On March 11 a delegation of the Syrian National Coordinating Committee for Democratic Change led by its Coordinator Heisam al-Manaa, visited Moscow to hold talks with top officials of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the negotiations and while meeting Russian experts and media, Mr. Manaa confirmed there was no […]
Month: March 2013
Arab Spring and Pakistan
It has become a cliché to describe any society, at any crucial stage, passing through one of the most critical and decisive phases of its history. The irony is that no phase, howsoever critical, proves to be completely decisive in the ultimate; for, societies develop through an evolutionary process, and […]
UN Peacekeepers Kidnapped in Syria by Terrorists Supported by Despotic Gulf States
Syrian terrorists from the Martyrs of Yarmouk have kidnapped 21 UN observers near the Golan Heights which is further recognition of outside meddling and the nature of the forces which are opposed to the government of Syria. It is reported that the 21 UN observers are Philippine nationals but bigger […]
Assassinations By Induced Heart Attack And Cancer
An article published by the VETERANS TODAY one and a half year ago acquires a new sounding after Chavez’ departure… In 1975, during the Church Committee hearings, the existence of a secret assassination weapon came to light. The CIA had developed a poison that caused the victim to have an […]
Venezuela After Chavez
The leader of Venezuela is gone at 58. He has not had time enough to fulfill even a half of his plans. A man of action, he has set an example for the left-wing forces of the continent. His demise will certainly slow down, perhaps temporarily, the reforms in the […]
US Plots Conquest of Venezuela in Wake of Chavez’ Death
US corporate-financier funded think-tank, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), declared in its “post-Chávez checklist for US policymakers,” that the US must move quickly to reorganize Venezuela according to US interests. Upon its checklist were “key demands”: The ouster of narco-kingpins who now hold senior posts in government The respect for […]
Remember Libyan Jamahiriya
Libya was a self-sufficient, prosperous state which collapsed two years ago. It makes remember the dramatic events and what it resulted in. First of all, it was a new type of war, a «virtual revolution» and the United Nations Security Council’s resolutions were based on…editing the stages of a TV […]
Bashar Al-Assad’s Interview with The Sunday Times
ORIENTAL REVIEW republishes the full transcript of the interview by Syrian president Bashar Assa to the Sunday Times newspaper (UK). Sunday Times: Mr. President your recent offer of political dialogue was qualified with a firm rejection of the very groups you would have to pacify to stop the violence: the […]
The Return of Empires (IV)
Part I Part II Part III Modern-day military-political alliances and coalitions as analogues of empires The rebirth of imperial policy in modern international life demands an answer to the question: why are seemingly long obsolete geopolitical projects being dragged into the light of day at all when there are organisations […]
Syrian Crisis, Geopolitical Ramifications And Consequences
Even as our car approached Damascus enroute from Beirut, we could see black plumes of smoke emerging from the outskirts of the city. The sound of bombardments continued all through the course of the day & night, with little respite. Way back in 2006, when Israel had waged the war […]
The Return of Empires (III)
Part I Part II «Smart power» in the service of the American empire The dissociation of the United States from a number of international problems by shifting these problems onto allies and delegating authority to them, a result of the United States’ «imperial overheating», is based on the currently popular […]
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