(2021-08-02). Military Situation In Syria On August 2, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 2, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 37 times: 19 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 2, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Ankawi and Qalidin | On August 2, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Fatira and Barah | On August 2, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled…
(2021-08-02). Discussions of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel's Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran's Program is a Deterrent to War? juancole.com Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) — According to the latest news coverage, Iran-U.S. negotiations to revive the 2015 JCPOA are in trouble. The main sticking points involve a guarantee demanded by Tehran that Washington will not abandon the deal at some future date as it did in 2018 under the previous administration and …
(2021-08-02). Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis "leading the Islamic world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Selections from a recent column of Trend News Agency contributor Rufiz Hafizoglu, who if nothing else is candid. What the project certainly appears to portend is a non-Arab, one could argue anti-Arab, global caliphate. With nuclear weapons; junior and silent partner Pakistan brings those to the table. Ankara and Baku supply the brains, Islamabad the …
(2021-08-02). Russia rules out any alternative for JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com A Russian diplomat says there is no alternative to restoring the Iranian nuclear deal in its original form and that speculations about writing a new deal from scratch is a 'fantasy'.
(2021-08-02). Resisting Nuclear Weapons in a Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org 
Court in Cochem On July 21, I was walking in the forests surrounding the German Air Force Base at Bàºchel in the Eifel Mountains with three Catholic Worker friends, Susan van der Hijden of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Susan Crane of Redwood City, California, and Christiane Danowski of Dortmund, Germany. We were there at the end of …
(2021-08-02). Russia conducts military drills in Central Asia and China as US completes troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. wsws.org As talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have stalled and amid preparations for military drills, both Moscow and Beijing welcomed Taliban delegations in July.
(2021-08-02). Bill Maher Rips Woke Mentality Now Driving Olympic Games: "Belongs In Stalin's Russia" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published on "Young people have to stop flattering themselves that they're Nostradamus and would have foreseen had they been around back then everything that is unacceptable now," Bill Maher said in his latest commentary on what he's dubbed the "Bummer Games" after the Olympics have gone woke. | He highlighted multiple firings of top Ol…
(2021-08-02). German warship to join NATO allies in the South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The German frigate will arrive in the South China Sea shortly after a visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and its strike group, which includes an American guided-missile destroyer and a Dutch frigate — both recently in the Black Sea for anti-Russian war games there. Let's see if we can connect the dots. German …
(2021-08-02). Russia and China: Geopolitical Rivals and Competitors in Africa. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-02). NATO warplanes intercept Russian aircraft flying from, to their own territory. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft Over the Baltic Sea ==== NATO deployed warplanes to intercept aircraft flying from one part of Russia to another NATO deploys F-35 combat aircraft to Baltic Sea for first time ==== Excerpts from a NATO site: NATO scrambled Spanish Eurofighters and Italian F-35s on Thursday 29 July 2021 to intercept …
(2021-08-01). Cuba, the Invincible Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Sam Marcy — Jul 28, 2021 | The following article by Sam Marcy, a leading Marxist thinker and fighter of the second half of the 20th century, was originally published on Sept. 30, 1993, during an earlier imperialist offensive against socialist Cuba. | Of the great revolutions of the 20th century, including those of the USSR and China, the Cuban Revolution has been subjected to the most onerous siege of all. | It is true that in the early days after the victory of the October Revolution, the Soviet Union was encircled and invaded in a siege unparalleled in all previous modern history. But soon it did have t…
(2021-08-01). Military Situation In Syria On August 1, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 1, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 35 times: 23 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On July 31, a truce has been reached between the SAA and the former rebels meditated by Russia in the south of Daraa province | On July 31, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Tal Tamar | On July 31, SAA artillery she…
(2021-08-01). Foretaste of war in the Baltic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The exercise mentioned below occurred as part of this year's multinational Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). The following are excerpts from the Daily Press of Hampton Roads, Virginia. ==== Pentagon, NATO launch jubilee war games in Baltic Sea Russia blasts U.S. for deploying nuclear-capable bombers for Baltic war games NATO tests integration of fourth and fifth generation …
(2021-08-01). Saturday 7/31: Africa, Namibian MUN Miners & Union Busting By Chinese National Nuclear Corporation CNNC. indybay.org Virtual Program Go To Website…
(2021-08-01). Is Our Failed Empire Heading for the Exit? scheerpost.com U.S. Army] By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch It was all so long ago, in a world seemingly without challengers. Do you even remember when we Americans lived on a planet with a recumbent Russia, a barely rising China, and no obvious foes except what later came to be known as an " axis of evil," three countries then incapable of endangering this one? Oh, and, as it turned out, a rich young Saudi former… |
(2021-08-01). U.S. airborne troops on Russia's southern border: Our forces are ready, they're interoperable and they have the mobility to respond when needed. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air-landing exercise with the participation of Georgian and American servicemen was held within the framework of Agile Spirit 2021 For the first time in the history of multinational exercises in Georgia, a demonstration exercise of a joint airborne component was held with the participation of the Georgian and American military. The exercise underscores the partnership …
(2021-08-01). Azerbaijan: Putin's strategic partner displays trademark Iron Fist behavior. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Today's Trend News Agency of Azerbaijan has no fewer than three articles in its English-language version on comments made by Russian member of parliament Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In none of them is it mentioned, or even hinted at, what he said. Zhirinovsky of course is what he is. But as he and President Vladimir Putin appear …