6th Fleet Off Cyprus
Turkey Threatens Exxon Mobil & The US 6th Fleet Off Cyprus Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım threatened not only hydrocarbon survey ships of oil giant Exxon Mobile but also the US 6th Fleet is participating in a naval exercise in the area 7-18 March 2018. As KeepTalkingGreece.com reports, Yildirim said: “The Republic of Cyprus would […]
U.S. Navy Boosts Mediterranean Presence As Exxon Set To Explore Offshore Cyprus
U.S. Navy Boosts Mediterranean Presence As Exxon Set To Explore Offshore Cyprus The U.S. Navy has increased its Mediterranean fleet, just a couple of weeks before Exxon is due to send two surveying vessels to explore offshore Cyprus near the area where Turkey blocked an Eni drilling ship from prospecting in February, Turkish news outlet […]
Why Turkey Wants to Invade the Greek Islands
Why Turkey Wants to Invade the Greek Islands Turkish propagandists also have been twisting facts to try to portray Greece as the aggressor. Although Turkey knows that the islands are legally and historically Greek, Turkish authorities want to occupy and Turkify them, presumably to further the campaign of annihilating the Greeks, as they did in […]
Turkey – Default or War?
Turkey – Default or War? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, My father was ______ the banker who commissioned you to do the Turkish lira hedging project in 1983. He passed away as you know. I found this material in his files on Turkey that you apparently published back in 1985. Some articles are saying that Turkey is […]
US Aggression in Syria – an Imperialist Blueprint
US Aggression in Syria – an Imperialist Blueprint Syria’s prolonged conflict and misery going into its eighth year is no accident. It is by design. American imperialist design. First though, we note the increasing reprehensible absurdity in this conflict. Turkey, which invaded Syria nearly a month ago in violation of Syria’s sovereignty, this week accused […]
Turkish Warships Threaten To Sink Italian Drillship In Cypriot Waters
Turkish Warships Threaten To Sink Italian Drillship In Cypriot Waters Amid escalating tensions between Cyprus and Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea, the two countries appear headed towards an inevitable resource war. Just two weeks since we first reported on Turkey’s aggression in Cypriot waters, KeepTalkingGreece.com reports that a serious incident took place at 10 a.m. […]
Syrian Fighters Enter Afrin; Turkey Retaliates With Immediate Bombing Sending Turkish Lira, Stocks Tumbling
Syrian Fighters Enter Afrin; Turkey Retaliates With Immediate Bombing Sending Turkish Lira, Stocks Tumbling As we reported yesterday, in a surprising twist in the ongoing Syrian proxy war, YPG Kurdish fighters in north-western Syria – who are backed by the US – had struck a deal with the Russia-backed Assad regime for Syrian forces to […]
Turkey Threatens to Invade Greece
Turkey Threatens to Invade Greece Turkey’s ruling party, and even much of the opposition, seem intent on, if not obsessed with, invading and conquering these Greek islands, on the grounds that they are actually Turkish territory. “The things we have done so far [pale in comparison to the] even greater attempts and attacks [we are […]
Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria
Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. That is understandable, because US efforts are in blatant violation of international law, which bars UN member states from supporting military action to overthrow other […]
Exacerbation of Tensions in Syria: Who Stands to Gain?
Exacerbation of Tensions in Syria: Who Stands to Gain? French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would order airstrikes against Syria if the rumors that its government has used chemical weapons (CW) against civilians are confirmed. Never backed up with any solid evidence, such reports crop up from time to time in the Western media. In some […]
Turkish Warships Block Cypriot Drilling Rig In Dispute Over Mediterranean Gas Field
Turkish Warships Block Cypriot Drilling Rig In Dispute Over Mediterranean Gas Field Amid escalating tensions between Cyprus and Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea, the two countries could be headed towards a resource war. On Monday, the Cypriot government released a report according to which Turkish warships continue to heavily restrict one of its deepwater drilling […]
Turkey’s Offensive in Syria: the US Falls into a Trap of Its Own Making
Turkey’s Offensive in Syria: the US Falls into a Trap of Its Own Making In the heat of the battle for Afrin, Turkey has warned it will go farther to establish control over vast swathes of land in northern Syria. The offensive is supposed to take Turkish forces as far as Syria’s border with Iraq. On Jan. 28, Ankara called […]
Turkey Detains Nearly 600 for Opposing Syria Invasion
Turkey Detains Nearly 600 for Opposing Syria Invasion Erdogan Spokesman: Opposing War Means Glorifying Terrorism As Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria continues, so too does their policy of arresting anyone seen as even sort of opposed to the attack. The Turkish Interior Ministry now says 449 people have been detained for criticizing the war on […]
Will Washington’s Chess Game in Syria Lead to War With NATO Ally Turkey?
Will Washington’s Chess Game in Syria Lead to War With NATO Ally Turkey? (MPN) — It’s not clear if the United States knows what it is doing in Syria anymore. Having successfully toppled the Libyan government in 2011, former President Barack Obama subsequently spent a good three years attempting to bring about the fall of the Syrian government, under […]
